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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 03, 1956
Page
7
In June I spent two weeks in southern New Jersey with my parents and learned, from a local feeder man, how summer bird feeding works. Cardinals and other species gathered at a single feeder as parents fed young with walnuts, teaching the fledglings to associate the feeder with nuts. The scene showed smart, responsive birds and the joy of summer feeding.
Fergus Landrace Swine Farm owners Jack Eweddle and Harry Cassie receive four imported Swedish sows bred to Chartwell Viking 3rd Sir Winston Churchill boar. The shipment includes 13 more imported sows and 1 boar from Swedish lines. The farm’s fourth import of Landrace swine in recent months aims to improve bacon quality for Canada.
The note from John K. Terres highlights how backyard birds captivate with constant activity. It urges observers to appreciate seasonal changes and diverse behaviors that make birds a steady source of fascination.
In a light moment Ed Gardner recalls a radio about Athos and Porthos McGinnis. A New York Baseball Writers Association panic sparked by the idea shows players joking about a two headed pitcher. The manager, seeking color, probes for ideas from his team.
A two headed ballplayer arrives in tuxedo at a hotel and wins masquerade prize. He wears dual caps, clashes with a catcher over a fast ball, and struggles to stay in the big leagues. He later watches tennis for MovieTone News and rumors link him to actress Simone Simone.
A collage of early ad notices lists oil and grease suppliers, toy shop machinery agents wanted, greeting card sales, electric shavers by RIAM CANADA, houseware sales opportunities with high profits, poultry hatchery orders, dairy farm help in Toronto area, drink powder and ice cream powder sales, mail order advertising at a North African air base, Marvel hairdressing schools, home earnings catalogs, and telegraph job recruitment for railway work plus stenography courses.
A man seeks a seat on the next flight to the moon but the ticket agent explains all passenger flights are cancelled for days due to the moon being full. The exchange highlights an era of imagined space travel halted by lunar brightness.
An elderly woman tastes gin for the first time and notes it resembles the medicine her husband has taken for twenty years. The line delivers a droll reflection on familiarity and taste, hinting at a long-standing domestic routine.
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