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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 01, 1913
Page
1
A collage of humorous skits and quips from a Victorian page. Gossipy exchanges feature a quarrel over a dog prize, fashion obsessions for hats, etiquette fails with vergers and half crowns, matrimonial jests, street anecdotes, and ethnic stereotype humor. Multiple named speakers and settings appear in brisk, joke-driven glee.
A compilation of dated anecdotes and pratfalls from clubs and public figures. A member counsels patience over insult while a cloakroom attendant laments lack of tips. A Scots boatman and English fishers share a light misstep, and a doctor’s extreme diet prompts a retort. A Militia recruit’s left right confusion and a congressman’s wary encounter close the collection.
Henry Vallender advertises blankets sheetings flannelettes and winter garments for ladies and children. The list includes coats blouses skins and underclothing with a trial solicited.
Fragmentary record references Andrew Dryden’s gold medal and mentions firms such as S. Corden & Co and Victoria, with incomplete details about arbitration or recognition and possible MLA writers. The legibility is limited, yielding few concrete facts beyond names and partial phrases.
Hearne's medicine claims dramatic relief for bronchitis cough croup anthina hoarseness and chest pain. It promises to prevent chronic cough asthma or consumption when used early and asserts a complete cure with a dose or two, sold by chemists and medicine vendors.
A collage of comic vignettes and mishaps unfolds in one paper page. A travelling show proprietor plans odd couple seating with a living skeleton and a fat lady, while other scenes include a flirtatious talk, a house quarrel over drawers, and a race to catch a departing steamer. The notes mix humor, romance, and street-corner banter with various characters including Brown and John.
A garbled gothic scene unfolds as a famed Multan decker, a quack doctor, and a wary wife clash over a taxed cure. The physician hawks potions and dubious elixirs while a stern matron rebukes his schemes. Amid comic chaos the crowd shifts to a sales pitch for suspenders and soap as a citizen interrupts the scene.
A historic note describes measuring a horse using a tape behind the shoulder. A stick held from withers to topline, then convert inches to hands by dividing by four. The method notes adjustments for nonstandard tape, and claims portability and ease for horse tamers and handlers.
A fragmentary tale recounts a youth who loses energy and schemes over a gold watch given by his mother. The narrator hints at moral lessons as the boy recalls the watch’s loss and the mother’s torment, with a tone of caution about pride and filial duty.
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