18 Mar 1919
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 18, 1919
Page
1
A collection of home bake and custard dishes including Cherry Batter Pudding with cherries and butter, Farsley Jelly from parsley juice, Dartford Pudding with breadcrumbs and raisins, and Cheese Custard on Toast topped with melted cheese and eggs. Practical kitchen notes accompany each recipe, offering tip on methods and serving ideas.
A historical note explains ruby values, highlighting perfect five carat stones worth five times a diamond of equal size, and flawless pigeon-blood rubies up to ten carats valued far above diamonds. It covers Oriental rubies, Spinel rubies, Balass rubies, Rubbelle, and origins in Burma, India, Ceylon, Tartary, and Oxus regions, plus a Tartar superstition about paired stones.
The piece recalls varied birth superstitions from Ireland Holland Greece and Spain including pine boughs garlic bread and warding songs. It also recounts a Portsmouth Harbor moment when a short midshipman, reporting aboard at four feet eight, comically defies the aging captain with a quip about changing times. The text closes with reflections on hurried life and a light exchange between a lieutenant and a colonel about a ship’s shuler marriage.
An OCR snippet lists assorted goods and hardware from a Melbourne Mercantile Agency catalog. Items include oil, paints, oats, barley, wire, nails, roofing iron, potatoes, window cornices, watches, sewing medicines, and farming supplies. The fragment mentions Melbourne prices and various suppliers and brands.
A collection of light comic sketches and dialogues from a theater scene. Features witty exchanges about sculpture, missed arias, engagements, and a nervous ladder incident. Includes a parliamentary aspirant's misfired speech and a showman's rough humor, all capturing quirky urban life and audience reactions.
A flood of testimonials from patients across Australia praise Dr Ack Hing for herbal treatments. Sufferers report regained sight, recovered mobility, relief from paralysis, deafness, pain, tuberculosis, and general recovery after weeks of herbal therapy, with many expressing deep gratitude and strong recommendations.
A Coolgardie safe is described as a home safety device with a top water receptacle and a porous insulating wall. The water draws through capillary action to the lower receptacle, cooling stored items. Inspect and call for details to ensure proper setup and operation.
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