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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Aug 12, 1904
Page
4
A fragile plea about protecting a book from dirt water and damage. The speaker urges readers not to press with dirty hands or crease pages and asks to avoid marking or bending the spine. It ends with advice to use a bookmark and close the book properly for comfort.
A dated admonition urges young women to seek knowledge and discipline. It laments idleness, warns against wasted youth, and argues education builds character and prepares one for later life, insisting serious study offers lasting rewards over fleeting pleasures.
Fragmentary prose on absenteeism and youth truancy. reflections on family life, reading, and the lure of travel. brief dialogue hints at a boy drifting toward mischief, with scattered garbled lines and stray phrases about a lesson and etiquette.
J J Kennewally informs Sianer Strawn and Hewalla District that he supports wheat at the 04S price and seeks top barley routes. Quotations promptly provided to support staple sales.
A terse note names solicitors Ete Benalla and Tongaman of the Benalla firm, with reference to a colonial-era office address on EpipeNe next. The fragment offers no further action or date details.
A fragmented Riverside style tale recounts Fergus and Calvins near Upper St Rogin TakI as they observe a hidden creature during a hunting trip in the Adirondacks. Fergus mourns a lost moment with a deer and fears his father’s reaction, while a separate snippet notes Mr Andrew Carnegie offering funds tied to golf at Skibo, with a magistrate considering a bet on two million.
A humorous tale describes a pastor who jokes about firing in the church during a sermon gone awry. The congregation flees in laughter and alarm as the comic moment spirals into chaos, exposing a fabricated scene meant to entertain rather than menace.
A vivid account describes a Mohammedan funeral at Koster town with a corpse wrapped in a rough shroud carried by mourners. Trade friends accompany the deceased while a funeral chant repeats the creed Ta Allahi Ha Anh and there is a belief that stones mark the grave to prevent rising at the Resurrection.
In West Africa Iniui a wedding ceremony aimed to christen an engine with champagne. The wife failed to throw straight, struck the husband, and toppled the engine into a tank, causing a watery end to the event and tears from the wife.
A discourse on personal health responsibilities and social duty. It argues that people have no right to be a burden to others and must care for their health to avoid hindering society. The piece urges everyone to be thoughtful, strong, and useful while supporting those in need.
A satirical manual advises husbands to praise wives ideas to boost ambition, avoid daily irritations, and preserve kindness at home. It warns against criticizing wives in front of relatives, noting women value esteem from those who shaped their early lives and cautioning men not to step down from their perceived pedestal.
A jumble of recipes and kitchen tips including a vegetable souffle, Britt Salad with passion fruit, currant drippings, oat cakes, and a cherry pudding recipe. Scattered lines recount a store heir joke and a seaside courtroom quip, illustrating domestic life and humor in a historic newspaper fragment.
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