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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Feb 26, 1935
Page
4
Fragmentary Victorian hymn verse with the lines invoking “Light of the World” and spiritual praise. Read as a devotional excerpt likely from a period religious page. Names or exact publication details are unclear in the fragmented OCR text.
The Bairns Circle sends birthday greetings to a list of names including Fairy Moonhear Holle Berry Bridger Oblvan and Flower of Tralee with mottos such as Do your best Never judge a Book by its cover Cheerfulness wins the day and Sweet is the sunlight after rain. Rosemary signs the note with loving regards.
Yesterday Jeanette received the first sixpences toward Rosemary a present from Western Star Morris Huey Cairns Rich med Belle Verla Huey Cairns angetry Viewers Oak Forest. Where there are two or more Bains in a family one sixpence will be enough.
A Perth woman with forty five years of varicose veins and a leg brace reports relief after six months of Schumann's Mineral Spring Salts. She tosses the bandages and walking stick, calling the treatment an absolute blessing. Prices listed at 16 shillings and 2 9d per jar.
Jeanette writes from the Home Circle to Cairns readers about Rosemary's health and her planned return. She invites Bairns to contribute drawings stories poems and letters, form a pen friend club, and compete for monthly prizes while Rosemary stays in readers' minds.
Publication notes that every woman will enjoy the new fashion feature by Mrs. Ted Keep in this week’s Woman. It lists four short stories an instalment of a serial feature articles and a house section with knitting patterns and a two sports jumper.
In Cairns Post correspondence, 2 year old Beryl Smith writes Dear Rosemary asking for a Home Circle badge after expressing pride in a friend's badge and choosing the pen-name Rose of the Lane. The reply welcomes her to the Home Circle and grants the badge, noting sultry weather and a wish for rain.
A Mareeba children's fancy dress ball Friday featured many costumed kids and dainty party rocks. Miss Butcher on piano and Willis on violin provided music while J Robins managed dances and prizes, with supper served by members. Adults held a euchre tournament as winners claimed prizes.
In a domestic exchange a husband insists he can converse as he works on a landscape, while his wife rebukes him for causing a scene during her visit. The brief quarrel centers on behavior and propriety as they navigate the scene.
Ad reads claim Charmesan cold cream makes middle aged women look young with instant youth and loveliness. It features exaggerated testimonials and a price of 2/6 or 1/- at outlets like Everywhere.
The Mareeba debating society heard J Malone and J Eakin defend capital punishment as retained, while C Cronin and others argued otherwise. Rev Father Mount presided as adjudicator. In the first debate a young man attacked equal pay and promotion for both sexes, with W G O'Donnell on the dais delivering a persuasive adjudication.
OCR fragment discusses names and actions but is largely unreadable. It references Mr. E. Plunkett and an IRE corns phrase, mentions CWAES, and a defense of the affirmative in a debated matter, but the text lacks coherent details or clear events.
A clipped exchange shows a tense moment as one speaker asks about passing an exam and the other responds with a rambling, incomplete answer. The fragment hints at a stalled discussion and unanswered questions.
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