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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Oct 18, 1928
Page
2
A compact reflection quoting La Rochefoucauld from Reflections on humility and offerings to God. The line links honor with what one sacrifices at the altar, implying virtue through self-limitation and devotion.
A fragment of letters from young readers in Cairns and Gordonvale to Rosemary in the Home Circle and Cheerio Band. Topics include birthdays, pets, pen names, school notes, and greetings.
A child writes of illness from measles to a recipient named Rosemary. The letter notes a two week absence from school, plans to swim daily, and a future return to school next year. The sender signs as Kathleen Poure from Goldfinger.
Fragmentary verse from a school era source lists varied names for Dora Dell and family nicknames. The speaker notes multiple affectionate titles from parents and siblings, with stray lines indicating a child’s world of nickname identity and playful self-reference. The text includes scattered proper names and partial lines.
A child writes of night duty as a submarine captain and sneaks below the clothes closet the dark press. The speaker pretends to dive and rise for air to scare the enemy while a parent calls from above and smiles at the secret protector inside.
The instructions describe making a butter caker by creaming sugar with oiled butter, adding self raising flour and milk, mixing quickly, and baking in greased patty pans. A small cup of milk is added if the batter is too thick. each cake is topped with an almond or preserved ginger and baked in a moderate oven until it peaks.
A new star Maria Corda captivates Hollywand as she joins Firat Ratoni pictures. Descriptions praise her beauty blue eyes fair skin and ash blonde hair amid film city chatter. Prices and details echo in gossip pages of the era.
A garbled note provides tips on corks. It suggests soaking large corks in boiling water to fit a tutte and tapping a small wedge from one end. It also advises sealing a cork with adhesive tape over the top to prevent leaking during travel.
An advertisement extols Sargol as a scientific discovery that helps digestive organs convert food into fat laden blood. It claims rapid body fattening, fuller cheeks and shoulders, and credits Cairns chemists with a guarantee and refund if not satisfied. Cautions warn against misuse and advise against use by those not seeking weight gain.
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