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Newspaper
Warrnambool Standard
Location
Warrnambool, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1917
Page
8
In a London gambling club Daphne confronts Mendham Barnstaple and Raffle as Rafe lures her into a dangerous truth. She vows to reveal the plot but is outmaneuvered and coerced into taking an oath, while a mysterious insider plots to shield the operation and use her.
A quirky collection of kitchen tips detailing onion soup precedents with broth and bread, Flemish style and vegetable puree, then steps for sausage rolls, Italian meat pie, and muffins. It outlines stock making from bones, bone removal, tomatoes, cabbage, and rice layers, plus pastry stuffing and baking directions.
An editorial argues Australia is an island of voluntaryism surrounded by conscription. It urges mass enlistment and continued war funding, noting eligible men and the need to relieve frontline troops. It condemns excuses for not enlisting and emphasizes duty to the Empire and Allied cause.
Poem reflects on love lost to time and forgetfulness. The speaker laments that only tombstones reveal the loved ones origins as time erases memory. The poem calls for compassionate living and gentle bonds while love endures, ending with a prayer to teach us how to love fully.
The survey notes coin ages from sixpence to sovereigns. Sixpences wear out in about twenty eight years while half crowns last about sixty four. Florins wear their inscriptions in forty five years and gold coins shorten from twenty eight to twenty four years. Half sovereigns fade in about fifteen years as worn coins are withdrawn yearly in millions of pounds.
Fragmentary text describes a wartime gift and complaints about hiring practices and extra charges. It references a scene with a window blind and a character named Mifune and includes a stray note on Friday and discrimination. The readable parts are incoherent but suggest social commentary.
A humorous essay reflects on boots as ornamental objects more than practical wear. The narrator mocks stylish footwear, contrasts them with slippers, recalls personal boot memories from Brighton to Canterbury, and muses on officer boots and wartime fashion. Questions linger about boot fates and socks holes.
The Royal Agricultural Show outlines a broad program with prizes totalling £6000 and a new flat time section. Organisers have been appointed to strengthen weaker sections, promising higher entry numbers. Sixty plus sire nominations head the Dyedlesdale Stakes to draw yearling competition, while a horse lorry team class and a governor general trophy for best thoroughbred stallion suitable for military use await. New poultry and dog sections, women’s trades classes, and a shift to judged by prearranged timetables are planned. The show runs September 25 26 with general entries closing August 25 and contest entries by September 9, with space requests already heavily oversubscribed.
Noted as wife of the American ambassador in Petrograd Lady Buchanan has wide travel stories from revolutions and wars. At a garden party in Bologna she met Sir George Buchanan missing due to official duty. An American tourist told Lady Buchanan he valued meeting him and boasted of a decade without drink.
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a man describing a woman as a strange animal and resisting car travel. The squire questions the odd behavior while a groom reads reactions and tries to reassure everyone as the scene ends abruptly.
A home remedy recipe promises to restore natural hair color and stimulate growth. It combines Hejuvens Compound, bay rum, and water to create a scalp tonic to be rubbed in nightly, with claims of safety and ready availability from chemists and wholesalers.
An advertisement touts Formettes as a foolproof fat reducer requiring no exercise. It claims to burn fat, boost appetite, improve complexion, and reverse aging while claiming no digestive or heart-related side effects. Sold by agents in Prahran Collingwood and from H Henshall Chemist in South Melbourne.
The dialogue sketches Mrs. Brewer and friends discussing Jimmie and Elix in a tense household scene. Mrs. Dobbs, Mrs. Skewer, and others debate service, work, and desires, revealing tensions over an aspiring stage path versus home life.
An old advertisement extols a shaving stick called Hygieia claiming it softens pores and gives a smooth, fresh look. It advertises benefits like avoiding rash and pimples, portraying Hygieia as a luxury cosmetic widely available through a retail resale following the Pony 220 ritual.
Fragmentary lines mention oil steps and markets with stray phrases. Names and concrete details are unreadable or garbled, preventing a clear summary of events, entities, or outcomes.
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