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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Mar 17, 1955
Page
14
A reader asks how to win back a boyfriend who left for the army after a meddling friend caused a split. Anne Hirst urges dating others in the meantime and dropping the harmful influence, warning there is no guaranteed path to reclaim him. A second correspondent seeks tactful counsel on a husband's late arrivals, with guidance to establish a routine and clear communication.
Quilt pattern 654 offers embroidery transfers and applique pieces for a 32 by 44 inch zoo themed quilt. Send 25 cents to Box 1 123 Eighteenth St New Toronto Ontario for pattern 654 with name and address. A 1955 catalog offers 30 fresh designs and costs 25 cents.
Coffee demand rises worldwide as prices climb. The piece traces coffee history from Europe after the Vienna siege, notes early coffee houses in Vienna and London, and mentions Brazil as a national beverage with uses as medicine and eye lotion. It also recalls Germany’s licence system and guards patrolling for forbidden coffee. Sailors can smell green coffee from 100 miles at sea.
Advertisement promotes pattern 4799 for a dress with button detail and flattering lines. It lists sizes 14 through 44 and yardage for 35 inch fabric, claims easy use with complete illustrated instructions, and offers to mail for thirty five cents plus size name address and style number to a New Toronto box.
In autumn 1910 Arthur Gehrke of Watertown began a pattern of spending every winter in bed to escape cold weather rheumatism. He kept his inn running for summer income, faced wife protests, and after his wife died in 1987 public curiosity grew as visitors sought to see the self-titled human hibernator.
The writer laments warm sunny weather and notes drivers and pedestrians on a busy highway, urging caution for walkers at night and in bright sun. He also shares village observations about birds, potatoes, margarine, and dairy prices as lighter regional items.
A new group called Handwriting Foundation Inc seeks to revive legible writing mirroring early typewriter innovations. The item notes historical anecdotes about illegible handwriting from Mark Twain era and Horace Greeley, and recalls a Detroit man charged with assault claiming a bee distracted him.
A witty remark compares public reaction to success versus failure, noting the loud din of complaint when things go wrong and the far quieter response when events unfold as hoped. It urges consistency in tone regardless of outcomes.
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