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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1912
Page
3
A fashion column outlines sewing and fitting tips for women and girls. It discusses dress styles, trims, and fabrics, notes on boots and shoes fit, and advice on comfort during travel. Careful guidance on buttonhole work and embroidery accompanies practical dressing advice.
Amateur household column offers practical advice on stain removal with salt and chlorine, cleaning spares for starching Holland linens, preserving leather boots, and oil lamp maintenance. It suggests rinsing milled brushes, wrapping wine and dairy items in waxed paper, and proper wick trimming for smoke reduction and longer lamp life.
A cooking guide fragment detailing vegetable preparation including cookies with dates orange Yemen and coconut options. It covers tomato and egg preparations, spinach cleaning and cooking, and guidance on asparagus peas beans and general digestion tips with an advertisement style note on tonics and patent products.
A fragmented recipe describes making date cookies by creaming sugar with butter, adding flour and baking powder, then mixing in eggs and milk. The jagged text mentions chopped dates and vanilla and suggests adjusting milk to reach a rollable dough, yielding thin cookies.
The report covers the wedding of William Doubsr Shew of Gamperdews and Dolcia Williamson of Moonee Ponds, with details on attire and gifts. It also notes a Melbourne visitor, recovered money, December railway traffic figures, local police remarks on public order, school attendance milestones, butter factory finances, a bishop blessing in Terang, a house fire at Hibbert residence, and the Warrnambool Golf Club summer tournament outcomes and praise for the event and facilities.
A festive fragment lists fresh currants raisins sultanas baking powder carme mak en essences saline gran eal cheddar cheese plum puddings harvest tea sheep s tongues meat pastry smoked sardines and other holiday provisions. The text evokes communal cheer as gifts are shared and no one is left to grieve.
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