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Newspaper
Colac Herald
Location
Colac, Victoria, Australia
Date
Sep 11, 1912
Page
3
Net blouses and hats featured with warm tones and embroidered trims. Veils, sleeves, and bun fringe styles are discussed, including long sleeves and transparent options, plus a frocking of hair styles and decorative caps. A homemaking tip section offers doll toy craft ideas from scraps and wool.
A fragmented text describes kitchen tasks and odd remedies including a custard topping for cake, Spanish Rice with cheese and chutney, and a dubious pest remedy using matchboxes. It also details improvised beverage and device hacks, with instructions for assembling drawers and skewer-based fittings.
A damaged OCR fragment offers a collection of kitchen directions including a lemon milk cake and beef broth with bones. It mentions sugar water syrup, jelly from marrow, tongue slicing, and fish patties with bread crumb pastry.
A tablespoon of turpentine added to the boiler with clothes can whiten them. A cheap disinfectant for sick room use is made by a teaspoon to a pail of hot water, and turpentine helps dispel odors and deter moths. Saturate brown paper and place in boxes to protect contents. If carpet moths appear, flip the carpet and iron the wrong side, then treat with borax solution and clear water.
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