25 Jun 1912
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 25, 1912
Page
1
A dog named Scotch risks life in a four day high mountain trek to guard a missing mitten. Mills misreads the dog’s loyalty, scouring back and forth amid fourteen below zero temps. Scotch returns alone, guarding the mitten until rescue arrives, likely saving the animal’s life.
A fragmentary moral guide urges graceful conduct and social tact. It counsels cultivating grace and friendship, avoiding open ruptures, adapting ideas to others, and keeping imagination restrained. It warns against pressuring others to fit one’s deals and emphasizes patience and suspense.
The home reveals character more than public life. Love and family trust should temper impulses like impatience, anger, and contempt. We display courteous manners to guests, but when alone with loved ones, selfishness may take over if not checked.
A candidate for municipal honor spoke to a citizen meeting, drawing out laughter and weary nods as an hour stretched to two. The crowd praised the talk after an hour, then grew restless, and a back-and-forth about posterity and angels reflected the era’s political banter and public discourse.
A wartime Southern circus wreck story features a puzzled old man and circus workers chasing an escaped creature. The tolling gag ends with the director tipping a dollar after misunderstanding the animal tied to a tree turns out to be a horse or larger beast in disguise.
A physiologist declares anger shortens life by draining vitality. He cites French research showing blood changes and dormant microbes activating during rage, with blood attacked and life force expended. The test compared calm and fury states from a single subject.
A curious piece notes individuals who mark unusual anniversaries. One woman annually dinners to honor leaving a dissolute lover who later became a drunkard and convict. Another man celebrates the day he first wore a tail coat with a dinner for youths passing from jackets to formal wear.
An old hygienic notice warns that dust specks spread disease and irritate, while stirred dust is more harmful than settled. It advises removing feather dusters and brooms from homes and using damp cloths, mops, and carpet sweepers to collect dust without clouding the air.
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