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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
16
Letter writer asks if male adultery is an innate trait, noting her husband’s wandering gaze and desiring eyes only for her. The response doubts the idea, saying normal males admire feminine beauty and that faithful behavior depends on character rather than a universal flaw.
Pattern 4523 offers half sizes from 14 to 24 with easy sew instructions and complete illustrations. Send 35 cents to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario for yardage details and size options.
A wealthy man boasts of a bath that can be moved to his bedroom by pressing a button. The bath glides in place and, to his shock, carries his wife inside it.
The writer notes extreme dryness and deep cracks in fields, recalls childhood fears, and describes farm work with John and a neighbor family. They compare tractor and horse use, observe Peel county roads, and lament changes to Friday shopping at the town, hoping Saturday nightlife endures.
A passenger on a notoriously slow railway complains after an hour of moving only a few miles. At the terminus he quips to the ticket inspector that the worst part of the journey is over. When asked where he is bound the traveler snaps China.
In Travels in Afghanistan 1937 1988 Ernest F. Fox notes the difficulty of buying felt and deerskin boots in remote valleys. Officials mislead travelers about sources while villagers cite purported “home of the very best” shops that rarely exist. The piece reflects market scarcity and local economy.
A collection of simple methods for varnish remover using caustic soda or ammonia and turpentine, wallpaper grease removal with magnesia paste, straw hat stiffening with egg white, rug stain absorption with cornmeal or blotting paper, tendering corn by keeping husks, and moth prevention for fur coats using pepper tobacco and cloves.
A humorous anecdote from Joan Walker's Pardon My Parka describes Val d Or cinema crowds tossing bottle caps and shells, using bottles as projectiles rolled from back to front. It also recounts Rosie Brown who evades taxes by gifting shacks to the Royal Family with Union Jacks and a sign to Queen Elizabeth.
A newspaper note describes Spanish street guards who approach motorists outside shops. Instead of official attendants, tough youths earn tips to protect the car, keeping rivals away and sharing the proceeds later.
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