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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1918
Page
6
A quirky narrative about teaching a father through hockey antics. A narrator notes how parental education comes from playful coercion and shared games, culminating in the father enjoying the sport, the club colors, and social outings with players and girls. The tale blends humor with family bonding and a playful gloss on sports culture.
The unreadable OCR snippet mentions a soul or hymn oriented line with references to a pine, a chisel, and a work environment. It is unclear and lacks coherent narrative or identifiable names, places, or events.
A compact verse contrasts the visible power of engines and labor with the unseen schemer and dreamer who guides progress. It highlights a mass of cogwheels belts cranes and boilers while naming the Thinker and the Dreamer as the essential drivers of modern industry and achievement.
In a public house after a funeral a sexton and an undertaker share a drink. The sexton jokes about the coffin on the bier and remarks that ale went the wrong way, while noting the absurdly rich stock of life’s assets and wealth in a wry, ironic exchange.
The mock will of Tobias Grump lists outlandish legacies to wife Mary Ann, son William, Rev Theophilus Sniggleton, nephew Timothy, local neighbors, town council members, bellringers, and a Coke and Sulphate company. He leaves everything to Grumbledon Asylum for Imbeciles to fund inmate care, while excoriating nearby residents and extolling a harsh, satirical social view.
Two sergeants joke that a new recruit Johnson is a clerk who keeps his life behind when told to stand at ease. An officer at Claremont military camp requires salutes from all ranks, staff or civilian. On a train, a private misreads a shoulder tap and says he cannot salute, claiming only three pence.
A couple at a restaurant discuss breaking a wishbone to decide who makes the wish. He offers a playful bargain while she worries about engagements and interruptions. The scene shifts to a man accused of cruelty for locking his wife away with gowns and no mirror.
Sufferers from rheumatism recount relief after using Warner's Safe Cure. W H Mitchell of Pitt St Adelaide and Emma Morlino of Square Town Port Pirie describe long pain relief and restored sleep after taking the medicine, with others said to have similar results. Sold by chemists and stores in 5 shillings and 2 shillings 6 pence Concentrated form. The more beautiful a woman's eyes, the more they have seen of the wicked ways of men.
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