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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
5
A serialized tale by Annie Haynes featuring Cicely Wibart in a romance of secrets and social prompts. Published under Special Arrangement, the work promises period intrigue and social interplay amid customary melodrama.
In a London park scene, Cicely Vibart greets General Barrington and Barbara as her world collides with Alma Beresford, a red haired intriguer. Alma hints at a secret linked to Alaric Bearmain’s death while pressing Cicely for money, status, and a dramatic revelation that could ruin her.
Cicely confronts Alma Beresford a striking young woman with flamboyant hair and blue eyes, as Stephen Harrington watches his wife Barbara. Cleoly fears the visitor may be connected to General Harrington’s description, while Tony is placed with a nurse and preparations for tea proceed under a butler’s supervision.
A French doctor introduced ambrine wax therapy for severe burns in war wounded. He allegedly treated soldiers with paraffin resin amber wax, covering burns then applying more wax and wadding, allowing them to sleep as healing progresses. Within a week wounds healed with little scarring, and the method also aids frostbite and damaged tissue. His fifteen beds reportedly expanded into a large hospital with many cures.
The will of John Goodman of Sutton Surrey long a publican directs a simple stone with a brief epitaph. He leaves 24553 pounds and bans female mourners from following his remains to the grave, while advising a frugal, quiet farewell and avoidance of his faults.
A humorous fragment shows a lion misjudging a napper, with idle laughter. A hospital patient is fed daily, and a quirky exchange about eyes and shirts follows. A celestial and domestic banter ends with reflections on wealth and adornment.
A fragmented wartime commentary laments slow progress of the volunteer campaign in Australia. It defends Director General D Mackinnon and praises General Organizing Committees while noting widespread discontent, entrenchment of public apathy, and calls for moral pressure to boost enlistment amid Britain's war demands.
The passage narrates a musician’s plan amid noisy critics to end a performance with a bold loud passage. Interspersed remarks from Mrs. Momcooker and Axeot discuss patience, family peace, and social circles. It then shifts to a tree-growth timeline describing decay rates of birch, poplar, willow, chestnut, maple, beech, elm, Scottish fir, and juniper over seven years.
A narratively tangled reminiscence describes a cramped spare room under slanting rooflines and warming and cooling extremes. The writer recounts a comically perilous, nearly suffocating experience involving furniture, a slide, and a clumsy fall that ends with a dislocated limb, a shaken night, and a relief-seeking servant delivering a bath.
A fragmentary account shows a tense scene as an interviewer probes a woman and a child about a possible murder and a family past. The dialogue reveals accusations, fear, and a demand to see a vaccination mark before departure, set against a troubled domestic moment.
Fragmentary OCR text shows a boy, references to Mrs. Eddy, apples, pain, and a confused exchange. No coherent event or clear names emerge. story context and characters are unreadable.
A fragmented dramatic scene explores fear, rumor, and murder in a crowded space. Characters debate truth and perception while a volatile crowd confronts danger, hinting at a concealed crime and shifting loyalties. The tension mounts as voices clash.
An advertisement touts Formiattes or Ormettes as secret fat burning tablets. It claims rapid health and youthful looks with no health risks, available at dealers and chemists in Melbourne and surrounding areas for fourpence four per fortnight, with direct orders from a South Melbourne address.
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