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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jul 21, 1927
Page
2
The article lists step by step domestic care for white silk and linen, advising hot water for silk, warm ammonia bath, rinsing in warm water, rolling in a towel, ironing, and ink stain removal methods. It also suggests using salt, drying thoroughly, brushing, potato treatment, and storing wrapped in paper to preserve color.
An 19th century home remedy roundup offers rheumatism cures using foods like onions cabbage juice from sprouts and greens lemon juice with water and celery seed infusion. It also prescribes mineral salts Glauber Rochelle Epsom and a camphor vinegar embrocation and a shipshape ointment built around verdigris herbs and spirits claiming long lasting effects.
A brief instruction advises removing grass stains by spaking the fabric with buttermilk, then washing and hanging to dry. The text notes that clothing requires very careful handling and mentions stain removal through a butter milk treatment.
A scrambled excerpt describes orange preservation steps with water changes, syrup preparation, and jar storage. It then shifts to a dessert recipe for lemon cheese or cake batter, listing sugar, eggs, flour, butter, and spices, plus a cream topping and vanilla or almond flavoring. The text is a garbled collection of culinary instructions.
A letter from Frank Martin asks to be king of the castle with a pen name, describes creek swimming and berry bananas damaged by a cyclone, and notes bicycle and fishing outings near home. The Cairns Post replies with encouragement and a playful exchange about the contest pen name and writing.
The Bairns Circle sends warm birthday wishes to rinvula Rose Trellis and Mary with playful lines about sounds of bees wind bells and music. A short nostalgic verse expresses affection and a motto Be Patient.
Fragmentary text mentions builders and makers, ships and loads, spoilers and tents, curses, and a march. Readable items imply a local or ceremonial scene with varied roles and unsettled phrases. The precise event, place, and names are unclear due to damaged OCR.
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