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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 19, 1916
Page
3
A practical 1920s era home guide covering beauty routines and daily care. It discusses skin brushing, facial care, hair tonic use, teeth brushing, nail care, and dressing tips with advice on gloves, cleaning methods, and simple household hacks for a polished appearance. It emphasizes individuality, modesty, and affordable routines for wives and daughters.
Household hints describe methods for removing perspiration stains from white fabrics and underwear using oxalic or hydrogen compounds, and maintaining silver brightness by soaking in hot water with borax and a touch of soap. A lemon helps with stains and bleaching guidance appears, though details are garbled.
A fragmented recipe describes making a layered sweet dish using bread, fruit, jam, custard, almonds, and milk with thickening yolks and whites. It mentions soaking bread, assembling a dish, pouring custard, and chilling, with a final garnish of almonds. The text also includes a rough list of ingredients like milk sugar eggs gelatine and flavorings.
Fragmented text describes a cooking process with instructions to remove lemon rind and peel apples, beat egg whites, add custard, and decorate with pink sugar, but the passage is garbled and includes stray phrases and nonsensical words.
Mire liltord of the Mature Health Company invites you to a visit at the Victoria Hotel on Tuesday and Friday to discuss free consultations and a range of health services. The notice promises advice on headaches indigestion and skin care with products like Persia Rose offered.
Mysterious note describes James Britt as an entertainer and healer. claims he provides free sessions for chest trouble and water therapy. The text mentions Keene and Haven areas and promises personal care to about ten people in a makeshift treatment setting.
D P Rowan Co announces appointment as Coley Lie trick Agente for Cooper's Sheep Dips Mig Phone a.
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