16 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
Benalla Standard
Location
Benalla, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 16, 1917
Page
1
The faded reminiscence recalls Wilkins, a red haired boy despised by peers for mischief and truancy. A schoolmaster eyed Wilkins’ sister, provoking cruel hazing and one harrowing punishment episode that ends with the valiant suitor’s win.
A fragment recounts a 1860s prison escape where 109 Union prisoners tunneled from a warehouse prison at Richmond. After 17 days of digging through bricks and a cellar, they reached a yard 50 to 60 feet away and freedom followed for 60 men with 48 recaptured and two drowned.
A German trader near Pietermaritzburg arrives in Capetown with skins and ostrich feathers and shows quartzlike stones to onlookers. A tall man purchases two pebbles, inspects one, and realizes the stone may be a diamond, exclaiming in astonishment at the potential fortune.
A fragment describes a Lapp custom where a newborn child is believed to own the herd of reindeer and their young, transferring ownership as the child grows. The passage emphasizes the child's unique claim over the animals and the extent of elders' efforts to prevent it.
The report notes that below six hundred feet ocean temperatures remain constant and that life aboard trains contrasts with the patience of travelers as they approach their destination, implying a broader metaphor of gradual progress.
A long 19th century advertisement lists items for sale at the Ryan Camp Store in Benalla West. It includes men and boys clothing, drapery, boots and shoes, prints, ribbons, farm seeds, wire, fencing, saddlery, boat supplies, wool holdings, watches, bicycle oil, cement, paints, linseed oil, roofing iron, appliances, and agricultural equipment. It notes suits to measure and agency services.
This excerpt ponders life stages and aging, noting how memory, nerves, and the brain evolve over time. It argues we cannot measure by a fixed standard, and change affects temperament, relationships, and memory. It reflects on hope, adaptation, and how love and marriage endure or alter with time.
A comic skit chronicles a milkman taking over a shop while customers and a silkman exchange quips about eggs, peaches, and a cow kept for a lady at 75. The dialogue playful asides reveal local character and sly humor amid everyday trades and talks.
A fragmentary reflection argues self denial speeds virtue and nations’ rise. It contends indulgence leads to decay, urging individuals to sacrifice ease for work, virtue, and service to others, while warning against selfishness and vanity.
An old time pharmacy advert claims modern service in dispensing prescriptions. It touts training and experience, claims fitness to dispense, and lists items and contact details for Blennerhassett’s pharmacy and partners.
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