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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1956
Page
14
A reader asks why her mother in law favors her sister in law and how to cope with family bias while caring for a five year old and planning a new home. The advice suggests involving doctors social services and flexible vacation time and proposes building a practical routine.
Fifty five year old Harry Winston, NY diamond merchant president, says he has broken the curse on the Hope Diamond. He notes the stone has raised charity funds in the U S and plans to exhibit in Britain in 1957. The gem's storied past includes theft from an Indian idol shrine and deaths blamed on former owners.
A wartime treasure saga unfolds from Dongo to Como with German lorries hiding gold and lire. Key figures include Hoffman and Pietro Gatti, a Milan returnee blamed for misappropriation, plus Captain Neri who was executed. A Villa Mantero cache yielded nineteen gem orders, fueling theories the rest went to the Italian Communist Party.
The article recounts Mussolini’s vast tremulous hoard as he fled northward. It cites Italian press figures of gold bars, coins and currencies totaling into the billions of lire and francs. Partisans reportedly seized cash during pursuit and multiple accounts track the loot’s fate.
Maternity pattern 723 in Misses sizes 10 12 and 14 16 features a cool summer top with a novel neckline and pocket trim with embroidery. Send 25 cents for pattern number 723 and mail order Laura Wheeler at 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont.
A tense cinema scene shows the hero slapping the heroine, provoking stunned silence as a young audience member asks why she does not strike back, highlighting onlookers’ reactions to on screen violence.
Advice on tipping seating and table manners from a midcentury etiquette column. It discusses tipping as optional but socially frowned upon for opting out, proper seating with a partner on the right, and the napkin’s use for wiping lips and fingers.
Pattern 4820 offers a blouse, skim shorts and a side button skirt in Misses sizes 12 through 20. Size 16 uses 3 1/2 yards of 35 inch fabric for blouse and shorts and 3/4 yard for the skirt. Send 35 cents to Anne Adams at 123 Highteenth St New Toronto Ontario with name address size and style number.
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