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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 01, 1946
Page
7
A collection of brief humorous lines and dialogue shows a visitor praising a quiet boy who earns a banked phoniness, a quip about a father with two sons one in politics, a classroom pun about three sixteenths, a Teacher Johnny exchange, and an artist confessing a decade spent creating and selling a single picture.
A student named Plundes asks about the key impact of chemistry on society. The prompt notes a contribution prefessor and questions the field's major breakthroughs and lasting benefits.
A German officer returns from Russia and visits a hospital. He enters doors labeled Troops Officers Serious cases Slightly injured Party Members Non-Party Members and ends in the Street. A friend notes the organization was marvelous.
A boy enters a drug store and asks for castor oil with an ice cream soda while the assistant smiles. The tale shifts to a family betting scheme where the boy bets his relatives, who turn the bets into small wins by showing bare feet to prove points, ending with a humorous exchange about the bets.
Fragmented OCR yields a list of military terms and code words. The readable parts reference Maj Gen George E Id as commander of air forces in China, India and Burma with puzzle-like word clues mixed in.
A fragmentary crossword clue reads like a puzzle list with entries such as line 31 and line 32. It hints at terms including a soda fabric and a symbol related to nephrite tellurium, with a bold prompt in line 18 and a daring idea in line 20.
Cartoon strip fragment by Fred Neher with panels titled Reeves 33 Lag 35 Grazing homestead and related clues. Seems a humorous page noting rentors blood money and altars with a high school pinacle and cubic bone references.
Nature recovers Normandy battle landscape as crops cover shell holes and bomb craters while sand drifts over wrecks. The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes the quiet healing process after man’s terrible weapons reshape the countryside.
The Ottawa Citizen notes an economics expert’s claim that only half a dozen men understand money, and counters that six more understand women. The remark contrasts gender knowledge in a light editorial tone.
The Winnipeg Tribune cites a statistic that the world’s population could fit into a box four half-miles on each side, then suggests pursuing less drastic housing solutions to address shortages.
A mother ordered bathing suits for her daughter to wear at camp and found tags warning dry clean do not wash. The New Yorker Magazine.
A health expert says short skirts add five years to a girl's life prompting playful bidding for immortality as readers note the remark in Peterborough Examiner.
The Niagara Falls Review notes a shift from one copy per 12 people in 1891 to one copy per four people by 1945, reflecting expanding daily newspaper circulation across the country.
A veteran faces ongoing danger as the wolf remains a looming threat with no safe door to guard. The line underscores persistent fear despite assurances of security.
A concise editorial note from the Guelph Mercury questions the claim that argument scales validate tall fishing tales, implying skepticism about embellishment in local anecdotes.
The Toronto Star reports a sharp rise in candy costs as lollipops jump 233 percent in New York City. A one cent item now costs three for 10 cents, squeezing children's allowances.
The saying equates a reckless driver to a dog in the manger using a vivid image. It reflects a witty, sharp critique of selfish behavior on the road and the stubborn persistence of bad driving habits.
The Kitchener Record notes a method to eliminate twitch grass by digging roots, burning, sealing ashes in a steel safe, and sinking the container 40 feet underwater.
The Peterborough Examiner notes that in the past both husbands and wives vanished when marriage failed, with limited communication allowing distant departures. It argues people today are no worse but separate more business-like.
An advertisement extols Maxwell House coffee as extra delicious with a blend of choice Latin American beans, claiming it uses the finest coffees the world produces.
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