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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
6
A fragmented public notice reports a dispute labeled Thea MNEs lraming war conticted by Meare Dares and Puch sud Cx, with a She uaa raarver, sl Le eerste.”
A fragile bride Elva Leighton marries Lexley Thornton after a fortune teller prophesies danger from a jealous rival. The wedding proceeds amid eerie omens including a venomous cobra holder and a bat disturbing the ceremony. Elva’s bouquet conceals a deadly needle device, triggering a crisis that ends with revelation and lingering mystery.
Man's span of life exceeds many animals. Camels 40 to 50 years, horses 25 to 80, sheep 4 to 1? Dogs 12 to 14. Elephants reputed 800 years in confinement, whales about 00 years. Reptiles long lived, Lorloike lived 1604 to 1751. Birds like the eagle and hawk reach great ages. Carp 2) years, common river trout 50 years, pike 00 years.
A fragment from a provincial page features a string of quips and witty asides about love marriage and daily life. It includes lines about a faint accident and a mocked love topic, with characters Daykin Hamilton Browne Towne and others trading bon mots on wireless telegraphy, church hypocrisy, and a diner home.
A garbled page mixes a jokey note about new tall buildings called serial buildings with a bizarre long, vivid excerpt on curing bacon and cooking instructions. It shifts to a reflective, rambling paragraph praising the mouth and its roles before ending with a quip about travel south and a change in the speaker.
A speaker explains how a wife is loving yet difficult to live with when healthy, contrasting fond memory of a tender nurse during typhoid three years prior. He says a sick man would find her utterly devoted, but his health leaves her with little chance to help.
A garbled OCR fragment recounts miscue dialogue at a Paisley wedding gift scene. It references a broom gift to the bride, playful quips about music and a burnt steak, and a village humorist tale. Names and precise dates are unclear but tone resembles light societal chatter.
A fragmented caption extols a machine's wonders and reliability, claiming it reduces human labor. It mentions agents for a product in New South Wales and Victoria, with price inquiries directed to John Thiork and partners at Bourke Street Melbourne and Vittetreet Sydney.
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