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A reflective line-poem excerpt likens happiness to a sunbeam that travels through two thousand bosoms without dimming its inner light. The text evokes universal warmth and shared joy.
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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Mar 14, 1929
Page
2
Recipe Fragment Mentions Butter Sugar Cocoa and Spices
A fragmented baking note lists butter sugar cocoa eggs and spices. Instructions hint at combining dry ingredients with flour and water, then mixing with beaten eggs. The text is garbled with misspellings and missing quantities, offering only partial method.
Children's party recipe and kitchen notes fragment
Fragmentary handwritten notes cover food preparations and home letters. It lists a lemon rind infusion for a drink, a children's party dish, a lemon cake batter with honey, pickle making with spices, and a letter about rain and school. Names and places are scarce, with scattered domestic instructions and personal remarks.
Winter Couture Adapts to Warmer Tints in Fashions
Winter fashion features warm, versatile shades suited for day and evening wear. Fabrics in moire satin velvet and chiffon appear in tones of red, with accessories and footwear designed to match, including dyed white crepe de Chine pumps and lynx trim coats for daytime and formal frocks for evening.
Cleaning and laundry tips from a vintage guidance piece
The article advises on insect control and home cleaning with kerosene and carbolic solution, bathing and washing procedures, and fabric care. It covers damp conditions for silverfish, curtain washing, use of turpentine and soda in wash water, salt for handkerchiefs, and cautions on wool and colored fabrics. It ends with a note on a Crystal Palace show where pigeons were priced at 200 each.
Spray Fairy Letters Bring Cheer From Gordonvale Child
A Cairns Post item from Gordonvale dated March 1 features the Spray Fairy addressing Dear Rosemary and Dear Gladys. The letter mentions real bikes and a painful finger, while a young sister seeks to join Home Circle and Cheerio Band and to write a pen friend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordonyale
Deas Rosemary
Sammy
Spray Fairy
Gladys
Cheerio
Doris Bray
Billie Dove Sells a Skin Cream Charm in Glowing Ad
A $ film star Billie Dove promotes a grease free cream Creme Champsan claiming it keeps skin fair and younger looking. The ad notes her wealth, letters from admirers, golf and car speed, and touts a 2 shillings 6 pence price per large jar sold widely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billie Dove
America
School Absences and Inspector Visit Prompt Rosemary Letter
A student writes to Rosemary about missing school all week and asks about her exam results. The letter notes a Redgr. inspector visited their school last Friday to examine the pupils and asks if Rosemary was visited and how she did on her exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rosemary
Eae
Aires
Marcelle
Bairns Circle Sends Birthday Wishes
The Bairns Circle extends greetings to Fairy Dell and Maiden Blush with fond wishes. They share mottos about health and laughter as part of a warm message from Rosemary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bairns
Fairy Dell
Rosemary
Freckles Fade After New Remedy Claims Success
A society lady praises a chemist produced remedy named Kintho double strength for removing freckles. She says leading skin specialists doubted its effectiveness, but daily use shows freckles fading by morning and skin becoming fair and smooth. An ounce is enough for even severe cases.
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