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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 01, 1955
Page
14
A worried reader asks if a 22 year old Army discharge fiance can reform from drinking and fast driving before marriage. The columnist warns of road danger and urges firm limits, sobriety, and possible delaying engagement until he proves control.
The ad promotes pattern 4898 for Misses' sizes 10 through 20 with a nipped waist and contrast collar. It notes fabric needs for size 16 and asks 35 cents with an address for ordering. A conversational column then discusses farm life, chickens and a protective cocker spaniel named Honey.
Instructions for a pineapple themed TV cover crochet pattern 891. Details include sizes for No 30 No 50 and mercerized bedspread cotton, the 50 inch cloth option, and where to send 25 cents plus name and address to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto. Also promotes Laura Wheeler Needlecraft Catalog with additional craft offerings.
This column gathers practical tips for household tasks. It covers washing feather pillows with soda soap and lime solution, rotating pot plants for even sun exposure, whitening teeth with peroxide or chalk, testing potatoes for quality, cleaning aluminum with ammonia borax and soap, softening dry brushes with vinegar, and sharpening knives using emery paper.
A temperance reformer scolds a man for chronic drinking and warns of delirium tremens while noting a prior engagement. The groom-to-be jokes that his fiancée is a snake charmer, dismissing the criticism with a grim grin.
The writer describes frost ruining late blooming garden colour and how the household moved indoors to save what could be saved. They recount travel from Toronto to Guelph visiting guests and hosting with casual, busy social routines.
Sloganeering copy touts Carter’s Little Liver Pills as a remedy to boost liver bile flow and digestion. It claims daily bile production and warns of gas and constipation without the product, urging readers to keep pills on hand for happier days.
Only 364160 railway cars were loaded with grain last year, down from 522763 cars in 1953, reflecting a significant drop in grain shipments.
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