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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 05, 1913
Page
3
A fragmented guide blends clothing notes with household tips. It lists items like Byron collars and velvet belts, then shifts to teapot care, ink stain removal, cleaning decanters, and careful polishing. It ends with assorted sandwich ideas using tongue, shrimp, cheese, and nuts.
instructions describe making a decorative flower pot cover from velvet, silk, and ribbon with a cardboard inner liner. step by step details specify shaping, sewing, and securing a velvet top and ribbon ties so the cover fits snugly around a pot, adaptable for glassware or faux flowers, and usable as a decorative gift or display piece.
This 19th century instructional piece urges women to properly clean silver to maintain brightness. It details using soap and ammonia in boiling solution, gentle stirring, rinsing, and leather polishing, warns against vigorous rubbing that could damage ivory or wood, and advises careful handling of teapots forks and spoons to avoid bending or staining.
A garbled collection of recipe fragments describes mixing eggs milk and flour for a cake with vanilla and baking powder, a sugar nut mixture stirred to syrup, and a pudding with berry jam. It also mentions picnics and serving with custard or wine sauce, indicating an era of home desserts and frugal kitchen tips.
A vintage testimonial ad touts Dean's Backache Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney and urinary troubles. Frederick Clifford, claiming relief after two years of pain, endorses the remedy and urges readers to visit local chemists or Foster M'Clellan Co. for purchase. The piece emphasizes dramatic personal improvement and repeated cures over years.
A fragmented ad shows shell grit and oysters for sale along with ground rice marmalade and assorted beverages. It lists Women's and Men's shoes boots caps hats and shirts, Galatea fabrics, shoes for children, and furniture items including blinds and china cups. Prices are variably low and tied to clearances.
Readable fragments show discounted fabrics including 21 inch flouncing embroideries, spotted organdie muslin, fine canvas voiles and damasks. Prices offered as 1/3 yard or 2/11, 2/8, with a note that prices are spot cash and orders can be mailed for satisfaction guarantee.
Registered with ViA.L. and WV A.A. Entricycles Saturday February. Handicaps in Colne Herald Colne Town Rand in attendance B.L. Lowe, Secretary.
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