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Newspaper
Charleville Times
Location
Charleville, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 23, 1938
Page
3
The article extols Florence Ellen blouses as versatile year round fashion, highlighting chic tailoring, delicate laces, and hand stitching. It notes high necklines, waist-tucked bodices, and variety from evening to sports styles, with fabrics like crepe and satin and details such as pearl buttons and ruffles.
A health column discusses hair care for aging or grey hair, warning against chemical remedies and recommending natural care. It highlights preserving hair color with chamomile rinses, warns about premature greying, stresses medical advice for debility-related greying, and provides a home oil scalp treatment recipe using ammonia, rosemary, olive oil, musk, and other ingredients to massage into the scalp weekly.
Fragmented reminiscences on millinery trends and hat shapes. Mins Brnce and Myrtle Port discuss daring designs, pancake or steeple shapes, and how a simple snowgh can influence style choices for pleasing a partner. Mention of Irene Castle and Passey TM adds era flavor.
A garbled recipe segment describes marinating pork with vinegar olive oil and peppers, then stuffing and baking in a casserole with onions tomatoes and celery. It also mentions cooking Russian fish and a fish and cornflour mixture with anchovy sauce, pepper and salt.
The excerpt strings together multiple era recipes, detailing steps to boil eggs and form layered meat and rice dishes, celery fried in breadcrumbs, baked apple pastries, custards, and meringue pies. It combines apple fillings, crust work, and meringue finishing with directions for pastry doughs, batters, and garnishes, all in a dense, handwritten cookbook style.
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