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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 18, 1944
Page
7
A column of short, witty lines captures everyday humor. A daughter questions makeup, a farmer jokes about being a real farmer, a driver keeps horses safe, and neighbors share quips about money spelling work and Irish contrasts.
A field note describes how the Army trains guard dogs with dehydration feeding regimes to protect war plants. It emphasizes sharp fangs and aggressive growls as a deterrent to any aggression toward military facilities.
Readers ask practical cleaning questions. Ammonia paste removes wallpaper stains, alcohol helps grease, boiling water with lemon juice lightens rust stains, sun exposure aids fabric whitening, soft soap softens putty, chlorox boils kettle, chalk or talcum removes grease on grass matting with benzine caution.
A straightforward ad advises prompt treatment of piles with Hem-Roid internal tablets. It promises quick relief from itching and soreness, aids healing of tender spots, and offers a money back guarantee if customers are not satisfied.
Engineers showcase a motion picture camera capable of 8 000 consecutive pictures each at 33 microseconds exposure. The device can freeze fast motion, rivaling spark photography and flashing light methods for stopping rapid machinery and phenomena for study.
A special research camera records rapid movement with film flashing past the lens at a steady 70 miles per hour allowing slow motion projection for detailed analysis of the operation photographed. The device differs from ordinary movie cameras by its controlled high speed exposure for precise study.
A Victorian style column presents five etiquette queries: whether a nondrinking non smoking girl should accept a hostess offer, if corn on the cob suits a dinner party, where to place the date on a social note, how to pronounce canape, and when to light candles at table.
A guide to asking a partner for a dance with gracious refusals, menu tips, signatures, an appetizer description, timing before dinner, and polite phrases for requesting a dance.
A shipload of scrap from the North African battle area arrived at a Brooklyn pier to be rebuilt and reprocessed for the war effort. The report notes the sizable consignment and its intended return to service.
A report notes a large amount of scrap material including wrecked airplanes and motors, plane parts, empty ammunition, containers, scrap rubber, dead batteries, and about 100000 pairs of worn out shoes.
Young snapping turtles hatch on land and instinctively head toward water. Even when redirected, they find their course to aquatic habitat using innate navigational cues.
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