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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 09, 1929
Page
2
A school or club event invites girls to design dolls with machine help allowed but extra marks for hand sewing. Participants must be fully dressed and include underclothing. The competition supports cheerful care for hospital children at Christmas. a monetary prize is awarded to the winner.
A reflective line attributed to Dr. John Watson on the power of love to endure distance and withstand diverse opinions, framing love as a strongest bond through time and change.
Mrs. Hubert Harris wore geranium red crepe-de-Chine with white cuffs and collar while Mrs. M Anderson chose brown shoes and stockings. The couple's reception featured pink and red bauhinia decor and St Joseph's lilies on the bridal table. Bishop H. acknowledged telegrams and gifts as a three-piece rose crepe-de-Chine departure suit accompanied the bridegroom. The newlyweds honeymooned at Kuranda then Tapta and Saukai aboard Morinda.
A pair of letters from Cairns dated November 1 1920 show a 10 year old writer Soraan Martin sign off Yours sincerely and request to join a Home Circle while another child, Lou, responds with a cheerful welcome and a nudge to write longer next time in a local Post newspaper.
Vague OCR style notes describe a breezy day with mentions of a swim and seeds sent. Names Bluey Spt and 1 appear as stray references amid scattered phrases about Christmas, weather, and a request for whisky. Content is incoherent and fragmentary but preserves named entities and some events.
The fragmentary item notes The Barns Grefe urging timing in a sly or coded phrase. It mentions RovemARy and a concerted effort to do something in the hour. The readable text is highly garbled and offers no clear names or events to confirm.
The Mutual Helpers plan a new department and invite seniors to contribute items of news and verses. Opinions on matters aideration will be welcomed. From time to time there will be suitable competitions.
Announcement urges country readers to join the Mutual Help Department with no age limit and invites readers from teenagers to seniors to participate in promotions through local papers and correspondence channels. The note mentions sending replies to Cairns Post and addressing Rose.
Fragmented readable text presents a playful riddle sequence about memory and five things. It mentions a bed with five singers and a camel with four legs, prompting questions about what cannot move, what has a head and feet yet cannot move, and why a certain enterprising dart yields a result.
The fragmentary verse depicts a young West Wind crooning over rain and sea foam, scattering beads of rain as it whispers of warmth and gold. The text ends with a note about Jansen Railway Sidings via Cooker.
Miss Alice Whitney, a well known TV doctor, says Anyone can mix a small box of Orlex at home to darken grey hair. Ingredients are inexpensive and available at any shop. Apply twice weekly to reach the desired shade. The remedy also may promote hair growth.
Fragmented OCR verses celebrate a dawn as the world awakes to “Good Morning, World” with imagery of trees birds fields and hills. The speaker envisions the best yet to be ours despite hardship and changing seasons, ending praising visions of light and renewal.
A verse recounts a skeptic scoffing that a task cannot be done, until one person embraces the challenge. With grit and humor the speaker proves the doubters wrong by starting and finishing the feat. The poem celebrates perseverance and determination against naysayers.
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