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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1917
Page
1
The article argues that farmers must run farms as businesses using intelligent methods and practical training. It contrasts true farmers with those merely on the land, urges learning, risk taking, and conservative yet adaptable practices to meet rising land values and competition. It stresses education, experience, and advisory input to sustain profitability and growth.
A reminiscence of a horse named John living with a family, known for nonviolent tricks. Four young boys lure him for playful rides, leading to a muddy scene as they chase a river trip to Muddy Fork. John endures a playful prank and a scolding, then returns to the stables with the boys still mounted.
A garbled scrapbook of anecdotes links a Swedish boy who becomes Bauer the general, Garibaldi’s alertness, a Tyrolean cottage, and old painters predicting genius. Interspersed are jokes about robbers, eyes like chattans, sailors, and a German compare of poets. The text blends exaggerated history with humorous curios.
A fragmented retelling critiques legendary tales and myths. It lists figures like Rik, Caesar, and Fair Rosamond, debunking supposed events and characters while noting invented scenes and misattributed deeds across European history.
An old listings page advertises clothing, drapery, boots and shoes, suits to measure, paints, garden supplies, hardware, fertilizer, bicycles, oils, watches, and hardware items. It touts cash buys and Melbourne prices, noting agents for Australian chemical products and wool, hides, and tallow.
A breeder urges practical experience in pig breeding, recounting a failed purchase at an agricultural show and warning against overcrowded exhibition stock. He stresses selecting vigorous breeders, continuous proper feeding, daily attention, and choosing brood sows at ten to twelve months with a quiet, warm, dry farrowing area.
Four continental authorities discuss whether sulphate of ammonia or nitrate of soda is best for potato crops. They agree the plant needs nitrogen dressings and both materials have beneficial effects. Sulphate of ammonia should be applied at planting, nitrate of soda partly at planting and partly weeks later.
A party of gentlemen toured a Midland manufacturing plant where an arrogant man boasted about a colleague’s possible work for him. A worker, calm and direct, questions the claim and the group contemplates testing what is being produced, hinting at a potential discovery.
An article argues for scientific marriage based on mental and moral traits of young men seeking matrimony. It urges careful self knowledge, selecting partners with proximity to the desired characteristics, and warns that rigid selection could reduce sorrow, divorce, and societal strife while promoting peace and an ideal race.
An old fashioned guide outlines a wife’s ideal traits including a cheerful manner, firm yet gentle temperament, and knowledge to support a husband. It emphasizes resilience under worry, political interest, nursing basics, tact, and discretion to maintain harmony at home.
An essay argues Cromwell justified war as divine punishment and discipline, praising terror as a moral scourge while recounting a traveler’s glimpse of English rural life. A weary family scene contrasts hard country conditions with perceptions of civilization and pride in their land.
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