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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1940
Page
7
The article traces parasols from ancient China where legend credits the first parasol to Lou-Pau’s wife, through their use as high rank symbols in Egypt Greece and Rome, to France where ornamental parasols appeared around 1680 carried over heads by pages in the Grand Regne.
Marcus Tuttle, a 22 year old former explorer, described his Nicaragua trek as more trouble with hair than with jungle dangers. He said the natives worried about his blond hair and, amusingly, encountered “girl trouble” rather than insects or beasts upon his return to New York.
Mrs. Fred Graham Millar of Hamilton urges Canadian women to refrain from buying imported farm products to strengthen the home market. She notes last year's fruits and vegetables absorbed and calls for advance ordering to preserve the coming crop with women buyers’ cooperation.
If finishing an attic room, provide adequate insulation and ventilation for the air space above. The roof heat must be carried off with air flow to prevent baked walls and ceiling. Louvres at gable ends help keep upstairs rooms cool in summer.
Lee Hollister returns from abroad to find Matt Blair dead by his own hand at the Circle V ranch. Virginia Blair, now owner, faces pressure to sell to Milton Bradish while relatives quarrel and a cautious search for the killer begins.
A vintage advertisement promotes Pattern No. 3408 for sizes 12 through 40 in a rich brown dress with a V neck and soft waist shirring. It notes compatibility with light accessories, asks twenty cents for the pattern, and lists Louise Lennox in Toronto as the contact with directions to the Fashion Book offering over 100 patterns.
County Agent Willis H. Hoyt of Walpole Massachusetts told a conference at Massachusetts State College that goat milk reaches more people than any other milk. He cited a good goat producing three to five quarts daily and needing only one seventh the feed of a cow.
Scientific breakdown from Industrial and Engineering Chemistry states that Three fourths Water White potatoes are about 76 percent water, 20 percent starch, 1 percent ash, 0.5 percent cellulose, 0.4 percent sugar, and 0.1 percent fat.
Sadie B. Chambers shares detailed canning methods for peaches and fruit safety. She stresses clean jars, sterile cloths, and boiling water preps, plus step by step sugar syrup proportions and steam processing to prevent spoilage. She warns against buying fruit after heavy rains and to discard cracked tops.
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