Bits and pieces by Lois

Lemco

I’m not sure many people will have heard of Lemco today, but most people will have heard of and possibly eaten Fray Bentos corned beef. I like corned beef, just as it is, my husband loves it in corned beef hash; I’m sure everyone who makes hash has their own recipe, some involving potatoes, some […]

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Trunk comfort and bath cabinets

TRUNK COMFORT – “If you knew  all the advantages of a ‘EUREKA’  Trunk, you would not travel with any other. It saves much time and trouble as each article is get-at-able. It carries the garments in perfect order, avoids crushing and economises space by the systematic method of packing. It prevents confusion and continual repacking, […]

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Women made beautiful by Diano…

This mysterious treatment was advertised in The Sphere in 1900. By 1904 this extraordinary but secret treatment was discussed in an article in ‘Weldon’s Ladies Journal’, entitled, ‘There is no power like the magnetism of curves’… well I should be pretty powerful as I have plenty, more than enough curves, although I have never known any […]

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