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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
2
A reader warns about outdated and dubious laxative remedies for children such as California Syrup of Figs, noting inconsistent dosing and unsafe claims. The piece references popular misbeliefs and quotes various observations about child health, urging caution and better medical guidance.
The article discusses fabric care, noting clothes, especially looser weaves like stockinette, sag with use and require frequent brushing and hanging to maintain shape. It warns damp storage causes mildew for cotton linen and silk rots in damp air, with advice to keep cupboards dry and rub felt specks with fine paper.
A fragmented 19th century style guide offers home remedies and cautions. It mentions waterproofing corks by immersion, a bleach substitute with crude measurements, boiling a dress with tartar for colorfastness, and a salt vinegar polish. It also hints at making an ideal bag from linseed and preparing brushes by soaking to prevent bristle loss.
Reading from a fragmented report, non-players and spectators at Victoria courts in Ronoyong display vivid fashion with bright woollen coats and silk frocks. The scene notes short coats, blond spectators, and contrasting attire among supporters and competitors as opening matches begin.
A vintage guide on batter making highlights rye flour use, proper mixing, and resting times to ensure light texture. It lists seven savory ideas to use batter with butter, meat, figs, cheese, stale cake, fish and rice, and explains cooking method and serving tips.
Read like a vintage recipe page with multiple dessert ideas. Sponge cakes are shaped into pokes and filled with whipped cream, then cooled. a passion fruit custard and banana desserts follow, with rice pudding and jelly blends, all featuring sugar, eggs, cream, and angelica garnishes.
Prominent film star Pauline Frederick hails Creme Charmosan as the world’s most beautiful skin cream in a lavish testimonial. The Warner Brothers actress claims the creams offers youth and tranquility for years, praising its greaseless formula and wide sale.
The passage describes dissolving and boiling a fondant mixture with butter and lemon juice then pouring into cold water. It mentions stirring, testing with a thermometer, and greasing a tin before marking and slicing once cooled. The text is garbled with many misspellings and unclear steps.
Letters from Cairns Post dated January and February 1929 show schoolmates writing to Rosemary Heather Evelyn O Malley and Edelweiss. Messages mention Parraamatta School, St Patrick's College Townsville, holidays with family, and plans to work.
Poetic reflection on living a godly, unobtrusive life. The speaker urges unnoticed fidelity, renouncing personal gain, and bearing a steady daily weight. Focused on spiritual discipline, self-denial, and the promise of reward beyond visible signs.
A fragment depicts a bargaining moment where a man offers money for a small dog but the woman refuses, valuing love over wealth. The scene ends with the dog staying with its owner despite the offered gold, reflecting themes of attachment and sacrifice.
A poetic fragment describes Little Muriel with blue eyes and red cheeks, her graceful movement, and the sense of a heaven sent vision. The piece praises her parents for sending such a child, imagining divine blessing in Muriel’s presence and latest news.
A garbled text fragment presents a riddle style prompt asking what relation a police son holds to the father and hints at selecting the best of four thirds, with unclear terms and missing context. The readable pieces suggest a family relation riddle connected to a father and son.
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