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Newspaper
Toodyay Herald
Location
Toodyay, Western Australia, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1938
Page
3
A guide of gift suggestions arranged by relation highlights items for Father Mother Daughter Son Grandmother Grandfather and Aunt including lingerie stockings tea sets cricket gear books shaving kits pipes slippers dressing gowns and tobacco jars with practical yet thoughtful options for each recipient.
A humorous domestic piece describes how an uncle who is a doctor carves poultry. It covers knife handling, placement on the platter, and how to grip a carving fork to prepare the leg and breast. The skit emphasizes joint locations and directions learned through practice.
A garbled diary fragment references family disputes over charging relatives for operations and carving meat, notes about training for Christmas dinners, and mentions a serving silo and a plan to start work four miles away. The text shows disrupted spelling and unclear subjects, with hints of household costs and cooking tasks.
An offer to supply wedding cakes with card and tin under Commonwealth postal rules. Price listed as 3/6 per dozen, post free. Sold at the paper's office or United Press Ltd, 9713 Hay Street, Perth.
Gift wrapping is an art, turning a present into delight. The piece urges careful, decorative packing to enhance beauty and small joys for friends.
A fragmented instructional piece describes carving a turkey with a fork and knife, detailing steps to separate joints and lift the leg. It then shifts to advice on wrapping Christmas gifts with cellophane and tinsel, praising bright wrappers for boosting holiday cheer and suggesting careful presentation to maximize perceived value.
A fragmented fashion feature describes a silver themed dress worn by Margaret Sullavan at MGM with leaf detailing on the neckline and cape. The piece shifts to a culinary sidebar detailing a beginner carving method, outlining steps for presenting and serving meat portions at a meal.
Instructions describe lifting meat and vegetables to remove fat, pouring off fat except a small amount, browning with bour and rubbing with a spoon, adding water or stock, boiling quickly, and pouring into a gravy boat.
A fragmented yet practical kitchen briefing covers pork and roast poultry methods, including stuffing and cooking times, oven prep, and baste techniques. It references sage, onions, and apple sauce with gravy, plus signs of doneness and table-ready finish. Names, dates, or venues are not provided in full.
A fragmentary piece recounts Kris Kringle as a festive Christ Child figure riding with Saint Christopher, visiting children and spreading holiday joy. The tale blends Germanic names and legendary motifs in a nostalgic, if obscured, prose style.
The text presents a garbled mix of phrases and names with no clear news event or coherent facts. Readable portions include scattered references to people and places, but the overall content is fragmented and non-informative. The piece lacks a discernible narrative or outcome to report.
The article describes Saint Nicholas Eve traditions on December 6 in Belgium, Holland, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Italy. It notes churches named for Saint Nicholas, toymaking, and gifts of apples, nuts, and sweets left in shoes or behind bushes. In some regions a white-robed figure is seen, thought to be Christin disguise, with Italy calling the figure Nicola.
An OCR fragment discusses Santa Claus and Christmas traditions spanning England and the United States, mentioning gifts, sleighs, and the era of misremembered Soviet-era imagery, with references to England, America, and various places like Saintly Sfriea and Hoslia. The text is garbled but centers on the modern image of Santa and cross cultural travel.
The passage notes Santa Claus faces bans and derision in most of Europe except Belgium and the Scandinavian states, with Russia branding him a monstrous legend and other regions expelling him as a foolish tale. It contrasts this with English-speaking countries where presents are still vigorously shared.
The Young Companions Club announces a special Christmas Competition with closing date January 1, 1959. Entries welcome from Dear Girls and Boys, with prizes via ont Special Chrstmas Competition. The issue also notes school holidays and holiday scenes as pupils leave Whitaker's Mill and local schools for Christmas.
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