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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
May 30, 1940
Page
2
The article states coffee introduced in Europe in the seventeenth century displaced alcohol, fueled lively intellect and fatigue relief, and notes caffeine causes no permanent tissue damage. It cites a writer on drugs claiming caffeine increases brain activity and work capacity without reducing mood if not abused.
The article cites Mgr. B A McKelvie of the British Columbia Historical Association claiming Chinese explorers reached the Pacific coast between AD 458 and 576, naming Alaska Wan Shang and Ta Han British Columbia. It notes Norse colonies in the New World some 500 years before Columbus.
John Perrio, aged 70, proclaims himself head of the Defence Corps on Brecqhou Island in the English Channel. He patrols daily on his donkey seeking enemy planes and submarines, wearing a tartan kilt and carrying a Crimean rifle. Only about a dozen residents remain.
The piece surveys the week of German advances in Western Europe, the threat of invasion of Britain, and political moves in France Britain and the Dominions. It notes Premier Reynaud’s critique of French errors, American near-entry shifts, and Canada’s wartime parliamentary activity amid global tension.
Experts caution against sowing too early and advise not to stop too soon. They say plantings can continue in most parts of Canada, guiding gardeners to extend their growing activities.
Entomologists from the New Hampshire Agriculture Department report mosquitoes favor horses or cows over humans by about six to one when selecting a bite victim. Pigs and dogs are also preferred to people.
A small hoe remains useful but new tools ease farm work. A three fingered wire cultivator cleans around flowers and vegetables, while a Dutch hoe pushed an inch under soil cultivates about a hundred feet of perennial beds in thirty minutes.
Sedan, 136 miles northeast of Paris, witnessed the climactic Franco Prussian War battle that toppled Napoleon III’s empire. Germans later captured Sedan in 1914, held it until 1918, and the town’s legacy includes possible origins of the sedan car and historic sedan chair use.
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