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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jan 25, 1910
Page
1
A portrait painter argues brushwork reveals character and mental state. Examples include a business partner exposing fraud via a portrait and a woman whose eyes hinted at approaching insanity, leading to her confinement in a lunatic asylum.
A reflective piece on the aunt figure in family life. It notes that while some dislike a bachelor or spinster aunt, many households welcome her guidance and kindness. Readers are urged to assess generational views, the value of experienced advice, and the gratitude of nephews and nieces for her early influence.
An exploration of gentility as virtue and restraint. It defines a gentleman as a refined, modest, self controlling figure who prizes virtue, refined tastes, and measured speech. It cites Sir Philip Sydney and St Paul to illustrate nobility of character and moral conduct.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a deadly avian creature from New Guinea known as the Epir N Doob or Hird of Death. The bizarre entity allegedly maddeningly affects the body causing numbness rigidity and lockjaw. Also referenced is a tomb honoring Mahomet and wealth in diamonds and rubies used in decorations.
In a schoolyard a sparrow built a nest inside the bell housing preventing the hammer from striking. Teachers and 400 children waited as carpenters and boys tried to fix it. Once the birds flew away, the bell rang again and the children returned to class.
A traveler recounts a rare bath in the Dead Sea noting its extreme salinity around 261 per cent, buoyancy that makes swimming and even walking possible, and the remarkable lack of fish. He describes the water as ordinary in temperature with a bitter, irritating taste and warns that getting water in the eyes or mouth dulls the pleasure.
A reflective piece on artificial politeness and social rituals, contrasting courteous phrases with hidden aggression. It cites letters and a journalist’s quips, noting tangled loyalties, formalities, and the gap between genteel expression and real intent in everyday life.
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