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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 19, 1954
Page
2
Woman writes of a unhappy three year marriage with unemployment, cramped home, and disinterest from her husband. Annie Hirst advises boosting partner faith, light affection, and practical daily life adjustments to improve prospects before possible separation. Desperate wife asks for guidance to sustain family with four children. Address given for further letters.
Offer promotes remnants use for children play tops and pants in sizes 6 months to 18 months with tissue transfer embroidery. Request 25 cents per pattern plus box 1 address in New Toronto to receive pattern 705 and size details. Catalog features 79 embroidery crochet color transfer patterns plus four complete patterns in book.
Beginner friendly pattern 4553 offers a curved neckline fitted bodice and flared skirt in rayon print faille and cotton. Sizes 12 to 40 with yardage for size 16 at 35 cents. Order by mail to Box 1 1238 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont with size name address and style number.
A column offering etiquette guidance on mourning stationery business names napkin use introductions for guests clerical fees glove etiquette signed photos and dining alone, with concise recommendations. It addresses mourning customs continuing professional naming practices and proper conduct in social dining and gifts.
A columnist extols Elora Ontario as the village hosts a new museum honoring local settlers. Exhibits in the basement include carpentry tools and farming implements, while upstairs display firearms, china, period furniture, a pioneer bedroom scene, and a large Currier and Ives print. The collection emphasizes objects owned by Elora people and linked to early families like Roswell Mathews and Captain William Gilkinson.
An English lady accused a workman of drinking after claiming she saw his wheelbarrow outside an inn. He left his wheelbarrow outside her door that night. In Beau lieu France police arrested a nude farmer in a cinema watching a nudist film. A New York theatre manager found a ten year old in the auditorium and learned he had measles.
A witty exchange unfolds as a young caller asks a doctor for a correct diagnosis. The doctor cites three faults: insufficient eating, excessive makeup use, and an issue with the caller’s eyes. The clincher reveals the sign outside reads Veterinarian.
In Aleppo Syria sheep are popular household pets with many families owning one. Owners dye their sheep bright colors with green ears red muzzles blue tails and yellow bodies. Children showcase their rainbow sheep during walks through the streets.
Signora Anne Pisano refuses to sail to America to claim a $1 200 000 bequest held in trust. she fears the sea and continues working as a maid in Salerno. In Kentucky Harold Murphy suffers a week of ruin losing his job, home to fire, a car crash, and his seven children’s chicken pox.
A message extols Elora for preserving regional artifacts now shown publicly and used for education. It urges other Ontario counties to create similar local museums to foster pride in heritage and encourage communities to learn from the past.
An affluent man in a wheelchair signals for help, shouting for his teeth and a whistle as a maid passes and a butler arrives. The scene focuses on his frantic request and the household response.
The defendant rose when his name was called in court and admitted he believed it to be luck, noting he could not sit on a jury and judge his own case. The clerk admonished him that a mistake had occurred.
The comic Joe Frisco and the tenor Enrico Caruso once appeared on the same benefit bill. Frisco, unaware of Caruso, whispered to a stagehand asking what Caruso did. The hand explained he was a singer, prompting Frisco to tell Caruso to stop singing Darktown Strutters Ball in front of the audience.
Edgar Bergen calmly drives when a woman driver collides from behind. As they untangle the wreck, she claims fault but Bergen insists the blame is his noting he saw her three blocks away and could have ducked into a side street.
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