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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Feb 22, 1924
Page
4
A Canadian farmer jokes about insuring crops and stacks against fire and hail while an assailable agent offers an encyclopaedia and other items. The farmer quips that his fine horses require no such purchase and responds to the salesman’s pitches with sharp humor about luck and fishing.
A general visiting a public school is told a son of a Rajah will receive no special treatment. the master explains the boy is mocked as “Nigger” by some and teased as “Sans- Seattle.” The scene shifts to a boastful old countryman claiming aristocratic lineage, a busier corner dispute, and a string of comic or odd exchanges.
An absent minded man, entranced by advanced electricity, stops to check his watch near a lamp post. After unbuttoning his coat to feel the time, he finds he cannot move. He calls for help, attracting a neighboring police officer who notices the bewildered man grappling with his coat buttons around the lamp post.
Mire laments lack of dessert options while T faces a guest appetite for peaches. The host surprises with a second helping as the dinner unfolds, revealing the guest’s unsuspected peasant indulgence in brandied peaches and the host’s polite but eager restraint.
Farmers in the village Inn discuss a long drought with grumbles and humor. A cheeky local named Tommy proposes onions between potatoes to keep the ground damp. The exchange reflects playful absurdities and local character in a comic vignette.
A notice promotes making a family supply of cough and cold remedy by adding HEENZO to sweetened water. It claims fast relief from coughs and sore throats and markets Henzo Cough Diamonds as a breath freshener and throat soother.
An editorial style defense of avoiding pain and remedy claims for Warner's Safe Cure. It asserts pain signals nature’s warning and links ailments to kidney and liver disorders. The piece promotes Warner's Safe Cure as a specific treatment, available in two bottle forms, sold by chemists and stores.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions Hil LRENCH S REMEDY and a trial treatment claim dated 22 Mite snd Apllapay. contains garbled names and numbers, lacks coherent event, participants, or venue.
A garbled OCR style passage satirizes voters and candidates with jumbled phrases about age, bravery, and a dubious ballot choice. It hints at a political ad or speech fragment mocking campaign rhetoric and public discontent. Names, dates, or places are unreadable, preserving only the messy, period voice.
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