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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
3
A Hollywood reporter seeks a holiday by driving with a giant picture of Clark Gable, while jokes about actors, birthdays, haircuts, singers and a Sunday School lesson elicit laughs. Other gags note a tame sunburn, a bald joke, and a pun about color-blind honesty.
A compact guide answers several home care questions. It suggests drilling a hole and inserting wire ends to form a handle for brooms and mops, melting chocolate on waxed paper over a kettle, using carbonate of soda on a damp cloth for gleaming polish, turpentine and alcohol to remove varnish from fabrics, apricot kernels for flavoring in baking, and rubbing spots on tight kid shoes with art gum for removal.
A short lyric describes burial in earth as roots awaken the speaker turning to plant life. The speaker seeks transformation into nature to breathe again through wind rain and dawn. The verse evokes spring's ecstasies and universal energy beyond winter's cold.
News from Montbray Quebec highlights a new find northwest of Robb Montbray’s famed site. A H Stewart for Rouyn Reward Mines expands holdings beyond 1000 acres as showings open and scouting teams move in. Official confirmations note Orpit Company backing in Porcupine with 2000 acres. Plus Little Long Lac area shows ongoing development.
Capt. Clifford MacGregor, an explorer and meteorologist, proposes a six station polar network above Canada north of 70 degrees to forecast weather far in advance. He urges international cooperation and notes no data are collected in this vast area yet.
The Houdry catalytic process promises gasoline yields up to 80 percent per barrel, versus 44 percent today, lowering motorist fuel costs. A new magnetic alloy can shiver and lose magnetism to operate electric switches and heat control.
The gross revenues of the Canadian National Railways System for the week ending November 21, 1988, totaled 88,810,813, up from 8,757,463 for the same period in 1987, an increase of 58,856.
Said to be 118 years old Isaac Morale a native is dead at Ven tersdorp South Africa. He is survived by six children 70 grandchildren and more than 100 great grandchildren.
Hon. Vincent Massey says upon the King’s Canada visit next summer he will be offered two elk and two black beavers under an ancient pledge. The Hudsons Bay Company charter requires presentation of these gifts when the Sovereign visits Hudsons Bay territory. Massey adds the King will come as King of Canada, not a mere visitor.
Roberta Lee answers six etiquette questions covering introductions and name repetition, appropriate attire for a dance, proper soup technique, hat removal during conversation, who should carve at a Turkey dinner, and who usually offers a toast at a wedding reception.
Daisy a longtime Od Windsor England cart horse admired by children crashed into a ditch when a wasp sting struck her muzzle leaving the cart toppled. The incident disrupted the street but the horse and cart were unharmed besides the fright.
Elizabeth Eedy reviews the life of Henriette Deluzy Desportes once serving in a Paris household. The work traces murder suspicion, escape to the New World, and vivid portraits of France under Louis Philippe. Published Toronto Macmillan Canada priced 2.75 dollars.
The War Office stays silent while ARP advises keeping bomb proof shelters. Alfred Herbert explains in The London Times how to preserve trenches at Coventry using A B C D diagrams. He shows how soil is shifted to fill gaps and lay turf, enabling future use while playing on the new surface.
The guardians of the Dionne quintuplets have bought a Great Dane to guard the home at Dafoe Hospital. The dog, under training as a watchdog, will accompany the night constable on patrol. The quintuplets Cecile Yvonne Marie Annette and Emilie are not to have pet dogs.
Marseilles gangsters sat an examination in Tou Lon to recruit 40 police inspectors and all passed. They produced the best papers, but a rival gang learned of the plan and informed authorities, derailing the recruitment.
Learning to walk from twelve to fifteen months is average, but some babies develop later. Do not worry or label your child as backward. allow for his unique pace and activity level.
Nova Scotia New Brunswick and British Columbia produce bituminous coal only Saskatchewan produces lignite and Alberta produces bituminous sub bituminous and lignite coals.
C Schneider of Kitchener was sentenced by Magistrate Watt to 61 years for chicken theft false pretences escaping custody and possessing an unregistered revolver. Pleading guilty to 28 charges, he stole over 600 chickens across Wellington Waterloo and Oxford counties, with actual time to serve three years in Kingston Penitentiary.
Not a direct news item. Quote attributed to Pearl Buck notes the mind’s drive to action when duty is clear. Emphasizes discipline and prompt effort.
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