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Newspaper
Gloucester Advocate
Location
Gloucester, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1906
Page
6
The column offers practical household guidance from sticky tin labels to window cleaning safety. It covers making strong label glue, wearing gloves to dust, using carpet sweepers, a floor anchored waistbelt system for window work, fire safety with alum or sulphate of ammonia, a color-friendly fireproofing tip, a simple corset cover, and a DIY hair pin box with a padded pin cushion.
The article suggests making a decorative vase using odd lace pieces dipped in egg white and applied to pottery. After drying, the pieces are brushed with liquid gold to create a unique finish while avoiding a homemade look.
An old health column discusses summer chills and practical reliefs. It advises dressing children in flannel, engaging in mild exercise, or a hot bath with quinine as remedies. It then explores whether hot tea or iced drinks actually cool the body, noting perception versus physiological effect and cautions about overindulgence and digestion.
A London firm, via the Russian Embassy, dispatches a 120 hp fast motor-boat to St Petersburg to guard the Czar’s liberty. The vessel, lightly armed and designed for 35 knot speed for 20 hours, will circle the palace and project only a conning tower above the water in light seas.
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