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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
May 18, 1917
Page
6
Readable portions discuss racing events, names, and times though largely jumbled. It references swimmers or runners, places, and events, with scattered numbers and potential scores interwoven in a damaged OCR page.
A trade notice offers Robur Tea in multiple grades and packaging with bulk and tin options. Prices are listed per pound and per container, noting discounts for larger purchases and faster sales, reflecting strong demand and retailer stockholding.
A fragment from a periodical humor page features witty exchanges about Paris and Rome, then a rural anecdote about Pupley and a grocer. The dialogue mocks refined speech and marital missteps with light social satire and punning.
The note foresees rising prices and wages with hope for a robust wood trade. It calls for a government cautious enough to ensure work for all and to secure highest prices and prompt returns through a Save Commission led by Sir Jy Sampton Rickett.
Advertisement notes Ettersburgh strawberries as the finest crapper on the market with high price advantages. Claims superior berry size, canning suitability, and rain-resistant quality. Promotes immediate purchasing and declares exclusive distribution for Auntentia products.
Law, Sumner & Co. British & Colonial Seed Merchants features a dialogue about women in dangerous work with references to high explosives. Brown refuses but jokes about his mother taking on the task while musing on money and prudence. Old Cashley tips his nephew Samuel with a cautionary line about fools and money.
A vintage ad extols virtue over wealth highlighting Warner's Safe Cure for kidney and liver ailments. It claims 35 years of global demand and urges readers to verify virtue by asking friends. Available in original five bottle and cheaper two and a half shilling concentrated non alcoholic forms through chemists and storekeepers.
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