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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1925
Page
4
A chaotic mix of dialogue, sermons, ads, and odd vignettes from a torn page. It includes school talk, nasal medicine pitches, a Melbourne show note, a Waterloo meeting prank, and scattered names, places, and languages, all jumbled together.
A naval midshipman strides into the wardroom with a worn collar, provoking a sharp exchange with an officer who questions the appearance. The banter turns to a quip about where the collar washed ashore and a brief, rough humor about the man’s seedy look.
A quirky satire mixes jokes and anecdotes about courtship and marriage. A bachelor recalls a humbling encounter in a shop, a coal miner’s grim humor about pit life, a teacher’s quiz on wages and prices, and a child’s blunt view on desirable partners.
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