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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1937
Page
4
A fragmented collection of biscuit recipes with ingredients and methods. Includes Chocolate Cream Sandy Biscuits Raspberry Cream Sandwich Biscuits and Rolled Out Biscuits with detailed steps and baking notes. The text lists flour sugar butter eggs and flavorings with variations for cream filling and toppings.
Practical tips from a home column covering nail repairs with plaster and vinegar, avoiding lumpiness in parsley sauce by adding parsley to dry mix, proper clothesline maintenance, making greaseproof paper rolls, gingham washing with sugar for stiffness, removing fish odor from pans with butter, and treating grease stains on wicker with methylated spirits.
A starch and oatmeal bath leaves skin soft and whitened. Prepare by mixing a capful of fine starch with half a capful of powdered oats in a muslin bag and adding to the water. For a faint perfume add a portion of powdered root. Another skin softener combines pine oil, ammonia, soap spirit, and water, shaken well and stirred into a warm bath.
A detailed article presents crochet motifs for a chair back and a dinner mat, describing multiple rows of stitches, picots, and clusters. It cites materials such as Coats Mercer-Crochet No 20 gauge yarns, steel hooks, and a pattern book, with emphasis on precise counts, tensions, and measurements for a refined, sturdy finish. The piece notes the mats as heirloom worthy and targets experienced crochet workers with explicit row-by-row guidance.
Advert says Eno's Fruit Salt cools and refreshes on hot days. A dash in water supposedly boosts energy and appetite, clears sluggishness, and aids digestion when taken in the morning. It emphasizes non-habit forming, alkaline formula without sugar or harsh laxatives. Price listed as 29 cents for regular and double quantity.
London press reports that the General Post Office has retreated from a three year battle against the common cold after an inoculation campaign with workers, while London and Manchester universities continue cold and influenza research without success.
The text appears as a dense, instructional drafting of a needlework or weaving pattern across many rows. It lists steps like missing letters, spaces, and turns, with repeated references to rows, threads, and measurements, implying a complex manual for creating a fabric motif.
Home cookery offers apricot preservation guidance detailing picking under ripe fruit, decorative halved or sliced options, and making a sugar syrup. Instructions cover washing, packing in jars, sterilization, sealing, and cooling before storage, noting options for hot or cold use.
The text outlines a method for drying apricots with steps to rinse ripe fruit, soak in a sugary syrup, boil, and layer on trays. It covers gradual drying, cooling, curing, and storing in airtight tins, noting moisture affects crystallization and color. The fragment resembles a vintage kitchen instruction with dated techniques and measurements.
A garbled guide lists ca rials and serving steps for sauces and gravies with substitutes and cocoa notes. It mentions using butter, beowal gravy, white sugar, and jelly cooling tricks, plus a method to restore pearl buttons and a mold release tip.
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