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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 25, 1914
Page
3
The article describes adult evening coats in a fashion piece with long discussion of fabrics, cut, and styling details. It includes sewing notes, garment components, and guidance on wearable coats for women, interlaced with domestic routines and care instructions.
A garbled excerpt outlines multiple ways to prepare various fishes with butter, eggs, bread crumbs, and herbs. It mentions steaming, baking, frying, and boiling with sauces, lemon, parsley, and pepper. It references methods for whiting and red snapper and suggests serving with mashed potatoes or pasta.
Local retailer slashes prices across multiple footwear lines in a partial list of discounts. Ladies and gents selections include glace kid, box calf, and canvas lace shoes with sale prices well below usual tags. Early winter footwear warns of further price rises, urging customers to buy now.
Murray street Colac resident describes long kidney pain and backache eased by Dean's Backache Kidney Pills. Ad claims pills cure kidney ailments and lists Clellan Co. Pitt Street Sydney as supplier with six bottle pack pricing.
Acclaim has been put forward by Dr. Carrel that he has discovered a medium which would refresh cells and tissues to renew themselves. He began experiments by fitting human tissues into test tubes and, after initial failures, succeeded in doubling the life of the tissue, suggesting a method to extend life and combat aging.
Mr Moreton Frewin warned at the Fast India Association that a financial panic is likely in England within two to three years due to a large drain of British gold sent to India through the currency system. He noted a year of veiled panic in India and predicted falling Western gold prices without a matching drop in Indian silver.
Franz Bachmann a former blacksmith won acclaim in his debut as Sarastra at the Court Opera House Casmel. His hammering singing style drew fame, prompting the locomotive works manager to recommend him to the opera director. He said stage fright troubled him less than his first hammer strike.
The article describes Speedway planned as the world’s first car focused industrial city near Indigmapolis. Construction accelerates and a two to three year timeline envisions a complete town with horse entry barred. The Motor notes motorists will be admitted free of charge after the gate.
Sthintie and Mattie are united as one man through the canal's final cuttin. The Louise steamer carried prominent canal officials and wives as it became the first free boat to traverse the Isthmus. The work employs 46,900 workers, cost around fifty six million pounds, and the canal promises vast shifts in world shipping.
The homadic or hyntume Indians of the Western territories of Cananda live year round in teepees. At their annual agency gatherings to receive annuity money the camp sits beside traders tents. They are wary of cameras and use animal skins and dried meat when hunting.
A new Moscow club enforces absolute silence among members with a monetary penalty for any spoken word. Gestures are the sole communication, conveyed to silent waiters via tablets. In Stockholm the city has about 30000 telephone subscribers for a population just over 400000, roughly one in five people.
At a London Coliseum charity performance crowds gathered outside for a glimpse of stars including George Robey. Robey paused for air before going on stage and then entertained with a sequence of songs. Fellow performers Fred Emney, W C Fields, and George Graves joined to lift the audience's spirits.
The Natal fire industry expands with two main firms and hundreds of acres under cultivation in Port Shepstone. Aloe vera, or Fureroeg gigante, yields ropes and cordage for export to the Malted Kingdom, with profits averaging about £10 per acre along Natal's eastern edge. Capital is needed to drive further growth and development.
A new Chinese led project at Nanyuan Aviation School advances with most materials except the motor of Chinese origin. Test series are planned before General Stat acceptance. Children of literate households are asked to sign pledges not to steal or harm plumage.
The report notes a rush to a South African diamond area driven by discoveries at a mine owned by Bowker and partners. Yields are low with many stones poor in quality, causing fund strains and a mass exodus of diggers to Krambecleyi. Water scarcity and sanitation failings leave workers stranded in a barren region.
Fragmented notes report on a claimed Earth moon collision within ten million years and a desire for scientists to halt speculation. Eyewitness items describe Army medal cases moved unseen and a stray aviation escort, while a farm notes a turkey batch reaching 400 pounds.
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