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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 13, 1928
Page
11
Thought for Today Tides of Mind
Fragmentary reading discusses happiness and mood, noting it depends on view and choice. It mentions selecting scarves to alter appearance and suggests varied colors or outfits can affect one’s mood and social presentation.
Fashions and Sports Costumes Describe Wardrobe Trends
The article outlines sports jerseys and jumpers paired with tweed sets, plain bright white or patterned jerseys with geometric or striped designs, and crepe de chine touches. It notes two tone knits, collar styles, and neck fittings, plus advice on matching coats and accessories for a smart, seaside or club wear mood. It mentions older women wearing sleeveless bodices with jabots and knitted pullovers, and emphasizes close hip fit for smartness while allowing some looseness above.
Bottling Fruit and Vegetables in Preserving Guide
A fragment describes bottling fruits and vegetables with steps for peaches apricots nectarines and peas including handling water temps 150 degrees 10 minutes steps for blanching cooling salting mint and borax solution. It notes color changes in peas and recommends hood peas and careful processing.
Preserving Beans and Oil in Hot Water Bath Method
The passage outlines washing and parboiling beans, cooling, then packing them in bottles with borax and salt mixture before filling with oil. The jars are sealed by heating water to boiling and maintaining temperature for an hour, following a standard preserving procedure.
Letters From Cairns Bairns Circle Members 1928
A collection of handwritten letters dated July 1928 from Cairns children and their mothers about joining the Home Circle and Cheerio Band. Messages mention pen names like Currant Bun and Dick Turpin, school classes, birthdays, pets, and family life, with welcomes and replies from Rosemary and Soldier Brave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peeramon
Rosemary
Cheerio
Home Circle
Dick Turpin
Norman Vessels
Cairns
Isour
Rainbow
Mummy
Rita
Sheridan-street
Cheerio Band
Hane Circle
Lindbergh
Bruce Fraser
Highest class time Olga is having inquiry
Rosemary writes with concern about Olga's social season and asks if you will attend, sending affectionate closing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olga
Rosemary
Birthday Greetings From the Bairns Circle
The Bairns Circle sends birthday wishes to English Jasarmine and Ponsy Petal. They share mottos to inspire happiness with lines about seeing sunshine and keeping on smiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Cheerios Parcel Moonlady Comics Bundle Found
A bundle of Angelina Pedrolini comics titled Moonlady has been located. The shipment includes several issues wrapped for delivery and appears to be part of a collector’s lot. No further details on origin or destination are provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheerio Parcel
Angelina Pedrolini
Moonlady
C W A Prize Winners Medalists Named in Pucapling Contest
The article lists prize recipients from the pucapling competition including Mrs. McCallum who won the meat kinionn and the Victorian soll ly gues as well as other winners from Bamonton Brisbane Gordonvale Cairns and West Australia. Several individuals such as Alfred Morrison J Johnston Lavis and McGrath are named among the awardees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesdanies A
Bamonton
MelMinhton
V Fondai
A. H., Knox
Frankledon
G. Daly
Yungeburra
Alfred Morrison
West Australia
J. Bakes Rock
A. Moikley
I Ae
Gordonvale
Dyer
Rude
Cairns
Visit to Anzac Park for Bairns and Cheerios
Anzac Park hosts visiting Bairns and Cheerios on Tuesday afternoon from four to five. Children may bring a paper game or write names at home or school. Those unable to write will have names taken by volunteers. Wear badges. if wet, no visiting day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Anzac Park
New Kindness to Animals Letter Competition Opens
A competition offers five shillings for the best letter on Kindness to Animals. Write to Rosemary Cairns Past with name pen name and age, 10 to 200 words. All entries over 30 marks earn a certificate. published in the Post and Herald. Closes September 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Street
Cairns
Rosemary
Cheerio
Ptt
Ben Hur
Victor Lawson
Gargett
Cairns “Post
Herald
Post
Childrens dialogue on schooling and age slips in记
Fragmented classroom banter shows a teacher correcting Charlie on a Bible edition and a boy guessing ages. A mother’s birthday is cited and a small girl asks about age while a line about an umbrella appears. Sent by Jack Woolley.
Unity and Strength Through Shared Effort
A terse call to collective effort and mutual aid, urging unity and steadfast support to empower the weak and overcome hardship. Emphasizes cooperation and shared strength as the path forward.
To Crop or Not To Crop Poem Analysis
A fragment dated February with a spoof of Hamlet style on hair cropping and fashion. The verse jokes about powder and wigs, the scissors of fate, social pressures, and the cost of fashion on the poor. It imitates classical phrasing to critique hair trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zair
Dr Sheldon’s New Discovery for Colds Gains Praise
Many people rejoice at last finding a medicine for their colds that quickly relieves them. Reports praise Dr Sheldon’s discovery as effective for coughs and colds. Available widely priced 1 shilling 9 pence or 3 pence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheldon
Cairns Girls at the Movies
Myrtle and Ethel discuss a local film shown at Craig's Chemist opposite the Post Office. The staff produced the first local picture, with clear scenes of Hockey tears and teams like Greys Wattles Live Wires Ruyala Aussies and Yankees. Myrtle urges readers to attend around 7 15 tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle
Ethel
Craig
Raig
Chemisia
Selected Verses The Quarrel Between Needle And Cotton
A whimsical quarrel between the needle and the cotton unfolds as they trade insults about their mutual dependence. The cotton asserts its essential role in sewing while the needle retorts about its own skill and the need for the fabric to be usable.
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