Will Someone Pass The Apples
A satirical verse traces Eden and Eve to fashion sensibilities and the rise of modesty and convention. It laments how the apple prompted prudery and the sharing of fruit becomes a call to reconsider decency norms.
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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 23, 1929
Page
5
A satirical verse traces Eden and Eve to fashion sensibilities and the rise of modesty and convention. It laments how the apple prompted prudery and the sharing of fruit becomes a call to reconsider decency norms.
The Echo will publish on Wednesdays instead of Thursdays to accommodate local merchants. Advertisers and others are asked to submit their copy on Mondays if possible.
List of available plants and seeds with prices. Asters stocks Petunias snapdragons Salpiglossis verbenas zinnias cosmos jacobea blue lace flower Clarkia arenbia nemesia English daisies larkspur marigolds plox everlastings pansies balsam nicotine seven dozen for 1.15 post paid Petunias transplanted California giant Ram on strain Thodosia rose and gold Lobelia compact 25c dozen Cineraria cannas Paris Daisy salvia gladioli dahlias named 25c each Cabbage Early Fall and Winter 75c dozen cauliflower tomatoes celery 15c dozen or 1.00 per 100 transplanted tomatoes 20c dozen post paid Please allow for postage
Canada based baby chicks offered at 17 to 20 dollars with various breeds listed and Matings 25c each. Hamiota General Hospital board selling a 32 volt lighting plant and a 38 volt motor set with pump and tank. X-ray machine bought by Ladies' Aid for 1339.23 dollars and donated to the hospital. Western Manitoba Musical Festival set for May 23 24 in McConnell's Hall featuring choirs orchestras and school groups. Grand concert May 24 at 8 PM with prize winners and local bands.
Alberta reports the greatest lumber business since 1912 with one hundred million feet cut this year. Most supplies originate from British Columbia mills while Alberta gains from a surge of settlers and rail extension service along the Hoadley subdivision. de Kyohei Kato, a Tokio trader, says he bought £000,000 bushels of Canadian wheat for Japan, roughly half of Japan’s imports, noting costs and diet shifts. Hon J B M Baxter calls for more Canadian commercial advertising as Maritime and national prospects improve during wartime. British settlers in the Maritimes express satisfaction with timber and quality amid postwar growth.
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