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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1918
Page
6
A local storekeeper in South Melbourne, John Sharp and Sons Ltd, applies permanent pull to healters from an iron rout pequel at the hospital, with a 20 to 0 image rate noted.
The speaker notes headaches come from stress and late nights and suggests Robur tea brewed hot and repeatedly if needed. He claims the first cup often cures the pain and shares a personal routine of tea, rest, and advising customers to check package dates for freshness.
A Field Artillery gunner narrates a vivid, brutal march toward the front at Ypres. He describes cold winds, rain, mud, and packed equipment as troops push past shell craters and wrecked roads toward batteries. The account notes shelling, casualties, and the constant need to move and reload under fire.
A medieval tale recalls a sul tan who had all mirrors removed to avoid looking at his own ugliness. When a visitor mocks him, the sultan weeps but regains composure and contemplates progress. The dialogue shifts to a mentor who stresses steady improvement and that greatness comes from thoughtfulness and selflessness rather than wealth or appearances.
The article surveys eminent figures marked by disabilities from childhood or early life. It cites Mrs Browning’s spinal injury after a pony saddle incident and notes lameness in Lord Byron, Sir Walter Scott, and Josiah Wedgwood. It recounts Gladstone on Wedgwood’s influence, John Keats’s ancestor, Alexander Pope’s inherited infirmities, and Talleyrand’s crippled youth shaping political wit and strategy.
The piece extols simple joys over wealth and fame. It contrasts possessions with loyal relationships and inner peace, arguing happiness comes from contentment, friendship, and loved ones rather than Mammon or status.
A commentary on the health impact of melancholy and hypochondria. It argues that morbid mood and imagined illness harm both body and mind, linking gloom to disease and urging cheerful perseverance as a path to longevity.
A negro was brought to police court in Itte Town Georgia charged with assault and battery after striking another man with a brick. The exchange shows the defendant admitting he is a black rascal and debating whether a white judge would face similar insults, ending with a quip on truth and expression.
An advertisement claims thousands suffer from ailments like rheumatism gout and backache due to diseased kidneys and liver. It promotes Warner's Safe Cure with proofs of healing, offers a free descriptive pamphlet from EH H Warner and Co Ltd Melbourne and lists various Warner's products for constipation diabetes asthma nervousness and sleeplessness.
American correspondent Willan G Shepherd recounts dramatic air progress since 1914. He notes pilots learned to drop under fire to avoid shrapnel, to attack from below and behind, and that goggles failed under fast maneuvers as wind forced eyelids to puff like balloons.
The excerpt presents a stark motto among men who warn against interference with dangerous machines. It urges restraint, noting that if a machine is damaged or near collapse, one should do nothing and let it potentially recover on its own, as no intervention may avert danger or further harm.
A courtroom exchange questions a witness on rock volume with a judge prompting an inkstand analogy. The item then lists week ending February 6 1918 prices from W Reynolds and Son Pty Ltd Metropolitan Meat Market for beef sheep lamb veal pork bacon pigs and related categories with varied prime and medium rates and lower inferior lines.
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