21 Jan 1916
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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 21, 1916
Page
1
Morwong reports a satirical caucus scene led by Rev M T Foles. Members joke about dishes and cannibalism while mocking German language reforms and wartime rhetoric, ending with the chairman departing amid raucous laughter.
A wartime roll lists Forbes area soldiers killed, wounded, died in camp or at sea, sick in hospital, invalided home, and missing. It names individuals by surname and district ties, noting enlistees from Forbes and surrounding towns during the Dardanelles campaign.
Schedule lists numerous rural NSW towns and routes with 0 30 p m start times for Parkes Bogan Gate Condobolin and more. Several late fees at 4 p m and 9 30 p m appear for various Sydney Bathurst and country stops across days Monday to Saturday.
An old advertisement promotes Samans and Surmand hair colour remover claiming to remove grey in four weeks. It asserts no scalp damage, offering price and supplier details from Edgeworth Laboratories at 168 Pitt Street Britney.
The column surveys children's summer wear and adult outfits, detailing a one piece blue linen tunic with white collar, bloomers, and surf shoes, plus morning wrappers with lace caps. It notes navy and marine blues, pinks, and pomme greens, underskirts gaining favor, and a military influenced bustle in waistlines and hats with small veils, then shifts to decorative lighting shades and orange tones, finishing with warm weather dishes like tomato jelly.
A pasted miscellany of quips and moralizing lines on marriage, psychology, and society. It collects jokes about lovers, husbands, wives, and the social mores of courtship. It also includes a few recipes and home remedies such as lemon juice to cure headaches and a jelly salad method.
The notice states that printing was published by proprietor Georges Washington Brownhill from the office of The Forbes Advocate in Lachiun Saint Forbes.
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