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Newspaper

Cairns Post

Location

Cairns, Queensland, Australia

Date

Sep 19, 1930

Page

3

Fragmentary Forecast of a Local Psychic Trick

A damaged OCR fragment describes instructing a participant to close eyes for ten seconds to render an unseen object out of sight, followed by a cryptic line about a penny. The readable text hints at a simple misdirection or magic trick rather than a full report. No clear people, places, or organizations are identifiable.

Penny Samme Weller Sam Weller Satmivel Sam Welter

Card Game Strategy for Sets of Buildings

Players pass cards around in turn and draw to improve their hands. The aim is to collect four matching cards of one kind, preferably forming a set of famous buildings. The first to complete a full set of a kind wins when time runs out.

Nighttime fairies ease fear in a bedtime tale

Home Circle recounts a child’s fear of the dark as Muiomie gathers him for bed. Three star fairies arrive with Mother Moon’s message about starlight and bedtime, promising safety and sleep after a gentle kiss and a note to blow out his candle before they depart.

Massé Muiomie Amiens Rosie Star-Fairien Mother Moon Homme

Good Morrow Valentine Folklore of a Village Valentine

A fragmentary scene recalls old Valentine customs with verses on billets doux and village doorsteps. Sam Weller and local characters linger on the rhyme of Love and Dove while February Children’s Day nears and kindly elders bless the gift exchange.

Selected Verses of a Summer Night Echoes Gloom and Wish

The piece presents a fragmented reminiscence with garbled lines about glaciers, heat waves, and night reflections. It reads like a poetical diary entry, mixing creaking imagery with a speaker’s inner weather and distant scenes. Names include Elsie A and Joan Burr, hinting at authorship or witnesses within a blurred memory.

Tim Joan Burr

The Housekeeper Chocolate Creams Recipe

A housekeeper guide explains making rich chocolate creams with castor sugar milk and a chocolate center. The method includes boiling the milk and sugar to thicken then forming rounds as centers and melting plain chocolate over boiling water to coat and set the creams for serving.

Shouting Proverbs Tea Party Game Description

A crowd plays a word game at a tea party where the number of players equals the proverb word count. Two proverbs with matching word totals are chosen. One person leaves the room while others select words. On return the group repeats the words loudly as the seeker guesses the proverb in two minutes.

Home Cook Reliable Recipes From Mars Without Yeast

A scrambled collection of recipe instructions includes dough without yeast, a jam filled fried pastry, a nourishing dressing, ginger cake with detailed beat times and ingredients, icing for lemon glaze, an apple cake with pastry method, and a milk based custard style preparation. It resembles a kitchen column with varied dishes and measurements.

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