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Newspaper
Queanbeyan Observer
Location
Queanbeyan, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Jan 17, 1908
Page
6
A 1908 column offers household advice on preserving sugar in teapots, polishing metals with alum, maintaining lamps, removing ink stains, and keeping food fragrant. It includes tips for denture care, washing venetian blinds, skin care with glycerine, and simple home remedies for damp floors and fertiliser from kitchen scraps.
The article debates Earth's interior, arguing that heat rises with depth, yet the core remains rigid under immense pressure. Earthquakes reveal a thin upper shell, with the core behaving elastically until near-surface pressure releases trigger partial fluidization and volcanic ejections.
A historical recipe details a facial tonic using rosemary lavender oil orange flower water and tinctures mixed with spirits to create a cleansing wash. A simpler version lists benzo musk ambergris tincture orange flower water and spirits to prepare a facial rinse.
A1910s era perspective argues women cannot be free while wearing petacoats and corsets. A dockworker quotes dangers of tight attire on neck and circulation while promoting open-work blouses and continuous hooking of waist and skirt. The piece criticizes warm neckwear and emphasizes comfort and better dress sense for health.
A fragment urges strict scullery cleanliness to prevent sanitary dangers. It stresses a lace top window kept open, and a sink or drain to remove dirty water. Homemaking advice advocates burning a strong lamp every evening to maintain health and comfort.
Specially written by Mien Amy Mears. To Renee Bt Lost of Bread. To improve stale bread, soak in sweet milk, heat eight minutes, bake fifteen minutes until like new. For chills, a porridge of oats, butter, salt, lemon, boiling water, with nutmeg or cinnamon. mix and pour boiling water to thin gruel and drink hot.
A rustic method describes baking large potatoes in jackets, cutting off the tops, removing the interior to form a hollow, then mixing the hot potato flesh with chopped hard boiled meat and minced leftovers. Refill the shells, reassemble, and bake until done.
A rich plum cake suitable for birthdays is described as being assembled from butter treacle currants and other ingredients. The method mentions baking in a greased tin for several hours and includes unclear quantities and terms.
Sir William Ramsay reports partial chemical examination results on radium emitting change in high weight elements. The discussion centers on radioactive transformation into unknown products, supported by helium detection, and questions whether other elements share slow, undetectable decay rates.
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