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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 1940
Page
3
The bamboo tree is a highly useful tropical plant with rapid growth and tall hollow stems. It can yield pails from sections of the stem, serves in house building and ships masts, and provides edible seeds valued in Chinese cuisine. Introduced in 1730 in Europe, bamboo thrives in sheltered rich loam.
The annual report by Police Commissioner Colonel I. P. de Villiers highlights crimefighting dogs. Echo tracked a thief who admitted wrapping his feet in sacking to escape detection, while another dog followed a trail to a hut in a 38 hut compound housing 135 inhabitants and pointed out the native.
Prepare slips with names of famous people or heroes before guests arrive. Pin a slip to each guest’s back without showing the name. Guests ask yes or no questions to deduce their identity, such as Am I alive or Am I a singer.
Hot weather speeds mold growth on bread and cake boxes. Discard any moldy items, then scald and wash the box with hot soapy water, rinse and dry, and air thoroughly. A thorough cleaning once a week usually suffices, but summer requires more frequent washing.
The British ministry of food says the Canada pork contract of 5,600,000 pounds weekly should not be exceeded and the future demand after October 31 remains uncertain. Hon G G Taggart, Canadian Bacon Board chair, told Ottawa meetings that new negotiations will start next month and production guidance is hard to set amid unknown Britain needs.
A possible antidote for high blood pressure in animals has been found at the University of Illinois School of Medicine. The antiserum neutralizes germ poisons and offers a new approach to the human malady. Dogs with severe pressure similar to human cases were used in the study.
Four young scientists came back from a mountain camp with 1 500 photographs of Venus sunsets claiming this is the first successful series of such pictures. They say the planet appeared as a thin silver crescent whose horns bent toward each other creating a delicate ring of light, contrasting with astronomers’ view of Venus as a vast dust bowl.
A combined sound and radio buoy from the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey lets ships determine their distance to a buoy. A TNT blast on the ship marks tape, the buoy sends a signal, and a second mark on the tape yields the ship buoy distance for ocean surveys.
A reader offers home remedies for purifying water, reusing paraffin, reviving withered flowers, cleaning brushes, making macaroni and cheese, and refreshing patent leather with a milk bath. The article notes Ontario orchards, about 25,000 sprayed versus 170,000 neglected, as a disease concern.
Health guidance promotes accepting normal fatigue as part of work and rest. It advises two daily breaks lasting five minutes each with no talking or thinking, including a posture of head dropped forward or legs elevated, to prevent fatigue from becoming chronic.
A reader asks whether to offer explanations when refusing a drink, how to introduce a new female stenographer to an executive, whether a man should suggest a menu item at a dining outing, and whether salespeople should avoid terms of endearment like honey or dear in customer interactions.
The guidance states depart about eleven, or a little before eight if the dinner starts at eight and no entertainment follows. It says a man should not comb his hair in public as it is improper.
A collage of brief comic snippets: passengers on a bus joke by numbers, a hotel guest’s midnight call, a science class breath test, a French baby gag, a boy named Renfrew’s discipline, a witty exchange about a polished woman, and a film studio writer’s misdirection as a writer answers a demand to spell.
The element polonium commands about 2 million dollars per ounce and is mined in Northern Canada roughly 1,600 miles from the North Pole, highlighting its remote and costly production location.
Dr Francis Utley notes old Baltic and Russian legends claim the ark had a hole bored in its side. The dog allegedly suffocated trying to block it, and Mrs Noah inserted her elbow to seal the hole, giving women cold elbows.
Advertisement seeks agents to solicit fish orders. Address for managers is 5181 St. Lawrence Blvd Montreal Quebec.
Advertises two to five week old started chicks from Breeders in Fergus and Guelph Ontario with prices for Barred Rock White Rocks Leghorn pullets and cockerels and free range options. Also promotes Bray Hatchery Hamilton offering day old chicks to order and turkey and capon stock with daily specials.
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