20 Feb 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 20, 1917
Page
1
A long composite excerpt offers guidance on home care and clothing upkeep from starch polish and muslin washing to iron care and broom maintenance. It shifts to discuss dairy farming ethics, praising pedigree while urging farmer education and personal uplift to improve breed quality and productivity.
Mr. B. Bronson recounts gentling a notorious horse named Bare or Bars through patient rope work. He feeds sugar, softly handles the animal, and slowly secures the bit and headstall to calm the once hostile steed. A chorus of approving cheers follows as the horse submits.
An essay critiques practical hat designs that stay on without binding the head and jokes about the lack of effective hair restoratives. It notes many so called cures are ineffective, while scalp massages appear to be the only beneficial practice, and warns against misleading dandruff products.
A marine salvage crew faced disaster as two octopuses moved into a sunken wreck. When divers refused to descend, the skipper donned gear and hunted the sea beasts. He was captured by an octopus while another diver died, but his comrades returned to help and the contractor pressed on with the salvage.
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