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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Nov 14, 1913
Page
5
A fragment from a secret service era romance portrays Elsie, Arnott, and Ralph navigating danger, love, and betrayal as they confront a shared past and seek safety. Valerie Brune and Baron Rupéra plot high stakes in Europe while Glasgow uncovers a financial conspiracy tied to diamonds and oil.
Ghiesgow suggests calling Valerie at home to coordinate a visit with Dol the Baron and Glasgow as they plan a move across. The fragment hints at a tense arrangement and potential meeting, with characters delaying action until they confirm she is present.
A dated exhortation urges commercial travellers and lovers not to worry. It suggests persistence with suppliers, resilience after rejection, and a new commandment never to worry. The piece uses playful tone to advise staying optimistic through setbacks.
A seventy six year old Bratford woman, burned in childhood, ran a successful memory driven shop for sixty years. Despite serious injuries, she served as traveler, made sixty to eighty calls daily, and relied on memory to fulfill orders without error. Her endurance and business acuity made her a district celebrity.
A wife scolds her husband as she leaves for the train about not being extravagant on the trip. He replies he will only sulk and stay home, while she insists on restraint and prudence in spending.
Carrot Soup, Beans with Tomatoes, Ham and Egg Salad, Lemon Bread Pudding, Nutmeg Cakes, Mutton Broth. Recipes list ingredients and methods for each dish including carrot rice soup, tomato beans, ham salad, lemon bread pudding with lemon sauce, nutmeg cakes, and a hearty mutton broth with barley and vegetables.
A long historical recipe fragment describes making pastry patties with butter sugar jam and cream, plus method for sponge cakes and tarts. Includes quantities for flour sugar butter eggs lemon rind cinnamon and vanilla, with baking in a moderate oven and finishing steps like dusting with sugar or water and wine. Mentions variations with shapes and fillings and notes cream used for fruit tarts when fresh and clean.
A distressed woman aboard a crowded tramcar laments unchivalrous men who did not offer her a seat. She vocally condemns them, declaring she would never speak to James again, while a single seated man quips that few of them could afford such fare.
An article outlines varicose veins as enlarged twisted veins from blood stagnation, heredity, heart weakness, or pressure from garters and long standing. It notes symptoms such as dull leg ache worsened by standing, and suggests rest and elevation, bandaging, and medical removal of troublesome varices as treatments.
A fragmentary discussion notes that as people age their system slows, affecting digestion and browning of waste matter. It argues for less discrimination against dietary issues and highlights a trend toward more frequent awakenings of metabolism with age.
Fragmented OCR advice urges daily automatic exercise to shed fat. It warns against abrupt, intense starts and suggests gradual walking to build endurance, emphasizing perseverance and consistency. Names, dates, or places are absent, and the text reads as a stray excerpt from a health column.
A garbled trade notice outlines two styles of child coats with distinctive belts and trims. It mentions a broad breast panel and neck design, suggesting versatility for use with or without outerwear. Details are unclear but indicate varied sizing and fashion uses.
Fragmentary catalog item from Thorp and Co listing paper pattern S702 Increments from one to six years priced at 19d posted. Includes garbled names and scattered phrases about Armolos Ia kimono and A Tittle. Unable to determine full details.
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