13 Mar 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 13, 1917
Page
1
A collage of humor and domestic scenes spans quarrels over recitations, shop talk, and a run of short sketches. It weaves a preacher, a bookbinder, a doctor and a squire into vignettes of small town life, ending with a poem about a bald headed tyrant from No mans land ruling a household.
A collection of maxims on strength temper kindness and responsibility. It urges avoiding wasteful expense cultivating cheerfulness and goodwill shaping character by what one admires and surrounding oneself with worthy company. It also cautions against fault finding and urges seizing present happiness while facing future challenges with courage.
One of the strangest towns in the world is Holland Island in Chesapeake Bay where tides govern all activity. At high tide business ceases as the sea washes through principal streets and only elevated houses stay dry. When flood tide ends daily life resumes until the next inundation.
A narrator recalls dressing the bride in floral and gold, praising her beauty then revealing a tragic turn as the groom appears and destinies collide. The tone suggests a ceremonial preparation interrupted by a grave, sorrowful twist. The piece juxtaposes bridal rites with death as destiny intervenes.
A compact history tracing rubber from early uses by Aztecs and native peoples to European adoption. It notes eras of curiosity and limited value, Priestly’s early rubber cubes, 18th and 19th century developments, and the shift to waterproof cloth and varnish. Rubber largely sourced from equatorial South American forests remains dominant.
A storm scene contrasts chaotic rain and wind with the solace of a fireside and sheltering homes. The piece muses on the homeless, their distress, and the world’s turmoil, then notes the sun breaking through and a refreshed resolve to endure future trials.
In a lively street moment an Irish laborer, Bricks spilled as a passerby offered a compliment. The exchange ends with a jest about service and looks, as onlookers recall a once prominent parasol site.
A damaged OCR fragment lists multiple agents and companies including Australian Chambosaur Exply vad Oo, Manvrer Standen Rewing Mac tiinas and Orion Staves with references to New Zealand Loan and Biernantile Agency Co and various descriptions of pine products sold or bought.
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