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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
7
A guide to spotting signs of pests and diseases in gardens and crops and acting promptly. It highlights using early measures, using sprays and dusts such as DDT and 2 4 0, avoiding delays, and obtaining free leaflets from the Division of Forage Crops at the Central Experimental Farm in Ottawa.
The article notes blind typists mastering touch shorthand in Braille, with Henry Stainsby innovating a Braille shorthand machine turned toward production by Wayne. Rebecca Randall demonstrates a portable model at 120 words per minute with perfect accuracy, using threaded tape to read signs. It also mentions many successful 30-something entrants in the National A A U Championships.
Weather and field work slow. patchy seeding across Ontario. Ginger Farm reports six spring calves eight weeks to beef, one blue calf died. Chickens glut the market. farmers seek half grown pullets to avoid low margins. CBC note ends with daughter’s radio remark on pasture weather.
Readable crossword clues list includes 1 Caps 2 Entrance 33 Pottery fragment 35 Surround 36 Mangle 38 Obeys 41 Dutch coin 43 Air comb form 44 Walked 45 Famous Italian family 46 Chart 47 Monkey 49 Swiss canton.
The Right Rev. David Colin Dunlop, bishop of Sunderland, forgot bell ringing and swung on the rope in the belfry while helping local ringers. Citrus groves along the Palestine coast yield fruit for six months of the year.
A collection of rhubarb recipes including sherbet style frozen rhubarb, jellied rhubarb with lemon and gelatin, fritters with rhubarb, brown betty with breadcrumbs, rhubarb pie with raisins, simple rhubarb sauce variations with raisins, foam topping, and a pink skin note for color.
A former competitor recalls past racing showdowns with names abbreviated as XTC I UIC LN KT LNR and others. The notes describe intense rivalries, later fading from the NT T scene, with a cryptic sentiment toward the long-gone era and its memories.
A playful exchange praises Post's Grape-Nuts Flakes as a quick hearty breakfast. The dialogue emphasizes ready to serve meals, nourishment, and tested recipes on the package. The couple jokes about cooking skills and plans to use the cereal on the way to their marriage license.
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