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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 24, 1911
Page
3
A period piece on home economics and child training outlines budgeted home management tasks for girls and boys. It advocates practical projects from sewing and knitting to carpentry, printing presses, and toy typewriters, emphasizing self sufficiency and constructive hobbies for character and skill development with examples of attic workshops and family purchases.
A dated home cookbook item describes toasting bread with a savory topping and several vegetable side dishes. It provides step by step methods for creamed parsnips on toast, onion garnished with bacon, potato balls, layered potatoes with milk, and various carrot and turnip sauces and crumbles. The tone imitates a busy kitchen guide with practical cooking times and heating steps.
A catalog listing for winter footwear fabrics shows ATaT Black and Navy Fancy Serge with sizes 3/3 and 4/6, Navy Cheviot Serge 2/6 and 3/6, Navy Estamena Serge 2/0 and 4/6, Navy Costume Serge 2/11 and 4/6. Cream Cheviot Serge 2/3 2/6 2/11, Cream Estamene Serge 2/6 and 2/11, Cream Golf fabrics in heavy and wide widths at 3/6 4/6 5/9.
In a Camperdown police court, Henry B Archbold faced a charge of using insulting words. The informant William Nicholls testified of a March 31 entertainment incident where Archbold cursed others and threatened violence after his horse was damaged. Archbold admitted provocation but was fined 1 shilling plus 23 shillings 6d costs.
A series of guidance emphasizing consistent advertising. It argues that regular, strategic, and plentiful ads drive success, likening advertising to essential tools and noting that sustained effort beats sporadic campaigns. It compares ads to farming, windows, and utilities, urging ongoing investment.
Five years after cure doctors report many townspeople still claim health from Doan's Backache Kidney Pills. George Duncan of Colac says back pain vanished after using the pills and remains cured five years later. The ad touts Dean's Dinner Pills for stomach liver and bowel and offers Doan's products at listed prices from Foster McClellan Co. in Sydney.
An advertisement lists Biscuit Barrel E P Mounted sets Water Sets Jug glasses Fruit Sets Honey Jars Butter Dishes Jardinishes Milk Jugs Cream Jugs Pickle Jars Moustache Cups White and Gold Cups and Saucers and tea sets with prices in old currency. Also notes a large assortment of Household Lamps of excellent value at Tomoana.
A fragment notes readers should send home management and cookery queries to the editor titled for wives and daughters at the Colac Pearl d office. It also advertises Woods Great Peppermint Cure for coughs and colds priced at 1 shilling 8 pence.
A local notice highlights availability of goods described as of good quality offered at reasonable prices. It notes buyers may inspect items and contact the seller for details and terms.
An Adelaide style notice seeks female clients for personal shopping across Melbourne and Victoria. The agent offers worldwide experience, will buy items from hats to fiano, dispatching purchases with receipts and a 1/6 commission. Response directed to Mrs F J Chester at Heller's Ashish Read Armadale.
A dealer touts a season sale offering top Massey and Genuine 5.5A bicycles with an allowance price for old machines. The pitch promises a satiny finish and a strong value for trade ins.
An old advertisement promotes Harrigon's Varnish available at one shilling per tin. It urges readers with furniture needing polishing to try the product, highlighting its use for restoring shine and protecting wood surfaces.
Peg G''s on Murbay Street Colac advertises a large assortment of ladies handbags priced from 1s 6d with many other lines. The store highlights Easter gifts and has opened a variety of Easter post cards.
Kirk Brothers William and Norman Kirk relocate to new premises in Bromfield Street formerly Bilry and Son. They continue general blacksmithing with careful horse work and clipping services offered at the new location.
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