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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 15, 1939
Page
3
A readable old text advises determining the true throat issue before treatment. It recommends gargles with salt water or permanganate, rest and warm compresses, and avoiding solid foods if digestion is upset. It warns that mouth and stomach issues can worsen throat problems and suggests gentle remedies and caution if symptoms persist.
The OCR text describes a window door area and a warm air curtain system near an assembly room. It references a winter problem with drafts and a rough mechanism that opens and closes to maintain temperature. Technical terms and names are garbled, but the core idea is a heating and airflow obstruction near a doorway.
The article discusses glove production practices noting stitching and embroidery quality. It compares factory versus handmade methods, describing how fingers and seams are formed and the perceived value of ornamental work. It mentions restrictions on viewing certain glove styles and fashions in public.
The Readers Union launches a cooperative publishing scheme for affordable recent books in fiction history and biography. A six month minimum order, monthly delivery of bargains at 3/9 per copy plus postage, and a free 16 page Readers News accompany each shipment. Australian agents Robertson and Mullens Ltd in Melbourne provide full details.
A compact verse praising simple values of fellowship during fishing. The speaker extols a man who helps others and stays true to kindness and hard work. The poem links fishing with brotherhood across social lines and a life guided by honest dreams and good deeds.
A column offers practical homemaking tips. fix a marble top to a kitchen table for pastry work. use boiled potato to soften hands and water with potato peels to clean silver stains. beat egg white to treat burns. soak soles in linseed oil to stop squeaking shoes. rub apple peel on lugers. lemon cleans tarnished silver. plus a quip about a cocktail party remark ending in a sharp joke.
An editorial on mothers shaping fame, fostering global peace, and guiding children’s imagination. It argues little villages can produce world changers and urges parents to cultivate openness, understanding, and trust with children to prevent fear and bias. The piece notes imagination benefits truth and warns against household cynicism.
Town and Country Foundation 4 BB advertises a complexion shield against wind and weather and promises smoother lines and lasting makeup. It invites readers to request a new booklet titled Beauty For You from Helena Rubinstein at 125 Collins Street Melbourne.
Instructions for restoring and maintaining polished dining room table tops. It describes removing sprayed varnish with a varnish remover, scraping, sanding, and applying wax polish. The method uses shredded beeswax dissolved in turpentine, rubbed across the grain with a flat cloth, with multiple coats and drying intervals to achieve a reviveable dull soft shine.
A health column explains double chin causes from aging, pillows, and poor posture. It offers step by step neck and jaw exercises including head bends, chin presses, and gradual mouth closure to strengthen facial muscles and improve contour.
Many women with a double chin also suffer thickening at the back of the neck and shoulders. A simple nodding exercise backwards and forwards can help and is easy to practise during the day.
The article advises lining a long wall with three rows of shelves raised from the floor to reduce dust. Create irregular cross pieces to divide shelves into sections, left partially empty or patterned with upright and inclined books. Use shelf tops for ornaments, bowls, flowers, or ashtrays and consider built in or recessed shelving around a wall or fireplace.
A Stone family of meager means lives on bread and dripping. The youngest challenges the habit crying for butter. The mother retorts to be grateful, quoting the proverb constant dripping wears away stone to defend dripping despite the boy’s claim it harms him.
A Victorian agent advertises over a thousand wrecked cars for sale. DAW Care and Williams Motor list contact points at 118 Victoria O1 Carmen and 01 Buckley St Postsorny with telephone P2078.
The guide explains judging young dairy heifers by dairy type over beef type, emphasizing ancestral dam records and constitution. It highlights body depth, udder development, milk veins, and overall lack of flesh as indicators of potential milk production and profitability.
The text lists household uses for mustard as a deodoriser and stain remover, plus flavoring tips and meat preparation guidance. It also includes a brief, humorous exchange about diaries and police keeping records, noting a benevolent old man in a ramp met on the road and a quip about who keeps a diary.
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