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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1947
Page
2
Harry Lang bids against Marjory Higgins for a Majolica vase at an auction. Higgins outbids him to ninety five cents, then declares she won and hurls the vase at Lang. A brawl erupts as the crowd cheers and Lang escapes with the vial as a token.
The RCMP announce a return of the mounted patrols amid growing use of cars and planes. The horse symbol of law and order faces risk of fading, but officials and the public value tradition alongside progress.
A British tale recounts two men photographing a colossal Africa elephant when a second elephant sits with its back to the first. One man jokes about why they sit back to back, and the second elephant reveals the witty play on words about Josephine as book ends.
Brief notices warn about risks of mercury currency, child safety near streets, and a housewives league planning a buyers strike. The Ottawa Journal urges vigilance of drivers as children dart from sidewalks while the Windsor Star notes tourists eyeing bargains and overalls.
A Brandon Sun quotation contrasts schooling with education gained from the harsher lessons of the world beyond schooldays, framing education as life experience rather than classroom work.
Newburyport Massachusetts residents scrap a month old 10 percent price reduction as suppliers refuse to cooperate. The article notes that all similar efforts will fail unless manufacturers and wholesalers cut prices first.
Guelph Mercury reports that delay after traffic crashes often costs lives as emergency response waits frustrate victims and families.
A young boy taken to the country observes a spider spinning a web between tall reeds and tells his father that a bug is putting on a wireless. The scene appears in a local St. Thomas Times-Journal feature recalling rural curiosity and imaginative explanations.
A Toronto educationist cites five languages taught in secondary schools Latin Greek French German and Spanish and laments the poor command of English. The Peterborough Examiner and Stratford Beacon-Herald quote Newsweek critics on Japan studying the British monarchy under a new constitution.
A screen telephone enabling callers to see the person talking at the other end was built by I P Zakharov, a Leningrad engineer. Reported by Radio Moscow it remains experimental but could soon enter mass production and the Soviet telephone system.
The article extols nylon leaders as strong all purpose tackle for salt and freshwater fishing. Made from solid mono filament they resist fraying splitting and rotting at a uniform thickness and do not require soaking before use. It recalls silk leader making from silkworms in vinegar historically.
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