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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1904
Page
6
Fragmented OCR notes describe Phoenix Assurance 0 Limited with losses surpassing £25,000,000 from fires and lightning. It mentions agents warn customers, a garbled quote, and references to patent agents OG G Turgi and Co at 150 Queen Street Melbourne handling inventor filings.
The article reports Herbert B. Lawrence, proprietor, touring a North Melbourne dyeing and cleaning plant to showcase its extensive operations. It describes cleaning, dyeing, and restoration of almost all wearables, including delicate gowns and tailor pressed suits, with plans to expand via agencies across Victoria after three Melbourne branches and additional sites in Ballarat, Bendigo, Warragul, Sale, Gippsland, Brimadals and Albury.
The text advertises bath options including cast-iron porcelain enamel baths and full woodwork. It mentions rollstop bath as an alternative and notes lavatories in art cast-iron aranda. Includes contact details for John Dankstail Sou Proprietary Ltd with Melbourne and Sydney addresses.
A garbled excerpt reflects on social bonds and the search for happiness. It hints at a political party and a distant, dimly seen unity, suggesting tension between personal ties and communal goals. The text remains unclear but centers on connection and collective welfare.
A harrowing tale from a whaling voyage recounts Volney, a four year old boy, and his father aboard a whale ship. Amid storms and shark peril, Volney’s courage and a heroic rescue attempt unfold as the crew fights to save both boy and father before tragedy strikes.
A fragmentary narrative discusses marriage, alliances, and social expectations in a rustic setting. The speaker rails against meddling relatives and sentimentality while weighing who should wed whom, the role of Providence, and the risks of matchmaking within a family and community. The dialogue conveys tension between duty, affection, and practical choice.
The article warns of smoking harms from early use and regular consumption. It links tobacco to stomach upset, palpitations, eye trouble, poor appetite, and general weakness, urging parents to warn youths about growth stunts and brain effects.
A fragmented discussion on lines and notions of straightness and rightness. The text compares two kinds of lines and attempts to express how brightness and heroism relate to these concepts, leaving interpretation to the reader.
Fragmentary prose contemplates virtue, happiness, and character. It muses on politeness, sympathy, and the costs of pleasure, warning that circumstances shape behavior even as inner strength remains crucial. The piece blends aphorism with scattered dialogue.
Special winter notice to hoteliers and ushers from Arnold Bros Melbourne. Advertising assorted liquors and measures with pricing and jar returns. Includes stock details, jar deposits, and delivery notes. Addresses 161 and 153 Elizabeth Street Melbourne.
Mr H J Davison of the Melbourne office has been appointed Wool and Produce Manager at the Dalgety and Company Sydney Branch. Davison began in Geelong in 1874, moved to Melbourne in 1877, and has spent 22 years in wool and produce there. He has travelled to London, South Africa, New Zealand, Tasmania, Western Australia, New South Wales, and Queensland on company business.
An unclear narrative chronicles a man after a long sleep and the varied effects on others around him. Observations mention a nurse, a period of wakefulness, and a hospital setting. The piece references a French theater or river scene and a dramatic event affecting several lives in a period of distress.
In a small country town a daughter of a petitioner faces social pressures and affection. A rival publisher entices with a new book volume titled Bow to Bear Pigs Successfully, prompting identity and motive questions as the shopkeeper eyes an opportunity amid courtship and class expectations.
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