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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 17, 1903
Page
4
In a crowded drawing room a young woman, Mrs Duncan, tries to navigate flirtations and social expectations with Mr Vansittart while a pair, including Myre Duncan, flirt and bluff. Accents of gossip and class constraint shadow the conversation as a tall man and the woman exchange veiled threats and shy closeness amid crowded, distracted action.
A fragmented report describes government actions and alleged manipulation surrounding an election. It mentions a figure named Mr Wart on and Tampon Worker, with tapes and sting operations, hinting at political bargaining and retaliation linked to campaign finance and voter influence.
Fragmented lines show a reflective, dreamlike poem pairing nature with inner feeling. The text blends jagged memories, affection, longing, and fleeting images of deer, furrows, and night. The speaker asks for companionship and endurance through love and time, with recurring motifs of longing and solace.
The article discusses willingness to apply scientific knowledge to viticulture, cautions on wine quality due to management, and argues for standard box sizes to unify Australasian fruit packing. It cites Florida and Riverside standards, advocates two-compartment boxes of one to two cubic feet for oranges, and notes packing effects on pricing and international trade. It also traces the origin and description of the nav els orange as a sport with double flesh and secondary internal formation.
A detailed household guide outlines steps to clean leather gloves using benzine and talcum powder. It emphasizes airing, careful rubbing with benzine on a cloth, avoiding soaking, and drying in sunlit air. The process aims to restore a soft, velvety surface and remove odors while preserving material integrity.
The text describes several coffee making methods, favoring pot or kettle brewing with boiling water and letting it sit briefly. It notes variations for strength and milk additions, and comments that the method is too expensive for large families but can be served with silk and sugar for better presentation.
A historical notice urges careful personal hygiene citing infection risks from money handling, door knobs, and common objects. It argues frequent washing of hands before eating as essential to health and decency, noting Jews also washed hands, framing it as both health and sanitary duty.
A discussion on the social penalties of beauty notes that pretty women face dismissal as frivolous and are seldom taken seriously. They endure envy and malice while plain girls gain steadier respect, and beauty creates expectations of perfect appeal that cloud genuine merit.
Fragmentary note on organizing a medicine cupboard and avoiding contamination. Mentions keeping shelves tidy and preventing dirt, with scattered dyspeptic phrases and unclear guidance.
A long fragmented OCR catalog lists numerous items and seemingly personal names. It mentions fencing wire barbed wire and various tools, paints, cement, wallpaper, and household goods, interwoven with strange spellings and place-like terms indicating a market or auction list. The garbled text preserves many named entities and potential vendors, though some entries are indecipherable.
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