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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1917
Page
3
From Cairns to Brisbane residents report returns and honors. Corporal H J Dodd receives the Military Medal for bravery. Families and individuals in Ingham Townsville Spring Hill Buderim and New Farm are noted for recent movements and greetings through local contacts and telephones.
The London Gazette lists Major Charles Henry Watson of the Indian Medical Service as a recipient of the Distinguished Service Order for meritorious service in the field. F J Heard has received an interim promotion prior to departure for papers. Gertie Grogan was hosted to afternoon tea by the Sodality of Children of Mary with gifts and thanks expressed.
An advertisement touts a combined remedy labeled Materia Medica promising soothing and healing effects. It asserts the bottle will aid in treatment and lists a price and availability through unspecified channels. The text reflects a promotional medical claim from an early drug or patent remedy context.
A garbled OCR fragment describes a person with grey hair and facial markings. The text mentions freckles dark brows and a bathing scene, with unclear dates or actions. No clear event, place, or named organization is identifiable from the readable words.
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