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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1954
Page
8
A reader laments her husband’s wandering eyes and asks if male appetite is innate. The columnist replies that normal men admire feminine beauty and that jealousy alone cannot curb natural roving eyes.
Vintage sewing pattern ad offers Pattern 4523 for half sizes 141% to 2242 with yardage and step by step illustrated instructions. Fill and mail with 35 cents to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario. The rest of the text mixes reader letters and social commentary on marriage and male ego.
A wealthy man shows a guest a bedroom bath that can be filled by a button press and rails. The bath surprisingly brings in his wife along with the water, creating an unintended moment during the tour.
The writer notes a dry season with deep cracks in pasture and fears from childhood earth splits. They describe field work, horses and tractors on their twelve acre front field, and contrasting farming methods in Peel and North Halton. The piece laments Friday open nights replacing traditional Saturday social shopping for farmers and hopes for rain.
A traveler complains about a slow and uncomfortable railway line after an hour for a short ride. At the barrier he tells the inspector the worst part is over and declares his destination as China.
In a travel excerpt from Travels in Afghanistan 1937-1988 by Ernest F. Fox, the narrator searches for Afghan felt in Hazarajat and Panjao but finds none. He explains locals deny sales, citing season, scarcity, and pride in “home of the very best” villages, amid unreliable messengers and shifting directions.
A reader suggests dissolving one quart caustic soda in three quarts lukewarm water and applying with a coarse sponge. Another method uses two parts spirits of ammonia to one part turpentine applied with a rag.
In Val d Or moviegoers turn cinema visits into social gatherings with knitting patterns and cake recipes. They dispose of bottles by rolling them along the floor from back to front, a quirk highlighted in Joan Walker’s Pardon My Parka. Rosie Brown evades taxes by gifting property to Queen Elizabeth with a Union Jack display.
Motorists in Spain rely on informal guards outside shops while paying the choicest youth to protect their car. The tougher boy, chosen by the driver, ensures no harm comes to the vehicle, sharing proceeds with the others later.
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