13 Nov 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 13, 1917
Page
1
A self guidance note urges men to create luck through punctuality, honesty, thrift, industrious effort, and resilience. It emphasizes rising early, staying cheerful, and supporting true friends, warning against dwelling on losses and discouragement. It insists success comes from personal conduct and determination.
The article argues a woman's confidence in pleasing others rests partly on her hat choices. It describes audacious, modest, ridiculous, and concealing hats, claiming strong personalities choose hats to suit themselves while vulgar types pick loud, attention grabbing headwear.
The Successful Man speaks concisely and thinks deeply, valuing cordiality and business economy. He acts with honesty and self discipline, pursues opportunities in busy times, and cherishes details as the mortar of operations. He recognizes executive ability and appreciates employees' strengths.
A man criticized the world as deteriorating until the Caliph ordered him to seek and praise worthy deeds. The man found so many good acts that he neglected his own tasks, asking release from the duty to report every kindness. The Caliph dismisses him, noting the lesson learned.
A fragmented report discusses how changes in thought affect bodily chemistry, claiming thoughts influence oxygen and nitrogen balance. It describes experiments linking emotions to chemical precipitates, noting adverse effects from negative feelings and potential health benefits from positive sentiments.
A lady and a physiognomist discuss how a strong jaw and a prominent nose may indicate character. They note the nose alone is not proof and give an example of a man with a large nose and small chin whose character may differ from appearances.
A collection of archaic proverbs and aphorisms about work, folly, temptation, luck, and wisdom. The lines reflect cautionary wisdom on plowing with oxen, wagers, idleness, fate, open doors, distractions, and human behavior, with several references to moral contrasts and folly.
A droll sample of prose about planting ideas and the value of imagination contrasts with a ship cargo list. The text notes a large American liner carrying vast meat, fowl, produce, dairy, and eggs to feed passengers and crew. It also mentions Black Sea wreck rates, with half of vessels wrecked and crews lost, and a meditation on patience and peacemaking at twilight.
A garbled dialogue shows a self-styled seer guiding a visitor through palmistry with promises of imminent personal gain. The exchange hints at temptations, debts, duties, and a lesson on self-respect amid a tangle of misread hints and cryptic statements.
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