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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
7
A collection of practical household tips from Anne Ashley Q includes filling pin cushions with dried coffee grounds which won’t rust needles, reheating left over sandwiches by battering and frying, softening hard paint with turpentine over days, cleaning chamois gloves with warm suds and borax, making warm insoles from an old felt hat, and sweetening soured cream with a pinch of bicarbonate of soda.
A nurse of ribbing and rabies jokes opens with Senator Royal Copeland tales about medical mishaps. A dog bite leads to a fatal rabies scare and a quip about a dying man drafting a list of people to bite. Other bits lampoon marriage, dentists, and social vanity with sharp one liners.
Morris W. Wilson outlines Canada's wartime economic shift from agriculture to diversified industry. He notes rising mining and metal output, tourism potential, and the need to boost exports while managing inflation and tax policies. Sydney G. Dobson reports assets above a billion dollars and stronger commercial lending as 1939 ends.
Prof Sylvester Toussaint of Colursde State Teachers College of Education cites 999 grievances in a convention address. Top pet peeves include mumbling long-windedness lack of prep excessive closing remarks hesitant ahs and ums folksy audience remarks temper over disturbances and vague facts.
An Associated Press reporter describes gear used to cover the Finnish Russian war in the Arctic. Reindeer boots, ski or felt shoes, doeskin and inner wool socks, two pairs of pants with one heavy ski-weight pair.
Two suits of underwear two woollen shirts a sweater jacket and a fur or sheep lined coat described in a historical inventory or advertisement listing the clothing items.
Large inventory of dining room suites chests and dressers with prices. Oak walnut and two tone finishes offered with china cabinets extension tables and leather chairs. Bedroom suites Chesterfields and kitchen cabinets also advertised with a surface guarantee and backer.
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