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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 22, 1952
Page
7
An opinion piece warns that smuggled U S cigarettes into Canada fuels organized crime and potential gangster violence. It notes smokers protest taxes but break laws, risking corruption and deadly crime at borders.
The article from the New York Times praises celandine as a resilient biennial poppy relative, noting its early spring leaves, yellow sap, and historic medicinal uses. It highlights its unshowy yellow four-petaled flowers, tendency to inflame skin, and the plant’s swiftness to surge with new leaves in late winter as a sign of spring’s arrival.
The piece traces how Bath night became a London tradition and contrasts modern hygiene with past attitudes. It notes 1850 London had few baths, early bath-houses, and the shift from perfume to wash rituals, then contrasts Greek and Roman bath culture with medieval views, citing Cheatworth Villa and Pompeii as examples of private and public baths.
The article surveys Roman public baths at Wroxeter and Bath, noting heating via fires under square pillars and multiple baths for men and women. It discusses bathing customs, the rise of mixed bathing in the fifteenth century, and church condemnations that curbed the practice and hygiene attitudes. It also includes several modern cake recipes with detailed steps and ingredients.
A vintage kitchen note provides three cake ideas and frostings. Carrot cake blends grated carrots raisins and spices, finished with marshmallow frosting and chopped nuts. Molasses sponge cake uses coffee and molasses with a coffee frosting, while the third recipe details a coffee flavored frosting and a light sponge technique.
An English observer recalls a friend who timed commercials to avoid ads and muses on the ethics of ad funded radio. He suggests non Sponsorship perhaps like newspaper style advertising and jokes about a remote switch to mute broadcasts.
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