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Newspaper
Camperdown Herald
Location
Camperdown, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1917
Page
6
The writer compares different tea grades from chalk and cheese, praising pure tea as best. He names Reb ur as the purest tea known, notes friends prefer No 2 grade, but he favors No 9 grade, asserting a belief in the best quality for his own taste.
Advertisement for Royal Worcester and Bon Ton Corsets offered by Victoria agents. Highlights fit for slender to stout figures, durable rust proof washing, and guaranteed satisfaction with postage paid and return postage refund if unsuitable. Encourages visiting the Corset Salon for personalized assistance.
Mrs Case an expert corset demonstrator arrives from America for direct fittings and advice.
The report describes Prince Henry examining engraved glasses from a hotel as evidence in a theft case involving Ernest Gerstenberg. Police had arranged staff from a nearby hotel to be hired for the investigation, and the Prince noted a message on an engraved glass. The scene highlights wartime concerns and the savvy handling of public figures in sensitive inquiries.
A narrator and companion travel through European cities and in a prank imitate a locomotive to signal a cabman. The ruse ends when they realize they misdirected the cab to a distant shop, mistaking it for a depot with a long ride still ahead.
A private, well to do family member faces scrutiny after a kitchen hive discovery. The bride confronts a new servant with questions about a husband’s whereabouts and a missing bird. The mother and child await further explanations as tensions rise in the morning.
The article recalls Lord Melbourne's decline of the Garter and notes similar refusals by Gladstone Carlyle and others. It mentions Victoria’s youth, their father daughter dynamic, and Melbourne’s remark on the expense of the blue ribbon, £41, as a barrier to acceptance.
Eva touts onions as beautifiers saying dieting on them makes a girl pretty enough to kiss. Jack counters with a witty remark about who would kiss someone on an onion diet.
Letters from George Franklin of Hobart and Dora McDonald of Kensington describe long struggles with indigestion and related symptoms. Both credit Warner's Safe Cure with relief after months of failed treatments and improved appetite and sleep. The medicine is sold in 5 shilling bottles and 2 shilling 6p concentrated form by chemists and stores.
A family endures poverty after a telegram reveals their son Fred broke his leg in a football game and the father worries about financial strain while the mother mourns the news. A humorous aside questions the score, while other snippets depict social scenes and local ads about meat prices during heavy rains.
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