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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 02, 1929
Page
2
A fragmented antique health column discusses scalp care and hair health, advising regular washing and ventilation to prevent dandruff and premature greying. It notes the head’s needs mirror the body, warns against overheating, and links wellbeing to stress and skin maintenance despite a busy household.
The text describes skirt lengths ranging from above the ankles to the natural waist, noting a gradual taper from the front to the back. It mentions lips and curves as a design focus and emphasizes a neat, composed appearance with an eye to the overall line and silhouette.
Overseas journals describe new imitation diamond jewelry including chokers and emerald rope pins. Evening wear emphasizes simple satin or metal slippers and flesh colored hose. Lace handkerchiefs replace fans, with black gowns featuring slim silhouettes and circular skirts, elaborate hairstyles completing the look.
The text lists multiple kitchen preparations including boiled eggs with filling and almond tart mixture, layered with apples, currants and ground rice. It describes batters, pastry doughs, fillings, and an icing method with sugar, nuts, and cream, all in a recipe compilation tone.
In TARZALI and Cairns Post letters dated Feb 19 1929 Dulcie McDermid asks to join Home Circle and Cheerio Band naming Burdett as her pen-name. Rosemary welcomes her and asks for comic papers. Vivian McDermid writes from Cairns Post wishing to join and choosing Daniel as pen-name. Rosemary welcomes her and invites Cheerio Band membership.
The Bairns Circle wishes Tint ed Oak leaves many happy returns of the day. Your motto is a sunrise has never failed yet. Yours lovingly.
Frogeen Frogette and companions ride log boats on a swollen brook as a rainstorm floods the area. They form a raft from froglets, dodge a predatory bird, and a Wise Owl aids a stranded bird before a bold plan ends with the froglets returning home as storms ease.
A quiet party game for friends invites players to place various articles on a table and drop a coin into them. The blindfolded player guesses where the coin landed. correct guesses grant another turn, incorrect ends the turn, and the most accurate guesser wins.
A reflective piece urges perseverance when hope wanes. It advises bristling up, grit teeth, and keeping on despite grim prospects and confusion. It notes pessimism hurts but patience and cheer can keep spirits steady for all.
A judge’s daughter attends court and reports on speeches to twelve men then being sent to a dark room to develop. A teacher’s grammar exercise pairs two wrong sentences and a bright pupil corrects them with humor describing misheard lines.
Over-worked women suffer backache moodiness and fatigue as kidneys fail to filter blood properly. Dr Sheldon's Pills are advertised as a remedy to restore kidney function and relieve headaches nervous tension and insomnia with sale in sealed glass containers and a promise of refunds and a circular.
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