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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 02, 1919
Page
6
A compact excerpt presents a stream of colloquial speech about tea drinking, social rituals, and urban shop life. Characters named Rob and Uncle Stevan appear in casual banter, with references to a grocer and local interactions amid dialectal phrasing and incomplete sentences.
Fragmented and garbled recipe notes describe multiple desserts and Savory items. It lists fruit bread pudding with breadcrumbs, honey, suet, apples, figs, raisins, milk, and eggs. a sauce with honey milk and carnforth flavoring. whipped cream and cherries. and various bread pudding and cheese sandwich items with alments and vague method steps. The text includes broken instructions and nonsensical phrases, but centers on pudding, sauces, sandwiches, and omelet-like preparations with unclear measurements.
An advertisement touts Heans Pont Nerve Nuts as a tonic to combat asthma bronchitis colds influenza and general nervous weakness. It claims to destroy germs soothe inflamed mucous membranes and strengthen the system while promoting money savings through a home remedy. Boxes sold by chemists and stores with a twelve day supply or six boxes for seven shillings and six pence.
For terms or any other information concerning the company, please call or write, SAMUEL COOKE, Chief Manager. J. M. CARROLL, Assist. Manager.
Practical step by step advice on growing edible mushrooms at home using beds of fresh stable manure, straw, and spawn. Covers preparation, temperature checks, casing soil, watering, harvesting, and storage, with an account of the humorous closing scene of a returning soldier and a comic mishap.
Letters from T R Smith and B Lind describe long battles with liver related pain backache dizziness and insomnia. Both credit Warner's Lafe Cure and Warner's Safe Cure with rapid relief and eventual full recovery. Medicines sold by chemists and storekeepers in 5 shillings and 2 shillings sixpence sizes.
A discussion on sound and miracles argues that biblical events could align with natural laws. The piece cites Caruso breaking a wine glass with a note and an old Niagara bridge anecdote where a fiddler’s low note caused swaying, prompting safeguards against vibration.
An Australian maize based ad promotes Dandy starch for non sticking gloss and economy, noting maize starch is stronger than rice. It urges patriotism by buying locally made products from Maize Products Pty. Ltd of Footscray and mentions Pally Brand Feed for stock and poultry as another line.
Melbourne members stock exchange notes Wardanko as a listed entity with address wires indicating registration at the Melbourne exchange. The record records the listing status and location details for Wardanko.
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