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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Aug 11, 1919

Page

6

Town and Country War News and Arrivals

Mr W Camb plans a cake sale on Saturday and returns today. Mrs Kilner learns of Captain Kilner’s Melbourne arrival last Thursday per the Examiner. Brisbane ships bring home soldiers Phil Wakefield and otherTableland troops amid war shipping delays. Miss Olsen’s mother, in England on war work, will join north as shipping permits.

W. Camb Cakres Baindoom M. Olsen Brisbane England A. G. Jones Sve Arrval Phil D. Wakefield East Barron Egyot

Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery Cough Remedy praised

An advertisement touts Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery as an unequalled cough remedy that stops coughs and vanishes colds. It claims scientific formulation to relieve colds without upsetting digestion and encourages taking a bottle home, price six pence to one shilling, obtainable everywhere.

Dr. Sheldon

Mossman Votes Amid Local Weather and Bread Shortages

In Mossman a letter from the Post and Herald notes mild weather, shifting politics, and a bread famine easing after Kilpatrick & Co and the Sally shipped flour from Brisbane. The town adapts with a tram reroute to Port Douglas and a busy bakery effort, while schools anticipate a week off and residents await calmer times.

Pneumonic Cairns Heine Seatmen' Sho Kilpae, Fick & Cos Bakery Port Douglas Kilpatrick & Co Reds Cross Spencey Lama Oceania Richard Agai Baker's Dozen

Dr Skel Pilly Backache Remedy Attracts Attention

An old newspaper excerpt touts a medicine named Dr Skel Pilly for backache and kidney trouble, claiming it offers a special remedy to treat prevalent pains. It emphasizes public interest in this cure as a popular health aid of the era.

Skel Pilly Kidseys

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