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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jul 10, 1914
Page
1
In this column, readers discuss how modern parents can balance toys and learning, argue for simple wooden toys to foster imagination, and describe home décor trends. The piece notes shifts from lace curtains to casement cloth, linen bed coverings, and affordable tea service sets, urging timely shopping as sales rise.
Hain and Searight of Sydney announce the sale of Oak Stand covering 4,240 acres in the Coonamble district on account of Mrs A Parkinson to Mr C Campbell formerly of Charleville district Queensland.
Hean's Essence touted as a cheap home cough remedy used in Australian and New Zealand homes. Letters claim great savings and efficacy, urging purchases through chemists in Sydney and Forbes with a price of 2 shillings and requests for money-back if unsatisfied.
Hats that were expensive at season start are now sold for little. To refresh a hat, add wired bows and back detailing. Garden and driving hats use linen and ribbons with leaf-like edge. Parasols feature chiffon butterfly designs. Paris notes expect wider skirts, with frocks shortened and extra frills for added width and smartness.
A dubious advertisement touts a method to permanently restore original hair color. It promises a safe scalp treatment with a “powerful” formula from Hoffnung's Chambers and Holenworth stories, claiming stains and dyes are unnecessary and that hair returns to its natural shade without future regrowth of greys.
Schedule shows daily mail trains and stops across towns including Parkes Condobolin Calarie Sydney Bathurst Young Cowra Melbourne Cookamidmera Parkes Daroobalgie Grenfell and others with late fees at 4.10 pm and multiple through connections in a dense regional network.
A fragmented column follows Giles a rustic who travels to London for pleasure but dies soon after arriving. He visits doctors, misreads door plates, and jokes about medical odds. Other vignettes include a sharp lawyer Jasper Katehfea respected by staff, a comedic salary gag, and an aviator tale where a mechanic explains monopline workings to a sweet questioner.
New gasfitting business announced in Forbes at premises in Templar Street two doors from Mr J J Gunn, offering complete inverted burners, mantles, gas stoves and fittings with display of rings pendants brackets tubing globes in various sizes and shades at affordable prices.
With men, it means ability to distinguish between false appearance and real value. The text discusses discernment and social perception in relation to merit and extravagance.
James Maguire's Tailored Suits advertise the most correct styles and perfect fitting. Ladies tailoring emphasized as a specialty with focus on workmanship and quality.
An advertisement promotes Hyson Tea sold to benefit Forbes Hospital. It offers the Beat Tea at 1/6 and claims hospital revenue from proceeds, with delivery free of charge and a promise of repeat usage. Contact phone 166 for orders.
Printed and published by the pro prstor Georgy Washington Brownbill at the office of The Forbes Advocate Lachlan St Forbes.
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