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Orono Weekly Times in Orono, Ontario

27 Jul 1950

Page 7

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Orono Weekly Times

Location

Orono, Ontario, Canada

Date

Jul 27, 1950

Page

7

Wind for the Mills Ends in Windfall for Silas Kent

Mapleridge town reels as three day wind storm spurs Silas Kent to sell his rickety windmill. Citizens, a Boston philanthropist, and a town meeting push the deal to a $2,000 bid, with Kent laughing off the dubious J Allen Brown letter as harmless scribble.

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Mapleridge Silas Kent Silas New England Asa Gardeners Asa Hull Asa Gardener Ciizenry J. Allan Brown Boston Mass Kent J. Allen Brown St Kent Si Kent Bert Englewood Sara J. Allen
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Bread and Nation: From hard rye to soft factory loaves

A reflective piece contrasts old world and modern American bread. It argues industrial mass production makes bread soft and insubstantial, urges reliance on traditional breads like pumpernickel and corndodger, and praises crusty loaves from various immigrant traditions. It warns that mass advertising and homogenization erode nourishment and calls for bread with substance and character.

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John Mahoney Europe America Westphalia Vienna Finland Sweden
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Jack Benny and Mary's Witty Radio World in 1932 Spotlight

The piece profiles Jack Benny as a rising 1932 radio star with his Average Man character and Mary Livingstone as his trusted foil. It recalls Benny’s early years, from violin prodigy to vaudeville, and notes his Hollywood transition with films like Buck Benny Rides Again.

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John Mahoney Jack Benny America Bob Hope Benny Fred Allen Jack Mary Livingstone Mary George Burns Jack Bently George Gracie Allen San Francisco Gracie London Palladium Val Parnell Mr. Burns Hollywood Jane Wymas Waukegan Kreisler California Ton Eddie Anderson Rochester Buck Benny George Washington
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