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Newspaper
Guyra Argus
Location
Guyra, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 01, 1904
Page
6
Ladies column reviews season’s silhouettes with tight and curved fits, trimmed tailor-mades sold by the yard, and garnitures like tassels, braids, and sailor ties. Fichus and lace collars return, featuring guipure and chiffon with black velvet accents for contrasting detail.
Speer crafted a tailored costume in russet reds chocolate and golden browns with dull greens and fawns, a lead color note even in colder seasons. The description notes banana cloth and useful shades for summer gowns as fashion evolves.
The page describes two new high crowned hats with satin ribbon drapery and floral accents. One brown straw design uses a shaded tangerine ribbon and a silk rose, the other black velvet features bronze bands and a satin ribbon encircling the crown.
The passage notes a wide alcove feature with a decorative cuff. The cuff is not a simple straight band but a fabric element with one end mitted and buttoned, plus a coffee coloured ruffle peeking over the hand.
A fragmentary note discusses a liquid treatment for baldness and nightly application into the bald area. The text is incomplete but suggests an at home remedy marketed to readers seeking hair regrowth.
A new hair accessory yields stand out effect by using a shallow semi circular comb with deep prongs. Worn at back or front, it replaces traditional frames and holds the coiffure firmly. The device aims to keep hair from falling over the face with immediate effect.
A readable fragment notes a fascination with luxury living and wealthy individuals. It references status symbols and the general appeal of affluent lifestyles, suggesting societal interest in opulent goods and high-end living without detailing specific people or events.
A prominent restaurant owner admitted to charging inflated prices to certain customers to deter them from seeking cheaper meals elsewhere. He described a dinner service featuring lavish wines and jewelry influenced by indulgent tastes and social status, acknowledging past excesses while defending high charges as a stance against wasteful patronage.
German medical papers propose a non surgical remedy for appendicitis by strengthening abdominal muscles through walking on all fours four times daily. The method claims success in chronic cases but warns about continued meat eating, noting higher appendicitis risk among flesh eaters. Statistics from Algeria and other regions are cited to support diet impact on incidence.
A compendium of practical domestic tips covering food prep and kitchen care. It advises adding grain of salt to cream to aid whipping, avoiding blistering with mustard plaster and egg white, lifting meat on a trivet, cleaning tin-ware with damp then dry cloth, camphor to deter tarnish, bran water with honey as a cooling drink, and a lemon sugar rinse for hoarseness.
Household recipes feature Amy Monroe as principal coordinator with Taomnicat Couzens assisting in a wartime menu guide. This local listing highlights practical kitchen techniques and ration friendly dishes designed for home cooks adapting to difficult times.
The guide describes selecting small white veal with fine grain and well fattened kidneys. It covers roasting options for the Fillet Loin Shoulder Best End of Neck and Breast, bones and seasonings for the fillet and breast, and suggests a thin gravy and parsley sauce. It also mentions boiling or stewing veal cutlets with parsley sauce as an accompaniment.
A fragmentary recipe describes mixing yeast stuffing with Paisley spices and thyme, a hint of nutmeg and lemon rind, one egg, pepper, and salt to taste. The method calls for blending the ingredients until smooth and moistening with a well beaten mixture.
A fragment outlines a simple parsley sauce method. Melt butter, stir in flour off the heat for one minute, add milk and water, return to boil until thickened, then stir in chopped parsley and salt for seasoning.
A recipe for fried sweetbreads uses a pair of sweetbreads, one egg, breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Blanch and simmer until tender, cool, then split, coat in flour and egg, roll in breadcrumbs, fry golden. Serve with brown gravy.
A compact baking note provides a sandwich cake recipe. It lists sugar flour cornflour butter eggs milk cream of tartar and carbonate soda with jam and icing sugar. Directions say beat eggs and sugar until frothy then fold in dry ingredients and melted butter with milk. bake 12 to 15 minutes and cool before sandwiching with jam and dusting with sugar.
A historic recipe for apples in jelly uses ten apples a quart of water gelatine sugar lemon rind and juice cloves carmine. Core and peel apples cook in syrup until tender then drain. Soak agar? No. dissolve gelatine in water, boil syrup down, mix in gelatine, arrange apples in mould, strain and color with carmine. Set and serve with cream.
A collection of quotes on wisdom, happiness, and truth from various authors and eras. The items present aphorisms by Bacon Duchess de Praslin Burnett Pascal Gordon and others, illustrating reflections on knowledge, morality, and daily life.
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