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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 01, 1947
Page
6
A shop assistant pushes a shirt as wonderful value and durable, but the customer dismisses each option. He finally notes the last piece as worth double the money and praises its pattern, colours, and yarn, while the buyer replies curtly with a sharp remark.
A refined patient woman in London asks an unfriendly shopman about a beauty parlor. The clerk assesses her unmade face and discourages makeup, telling her to stay plain rather than apply cosmetics.
Two dogs stroll past a street while Fido proposes a beware sign for a boy living inside. Mrs Hart chats with a friend and her husband waits nearby. She mentions business as the word crosses their conversation, and the husband jokes about who was being talked about.
A light hearted scene shows Mrs. Smith powdering her rose before going out while Mr. Smith questions the effort. The bride talks modestly of not shining in public and a visit reveals curiosity about a kiss dating from earlier. A young soldier asks his lover to marry quickly prompting auntly advice on marrying young.
A brisk domestic tale shows a demanding mistress who prefers milk served on a tray. The maid worries over etiquette and whether a spoon is needed, highlighting tension over proper service and clear orders.
A French freighter Grandcamp loaded ammonium nitrate on Galveston Bay and exploded in a chain of blasts that devastated Texas City. About 550 killed 3 000 injured and over 125 million dollars in property damage.
A cat chased a mouse on a vacant corner lot near Radio City as the animal clung to brickwork two stories high before leaping free to escape. At Cornell University a mother mouse survived a three story fall and later bore uninjured kittens, illustrating how small animals resist long falls due to surface area versus body mass.
Henry Ford, described as the world’s first billionaire, began as a two dollar fifty cent weekly mechanic and died worth over a billion dollars. The article notes his fortune surpasses all historic rulers in magnitude, likening Croesus as a much poorer comparison.
The passage contrasts a teen boy’s lazy pose with cheeky lines from multiple papers. It references Stratford Beacon-Herald and Ottawa Citizen noting maple syrup prices and a farmer label in a humorous context.
The article discusses chiselling a tiny window in the inner ear to relieve certain deafness, signaling possible progress in a long awaited operation. It notes caution about public complacency toward Communism and includes civic commentary on fashion and labeling practices in local agriculture and groceries.
The Halifax Chronicle notes that history texts vary greatly between English and French in Canada and that no book has yet satisfied both major divisions.
A Variety report notes a slump in dining sales as a rumor spreads that black market meat was sold. One venue advertising beefsteaks posted a sign claiming absolute safety and that horsemeat is being used as before.
A pithy remark notes that a car not yet decided on is unavailable in most colors. The comment appears in a newspaper quote compiled by the Edmonton Journal and St. Thomas Times Journal.
The Ministry of Agriculture reports Britain’s sugar beet crop for 1946-47 yielded 11 tons per acre, a record and 1.3 tons higher than 1939-40. The forecast production is about 570000 tons of sugar.
Tass reports a new stereoscopic screen is being built in Russia after Moscow’s first 3D theater opened with 1180 seats. When finished the integral screen will enable three dimensional films in large venues and funds around 4 000 900 dollars were provided for further research.
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