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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jul 25, 1924
Page
3
A rider with hounds and local well wishers gathered as the New Church Street Bridge reopened. Amid light refreshments, Mr. J J Goffey noted the long closure and thanked Coffey Bros for restoring access. An angler asked about trout and was told they’d stay put while the master joked about faults.
A string of humorous snippets features a father and son clash over a farewell, a traveling photographer con man, a soprano misplacing Angela Wings, a bishop on a railway journey offering Providence as strategy, a verger tour and knobby altar posts, and a quarrelsome wife blaming a tailor.
Reports indicate ongoing outbreaks of influenza, whooping cough, and measles across Australia, with many cases progressing to pneumonia and fatalities. The text urges immediate mouth and throat care using a ready mix product, noting a household preparation method and suggesting Heenzo Cough Diamonds for pastille users.
A letter from T A Butcher of 34 Bendigo Street Prahran dated November 26 1921 praises Warner's Safe Cure for curing severe liver and kidney pains after other medicines failed. He says early relief came from the first bottle and full recovery followed after weeks of use. He recommends the remedy as life changing and notes the product sold in 6 shillings bottles and 2 shillings 6 pence Concentrated form through chemists and stores.
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