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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Dec 16, 1938
Page
3
A lively catalog of 1920s style aims at Christmas shoppers with mentions of woollen and satin fabrics, stripes, gingham, and tailored coats. It notes practical sportswear, bathing wraps, and play outfits, plus toy displays and family gifts as shops prepare festive windows.
A fragmented text describes materials for a beach accessory or curtain including striped canvas, cream cord, white metal curtain rings, piping, and embroidery. It outlines assembly steps like threading the cord, knotting, and hemming the edges with strong embroidery thread to finish a durable cover.
Readable OCR text describes making assorted sweets for Christmas gifts. It lists gelatin candy, coconut chocolate treats, and coconut syrup candies with steps, ingredients, and temperatures. The content reads as a nostalgic but error-filled kitchen instruction set with measurements and cooking times.
A garbled recipe fragment outlines chocolate candy steps and ingredients including butter sugar milk cocoa and eggs. It mentions marzipan almond and raisin stone, colored portions, and walnut fondant with instructions to roll, cut, and dry on paper. The text preserves period cooking terms and measurements amid errors.
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