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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 22, 1920
Page
1
Elizabeth Fry began her work among women prisoners in decrepit jails. She trusted them and believed in their capacity to reform, saying she did not know or ask about each crime but sought the good within. Her charity and unselfish love were the tools that transformed lives and softened judgment.
A passenger recalls a dramatic 30 year old incident between Salt Lake City and Omaha aboard a Union Pacific train. A miner and a well-dressed gambler played a high stakes poker hand, the miner revealing five aces after a three aces by the gambler. The gambler drew a revolver and was forced to withdraw as the miner calmly pocketed the winnings, with no words spoken throughout.
A man in a newly sown field lured rooks by placing a dead animal, then tested their counting by entry of party members. The crows deduced the nearing danger after four approached, but miscounted, allowing the hunter to shoot. The event ends with a fatal shot to a “rock” bird and notes their limited arithmetic.
The vicar in a village school offers sixpences to the pupil who names the sweetest instrument. A quick boy answers the lolly whistle and wins the prize, while a district visitor learns a family’s misfortune through a wry exchange. The piece closes noting a lack of virtue without grit.
The author warns rheumatism stems from blood acidity and urges abstemious diet, proper clothing, and regulated lifestyle. Readers are advised to avoid stimulants, follow medical directions about meals, take cold baths, exercise outdoors gently, and maintain an annual holiday to curb rheumatic tendencies.
A world traveler notes that travel reveals character in women. Cheerful, practical women uplift companions during delays, mend torn clothes, and banish irritation with merry talk, earning a golden reputation as pleasant travel partners.
A cynical distillation shows twisted expressions about law, dividends, work, and virtue. It riffs on common sayings with playful misprints like eight will, sult, and canhed, noting how personality is judged by company and how a kiss can equal a smile.
A толerant missive on heredity cites scientists while a mother lauds a daughter’s piano skill as heredity. It muses on self contentment and avoiding perpetual worry, urging cheerful aims and avoiding unnecessary trouble, with a quip about a contemplative man.
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