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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Jun 28, 1901
Page
6
A long discussion extols salt as antiseptic and tonic for skin and health. It claims salt baths strengthen eyelids and skin, relieve eye irritation, nasal congestion, and throat strain, aid pains, and help cooling and heating of water for cooking and comfort. It warns against overuse and notes benefits for feeble sleepers and children with weak spines.
The article offers practical advice on preserving garden produce by cooking and soaking to prevent sprouting, using hot water to halt growth, and washing with salt to fix colors. It notes chlorine’s danger to humans but suggests sprinkling to deter pests like cockroaches and beetles, while recommending salt for wood furniture and cleaning bottles, crockery, and milk foaming.
A didactic meditation on how prosperity and adversity shape character. The piece argues personal influence over circumstances, contrasts prudent, virtuous living with indulgence and folly, and urges cheerful endurance of trials as the path to happiness and serenity. It warns against envy and complaint, emphasizing faithful effort.
A Dnrtford Times correspondent recounts a train stub incident near Hurlford where a gentleman left his overcoat and cap on a seat for a moment, only to return and find a young man occupying it. After a back and forth over possession and the lady companion unable to rise, spectators enjoyed the lighthearted dispute as the man refused to vacate, citing possession as law.
The article argues that success can come from farming and rural life, not only city opportunities. It notes rural youths often contribute more to progress, and that a farm, even if small or rocky, can provide lucrative and character building livelihoods through enterprise and resourcefulness.
A rousing tribute extols upright energetic men who never give way under hardship. It lauds their resilience in mud and drive, their role as salt of the earth, and their power to build cities, enable factories, sweep oceans, and light skies. The piece urges young men to imitate their energy and spirit for success.
An educated Frenchman warns absinthe, called the Green Terror, fuels insanity and disease. The Cham ber of Deputies debates a ban as absinthe spreads from wartime use in Algiers where soldiers mixed it with wine to prevent fever. It allegedly filled hospitals, gaols, and madhouses, earning the moniker pestilent temptation.
The piece urges patience for long term success and critiques blunt remarks. It notes that speech may be blunt yet kindness matters, urging action for those in need and compassion for the elderly and poor. It blends aphorisms on dignity, money, and helping neighbors.
A string of short, disconnected exchanges appears like diary or gossip notes. Characters named Casey Tramp Young Mother Nurse and Mrs Sharpe discuss smoking habits, marriage, job worries, infant crying and a doctor visit in a mosaic of conversational vignettes.
M Camille Plammarion studies lightning's odd effects on people and animals. In August last an unseen bolt knocked a man 30 yards from impact, injuring him only after his body struck a wall. Cows 200 yards away die. three soldiers under a lime tree die instantly. two peasants' breakfast items vanish and straw covers them. A Nantes passerby is briefly enveloped yet unharmed, later finding a gold coin replaced by silver after lightning pierces a purse.
A discussion notes that gifting a coffin to a parent may disappoint Western minds but pleases Chinese parents as a sign of filial piety. It highlights Upper Tonkin wood as prized for coffins due to its imperishable quality and describes ancient pine forests buried by geological upheaval long ago.
A feature of the Right Hours procession was a pot of bells playing familiar lines. The colonial bells were made by John Danks and Son Pry Ltd of Melbourne, a firm supplying church bells across Australian colonies and Fiji. What unfind did ever heal but by de gress.
A quirky children's dialogue describes playful letter puzzles and a bedtime scene. Dolly is taught the shapes and sounds of letters by a narrator, with hints about how each letter transforms when altered or combined, ending in a gentle reminder that Dolly has fallen asleep.
A humorous tale recalls John Ruskin replying kindly to a headmistress seeking to promote beauty in study. She expected a gem or binding, but received a heavy trunk with a label urging pupils to study the markings and lichens. A cautionary note follows about boasting of climate.
A humorous reminiscence on English plurals and pronunciation as Camp the dog and a baker provoke a lesson in language. The speaker notes Camp's keen understanding of spoken words and the baker’s fear, then catalogs common plural forms and irregularities with examples like oxen geese mice and cats. The tone is playful and antiquated, reflecting a regional diary or anecdotal essay.
A sister’s fifteen year fight to free her condemned brother begins with belief in his innocence. She disguises as a man, roams with rough figures, pleads to officials, and wins release and a free pardon after attracting broad attention.
An advertisement lists educational and self improvement titles including A Word to Woman, How to be Pretty, The Secret of Good Health, What Shall I Say, The Book of Stitches, Health Exercises and Homemnastics, The Applause Reciter and The Gantia Art of Good Talking. Published by Ward Look & Co., Matsovarg and Aru Booksensions.
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