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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 29, 1954
Page
2
An 11 year old dog named Lassie, owned by Mrs. 8. DB. Lee, works as a letter carrier for a fetter service. She greets customers by name, barks to announce arrivals, and delivers packages to an employee at night after arriving from an office building in a trio of adjoining structures.
A reader laments a failed marriage and details years of hardship from her husband including drinking and abuse while she supported the family. A columnist reply urges leaving when possible, praising resilience and arguing marriage rights and duties, followed by a teen advice note on romance and loyalty. The page ends with a health blurb on plant diseases threatening crop yields.
The narrator describes caring for eight and a half month old David during a busy weekend. She reflects on changes in infant feeding since past generations and observes differences between baby care by mother and father. The piece ends with a tranquil Monday scene as haying resumes and farm life returns to normal.
The Denver Post reports a campaign titled Keep America Beautiful seeks to end littering by engaging non profit groups, packaging and bottle manufacturers, Boy Scouts, the Izank Walton league and the National Council of State Garden clubs. Local branches will educate, appeal to pride, and provide trash receptacles to keep the landscape clean.
In 1702 at Vigo Bay a French convoy laden with treasure and snuff was seized after a fierce attack led by Vice-Admiral Hopson aboard Torbay. Snuff saved ships, sparked a royal fashion, and even inspired ornate snuff boxes. anecdotes close with a witty Irish witnesses tale.
Advertisement for a quick to sew breezy cotton half-sizer pattern 4528 with shoulder openings and easy fit. Includes sizes 14 to 20 with yardage details and complete illustrated instructions. Send 35 cents to Bax 1 at 12a Eighteenth St New Toronto Ont.
A newspaper style Q and A covers best man duties at a wedding including driving the groom and presenting fees to the clergyman, plus etiquette tips on tipping hotel staff, handling a sherbel glass, testing coffee, closing letters, funeral notice wording, introductions with elderly women, engraving personal numbers, and politely declining a preferred cigarette.
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