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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
15
A summers day in New Jersey shows cardinals and other birds attracted to a single feeder. A man feeds walnuts to both adult and young birds, teaching nestlings to associate walnuts with the feeder and prompting noisy, attentive behavior.
Fergus Landrace Swine Farm owned by Jack Eweddle and Harry Cassie received Chartwell Viking 3rd a Churchill boar bred to four imported Swedish sows. The shipment included 13 more imported sows and one boar from Swedish lines. Dairy and pork industry observers note Denmark hosts 95 percent Landrace and Canadian breeders eye growth in Canada.
The note cites a line from John K. Terres describing songbirds in the garden as fascinating at all times of the year. It references Terres’ work "Songbirds in Your Garden" and the author’s view on birds’ year-round appeal.
Ed Gardner recalls a radio gag about Athos and Porthos McGinnis a two headed pitcher. A New York team manager seeks ideas from players for color and jokes about watching first and third at once. The Walla Walla gag underlines the humor of the era.
A two headed player arrives in tuxedo stirring hotel crowd. He wins masquerade prize as bookends narrating My Son My Son. In baseball he argues with a catcher over a sign and struggles to stay in the majors. He later scouts tennis matches for Movie tone News while rumors link him to actress Simone Simone.
Numerous notices from Warco Grease to Standard Greeting Cards and RIAM Canada selling agents to houseware exclusives. Plus dairy farm offer in Toronto district, Machinists and hairdressing training, mail order opportunities, and a North African mail order sales base. Includes Bray Hatchery poultry orders and Montreal to Toronto product pitches.
A man asks for a seat on the next flight to the moon. The agent explains all passenger flights are canceled for the next few days because the moon is full.
A prim old lady tastes gin for the first time and remarks it tastes like the medicine her husband has taken for twenty years, a quirk of memory linking taste to long standing health routines.
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