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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 12, 1909
Page
1
An ad notes Hooper opening a workshop in Nunn Street Benalla offering casting engineering and fitting services. It advertises fire place stoves, agricultural castings, plumbers brass items, and repairs to agricultural machinery with reasonable charges.
Historical manuscript notes discuss tobacco as a profitable crop under mild climates, detailing plant growth, leaf texture, and ripening. It emphasizes soil conditions, drainage, and sandy soils for high quality leaves, warns against excessive chlorine exposure, and outlines seed quality, planting density, and irrigation practices for successful yields.
A famed writer hosts a provocative exchange on beauty versus intellect. Respondents offer varied views on why beauty or brains might prevail in society, noting social perception, fame, wealth, and personal motivation.
An essay extols a wife who embodies domestic virtue and sacrifice. It praises cooks, sewers, and homemakers as ideal partners, insisting a man with ambition should seek a wife of similar strength and gentleness. The piece warns that neglecting such duties leads to tragedy and loss of virtue.
The Oklahoma Experiment Station offers practical rules for high quality cream. Emphasizes cleanliness, sanitary utensils, thorough washing of separators, rapid cooling, and keeping separate cream lots. Recommends ventilated storage, daily mixing of batches, insect prevention, and aiming for 40 percent fat for longer shelf life. Michigan/ Wisconsin example cites Champion butterfat cow Johanna with exceptional seven day yield under strict supervision and balanced rations.
A generous book and music collector uses an album system to track borrowings. Each borrower records their home, book title, loan date, and returns with a comment and return date. Visitors see who returns promptly, encouraging timely returns and reducing reminders.
A quoted practitioner describes using a forked stick to locate water, arguing the tool, not the operator, yields movement. The diviner notes sensations in the hands as he walks over water, claiming the rod’s motion is willful and that only certain conditions trigger the tremor, while warning of nervous strain.
A clergyman leaves England for a long period and entrusts a friend with his care. Two years later the dog returns at night, and the servant reveals the boots the clergyman wore. The scene becomes chaotic as the dog recognizes the clothes and acts with frantic joy. The piece ends with a marriage tale showing initial joy followed by poverty and strain.
A man from Collingwood recounts decades of general debility and nervousness, noting heavy weight loss and sleepless nights. After trying many doctors with no relief, he attributes his revival to a treatment by Joseph Carver at 44 Dieh Street, Hawthorn, Victoria, claiming restored strength and nerve health.
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