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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
3
Raymond Travers confronts Hazel Keane over a rumored reengagement while Arthur Morton plots to win her heart for her fortune. Mrs Travers hints at a money motive behind Morton's courtship, heightening tension as Hazel faces a wary morning meeting and a looming confession.
A photographic experiment will project a colossal image 420 feet long and 110 feet high on Stone Mountain Georgia. The plan features 1000 figures including a Confederate Army depiction led by Robert E. Lee, with mounting and carving to follow over years, using nitrate and chemical processes to fix the image.
Mr Lole Davis reports a dated colonial tale from Port West Africa about a supposed penalty for meeting a mother in law after marriage. He describes traveling with a guide near Backoko villages when the path suddenly forces him to flee. He learns the dread rule prohibits sighting the Thorbordo law upon meeting his mother in law, a fearsome social sanction.
The piece urges that true success comes from daily effort and character. It highlights ambition industry imagination and personality as essential traits for youths pursuing meaningful achievement through constant work and sacrifice.
Amusement arose at a show as a white Runner duck wore a check coat with ribbon. The piece notes that horses and dogs have tailor made outfits and warm blankets, and that dog coats can cost up to £6 4d each though frugality is possible. It also mentions clothing for tropical animals and a joke about gas mantles and renewal costs, ending with a wry moral about avoiding foolish purchases.
The article surveys South West Western Australia group settlements as a notable land development effort. It notes a Darwin of social and economic aims, government oversight under Premier Mitchell, and a self sustaining, gradually dissolving communal structure. It reflects on experiences of settlers, travel through Willup to Augusta, crop progress, and local life with portraits of individuals and towns.
A disjointed clipping recounts a dentist anecdote with a mirror gag and a remark about fake tooth tests, then slides into a joke about train travel to a far fin. It includes a poem of farewell to an unspecified lover and a line about life insurance, all in a now-dated newspaper voice.
Fragmentary dialogue references an aviator named Dhat'a BIW Fligh who once wrote ads for the empire. The speakers note he quit, citing writer's block, and question why a motornyollar exists while remarking the effort to travel quickly with noise.
An old-fashioned home remedy ad promotes a fat loss tonic with grand claims of permanent results and easy use. It lists health risks of obesity, urges readers to order from Melbourne and London suppliers, and warns of the product’s quick, dramatic effects while promising no fear of injury.
Table Lands Victoria resident Mrs Abbott writes about severe digestion pains after meals. She reports relief after using two bottles of A.M.S remedy, sold by chemists and stores for 3 shillings, with 3 shillings 6 pence for parts, manufactured by T A Dickson Chemist Geelong.
An old coa captain reproves his daughter for returning late in a car. He scolds but she quips that they were becalmed as the wind died down in one tyre and had to wait until it sprang up again.
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