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Newspaper
Horsham Times
Location
Horsham, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 19, 1939
Page
7
A Christmas message calls for peace, faith, and brotherhood among nations while urging courage for defenders. The page blends festive reflections with practical homemaking tips, including garment repairs, cleaning burnt pots, wall washing with kerosene, silver care, and keeping a thermos flask sweet.
A collection of baking directions for spiced apple cake chocolate cake dark fruit cake spiced sandwich and ginger cake with notes on mixing, sifting, baking times and keeping moist. Includes ingredients like butter sugar flour cinnamon cocoa raisins nuts and optional milk souring agents and icing ideas.
A Melbourne notice invites women to request a free Health for Women hooklet from Department HL of the Victorian Ladies College. It promises guidance on health and motherhood and asks for postage, addressing readers at 297 Collins Street Melbourne. The message targets women about 40 years old and older seeking health information.
Gift caskets feature full size Charmosan facial powder from Paris and related creams. Each casket includes a large Charmosan face powder and Creme Charmosan, offered at casual retail prices. Sold by chemists, druggists, and stores nationwide.
A fragmentary wartime nurse letter extols Kruschen Salts for daily use, claiming it aids comfort and vitality with a moderate diet. The text mocks others who delay taking the product and hints at age-related differences in who would use it, reflecting early 20th century health marketing.
The fragment advises draining a mixture and applying charcoal bits, then recorking a flask to keep it sweet. It also outlines a home floor cleaning routine with floor polish kerosene and soap powder mixed with hot water, then wiped to a shiny finish.
Poetic reflection on sun moon dew and simple beauties found in peasants cottages hamlets and countryside. It contrasts natural splendor with royal wealth noting common pleasures shared by all from birds and lambs to sea boats and heath flowers.
The Horsham Cheer Club held its annual meeting at Cafe Cecil on Wednesday to elect officers for the coming year. Janet Gay, general president, was honored with gifts and praised for her service. officers chosen include Mrs. B H Rudolph as president and Mrs. E H Rudolph as vice president, with Mrs. L G Grant secretary and Mrs. J Wik treasurer. The club reports a flourishing balance sheet and ongoing Christmas parcel deliveries in cooperation with the Horsham Ladies Benevolent Society.
Fragmentary OCR reads as a health tonic advertisement mixing garbled phrases and brand mentions like COOK & BON and HORSHAM. The readable bits suggest a tonic claim linked to disease prevention and bodily wellness, but specifics are missing.
Mr and Mrs C W Jackel arrived from Geelong last Thursday and were warmly welcomed at the Church of Christ. The new minister for Horsham spoke on the all conquering church, urging a return to early Christian faith, prayer, and evangelism to revive zeal and witness.
Muddled ad claims kidney trouble causes aches and fatigue with pains in the back and swelling. It promotes pills promising fast relief by flushing 25 miles of kidney tubes and easing acids and wastes from the body.
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