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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1913
Page
1
A humorous writer notes that tramps are not aimless wanderers but purposeful travelers with a definite destination by tomorrow. Their motive is to work tomorrow, seeking work today, often desiring a gardening task or similar, yet the work and the man rarely align in time and place. The encounter with a glazier illustrates the clash between ideal efficiency and actual ability.
A historical argument questions gender roles in courtship, arguing women should choose partners. Dr Denslow Lewis and Dr Emil Reich suggest that allowing women to select mates would improve society by promoting discriminating choice, physical standards, and happier marriages.
A collage of quirky exchanges and comic lines from a historical page features a scientist nicknamed aard tasemaster, a West assistant named Henry eager for around the world travel, a Western lawyer invoking constitutional imagery, a sculptor musing on a simple title, Mrs. Neweeds and Mrs. Martyr trading quips about cooking and nerves, plus a boy’s joke about a shoemaker father and a dentist.
The article discusses dairy cattle breeding as a complex problem unsettled by conflicting theories. It emphasizes selecting superior dams, proper mating, and observing ancestors, aiming to improve herd productivity. It cites Dr. Harold B. Wood on factors affecting butterfat richness and urges progressive breeders to research six key points over a year.
A Melbourne printer and publisher A F Lake endorses Clement s Tonic Ltd. He recounts personal recovery from neuralgic pain after using two bottles and recommends the tonic to sufferers. The notice promotes the medicine for neuralgia liver issues and blood conditions with claim s of long lasting relief and widespread availability through chemists and stores.
A fragmented OCR listing names of seeds, feeds, tools, and materials traded in a market. Items include wheat oats corn silage potatoes wool bales seeds oils paints enamel pumps window glass and garden supplies. Mentions of suppliers and assorted farm and hardware materials appear throughout the rough text.
A humorous slice from a parlor scene features a parrot imitating a kiss, a quarrel with a nosy neighbor, and a jumbled exchange about love and marriages. The conversations drift from witty quips to a misheard remark about a pickpocket and a boastful claim about harvest wisdom.
Undertakers Barasnisnn and Hans Or conducted funerals as listed in local notices. The services covered in the notices detail arrangements, dates, and involved the local community and families. The items reflect standard obituary and funeral notices from the period.
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