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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1940
Page
3
Advertises cosy pyjama patterns in flannelette, silk, and cotton with chic cuts. Style No. 2563 fits sizes 12 to 20 years and requires 534 yards of fabric for size 16. Send 20 cents for the pattern to Louise Lennox in Toronto with name address and size.
The article urges affordable beauty steps using food and home remedies. It recommends an orange and grapefruit diet one day weekly, cucumber juice for bleaching, diluted lemon juice, and especially drinking plenty of water to improve lifeless skin and help acne or blackheads.
A 24 year old woman, daughter of Pek ing Fire, chief of the Caughnanwaga Mohawk reservation, married a white man aged 16. The Catholic church ceremony followed a traditional Red Indian tribal celebration.
For a decade the Malaya paper has run a serialized Arabian Nights tale, presenting classic stories in weekly installments for its readers. The ongoing feature highlights enduring interest in traditional Arabic folklore within the colonial press.
Anne Norris a wealthy college student enrolls in a flying course at Midland University. Captain Dick Douglas tutors her as Tony Scott, a gangster’s son and Anne’s rival, plots to win her while she faces temptations at a roadhouse with Georgette Parker watching.
The piece urges parents to soothe their children at bedside and notes that many come from families unable to pay for medical care. It highlights that public wards treat most youngsters, costing a daily $1 more than government revenue plus payments from paying parents.
Chief Justice J B M Baxter presided at Fredericton as the New Brunswick Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Causes opened its October term with more than thirty cases on the docket. He likened solicitors reaping decrees to harvesting asparagus across the province.
A sharp quip from Lew Lehr warns that escalating worldwide monkey business risks pushing people back to trees. The remark reflects wartime era satire on global affairs and human folly.
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