Deserted Wife Recounts Departure Years Ago
A neighbor recalls how the husband left, standing in the doorway until six flies entered the house, reflecting the long years of abandonment and sympathy for the deserted wife.
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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
7
Word study and a boy’s cheeky answer
A teacher explains the meaning of recover and asks Tommy about his father’s fatigue. Tommy, answering quickly, turns the question back to his mother, prompting a humorous exchange about daily work and rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tommy
Burglar jailed after quirky need for glasses
A warder locks a burglar in a cell after the suspect claims his arrest arose from needing glasses. The burglar laments his fate as a safe-tweaking interrupted by a dancing band, with the warder probing the odd reason.
Grim job test and odd quotes from everyday life
A ventriloquist doctor tests applicants with a grim ruse using a skeleton and hot gruel. One boy flees while another calmly responds, and a later joke about swapping a wife for a horse appears. Alf and Bert discuss a debt and a meeting, and La Guardia pilots request urgent landing help as planes circle in gloom.
Wives Are Like That
A former Marine recounts Pacific island adventures and jungle campaigns to friends. His wife interrupts from the kitchen noting the tales explain her need to avoid gardening this year due to fear.
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Pacific
Unremitting kindness cited in letters over withheld support
A discussion between a wife and secretary about a son at a university seeking funds opens with a letter from the son to his father complaining of a missing cheque. The father replies that such withholding is a form of kindness, sparking a sharp exchange.
Pictured Finnish president and related crossword clues
Pictured Finnish president and Baron Carl Gustaf with clues across and down include era compass point require multitude cloth measure ailing letters in Brazilian state type of molding jar peel god of love roster dined public notices meadow universal language be quiet From rough lava New Mexico church part transaction interpret substitutes be unsuccessful existence former Russian ruler either therefore myself palm lily steal wand pitcher cupola lamprey narrow inlet health resort addend on top of horsemen dispatch domesticated exclamation symbol for samarium AV URS WR Gane AV URS
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Crossword Clue Answers for Pass 24 to Sun God
A compact list of crossword solutions includes Wend s for Wends 27, Mount Crest 30, Monkey 31, English river 31, New Guinea port 32, Essence abbr 84, Golf term 26, In a row 37, Small particle 40, Be carried 41, He is president Finland 44, Belongs to me 45, Honeymakers 48, Highway 49, Corded fabric 51, Accomplished 52, Music note 54, Sun god 55.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Guinea
Finland
Billion-dollar coal deposit found in Peace River area
Reports from sources north of Hudson Hope indicate a vast coal deposit valued at billions, signaling significant resource potential in British Columbia's Peace River district. The piece notes rising interest in energy development and modern science framing the era's progress.
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Hudson Hope
B.C
Peace River
Vancouver News-Herald
Peace Time Battle: Building a Navy of Houses
Detroit News notes the contrast between wartime mass production of ships and planes and the challenge of constructing a few sturdy houses amid peacetime distractions.
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Detroit News
Britain Reasserts Export Drive With Timely Deliveries
Lendot Daily Express reports Britain signals strong export rebound as orders resume from overseas. Officials tout reliable delivery schedules and prompt fulfillment, aiming to restore confidence in postwar trade and boost foreign demand.
Perish The Thought Reflects Fears of Tomorrow’s World
The piece notes growing anxiety that the future will resemble the present but amplified, with the Kitchener Record framing concerns about societal change and technological impact in a cautionary tone.
Loyal Husband Endures as Wife Diets for Divorce
A court rejects dieting as grounds for divorce, upholding a husband's honor to stand by his spouse through cycles of weight loss. In other news, the Windsor Star reports a massive coal seam discovery in the Peace River district valued at about 1 billion dollars, amid an opportune moment for energy markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stratford Beacon-Herald
Peace River District
Windsor Star
Undowned King and the Power Brokers of Steel and Song
The Windsor Star notes a satirical view where public choices in steel, cars, music, and coal hinge on the influence of major labor and industry figures like Phil Murray Walter Reuther Caesar Petrillo John L. Lewis. The piece quotes commentary on political power and economic control in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Truman
United States
Phil Murray
Walter Reuther
Caesar Petrillo
Kiss
John L. Lewis
Big Toe
Windsor Star
Maxwell House Coffee Ad Claims “Good to the Last Drop”
An advertisement for Maxwell House Coffee promotes its blend of Latin American coffees and asserts that discriminating coffee drinkers rate it “Good to the Last Drop.”
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Maxwell House Coffee
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