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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 11, 1911
Page
3
A fragmented, period style article offers home management guidance touching on needlework, cookery, dressmaking, and garment finishing. It discusses sleeve construction, hemming, trimming, and embroidery, with practical tips on patterns, threads, and fabric handling.
Household management tips describe cleaning and cooking tricks using lemons, salt, and starch. They advise washing knives with steel and drying promptly, using lemon and salt for cleaning and preparing surfaces, and a method for handling dough and cakes with lemon. The tone echoes a domestic guide with practical, minimal details.
A vintage guidance piece explains home methods for cleaning starching and ironing shirts and collars with steps for whitening with borax powders and raw starch recipes. It covers ironing sequence cleaning damp cloth finishing touches and cautions on weather sunlight and color care. It also briefly touches meat cooking principles about temperature and basting for preserving juices.
Readable portions describe cheese timbales mixed with milk salt pepper onion juice and grated cheese baked in moulds with a custard test. Also included is a curry based East Indian soup using meat stock apples cream and paraleg. The text covers dessert batters creams and a gelatine dessert with vanilla and whipped cream.
Taken after meals these tabules claim to digest food and relieve indigestion and dyspepsia. The ad asserts the remedy uses natural digestive elements and promises quick relief for a weak stomach. Available as 200 per tin of BO tabules from W. E. Stephens Colac and J. S. Airey Elliminyt.
Special October promotion to celebrate the seventh anniversary of occupation by the renowned JAS Yardley Watchmaker Jeweller and Optician Murray Street Colne. No reduction of 10 percent on all goods. items clearly marked. Trade line highlights jewellery watches clocks silver ware optical goods and related items.
The community mourns the sudden death of Mr BE L Batchelor Minister for External Affairs at a time when federal duties paused. Prime Minister Fisher and other leaders express shock and condolences. The City Council and various bodies send wreaths and letters of sympathy to the widow and family. Batchelor's passing leaves five SA representatives in the Federal Parliament to mourn.
Mrs E Malan reports severe piles resolved after using Rexa ointment on a nursing recommendation. She notes first application gave relief and piles have not returned. The testimonial mentions specific dates and names from Colne and Elliminyt as part of the account.
James Hrettt notifies the public that he has disposed of his carriage factory and business to Messers McDougall and Powell. The firm promises continued patronage and complete satisfaction. McDougall comes from sixteen years with Robertson and Morse Warrnambool as a bond smith. Powell from Terang in the carriage building department.
During the season I offer a large range of racing and roadster Massey and Genwae bicycles. I will quote an allowance price for your old machine. Large stock of second-hand Massey and B84 bicycles from £2 upwards with long terms. Massey bicycles from £20 built to order. Goncirs H.S.A. from £19 10s the latest model.
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