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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 08, 1949
Page
3
A reader asks how to sweeten soil with coffee grounds and the write-in answers recommend frequent mixing into earth. Additional tips cover cleaning painted woodwork by boiling onions to produce glossy surfaces without soap.
A temperance lecture ends with a joke from a former prizefighter who keeps order as audiences interrupt. The speaker contrasts home life with drunkenness and asks what people want after daily toil. An ad notes a sewing pattern for a baby collar and dress with size and ordering details.
Separately a sergeant questioned a new recruit about his family. The recruit answered yes to marriage and nine children, five girls and four boys. The sergeant joked that the nine were by one at a time.
An Institute asks workers to value the skilled help behind club success. It cites a quilt project where two key quilters moved away, leaving others to mark and frame the quilt. The piece urges members to recognize the hidden effort in specialized tasks and not take helpers for granted.
A club article urges demonstrations to teach quilting marking and other duties. It suggests inviting skilled nonmembers for quilting demos and having refreshment, program, and finance convener talks to reveal behind the scenes work. The piece promotes education in committee work to sustain leadership and engage members.
Readable fragments list numerous clue words and numbers such as Indian mul barny Penawe Mature Greek leiken redents Lepat son Stainer Nothing Chase Fooled Mand Turn aside Dneven Bait Numeral Carves Solid fat Kind of test Constellation Marry in Defeated Cover Blaze Hurried Vies Binding Italian poet Foreign Nuisance Ribbon ornament Light arma Pirpen Bright Colored fish Soared Hach Paper measure Negative etc. No coherent article arc can be reconstructed from the garbled OCR.
The tale follows a habitual grumbler piccolo player who laments his instrument is the smallest as a rich Eastern potentate rewards the band with gold. The band spends the windfall causing a future poor performance and the potentate’s fury. The joke pivots on the piccolo’s non touch fate.
A Canada manufactured preschool playroom accessory titled miniature kinder ten combines a folding leg table play desk blackboard and storage unit in one. It includes a Dialaid ease dial over a telephone dial with larger figures and symbols and a manual addresser for printing addresses by rolling over envelopes. The kit also presents a brain spoon drain spoon with a hollowed bowl and ivory handle and an aluminum low cost altimeter range finder. Plastic shades designed for window markets claim durability moisture resistance and easy cleaning in several colors.
An advertisement offers a free book titled Rheumatism that claims a specialized system cures arthritis by addressing underlying causes. Readers are urged to write to The Clinic Dept. 5243 Excelsior Springs Missouri to obtain the instructional volume with no obligation.
A letter from G.M.5 asks how to handle a troubled marriage. Anne Hirst suggests joint ownership of the house, shared insurance, and evaluating duties. Consider temporary separation to gain perspective and rekindle affection.
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