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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 02, 1913
Page
1
A Philadelphia paper reports a curious incident involving Sir Lane Newton's dog and a woman weaving linen. Acid damage devastates a drawn linen piece after a mistaken handling. the work decays nearly to nothing upon exposure during the laundering and final touch.
A collage of comic vignettes features a young doctor debating rent with a gas meter man, a sharp exchange about a politician and his unlikely sponsors, a caterpillar child at a North of England ball, and a wary barber recalling a witty but vanished assistant.
A country physician treats a man with a lodged object in his throat and tries various methods to remove it. The patient’s wife erupts in uncontrollable laughter, undermining the doctor’s efforts and transforming the scene into a farcical misadventure rather than a serious medical procedure.
The text discusses parental doubts about teaching methods and quotes Herbert Spencer on self-directed learning. It argues children should be encouraged to explore, make inferences, and discover powers within themselves, supporting progress through independent investigation and self-made achievement.
The passage argues that success does not arrive from luck or idle fortune. Instead it comes from steadfast daily work and the brave hands and hearts that endure drudgery. It emphasizes manly independence fueling steady effort toward eventual fame and fortune.
In a muddled tale two regiments line up back to back with elbows touching. A riddle asks who made it who bought it who used it to reveal a coffin. The fragment ends with a quip about belief and age.
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