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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 20, 1954
Page
3
An anecdote about Sam Langford becoming a manager after buying into another fighter and his partner trying to coach a rookie in Juarez. Langford dismisses the partner’s tips while the trainer protests, leading to a clash over who should advise the bout and the partner leaving the arena.
Mafalda Crisafio mourned for 23 years for her infant son Gianfranco after an epidemic claimed the child. A nurse who raised him sent a letter from Spain and revealed he was alive, ending decades of mistaken loss and unveiling the origin of the dollar sign tied to the eight-realm coin.
A motorist witnessed a small car swerving and crashing into a hedge near Cape Town. Inside the vehicle a terrified girl was found with a mouse clinging to her nylons, the bizarre incident prompting inquiry.
The dollar arose from the Low German term Thaler derived from Joachimsthaler. A Bohemian silver mine in the early 1500s sparked the creation of Joaquinthalers, coins whose value and quality spread across Europe and beyond.
The article reviews several origin stories for OK the term. It cites Andrew Jackson lore about Orl Korrect, Chiefs like Old Keokuk signing papers, and Choctaw okeh meaning It is so. It notes OK is now widely used to mean all right or correct globally.
The informals foldover cards are for brief notes and replies to invitations or gifts but not suited as condolence letters. A woman should not wear gloves while seated at table, but may in public standing and eating light refreshments. In a church wedding the couple should each contribute to the collection, and the matron of honor stands near the bride, handles the bouquet and prayer book, and returns them at the proper moment.
An assortment of farming notices and sales pitches includes buyers urged to choose egg breeds over meat types, with a May June auction by WWEDDLE CHICK HATCHERINS LTD in Fergus Ontario. Also paint and electric fencing ads, and a drug store showroom sale with equipment and furnishings.
A reader queries etiquette on guest arrivals during dinner and bridle matter. Answers advise host rise for late guests, dates go top right or end of note, eat artichokes with fingers, avoid mention of broken gifts, no extra presents for a christening, and explain how to use a monetary gift in a thank you.
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