12 Jun 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 12, 1917
Page
1
A blend of scientific musings and social commentary describes human growth patterns from infancy to old age, noting rapid early development and a steady decline later, then shifts to a male observer’s take on women's walking habits and fashion, linking footware to character and temperament.
A redwood recently felled in Washington State stood 485 feet tall, with a main limb spanning feet and circumference about feet. If scaled, the trunk would yield 96 315 feet of board, enough to build eight cottages two stories high, aging rings suggest the tree was around 634 years old, though Californian giants exceed it in girth.
A tale from Cork recounts a mayor who led a deputation to the late Emperor of the French and attempted an oration in what he believed was the French tongue. The Emperor replied with a courteous confession that he knows English well and has not studied Irish, ending the moment with humor.
In very hot weather cold drinks worsen mouth feverishness and thirst. The article argues hot drinks relieve thirst better than ice cold ones and are safer, suggesting beverages around 60 degrees or higher aid digestion and avoid stomach debility. It promotes hot drinks as a healthier alternative during extreme heat.
A fragment describes a crowded tramcar scene where an old man disrupts passengers with odd interruptions and a young woman drops her purse. A witty exchange ends with the tester remarking on politeness as the man avoids further talk amid the crowd. The piece shifts to brief, unrelated snippets about marriage and reading discipline.
The mother’s love shields children from excess hardship while fostering resilience. A balance is needed between ease and challenge to shape character, with summer outdoor life offering chances to act bravely under attentive guidance. Early freedom under supervision helps growth, even when errors follow.
Advice urges thrifty living with carpets and furniture chosen for value, weekly bill payments, and rainy day savings. It emphasizes careful leftovers use, repurposing cold vegetables into soups and salads, and a systematic, canny approach to household economy.
The excerpt lists bodily facts such as each ear having four bones and limbs each containing thirty bones, the skull allegedly with thirty tones, two oil glands at each base for heirs, and the sense of touch being dullest on the back. It claims the eye globes move by six muscles, the wrist has four bones, the palm five, fingers forty, and the enamel of teeth over 85 percent calcareous matter, with average weights given for men and women and a brain said to contain over two hundred million cells.
A Melbourne advertisement enumerates diverse items for sale including clothing, drapery, boots and shoes, prints, ribbons, oils, paints, feed, grains, chaff, bedding, piping, wire, picture framing supplies, furniture hardware, olive oil, cement, lime, sulphur, and various farm and domestic goods. Also noted are sewing machines, stoves, tea, manures, and hides.
A reader recalls the paralysis of indecision when facing chores and shares practical, methodical tips. Set clear steps, avoid multitasking, finish one task before starting another, and avoid blindly copying others. Also includes a humorous Irish exchange about needing a hand up.
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