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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 24, 1919
Page
6
A discussion on teaching thrift at home to children and adults. It argues saving should begin in childhood, with parents modeling discipline, tracking expenses, and limiting indulgence to foster lasting financial habits.
A garbled OCR passage lists names, places, and actions in a city news setting. It mentions individuals such as Mary and Meined Owe with scattered references to dates, places, and a public context, but the text is incomplete and unclear about concrete events or outcomes.
Fragmented and garbled OCR text provides no clear event, names, or places to identify a coherent news item. The readable fragments mention generic phrases and do not establish verifiable facts or entities for a factual summary.
An old advertisement from National Cattle Feed Co promotes the fastest way to fatten market pigs by feeding their brand pig food. The ad lists the company address in South Melbourne and urges farmers to use the product to reach market weight quickly.
Readable text fragments mention a Collins Street Melbourne address and scattered names but no coherent event or clear facts to summarize. The fragment lacks a discernible person, organization, date or outcome to anchor a proper news item.
A fragmented advert or note touts Robur tea as superior for women and girls with claims that mature women drink it like their mothers. It mentions a character Pavel and a “Friend of Nis” tea-taster and notes a date on the package, implying freshness.
A fragmented reminiscence recounts earlier urban misdeeds in London and Fulham. It describes a neglected elderly woman, a spurious claim to property, and a young couple’s alleged motives. A wartime memory of a Tasmanian wanderer and a Thames musician’s charity episode surface amid legal notices about a will benefiting a child’s father and a beneficiary.
An incomprehensible fragment describes a wife and husband at a restaurant. The husband fixates on a nearby woman described as attractive by the wife. The text records fragmented dialogue about the woman and a desire to “weir one” without clarity.
The article warns to keep proper runs for each breed, maintain cleanliness and ventilation, and burn or bury sick birds promptly to prevent disease. It stresses inspecting older birds, managing drafts, and using bread and milk with meat as a feed, while also advising on lice control and careful housing to avoid costly losses.
Wattle bark offered direct to W Braithwaite Pty Ltd Preston Tannery Preston Victoria established 50 years Any quantity of thoroughly dry best quality black or golden wattle hark purchased Highest market price always given Consign bark to Bolt Station and cover with tarpaulin.
A sprawling historical note recounts early diamond and gold discoveries with famed rewards. It cites OReilly trading a pebble for tobacco near Vault River, later sold in Cape Town, and stories of Ballarat gold, McLaughlin's Nevada silver, and explorers like Simóns Raleigh and Cabot, highlighting reward disparities and royal punishment.
A readable fragment from Cassell and Co Storyteller urges friends to brighten lives with caring notes and warm smiles now rather than delaying. It previews fiction by Vincent Hims Owen Oliver and others, plus market prices and notices on meat, rice, oysters, and magazine features.
A mistaking mother and village scene unfolds as two twin boys with quirky names cause a local stir. The vicar quizzes the family and the maid about their sons James or Albert while the twins, named Stoulk and Kidney by the parents, later become Kate and Sydney after a font ceremony. A misdirected car ride ends with a puzzled driver and electric torch revealing a wrong turn toward a gate marked To the Portage.
A terse exchange describes a customer asking about someone not present and a wife who left last night. The staff member reassures not to worry, while noting the person who returned this morning.
An historic ad promotes a homemade remedy for colds bronchitis influenza and sore throat claiming it destroys germs and soothes mucous membranes. It describes preparing a pint at home by mixing Heenzo or Heanzo essence in warm water, selling for 2 shillings and offered as a cheaper alternative to ready made mixtures.
An advertisement urges that girls from their teens become anemic and nervous if not cared for, stressing the need to keep blood rich and nerves nourished. Hean’s Tonic Nerve Nuts is promoted as a boon to growing girls, said to be sold by all trade, priced 3 shillings per 12 days’ supply or at 1 shilling for each additional unit.
Pad Office Melbourne address 388 Collins 5th Melbourne and D L N O in Sydney and Brisbane. For terms or information contact Samuel Cook Chief Manager Carroll Assistant Manager by phone or letter.
A reflective exchange questions setting, scent of high water, unseen bark, and missing pieces at dawn. Two listeners remark on the comedy and a woman named Thora seated nearby who had seen it before, hinting at shared experience and recognition.
A meditation on individual life and pain ends with promotion of Warner's Safe Cure for common ailments. The ad claims uric and biliary poisons cause pain and that kidney and liver action restoration relieves it. It urges readers to try the medicine, offered in two bottle sizes.
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