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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Nov 29, 1919
Page
8
An adjourned Shaw Commutes meeting led by President Sinah with Kyban chairing discussed November sikeet show crowns and ground takings. Trustees debated gross takings and price money, noting deductions for age booths sideshow fees and related expenses.
Readable passages recount a theatre show in Hererton with plans for improvements and a palace project, plus a conservation of funds and a town meeting with lists of local officials and attendees. The narrative shifts to a western tale involving Crawford and Susan Allenby, with an armed standoff, murder, vigilante justice, and a courtroom outcome, punctuated by notes on forthcoming comedies and concert listings.
The excerpt describes a melodramatic opening for a theatre serial featuring Mary, an American girl, and her orphaned path through early life in America. Characters include Ronny Taylor and Ben Arpa, with references to a serial "The Girl and the Caumes" and other stage attractions at the theatre.
An old cinema page section describes a night showing titled Modern Love with misread names and garbled plot points. The text hints at a romantic drama featuring a leading man and a fraught train scene amid a bustling town setting, amid erratic OCR garble and fragmented phrases.
A vivid garden scene unfolds as a young woman lies dying, contrasted by a lush garden of roses and comforting figures. A mother, a girl, and a narrator share a tender farewell as death approaches, the atmosphere heavy with longing and memory, anchored by Anna Carey.
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