09 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
1
In this excerpt the author argues that empowered women who balance career and family bring broad perspectives and compassion to the labor market. It praises energetic, ambitious women with a calling, noting their tolerance for differing viewpoints and ability to value honest effort in others.
Mothers should guide sons toward consideration and good breeding. Avoid overbearing control or becoming a slave to them. Teach manners to curb awkward, gruff behavior in front of guests and prevent the rise of selfish, arrogant behavior.
A critique praising the Mechanical Age as a time of machines and calculated efficiency. It argues that direct hand work is replaced by rules and processes, with living artistry displaced from workshops for speed and precision. The passage highlights widespread adoption of mechanization and its reshaping of daily tasks.
The passage urges adopting better habits to escape poverty noting poverty is not a crime but poor taste. It mocks long tenure in poverty, extols early change, and warns beauty fades while character endures. It stresses acquiring manners, building reputation, and aiming for steady progress up the metaphorical tree.
An Indy resident in Scotland drives out duck shooting. A gentleman promises a brace of ducks that night. He returns with two snipe but, to save face, has his boy fetch real ducks. Two weeks later Mrs. S receives an invitation to lunch and reveals the pair of Aylesbury ducks hanging in the yard, prompting the boy’s dismissal.
A motorist exceeding the speed limit struck a woman but caused only minor injuries. He handed a five pound note and left. A bystander who appeared with the woman asked if there would be more trouble, and the recipient wondered who the lady was as he pocketed the banknote.
A cluttered 19th century ad lists clothing, drapery, furniture, farm supplies, tools, and household goods. It promotes suits to measure, fur salem, wooden furniture, paints, nails, wire, seeds, tea blends, sewing machines, animal products, and a butcher shop. The notice notes Melbourne prices and ongoing availability, inviting customers to inspect goods.
A fragmented recount of a Poitiers 1858 incident where English prisoners, including Sir William Ramsay and Sir Archibald, mocked captors while hiding a master’s gem. Douglas feigned loyalty under threat as Ramsay exposed the ruse and aided his escape through cunning, aided by an apparent servant.
A cautious essay warns readers against lavish leisure and urges choosing healthy, brief, refreshing pastimes. It cautions against games that strain time, provoke indulgence, or distract from serious work, urging moderation and restraint in amusements.
A garbled page offers home remedies and tips for everyday care. It includes guidance on protecting windows, making hand lotion from glycerine and oils, stain removal for fruits and vegetables, toothache relief with vinegar and cotton, rheumatism remedies, hoarseness relief with juice and fennel, sandalwood fragrance, wallpaper crack repair, and warped flooring with sawdust or sand for leveling. Multiple household remedies and old-fashioned care routines are listed with partial instructions.
A disjointed memory fragment shows a country youth on duty in London reacting to a street scene. A new constable questions a pedestrian as the yob smokes and stares, while the narrator recalls a past meeting and a line about Nell and silence.
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