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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 01, 1924
Page
4
A vintage advertisement touts Robur Tea as strong pure wholesome tea with full weight of leaf in each bag. Proprietors James Service and Co promote Robur as the nicest drink a well made cup of Robur Tea can offer to tea lovers.
A professor, weary after a long dinner with keen fishermen, hears bold claims of giant trout. He stumbles home and confronts a scarecrow, doubting the tall tales as memories of the stories float back.
A string of fragmented scenes shows a London hotel chat with a politician, a street beggar’s exchange for bread, a burglar captured by a strong woman, and a porter questioning a town provost’s insignia. The piece moves through odd dialogues and mixed vignettes without a single clear throughline.
The piece traces how nicknames arose to stigmatize groups such as the Rump Parliament leader Barebone, Huguenots, Puritans, Quakers, Shakers, and factions in the English Civil War like Whig and Tory, explaining their derisive origins and later historic significance.
Mr Wu-Ting-Fang, former Chinese minister, compares Lincoln to a revered Chinese ruler, praising his benevolence wisdom and guiding justice. He notes Lincoln’s genial warmth, lack of haughtiness, and constant care for fellow men despite heavy duties.
A fragmentary page shows an alleged Dodge Bros theft reduction hint via an integrated car lock in the transmission. The text then shifts to choppy dialogue about social miscues, a speeding train scene, marital banter, and a medical ad for Heenzo Cough Mixture promising cheap relief for coughs colds and influenza with simple prep.
An early 20th century advertisement touts Warner's Safe Cure as a remedy for aging related complaints from rheumatism to biliousness. It claims kidney and liver restoration and lists both original and concentrated non alcoholic bottle formats sold by chemists and stores nationwide.
A garbled collage depicts a minister and wife debating sermon text while a husband seeks hair restoration. A barber quips about baldness after using his product, and a man laments wanting a peaceful place to smoke where others do so as well.
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