This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 19 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
6
The fragment describes clothing styles for wives and daughters including evening gowns and day dresses with chiffon and taffeta textures, as well as accessory trends like lace, capes, and jewelry. It also offers domestic tips on fabric care, ironing, lace trimming, and pudding preparation with detailed step by step guidance.
A fragmented note describes preparing small covers using paper or card for milk and crockery care. It mentions a habit of using a paper cover in the mess of the room and notes a dainty cover sized about 26 by 6. It references porcelain ware and gutter diem cover in a beside manner.
A recipe fragment describes finely chopped suet, wofl wager and tartar with milk and salt. The mixture is moistened and wrapped in a floured cloth, boiled 1 1/2 to 2 hours, served with sauce, garnished with sugar and a cornflour mixture.
A recipe describes dissolving sugar in water with crushed leaf, heating slowly until the liquid turns dark brown and a white ember appears indicating doneness. It warns to stir constantly after boiling and to cool and reboil for a hardened final texture that won't pour.
Advert says mail order sale bill available, discounts on navy and black serges, tweeds, costume lengths, trimming hats, and dressmaking samples. Claims largest dressing department, selection of serges at deep cuts, and prices like £3 10/ or £5 7/8 for coats and outfits.
In a tight market the store highlights remaining women’s hosiery including Fibber Hose at 1/5 and Plain Cashmere Hose at 1/2 price. Opaque stock notes a sphern oid wearer size focus and limited quantities.
An advertisement notes limited stock of twenty frozen items priced at 2 shillings 6 pence, part of a sale offering 1 unit for quick purchase.
A price list of textiles includes White Blankets at 14/6 for 12.6, best quality lines at 25/6 for 19/6, 1/4 do do, and 29/6 for 25. Colored Bush Rugs priced 8/11 for 7/6. Fiderdown Quilts and Marcella Quilts also featured, all shown as reduced.
Overstocks of white sheeting and twill trigger a special sale in Manchester. Offers include best quality twill at reduced prices with samples available for comparison against other market makes.
The advertisement proclaims sole agency for P. and A. corsets guaranteed satisfaction or exchange. British made in Canada with patriotic framing. It targets women, urging comparison with other makes amid wartime context.
Advertisement notes a special purchase of six dozen white and black short kid gloves in new condition priced at 2 shillings 6 pence per pair. It states gloves in stock include Fownes English gloves, described as the best, with reductions on all other gloves and a warning they will soon sell.
Advertisement lists towels in varying qualities and sizes. Includes white flannelette and hibyd yard options with multiple price points per dozen or yardage, detailing widths and bulk discounts for 10 percent gd.
A brief listing notes various sewing goods and household items with prices: Coat's or Clarke's 300 yds cotton, 6 Card Cotton at 2 shillings 6 pence per dozen, white or black press studs 1d per card, Paton's Best Mending 5d, Nugget Polish large tins 3 odd, Clark's Crochet Cotton in any quantity 2s per dozen, knitting needles 1d, and a packet.
Sale offers on ladies raincoats with prices listed 21/ for 17/6 and higher. Tweed coats, blue serge outfits, and a long pleated coat with military collar reduced to 35/ from 50/ plus coats and skirts marked low. Extra Special sale on all dresses and costumes.
Boots department attracts many customers with a sale offering free tins of Nugget for every 10 worth of boots and 4 worth of boots plus tins of Large Nugget. The shop notes it stocks reliable brands and does not carry small sizes, urging readers to take advantage of the savings.
Catalog listing describes men's socks and shirts with sale prices. Items include all wool cashmere socks at one third, strong knitted socks at one third per pair, better qualities at one third to one eleventh, ball bearing braces at one third per pair, Bolton shirts at three for three, Calatea shirts and various flannels in natural white dark grey or navy priced as two for nine with guaranteed quality.
A historic recipe describes making orange marmalade using Seville oranges or a mix of sweet oranges. It details washing and quartering the fruit, removing pulp from peels, shredding rind, removing seeds, and soaking before simmering with water and sugar until tender. Some variants use water syrup or different methods to achieve the preserve.
The article notes a decline in Potel matt whisky production by 1,000,000 gallons this season. It also mentions Mr Fal Cune, a government surveyor in Ore, with 40 of his paternal relatives in active service at the front. Up to the present, some details remain unclear.
In Melbourne the Minister of Defence urged renewed recruiting as Australia faces war demands. Senator Pearce stressed the need for more volunteers and pledged ongoing support, noting 63 822 Australians had enlisted and 18 3979 were available. the government aimed to deploy 6000 reinforcements monthly and provide graves and equipment for each fallen soldier.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.