01 Feb 1918
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
1
A fragmentary moral about work ethos and personal initiative. It extols diligence cheerful persistence and willingness to learn from others while stressing accuracy checking and careful note taking. A short domestic anecdote ends with a neighbor’s fowls deterred by a cunning maize grain thread device.
A lady hires a new servant who is clever yet absent minded, smashing glassware but praised as a great Acquisition. A Glasgow couple await their son in America, awaiting help to avoid poverty. A haunting remedy advice prompts a tenant to send postal notes for vermin removal, with a curious return. The dialogue touches on Darwin, mischief in the hall, and mismatched expectations.
Sir Arthur Helps cites many famed lovers and mischiefs from myth and history. It skims tricks of Bark Vivien Merlin Alexander Portia Tristram Later others follow with playful or fatal outcomes. The piece mixes anecdotes of romance, cunning, and consequences across eras and lands.
A distorted quotation lampoons public figures by claiming a man is judged by wealth generosity religion and affection. It suggests harsh labels depend on appearances and outcomes, arguing moral traits are seen through political and social behavior.
A Manchester narrator recalls a cat that hunts pigeons including a one legged bird, watching the cat approach a hedge then retreat. The clipping mixes comic exchanges about horses and carters, quips on manners, and reflections urging women to be educated and open to others.
A mosaic of comic vignettes from the city and countryside. A colored man pleads guilty to stealing chickens near a home with a dog present, a London repair joke turns into a road confusion tale, and Dr Hale’s critique on child taste grows into a humor-filled anecdote about literature.
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