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Newspaper
Cobram Courier
Location
Cobram, Victoria, Australia
Date
Oct 26, 1938
Page
3
Dr Bernard Hollanders lecture argues men and women fail in choosing mates due to passion not reason. He cites the widower with children and fashionable women as examples and urges mutual respect, shared work, and patience to sustain marriage and deter divorce.
A reflective piece argues humans share amphibian traits more than ducks and relish wet days. It contrasts children’s joy in mud and rain with adult caution while celebrating rain’s music and the playful splash of water.
Publicated miscellany of Mark Twain quips and jokes on friendship money ideas and human foibles. The items lampoon classic notions and social behavior with wry, pointed wit, including lines on friendship, readers, originality, truth and authority.
The article reports experiments showing blindfolded subjects and animals spiral inic patterns when direction cues fail. It cites Dr A A Behneler and Dr Schaeffer noting a general spiral mechanism guiding movement, with paths varying by individual traits and orientation loss.
A reflective piece presents aphorisms on money, understanding between genders, success, forgiveness, self awareness, small opportunities, thoughts shaping happiness, peaceable ends, and patience as virtue. It cautions against idle dreams and urges steady effort to improve life and uphold high ideals.
A rustic remedy from a Yorkshire housewife for stale biscuits involves storing them in shea jars and using a scented confectioner emptied jars sealed tightly. She taunts storekeepers by paying about 2 shillings 6 pence for a boiled sweets jar to carry home.
A brief note describes making paint from milk by stirring into one gallon of milk a preparation that yields an inexpensive enduring finish. The text presents an unusual technique for preserving paint using dairy liquid.
Teresa, a twenty one year old, argues with her mother over autonomy and an unsuitable suitor. She hurries toward a ferry to meet him but is distracted by doubt and longing, then a crash interrupts her hopeful escape. The scene blends family tension with a fateful finale.
A chaotic event leaves Charlie and Teresa shaken as Fremy Sawyer loses control of a speed boat. Fremy’s arm around a girl triggers a police warning while Mrs Delaney recalls a grave memory. The scene ends with prayers as the two youths seek solace after the near disaster.
Head waiters and guests aside a public notice from Baillieu Education Trust requests applications by November 1 for post primary education assistance for the children of deceased or incapacitated sailors soldiers and nurses not eligible for other aid. Applications must be sent to Hon Secretary Baillieu Education Trust Box 6K Shelbourne.
Fragmentary OCR from a historical page blends technical terms and scattered phrases. It references theater vestiges, a kitchen area, and various names or brands with unclear connections. The readable content provides little coherent event or outcome to summarize into a clear news item.
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