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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 21, 1921
Page
1
An essay ridicules four varieties of weather predictions. It notes harmless forecasts guideUmbrella use while warning against overconfident Too Late and Too Previous claims. The piece argues against trusting prophets and recounts a weekend ruined by misread skies.
Scientists propose tapping Earth's internal heat by drilling two 12 000 foot holes 50 feet apart and using synchronized explosives to crack rock. Water poured into one hole would heat to steam and travel to the surface via the other hole, creating a powerful water heater.
In this passage a nineteenth century style analysis equates a healthy man’s body to chemical components. It lists weights and quantities of water sugars salt lime and gases as measured parts of the body and references acids and chemicals in uncertain fashion.
Mrs Mode returns home to an empty wardrobe and a burning lawn. Herbert explains the pantry key was in her bolero pocket. She misidentifies garments, leading to a desperate search that ends with finding the key among ashes on the lawn.
A comic dialogue features a youth and a talking parrot. The bird mocks its owner and references a tramcar conductor, while a misquoted exchange hints at marital tensions and humorous misunderstandings.
The text proclaims that humans live by aspiration and ideal impulses, not merely by bread. It argues ideals move the lower self toward nobler pleasures of heart and mind, serving as a pole-star guiding but not fully directing action. Passions and ignorance still steer course, yet ideals remain potent influences in every soul.
Twin calves merit care, not culling. Proper feeding and substitutes help rear twins, easing the mother’s load. A twin heifer can breed. barrenness cases show the other twin often remains fertile. An intelligent breeder keeps the healthiest stock for breeding, twins or not.
In a crowded carriage a young man named Jobson lights a cigar despite a non smoking rule. A robust old gentleman confronts him and Jobson keeps sparking matches, filling the space with smoke and prompting a tense exchange before tempering the scene with insistence on lighting further. An accompanying note mentions a North Sea fishing boat and a large library with about 6000 volumes.
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