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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 13, 1909
Page
1
A weekly bedtime dose of Frootoids is claimed to aid liver function and cure chronic constipation. The regimen replaces ordinary aperients, leading to independence from medicines. Price 1/6. Chemiata Modleine Vendors, Proprietor W. G. Henrin, Chemiat Gonlong, Victoria.
A jumble of comic vignettes and anecdotes unfolds through humorous dialogues and scenarios. Characters include a phrenologist, a chef, a caller, and various unnamed attendees on a liner and in social settings. The piece mixes wordplay, misread lines, and cheeky exchanges reflecting light social satire.
A collection of curious historic vignettes on marriage contracts, social norms, and humorous anecdotes. From coerced terms of engagement to lopsided wagers, the pieces mix romance, law, and family schemes with medieval roots and wartime shifts.
Fragmentary OCR recounts a tale of a woman believed dead who survives a ghastly past, a betrayed husband, and a return to England where greed over an inheritance follows. A later wedding plan exposes a risky union as truth surfaces and a dangerous social consequence unfolds.
A Waterloo banquet ends with a disruptive scene as guests object to the Duke’s presence and a subordinate officer tries to restore order. Loud talk turns to a scuffle over a folded jacket and pockets, drawing attention from the crowd and prompting the officer to move guests away toward the yard while a senior figure urges restraint.
Fragmented text recalls astronomical scales with planets and light travel, then shifts to a wartime anecdote about a mule and an old muleteer. A later excerpt extols cream’s culinary and medicinal virtues, praising digestion, vitality, and consumption prevention.
A quirky colonial style notice warns Kindren in 1990 not to damage forest plantings and orchard beds. It urges careful passage through garden paths and asks residents to avoid entering at night and to retire safely to protect produce and hedgerows.
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