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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
11
Sam Langford, famed heavyweight and so called uncrowned king of the division, partners briefly with a veteran manager in a Juarez bout. The adviser clash over tactics ends when the partner quits, leaving Langford to handle his own fighter.
Mafalda Crisafio, 44, survived grief after losing her baby Gianfranco in infancy. A nurse raised him in Calabria and a death notice sparked annual roses until a letter home revealed Gianfranco alive. He later mailed a confession from Spain. The tale links to the origin of the dollar sign.
A driver on a country road outside Cape Town witnessed a small car zigzag and crash into a hedge after striking a road press strip. Investigating the scene, the motorist found the driver, a hysterical girl, with a small mouse clinging to her nylons.
The dollar traces to the Low German Thaler from Joachimsthal in Bohemia. A rich silver mine led feudal lords to mint coins that gained wide Europe use as Joachimsthalers, later shortened to Thalers and then dollar.
The article traces possible roots of the expression OK including a Jackson papers joke about Orl Korrect, a signature practice by Old Keokuk, and the Choctaw word okeh meaning It is so. It notes OK’s wide adoption in the US and abroad in France and Germany.
A period etiquette column answers when to use informals as foldover cards for short notes and gifts and when not to in condolence letters. It also clarifies gloves in public dining and church contributions between fiancé and fiancée and outlines the duties of the matron or maid of honor during the ceremony.
An Ontario and Manitoba advertisement notes a dispersal auction for Poll Angus and other stock including egg breeds and turkeys, plus a catalogue request. It also promotes spring paint specials and a complete drug store liquidation with fixtures and equipment for sale.
A reader asks about guest arrivals during dinner, whether hosts rise, how to date letters, and eating artichokes at table. It covers thanking donors, additional baby gifts, and using money gifts, advising practicality and courtesy in social rituals.
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