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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1946
Page
6
A humorous exchange features Billkins and a doctor discussing a wife who walks little and goes out with an object. Rastus and Sambo banter about animals and eating them, followed by a mother questioning her seventeen year old daughter about a night out with a lieutenant and a mysterious club, with affectionate teasing throughout.
Tommy Jones confessed to fighting Billy Briggs after school. His mother sends cake to mend ties, but Tommy returns home with a second black eye saying Billy did it again and wants more cake tomorrow.
A father notes his eight month old baby can recite part of a nursery rhyme. The child reaches only the early lines with the phrase Baa, baa as progress. The exchange highlights a humorous moment in a quiet neighborhood.
An Ulster clergyman cannot resist a handsome heifer seen on a Sunday. He and the farmer bargain the price with the preacher joking about pay if it were not Sunday. The beast is delivered the next day to the homestead.
Sugar beet farmers in southwestern Ontario cash first 1946 crop cheques totaling 1 350 000 as the Canada and Dominion Sugar Company sets final payments based on crop value. The Windsor Star notes farmers will spend the money to boost local life. A Port Arthur visitor compares milk and cream prices north of the border with U S figures, highlighting relative Canadian pricing. The Port Arthur News-Chronicle notes a Canadian quart at 16 cents versus higher American rates.
A North Bay Nugget item notes a farmer quipping that an eight hour night would satisfy him more than an eight hour day, reflecting rural work rhythm and humor.
The Windsor Star recalls decades of dress restrictions ending in Canada while noting John Bull remains in business at the same old stand as Brockville Recorder and Times references continue.
A Brantford Expositor item notes a Hollywood hot dog stand offering hot dogs for $1 each while Canada faces renewed calls to scrap price controls. The quirky price point draws attention as economic debates continue.
Investigators struggle to identify who supplied Goering with poison and the motive behind the delay in solving the Nuernberg case, with little progress reported.
Vincent Massey warns against the view that Britain is finished as a world power. He says such discussions have recurred before and are unfounded.
Mrs Smith questions her sister about powdering her face before going out. The response is starkly simple she values modesty and avoids public shine. The dialogue mirrors social expectations of discretion and humility in everyday life.
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