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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1927
Page
4
An old advertisement listing numerous women’s garments and accessories. Items include striped pug silk frocks with varied collars priced around 10 shillings 6 pence, voile frocks, cream ribbed artificial silk garments, dainty blacks, and decorative embroidery. Also advertised are stockings, gloves, garters, and assorted trimmings in multiple colors with several price points and brand mentions.
Fragments list caskets and domestic items including XYLONITE SERVIETTE RUNCS in white with prices 1 and 4/11 Calvi 43 and 1/0 each. Also mentions YAMBLEYS PRESIA TALCUM POWDER priced at 2/- per box.
The fragment describes eerie beliefs around flowers linked to death and a mysterious painter’s halted work. It mentions a Friday, a saint, and a sequence of visions where flowers hold occult power and influence deaths, with characters unsure of the truth behind the superstition.
A garbled manuscript fragment describes a painter named Keane and themes of memory and obsession. Characters debate intent and truth as a dreamlike sequence unfolds, hinting at crime and the lure of hidden meanings amid surreal imagery.
Fragmentary lines discuss increased demand and ability to cope. It appears to reference an organization FIRH and individuals Bill and Shewiden with limited readable context. Further details are not present.
A hospital tale recalls a grieving widow who donated money and gifts, a chaplain’s tender moments, and a nurse’s patient stories. It describes hospital wards with a dying child, a struggling patient, and a pharmacist of human kindness amid care, sorrow, and small acts of generosity.
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