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Newspaper
Carcoar Chronicle
Location
Carcoar, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1935
Page
3
Dora stays at Wadden Hall as Dora’s complexion loss and a new dress spark gossip. Dora’s guardian Doria recalls kindness and pride in her progress, and mentions Dora’s singing lessons after six months in Italy. The family hopes for Dora’s future with a titled husband and parliament seat, while Archie’s path remains uncertain.
Doris Blair meets a gaunt nurse who reveals a dying mother once named Carrington chose her to be a mother to Doris. The revelation unsettles Doris as she learns Carrington’s kindness and a family rift with her father and Blair relatives. Dora comforts Doris and affirms their bond despite past neglect.
Adrian and Constance, married from shares in a mine in Australis, clash over money and will. Constance wastes wealth while Adrian seeks prudent investment, leading to a strained, unhappy union and mutual reproach. The tale ends on a note about vanity and disillusion in earthly pleasures.
A garbled excerpt shows names or initials and fragmented quotes about debt, drink, marriage, and money. It mentions a man going to jail for not paying a debt, women weighing money in marriage, and odd references to grapes trodden in vineyards, plus numbers like 1700 and 000s.
A collection of domestic tips covers cleaning, cooking, and kitchen hacks. Advice includes using butter in saucepans to prevent boilovers, dustbin deodorizing with permanganate, warming knifeblades, tepid watering of plants, and methods for polishing surfaces. Also offers remedies for toothache with potato poultices and care steps for laundry and fabrics.
In this column on feminine matters the author argues that facial expression and mood reflect home training. It stresses mothers and fathers as models during youth, noting that parental harmony or tension, courtesy, and attentiveness set patterns in children that persist into adulthood.
A fragmented account outlines a traditional Japanese marriage, detailing the vino pledge and a bride’s obligations. It lists thirteen precepts for new wives, from obedience to in laws and humility to frugality, modest dress, and seclusion from youth. The piece notes a honeymoon and possible divorce procedures using nakedo.
The court hearing reveals a witness saying they were pressed beyond endurance as cross examination proceeds. The exchange centers on how long the witness has been at the stand and subject to questioning.
A scanned cookery page offers lemon custard and multiple savory dishes. Recipes include a lemon custard pie filling with eggs sugar and rind, buttered rice with milk and cinnamon, bacon with potatoes, potato savouries with parley, deviled meat, alek raisin pudding, giblet pie, sultana cake, and buen pudding. Instructions specify quantities, mixing steps, and baking or steaming times for each dish.
Health in the home lists foods and folk cures for common ailments. Apples aid digestion and overall health, strawberries ease rheumatism, grapes claim balance for obesity and thinness, onions address dropsy, cabbages treat skin diseases, lettuce and watercress improve complexion, tomatoes benefit arthritic or inflammatory conditions, potatoes aid diabetes, and spinach helps anaemia.
The article describes a method to induce sleep by settling into a comfortable, relaxed posture and maintaining it for 15 to 20 minutes. It claims reduced urges to move or cough, then a strong urge to sleep as one returns to the habitual sleep position, suggesting this method before using sleep drugs.
The piece argues colds spread both by personal contagion and poor hygiene. It emphasizes aseptic treatment, noting repeated use of moist handkerchiefs and infrequently washed pockets as reinfection routes. It also suggests older garments and neglected clothing can harbor germs and trigger unexplained colds.
An 1890s column argues cold drinks boost digestion and comfort in heat, revising fears about iced beverages. It cites doctors supporting cooling the stomach, ice cream aid, and fluids at meals, noting instinct and observation align with better digestion and tolerance of heat.
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