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Newspaper
Forbes Advocate
Location
Forbes, New South Wales, Australia
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
7
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A long piece blends fashion notes on worn hats and matching dresses with household advice. It covers summer dress trends, kerosene floor cleaners, stove cover ideas, and a hospital fundraiser update. Report details an Australian social scene, a federal government hour gathering, and a vivid anecdote about a crime story with a breakfast recipe and civic talk.
A fragmented recipe feature lists cocoanut macaroons and a cake method. It provides ingredients, like eggs, sugar, butter, flour, baking powder, orange zest, and nutmeg, with step by step mixing, heating, and baking instructions. The text mixes measurements and directions in a period culinary voice.
The text discusses cake preparation tips involving beating whites, adding salt, and crushing spices with a rolling pin, then shifts to a critique of modern grain methods. Mr Patten, an American wheat broker, is cited as responsible for the change toward up to date methods, noting increased domestic wheat use and rising exports from Canada and Argentina to Liverpool.
A fragmented note notes Maxier using aeroplanes telephones gyroscopes and automatic wings. It mentions an on tour link with unions and a curious reference to Woods' Great Peppermint curr. The text is garbled but implies a hardware or aviation themed venture with labor groups involved.
A party at Rodd Loland in honor of Air and Mrs Sheffer’s daughter Mary Allee yielded riddles with answers listed. Winners included Miss Counte Bwire for solving most riddles, followed by Miss Fenale Sedal and Miss Mabel, with clues ranging from animal, plant, and object riddles to humorous wordplay reflecting Sydney locales and names.
Mrs J Lewis of Fitzgeralds Valley dies at 88. She lived through bushranging days when Boo Hall and his gang once held her house, took fodder and three horses including one owned by Canon Sharp. Survived by husband’s descendants and a large number of grandchildren. Funeral at Buysland Cemetery Pitagernid’s Valley at 4:30 Sunday.
A detailed list traces shearing fixtures across New South Wales with station names, numbers of sheep, and hand or machine methods. Wingadee at Coonamble leads with about 120,000 sheep, followed by Burrawang and Goonoo Goonoo at 100,000 each, then many regional stations such as Warren, Coonamble, and Manfield entries with tens of thousands apiece.
The Public Works Ministry reports ten government projects underway including subway lines and bridges, totalling about £5,080,000. An approved program aims to accelerate public works with Parliament authority to fund irrigation, water, drainage, hospitals, schools, and harbours, targeting £4,000,000 to £5,000,000 in the next five years.
The note lists patient symptoms and care items including chest complaints for Foy Cheoule and gait concerns with Peppermint Care on April 4. It outlines medical observations and treatment steps framed for a clinical record.
Fragmentary OCR style text mentions Bronetial Covad Great Peppermint Cures and a talkative passenger seeking conservation. Appears to be broken dialogue or ad copy with names partially garbled and no clear event or outcome.
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