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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 11, 1928
Page
2
A reflective note argues that people obsess over past and future, rarely living in the present. It claims present moments are tools for guiding tomorrow and that genuine living is elusive, with readers urged to examine their thoughts.
A reader tips sheet describes simple home hacks. It covers clearing stains with salt, buttering rice to prevent boil-overs, dusting woodwork with a fi cloth, cleaning brass with a salad oil solution, treating light leather with milk, and lamp mantles strengthened by vinegar and ammonium salt. It also suggests removing coffee and tea stains from wool with egg yolk and glycerine.
A survey of new models in coats and footwear highlights iridescent coats, browns and beiges, leather cuffs, and reptile skins. Evening footwear favors black and white satin, with gold and silver trim, while day wear leathers showcase crocodile and lizard textures.
A mixed old time kitchen notes a ginger sponge cake method with syrup and candied fruit, sardine crostini with cheese, pastry doughs with butter sugar cream and jam fillings, prune and citrus mixtures for freezing, and a chocolate coating method for a snowball confection. The text preserves several steps and ingredients, including butter sugar creaming, eggs, cream of tartar, baking soda, prune pulp, coconut, and a light oil dressing variant.
A fragmented Sydney trade note lists T H Kelly Tin Ore Buyers on Hunter Street with G Gordon T Moran and P W Daugared, indicating merchants or associates in Irvisebank related dealings. The readable portion mentions individuals tied to tin ore commerce.
Fragmented poem praises radio power and distant reach showing talent and reverence. It mentions lightning, silent keys, and a pledge of fuel while noting imperfect understanding of divine will. The piece ends with a dedication to Alice M Shepard.
A humorous verse lampoons a rude, meddlesome person who intrudes on others uninvited. The speaker castigates the boor as self centered and tiresome, calling him the prince of bores and a loud nuisance at work and social scenes.
A casual note mentions Samuel Allen and Sona Li d taking a few bottles of AYES Ginger Ale for the weekend, illustrating a small informal purchase or courtesy gesture.
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