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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
6
A garbled OCR fragment hints at a historical tale or poem involving various names and places. Readable cues include mentions of Elie, Toos, and a possible event or scene set in a place that resembles Tol Wig, but crucial details are missing leaving the exact subject uncertain.
The readable fragments mention gratitude and a brief interlude. No clear events, people, or places are identifiable to form a factual card.
The article describes the VRC Autumn Meeting with details on the weather, harvest themes, and a long program of racing events. It highlights priority races including the Autumn Handicaps, the May handicap, and the Australian Cup, naming horses and notable entrants from Lord Carlren to Intake. The piece mentions prize money, course distances, and anticipated crowd interest during Melbourne’s autumn racing season.
An OCR fragment describes a horse meeting with various handicaps and prize amounts for two and three year old horses, steeplechases, and a future Autumn meeting. It mentions specific events like the Bide Handicap, Seven-tuelong course, and Champion Stakes, with added money and conditions about race time, but many words are garbled.
Melbourne Tata recalls travels and billiard tales from Jamaica to South Africa. The piece notes a famous quake disrupted a game in a Jamaica hall and recounts players, witty interruptions, and a lively social scene around billiards plus a party of riders and country teams in obscure leagues.
A brief obituary sketch praises a refined widow who valued simple pleasures kept calm nerves and avoided harming others. She cultivated wealth, spoke pleasantly, and offered sympathy in others joys and sorrows, never forgetting kindness and a smile as priceless treasures.
Mrs Mlorenve Thompson notes a farm trial using Sunlight of Cake for poultry started last January with nine pullets. After weeks they ate it and egg laying began and rose to about four dozen daily across twelve hens. The feed is advertised by Lever Brothers Limited Sydney.
Sir Marchant Williams disputes the Taft Vale and Rhymney Railway delays that forced a funeral party to wait for a special train. He accuses the company of prioritizing corporate convenience over passengers, requests timely notices for future trains, and hints at refunds for fare. He emphasizes his season ticket validity and criticizes usury and mismanagement affecting travelers and grieving families.
A piece recalls a man who disappeared after his clothes were found near Ay Fort. It later recounts two Edinburgh judges meeting on North Bridge where one cites a striking likeness to a father figure. The narrative follows the man’s self sacrifice to protect his family, his remorse, and years of voluntary exile before death.
A quirky Irkutsk tale describes frozen milk sold on a stick as a handy weapon in disputes while warm weather forces milky mishaps. A police station interview reveals a missing deaf husband and a joke on respect for religion and grave matters in a fragmentary column.
A historical note explains why cigars curl and unravel. It cites that a right handed smoker using a left handed wrapper can cause curling. It also mentions a left handed maker rolling the wrapper bias from left to right and the filler opposite, leading to instability as the cigar is twisted.
A dated reflection contrasts country and town girls, praising the country woman as cheerful, adaptable, and capable of facing hardships. It argues a country wife brings happiness to her husband and family, citing virtues and a proverb about harvests and kindness returning to the giver.
Animal stock owners are urged to use Saunders Concentrated Nutritive Tonic Lick as a preventive against losses from impaction and cripples. No waste or labor is required. For price list and details, write A Saunders at 16 Sherwood St, Richmond for full information.
A discussion on marital strife attributes much unhappiness to fretful and unreasonable wives. It notes some women provoke trouble for pleasure, while many husbands seek peace, with examples and social quips reflecting everyday domestic tensions.
The text discusses personality as linked to beauty and facial appeal, contrasting with physical form and appearance. It references notions of attractiveness, youth, and bodily traits as factors in perceived desirability without clear events or named individuals.
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