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Newspaper
Geelong Advertiser
Location
Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 02, 1925
Page
4
All wool knit wear in various shades with prices from 16 to 39 shillings. Ladies and maids knit coats frocks and heavy fleecy lined bloomers advertised with reduced pricing. Full range of men boys and infants wear, direct from factory prices, Manchester area outlet offering 25 percent cheaper than elsewhere. Call now.
A long, critical passage surveys child welfare in British descended nations, contrasting harsh practices in Holland and India with more attentive care among white Australians. It notes infants often left, bound, or hung to restrict movement, with mothers bearing heavy burdens and lacking adequate health support. The text laments harmful methods, calls for improved care, and briefly touches Aboriginal and other groups’ conditions and the erosion of these populations. The piece shifts abruptly to unrelated home cooking notes and sandwich recipes, reflecting fragmented OCR text.
Fragmented text describes preparing a baked dish with bean and bran components. The reader is guided through soaking wrapping and baking procedures with improvised kitchen actions, noting handling of heat and texture to finish a soft, clean result.
A distorted notice warns housewives about a questionable remedy involving oxalic acid and solvent blends. The garbled text suggests improper bottle labeling and dangerous handling, urging readers to beware dubious chemists and unverified processes.
A collection of practical tips on making lamp shade covers with muslin, handling aluminium cookware stains, caring for tinware lids, and treating metal surfaces. The excerpts discuss wire frame construction for lamp shades, cleaning and maintenance habits, and basic food prep steps like pastry cutting and sugar adjustments.
A Geelong reader shares a neighborly recommendation for kidney trouble and backache. A family member found relief after using Down's Backache Kidney Pills, with ongoing belief in their efficacy. Mrs Martin notes long term improvement years later and endorses the remedy sold by local merchants at 20d per bottle under promise of proof.
A garbled ad-like passage touts Jean Rufer's extract as a harmless hair dye that banishes grey. It claims many men and women tested it with results described as colour restoring yet avoids details of ingredients or proven efficacy. The text reads like a period promotional claim with phrases about soap resistance and azure tones.
An ad touts Viermax skin cream claiming to reveal hidden beauty, reduce blemishes and wrinkles, and make the user look younger in weeks. It emphasizes a single jar costing two dollars and markets rapid cosmetic results for plain or aging skin.
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