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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Dec 05, 1902
Page
4
A historical glimpse into Central California’s tin canning asparagus boom. The piece notes rapid industry growth, big plantings, and export potential, with commentary on cultivation, soil care, pruning, and the long work behind harvest. It stresses system, labor, and soil management as keys to sustainable yields.
A dramatic rescue unfolds as a man contemplates suicide by descending a rope after his wife spots the missing rope. Neighbors and a crowd assist, pulling the rope loose and the man safely reaches the wife. The tale ends with a moral about a divine thread of love guiding souls.
A fragmentary reminiscence from Dr Barnardo on eloquence arising from heart abundance. He recalls a winter encounter with a rugged youth asking for aid, testing the helper with mock roughness and the shouted claim of no friends, seeking demonstration of sincerity.
A meditation on human worth separating insignificant existences from those with purpose. It argues true value comes from inner drive, courage, and action that push society forward, regardless of fortune or circumstance. We must choose and act to shape destiny.
A fragmented poem-like listing of virtues and vices urging readers to strive for courage gentleness affection temper tongue conduct honour country home and to delight in frankness freedom beauty and goodness. It emphasizes health charity self-content cheerfulness attention independence and thoughts on fate eternity.
The text urges thoughtful, wholehearted effort in every duty. It argues that dedicating yourself to doing well leads to genuine satisfaction, better records of progress, and happiness for yourself and those you interact with. Emphasizes consistency and personal integrity as core life aims.
A reflective essay on the human foot, its resilience and pain from youth to old age. It argues feet reveal character and fate, warn against neglect, and urge care for feet amid daily wear. The narrator muses on footwork, footwear pain, and the feet’ stubborn grip on health.
A late 19th or early 20th century guide stresses refined dinner etiquette at home. It explains dining decorum, serving order, and polite behavior, noting good manners reflect a family’s character and influence children’s future behavior. It warns that what is considered proper may change over time and urges gentleness, courtesy, and cleanliness in table practice.
A narrator recalls an evening spent with children awaiting bedtime. A gentle father tells a wonderful story about future days, as a little girl and boy listen with eager faces. The scene fades with the dream ending and the children waking to a new day near dawn.
A fragmented Victorian era column addresses courtship and female virtue. It contrasts plain girls marrying early with handsome ones, blaming vanity and tact in men, and questions how to flatter and please young women amid social expectations.
A writer critiques the custom of wearing black to mourn, arguing mourning attire is an external display not true heartache. The piece advocates a more rational approach to grief and calls for reform of traditional mourning dress.
A fragment discusses entertaining as an art requiring cultivation and care. It stresses the importance of good manner and tact, noting that manners can be learned and that tactfully anticipating others’ wishes enhances charm and social success. It treats good manner as essential to gracious hosting.
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