11 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 11, 1912
Page
1
The text lists moral maxims attributed to Elizabeth Fay. It outlines daily conduct including time use truthfulness charity and restraint. It advises consistent employment avoiding idle amusements and urges compassion and self control in difficult decisions.
In a heated battle a regimental chaplain volunteers to retrieve a jar hidden under stairs in a makeshift hospital. He risks danger under shellfire and concerns about his dignity, finally retrieving a half full honey jar without compromising his soldierly bearing.
An old recipe details using coarse oatmeal boiled in water then lemon juice and eau de Cologne for a skin brightening facial. It also outlines a cold cream made from spermaceti white wax sweet almonds oil rosewater borax and rose scent, melted and beaten until thickened.
Advice for a businesswoman stressing reliability, diligence, courtesy, and secrecy. Emphasizes doing one’s best, avoiding carelessness, maintaining cheerfulness, and adhering to duty during business hours, with after hour enjoyment only after work. Highlights two guiding concerns: duty to employer and self respect.
A fragmentary verse compares a man and a pipe as similar beings each filled with breath. It suggests that remove breath and both expire, turning to dust, implying death is the ultimate fate for both man and pipe. The tone hints at a jokelike conceit about their kinship.
Prominent scientists warn the sun is cooling and shrinking its diameter, threatening climate zones to retreat toward the Tropics. Projections place life extinction between 4,000,000 and 5,001,000 years, with multiple worlds believed destroyed by cosmic collisions as space objects vaporize into new stars.
A spoof tale portrays an economical household where clothing is repurposed by a big family, ending with soap made from burned paint clothes. A cockroach tale follows, noting clever use of a walnut boat and a wary bond with the narrator. General tips on voice care, hair hygiene, weathered feathers, focus, and a Bannock recipe conclude the reading.
Those who have taken this medicine report rapid relief from Bronchitis Cough Croup Asthma Hoarseness and chest pain It comforts the throat and strengthens the voice Prevents chronic cough or consumption when treated early No house should be without it A dose or two at the start often yields a complete cure Sold by all chemists and medicine vendors.
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