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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1929
Page
11
A brief reflective snippet questions why we worry over uncertain harms and urges facing real dangers with faith. It contrasts potential threats with present fears and suggests focusing on credible perils rather than imagined ones.
Instructions for a long lasting mayonnaise using condensed milk eggs oil vinegar salt mustard and sugar. Mix beat and cook gently in a double boiler until thickened then cool and add seasoning. Serve with salmon lobster or fish salads or with lettuce and tomato salad.
Fashions in evening dresses show revived backs from the classic tail to modern draped trains. Designers favor individuality with varied materials such as satin and velvet, bold side drapes, jeweled accents, and reduced floral trims, creating a fresh, unstandardized silhouette for receptions and dances.
A fragmentary text presents riddles and odd phrases like al Anottes light Why Earth Quake Water Fall and a question asking what it is. Names such as Doris Roberts appear, with distorted spellings and garbled lines suggesting a playful, eccentric poetry or game piece.
Cairns Post readers from Baimo siel Mareeba and Rose Betty share news of schooling rain and social events. They discuss a brain teaser about shares of twenty horses and tell of halls pictures euchre nights and upcoming holidays. The letters show friendships and local life in late 1929.
A light, fragmented domestic humor piece depicts a conversation about traffic and manners among pedestrians and motorists. It includes a joke about mispronounced words and a child’s sad reaction to pudding, ending with the mother noticing Tommy’s mournful tone.
The text urges readers not to despair after setbacks. It emphasizes hard work, persistence, and quick progress to mend problems. It warns that prolonged grumbling worsens one’s situation and encourages seizing a new start to rise above difficulties.
A fragmented reminiscence shows Giada's afternoon knitting as Grandma rests, a farm house clock ticks, and a cheeky message urges self help. The piece, signed Snapdragon by Jean Valmar Murray, blends nursery mood with practical moral lessons about independence and effort.
The piece reflects on the burdens of housework for women and the moral courage required to manage daily duties. It notes constant responsibilities, stress, and health impacts such as dyspepsia from demanding domestic labor and the need for support and regular respite.
A damaged clipping hints at a Channel sea event involving a woman and a coast guard style operation. The fragment references Monks Harton and the French coast, with unclear timing and speeds and a cooperation theme.
The Bairns Circle expresses warm birthday greetings with mottos and affectionate sign offs for Rosemary Rosemary and other members. Lovingly dated messages echo cheerful wishes and playful captions.
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