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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Mar 19, 1909
Page
1
A fragmented list of home cures and tips including lemon water usage, meat cooling, shoe creak fixes, nail hole filling with sawdust glue, cool water for boiled meats, ink stain removal, tomato softening, flavoring substitutes for beef tea, vermin removal from celery, canary pest control with sulfur, and a cold jelly poultice for sprains.
A vignette blends farmer routines with social chatter as workers pause for the dinner bell. The scene shifts to kitchen toil, clattering pans, and the exhaust of daily labor. Woven voices tease on romance and manners, while reflections on memory, virtue, and the value of small comforts thread through villagers’ conversations.
An elderly Frenchman aboard a train is relieved to learn his stolen feather pouch was part of a daylight prank. A fast-executing cousin nabbed the cash while accomplices played along, revealing a clever highway robbery fashioned as humor. The thief slipped away amid the commotion.
A sick Scotchman, once in mortal feud with a neighbor, requests reconciliation before death. The visitor arrives, the dying man insists they settle the feud, and relents only when death seems certain, fearing the effort would be for nothing if he dies unreconciled.
A Victorian woman details dramatic relief after trying Clements Tonic, describing long illness, trembling nerves, dizziness, and loss of speech before treatment. She notes rapid improvement, clearer skin, renewed strength, and urges others to try the remedy, backed by a statutory declaration of her statement.
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