16 Apr 1918
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Apr 16, 1918
Page
1
An advertisement promotes Thermel a cream that allegedly removes aging from the skin and delivers a fresh youthful look. It claims results in about 25 to 30 days and urges readers to buy through post and mail order from retailers in Caiima and other locations.
An advertisement extols the herbal system of medicine as a cure for chronic women's illnesses and hysteria, claiming modern surgeries and medicines fail. It cites testimonials from Mrs Beckett of Innisfail and Mr Edward Deighton, praising a herbalist's treatments over two years of conventional doctors.
The notice lists motels and inns including Commonwealth Hotel and First-class accommodations in Tyreoe Bei and nearby areas. Proprietors named include Mire C. Clark and F. Wilson with services such as spirits, carpe tinge, fretwork, and joinery offered. Wartley Street Cairns is referenced.
The ordinary monthly meeting was held on Monday in Thornborough. Present: Crs Harris, Grafier, Harrison, Harley, McCormack, Kilpatrick. Correspondence includes emails from Geraghey Arnot Molloy on Perseverance road and other items. Debate over road work, bridges, nuisances, and rates. budget and overdraft approved. various resignations and appointments considered. final vote of thanks to the chair.
An assortment of names and roles appears in a local page from the Hinterland Morning Paper. The list includes agents tied to Post and Herald, Gordonvale residents, Mrs. M Kerr, MacDonsell, Bradley, Babinde H, Woodhouse, Mates G Dommell, Tolgn, Mosman, Weedmark, and others, with several pairs of initials and faint titles.
Private Roos passed through Mareeba on his return to Watsonville after 13 months in the trenches in France. He praises the YMCA and WAAC, saying soldiers call it the Wax and noting the women’s Army salary corps work in France. He hopes Sunny Queensland restores his chest. Local post office figures, entertainers, and school notes are mentioned as Mareeba endures cold weather and reeled concerts.
Damaged OCR shows flood images around Rockhampton and Gaza scenes with landmarks on Ernest Street Edwards Street and Edith Street. Includes names of residents and contributors such as F Marsden Cairns E Connors Innisfail and notes Pender Darwin and Pyne with a Thursday publication record.
The readable fragments describe postings at a coast post and a line to an island, with references to Gallipoli, ships, and a small post near a headquarters. It hints at naval logistics and wartime organisation amid a terse, disjointed narrative.
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