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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1911
Page
3
A salvage of domestic advice lists needlework cookery and washing tips. It covers washing hats with chalk and Fuller's earth, removing neuralgia with vinegar paper, curtain care saving with salt, machine needle threading, potatoes becoming floury, removing tight rings, and cooling cushions stuffed with waste paper.
Step by step home recipes describe biscuits with flour butter eggs ammonia and milk, then a baked omelet with yolks whites and citrus, followed by a spiced ham dish. Instructions include boiling, draining, baking, and serving with citrus glaze and a sugared ham finish.
Recipes for cream of fish soup with butter flour roux and garnishes. Includes baked haddock variants with cheese bread layers and tomato parsley seasoning. Also describes two waterproofing methods for linen and woolen fabrics using paint or alum and salt solution.
Retail ad notes remnants of dress goods offered under cost price. Items include tickling and teteng fabrics going at worn down prices for this week only to reduce stock. Limited quantities and stock-baking noted.
A fragment lists a cleaning ivory recipe using sal volatile chalk and paste, then large notices from a Melbourne Herald office offering personal shopping service across Victoria, promising savings and fast dispatch. It mentions Mrs F J Chester and requests readers mail requirements and cash limits.
A Melbourne correspondent recalls arrival in London and first impressions of Buckingham Palace crowds, Westminster and Victoria Street. The writer describes busy streets, police, transport networks, and the contrast with Australian life, plus travel details and local adverts.
OBLIGO NOTICE, UP-TO-DATE TRANSPORTATION offers roomy comfortable car service with a competent chauffeur. Ready to take over any terrain on short notice from B J Swats Motor Garage Wannere Rotten Street. Horse breeders urged to note trotting stay lyin dexter downs travel season balance and foal prospects announced by M J Vatgilan Coleraine.
The ad highlights an extensive selection of menswear with emphasis on materials, trend awareness, and guaranteed satisfaction in fit, style, and finish. It invites inspection to assure style, reliability, and value, promising garments that meet latest fashion standards.
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