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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 27, 1954
Page
15
The article summarizes experimental station guidance on spark plug selection and maintenance. It covers head diameters of % inch to % inch and metric sizes 10 14 18 mm, electrode spacing from .020 to .030 inches, and the importance of correct plug length. It explains effects of misadjusted gaps and plug lengths on fouling, pre ignition, and heat transfer.
An irate father devised a new nursing bottle from a plastic cosmetic container after a spill. The bottle is odorless tasteless and a natural insulator, claims to keep formula warm five times longer than glass aiding slow feeding for babies.
Advice on spark plug selection for engines facing fouling or pre ignition and on maintaining year round egg quality. Highlights plug testing, cleaning, and the impact of heat and humidity, plus collecting eggs twice daily in winter and thrice in summer. Recommends wire baskets for cooling and storing eggs at 50–60 F with 70–80 percent humidity.
Farmers are advised to cool cases and flats thoroughly before packaging eggs. Store eggs large end up in cases, handle carefully to avoid cracks, and market at least weekly. Feed should include a complete ration with laying mash, grains, oyster shell, and clean water. Provide ample nests, refresh nesting material, and confine layers mid afternoon to keep eggs clean. Produce infertile eggs to preserve value. consider a simple egg cooler and obtain plans from the Poultry Division, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa.
The piece notes Brownson and his young wife are progressing well a month after their wedding a belated telegram of congratulations arrived but they refused to accept it.
A reflective column notes Ahab and Jezebel as warns of tyrants and bad marriages. It cites Naboth’s vineyard fate, Elijah’s judgment, and the deaths of Mussolini and Hitler’s circle, then ends with a window-cleaning cloth recipe using benzine and calcined never-odor lime.
Travel writer Carveth Wells recounts using a dog to ease a stomach ache among Lapps, noting dogs as household members and sleep partners. He also describes Lapland traditions, drum-based reindeer locating, and a Kashmiri porter’s warm kangra. The piece touches on Von Tirpitz, Dal Lake, and Shalimar gardens linked to Mughal history.
A dialogue unfolds with a woman asking if her partner would marry again after her death. He wonders why not but she counters that a yes or never would both be hurtful, leaving the exchange unsettled and intimate.
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