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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
3
A South African student with so called X ray eyes wowed observers by claiming to detect water oil and minerals as light rays. The piece compares his ability to dowsing and notes dowsers’ claimed feats from locating water to dating eggs and even assessing leather quality.
Heavy rains swelled the Hunter River in Maitland Singleton and Cessnock causing evacuations in four towns. Five inches of rain in one day raised water levels, severing communications and isolating communities. A father and son saved an express train by halting it moments before a washout, while residents cooked on kerosene stoves and faced shortages.
Emerson praises England as a resilient mother of nations and heroes. He extols its enduring strength and capacity to endure and expand, calling it a hospitable home for the foreigner and a steadfast force aligned with humane policy.
The writer riffs on chemurgy, the applied chemistry of farming by citing Noah Webster, Carl Miner, furfural from corncobs and oat hulls, and a Canadian chemurgic push. It lampoons hype while noting Idaho white starch from culled potatoes and ends with a rural joke about a horse and a blunt farmer punchline.
For the first time in C N E history, all judges in the home baking contests are men. Kate Aitken has invited 16 members of the Ontario Bakery Production Men's Club from Hamilton London Brockville Brantford and Toronto to select winners among hundreds of entries including apple pie fruit bread white bread date and nut loaves angel cakes shortbread and more. The top prize is 100 for the best apple pie with butter tarts bran muffins white bread and other favorites also noted in popularity.
Dr. Hubert W Frings and wife Mabel report that end segments of house fly legs act as taste organs while shorter hairs on the proboscis pads sense taste. Across 23 insect species they tested, cockroaches showed taste areas on mouthparts and lip with scent cues guiding food.
A homeowner removing storm windows on a bright day is aided by Prince Alexander who unexpectedly visits. The prince steadies a precarious ladder, helps lower three windows, and joins in casual chat about the town and weather. The two plan a secret fishing outing together.
A neighbor guides a resident to Drybridge Hill to the brick house of Prince Alexander Moisevich eborin, the town’s reclusive figure. Ray Quimper notes the celebrated prince spends most time away from city life seeking solitude, while a formal welcome was offered by local leaders.
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