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Newspaper
Cairns Post
Location
Cairns, Queensland, Australia
Date
Sep 22, 1928
Page
2
In a tense piece set around a hat shop, a boy named Jimmy disrupts proceedings with demands and tantrums. The mother, Mrs. Radish, tolerates misbehavior under strain, sparking reflections on parenting and future consequences for Jimmy’s life and family harmony.
The Bairns Circle sends many happy returns with quirky mottos and affectionate signatures from Rosemary. The note lists various playful themes like Look for the Silver Lining and Smiles win, expressed in loving birthday wishes from the group and its members.
A fragmented devotional note presents a stream of phrases about thoughts for the day and a concept of a golden thread running through life. The legible bits suggest reflections on relationships and fate, though much of the text is garbled or indecipherable.
Fragmented OCR tale follows Mrs Radish and her son Jimmy during a shoe shop outing. A strained exchange over a bus and a banana shows tension between mother and child as passengers observe their distress and plan for a meal or shelter. The scene emphasizes domestic friction and public scrutiny.
A fragmented list names visitors to a C. W. A. restroom including Mesdames T. M. and Barry Gordon vale G Dick Fairyland E Hun verford Mount Michiligan Irons Gordonvale W. E. Scovell A. Laver Haines Matron Pe Cairns Misses Ruby Cameron Hamilton Vic Annie Speck Coleraine Vic Nora Stevens.
A compilation of letters from Cairns dated Sept 1928 from young girls and boys in the Children Circle. They share greetings, school notes, birthday wishes, pen-names, and asks for badges and mail responses, reflecting friendly exchanges among members.
Fragmentary verse line presents a devotional tone with mentions of Gur and wife. The text reads like a hymn phrase about grace and earth and sea, but lacks clear news context or identifiable events or people.
A short informal verse recounts Jerry Joy's fishing misadventure. He leaves home with a bait can and rod, waits for a bite, slips while pulling in a line, falls into the brook, and ends up wet and chastened while claiming the day was not lost. The piece ends with a playful moral and is signed as a Tidings item sent by Bea's Tooth.
Rexona Soap advertised as best for toilet nursery and bath keeping skin clear fresh and unblemished also promoted as an unequalled shampoo for the hair. Available everywhere.
A Cairns optical workshop claims to be the only firm in town with an in house facility capable of producing nearly any spectacle lens on the day it is ordered. The shop emphasizes speed and comprehensive lens options for customers seeking quick vision solutions.
A playful fragment shows a child Jimmy as a future capitalist misinterpreting breakfast, while a kitten on a ledge becomes the target of his energetic handling. The scene hints at parental concern over cruelty and misheard phrases during card games.
A poetic fragment recalls a frost night starry sky and a count of stars that grows beyond reach. The speaker reflects on mercies as vast as the heavens and hints at gifts seen by the one who runs.
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