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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Aug 26, 1922
Page
6
Fragmented old ad shows a busy price list including canned goods and vegetables. Items include pineapples beet, sweet corn, caulflower, Brussels sprouts, parsnips, beetroot, desiccated coconut, and fish such as salt salmon and shrimp. Brands and weights vary across tins and boxes.
An old advertisement for Dunn & Laneey promoting Phame No 176 at Sheridan Street P.O. Box. It touts a “pure sea et sfective” remedy for catarrh and headaches claiming constitutional cure via tonic action and “double phial” packaging. It emphasizes relief from head noise, dizziness, and hearing issues, urging purchase despite dubious efficacy.
An old advertisement touts Reaver Health Salts as a remedy for rheumatism. It claims the product clears "poisonous" matter from blood, restores healthy liver action, and promises relief with a teaspoon in water each morning. Price is 27 per bottle, sold by W H Green Ltd in Cairns and various chemists and wholesalers.
Royal cattle dipping plant advertised as reliable and effective. The notice promotes Tepalin J DraprR Ltd and highlights trusted water treatment and mineral strength claimed to ease mining and disease concerns.
Fragmented correspondence outlines a balance sheet with receipts and expenditure, a £898/14/2 balance and £230/16/11, and a deficit of £82. The Ambulance Committee votes of confidence in the superintendent are noted amid confusion over mileage, fuel, and transport costs.
A letter to the editor from Atherton recalls a local road dispute with the AWU leadership and reports a town meeting that escalated into a strike. The writer weaves in references to Sir Ernest Shackleton and polar exploration, noting the organiser’s firm stance and a resolved outcome as workers demanded pay and concessions.
The readers are presented with a fragmented text referencing a polar drift, a cryptic phrase about a man who knows not the word ete at, and a mention of defeat and payment for a rite. The source lacks coherent events or named entities to establish a concrete news item or timeframe.
Thousands suffer indigestion from stomach catarrh and related symptoms. A New York physician warns the thickened stomach lining slows digestion and risks ulcers or cancer. He prescribes pure salix magnesia and hot water washes to neutralize acid and ease discomfort.
Fragmentary OCR shows names and roles for a leadership team. Mentions M. Chatmen Mead as general manager and Wartan A. Campbell as manager at Caires with offices in Brisbane and branches in London Melbourne Sydney Queensland. Details are partial and unclear.
An old advertisement claims Gruen Health Salts cleanse the bowels liver stomach and kidneys removing pain indigestion and constipation. It touts a half cup of warm water with the product to restore health and offers large bottles for 2 shillings 9 pence at chemists and stores.
The article describes hair damage from a hostile shampoo and explains how an alternative product restores oil balance, cleans deeply, and promotes healthier, thicker, and more lustrous hair. It cautions that improper treatment harms hair glands and stresses safe sourcing of the recommended item.
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