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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 03, 1903
Page
4
The text presents garbled stanzas invoking invasion and loss as forces advance on a land described as sacred. Names and places appear distorted, but the tone suggests a lament for threatened territory and national fate amid looming aggression.
A group of boys at a Denmark hours school chase a hat across the bay In rough water The lead shifts between Douglas Metcalfe and Herbert Grierson as they dive and swim toward the hat The scene ends with Metcalfe reaching the hat amid a swift current pushing toward the shore.
In the New York Journal account, Grierson stabilizes Metcalfe during a dangerous river current rescue. With exhaustion and cramps, Metcalfe fights to reach calmer water while Grierson bears the burden, eventually reaching Cay bunt as bystanders assist. Both boys are saved and return to school after recoveries.
A lurid note reports a veiled gossip thread about a seaside photograph believed to feature young women in swimsuits. The tale centers on questions of consent and propriety, with villagers debating morality and future repercussions.
An article outlines distinct circus slang and roles from a century ago. It maps terms for managers and staff such as "main guy" and "yaya" and explains sections like "big top" and "kid show" with terms for vendors, barkers, pickpockets, and rough categories such as "Rube" and "grafter" used in crowd interactions. It notes the rally cry "Hey, Rube!" and summarizes labor terms, travel modes, and performance ranks alongside evolving clowns and the shift from patter to modern knockabout acts.
A British agricultural note reports Sir J. Lawes advocating compound manure as efficient for farmers, comparing it to mixing bone flour, nitrate of soda, and rock phosphate. It discusses bone as a valuable nutrient for crops, the economics of feed and meat, and advises on wheat sowing, crop rotation, and pasture diversification to improve soil and animal feed. It also outlines tobacco curing methods used in Virginia and North Carolina.
Local listing shows Lipton and Colfre Easonen supplying sowing oils and farm implements including oats brans paints fencing wire bedstead post and netting, potatoes, wool, potatoes, potatoes and hardware items from Melbourne and New Zealand mercantile houses. J Ryan of Lame Syoney Bevarian appears as a cash buyer in the ad.
An advertisement touts Golden Fuxe as a safe, palatable medicine claimed to purge toxins, purify blood, and improve digestion. It asserts doctors endorse it, targets constipation, dyspepsia, kidney issues, headaches, rheumatism, and lumbago, and notes price at six shillings per box with outlets at chemists or 317 Calling street.
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