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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
7
A grieving sister viewing a body in a Thames mortuary discovers it resembles her missing brother. As she departs, the living man with a scarred forehead approaches, revealing himself as her sibling who had read of the corpse’s description and came to verify the double.
The narrative recalls Labertesque, famed for fighting in over two hundred duels, who reportedly carried a horse on his back. He died in 1914 in Paris when a carriage wheel hit a bump on the way to the opera, ending a legendary yet dramatic career.
Newsweek reports a sharp increase in out of wedlock births from 90,000 in 1940 to about 200,000 in 1950 with two fifths to girls under 20 and 5,000 illegitimate births to girls under 15. Southern states lead, Washington DC notes the District has the most unwed births. aid for unwed mothers remains scarce.
A seventy five year old Detroit resident Stanislaw Tiborski travels to Chicago seeking a wife but loses seven thousand five hundred dollars to a series of romances. A French widow Henri Thermonceaux schemes with his nephew Pierre to win a pastry shop girl Michele. Pierre is exposed and marries Michele later, while Henri’s ruse ends in social farce and estrangement. An elderly Sydney bachelor joins a Happiness Club and quickly learns not to rejoin after his wife leaves him.
Stan Musial put on a field day against Brooklyn as the Dodgers struggled to stop him at Ebbets Field. A Dodgers fan shouted a teasing line, praising Musial for his speed and batting prowess while calling the home team out.
Advertisement list offers wholesalers and agents for house wares watches and other products with profits up to 500 percent. Includes Bray Hatchery poultry lists and free cigarette lighter with first order. Also promotes courses, livestock booklets, and H M Cream with money back guarantee.
A reader asks how to refresh a sour sponge and remove grease from fabric. The remedy suggests lemon juice to sweeten a sponge and a carpet stain mix of fuller's earth oxgall and water, plus thorough rinsing and drying.
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