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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1941
Page
7
Col W E Persons leads a silk worm project at the Alabama state prison farm to grow cocoons from eggs hatched in a homemade incubator. Twenty acres of mulberry trees feed thousands of larvae as hopes rise for a domestic silk industry despite hurdles in cocoon unraveling machinery.
A historical excerpt argues against long punishments for children. It notes month long school bans and weeks indoors hinder learning, promotes immediate, reasonably severe penalties, and urges explaining rules and keeping promises to discourage repeated offenses.
An overseas mail letter recounts a time bomb engineer visiting a house. He recalls asking about the family's activities when a bomb struck the roof, narrowly missing him and sparing the woman while he had shifted to her side just before impact. The tale ends with a note on luck and avoiding conflict.
A reader from St. Faustin Village Quebec reports relief from chronic constipation after using Kellogg’s All-Bran. The ad notes All-Bran supplies bulk in the diet without harsh purgatives and suggests daily use with ample water. Produced by Kellogg's in London Canada and sold in two package sizes or restaurant servings.
In a New York penthouse, Elmer Henderson hosts a card party awaiting Stephen Fitzgerald. Lydia Lane, the actress, lies wounded while Doane is the prime suspect after Fitzgerald and Lane are found dead in her suite. tension builds as police and witnesses reveal alibis and motives.
Louise Lennox promotes pattern No. 2986 for ages 2 to 8 with a crinkled broomstick skirt and a gathered neck blouse in bright printed cottons. Directions include fabric yardage and a mail order notice from Toronto, while the text also contains a serialized mystery excerpt ending with a cliffhanger.
Readable kitchen notes present pickling and canning formulas from Sadie B Chambers. Recipes cover green tomato pickle tomato juice for canning sweet pickle grandmother s pickle plum conserve plum jam and guidance on sealing jars. Readers are invited to write with suggestions.
The inspector questions Miss Marceau about a pistol and a pin found on Miss Lane in a studio scene with M sieur Doane and M sieur Fitzgerald. Miss Marceau admits fear of firearms and expresses mixed feelings about the murdered Fitzgerald.
Readers learn low cost beef cuts provide complete protein and essential vitamins. The article notes beef offers many affordable cuts such as cuck, shank, brisket, flank, plate, round, and rump, plus varieties like brains and liver.
A column notes topics for her writing and welcomes reader input including pet peeves and requests for recipes or special menus. Readers are asked to address letters to Miss Sadie B. Chambers at 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto, and send a stamped self-addressed envelope for a reply.
The text explains that only the female mosquito feeds on animal blood and has specialized tools for biting. As she draws blood, she also injects saliva through a hypopharynx to delay blood coagulation, ensuring a continuous feed while remaining a small, rapid insect.
Mount Wilson Observatory astrophysicists report spectroscopic tests show no water vapor on Mars. The finding implies limited or no current Martian life supporting conditions.
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