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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1913
Page
3
An extended, minutiae filled feature covers bonnet fashions and millinery techniques for wives and daughters, detailing hat shapes, tulle decoration, and indoor versus street wear. It also includes household diet advice and recipes, from hearty breakfast guidance to veal and lamb dishes, and a citrus dessert, plus an advertising nod from Mona the Shoeman for children’s footwear.
The Porte says Turkey would fulfill the Amden Protocol but Bulgarian massacres compelled action to save Muslim survivors and to secure the capital. A large store at Johnstone's Bay Sydney burned early Monday, a wooden iron building tied to John Sands Ltd. Fire spread rapidly. firemen prevented spread to Lever Bros. offices. damage about £14000 with insurances total.
Reuters reports the Bucharest Conference peace treaty is signed and celebrated across the Balkans with deems in churches. Bulgaria abandons compensation demands but faces demobilisation and unrest while troops threaten from Adrianople. King Constantine is named field marshal. Greeks and Bulgarians dispute terms.
A historic claim to cure coughs and colds is noted with a bold promise titled Words Great cure for coughs and colds never fails. The wording implies a universal remedy and confidence in its effectiveness.
Reuters reports a free speech demonstration in Trafalgar Square led by J C Wedgwood Will Thorne M P Sylvia Pankhurst. A clash with police followed as Pankhurst climbed Nelson’s column unfurling a Deeds not words banner before being arrested along with ten men and eleven women.
Several suffragettes interrupted Mr Lioyrs-George's Sutton-in-Ashfield meeting on Saturday. The crowd was warned that they would be dealt with. Suffragettes then set fire to higher grade schools with petrol and explosives. Police intervened and fire brigade extinguished the flames before serious damage occurred.
A riot erupted when suffragettes tried to horsewhip De Pearson outside Halloway. a group of inmates freed from prison rushed to aid, a scuffle ensued, and police rescued the suffragettes. Prisoners voiced antipathy toward suffragism while others served sentences and released inmates celebrated the disturbance.
During a Westminster service militants chanted a verse and refused to desist as baring pleadings. cathedral versers attempted to calm them. In an earlier St Pauls scene suffragettes recited an invocation. both episodes ended with the militants escorted from the church.
An advertisement touts Down's Ointment as a safe cure for piles and several skin ailments. It cites Dr John Williamson of Celestial City and a testimonial from Thursfield's Pharmacy praising relief after nightly itching. Available at chemists for 2/9 per pot or by mail from Foster McClellan, Pitt Street Sydney.
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