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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 13, 1949
Page
2
A building expert warns barns blow up due to poor anchoring with concrete walls using bolts six feet apart and buried twelve inches. For frame buildings use triple grip anchors. The piece then discusses young farmers leaving family farms, detailing causes like lack of a clear ownership transfer plan and stubborn management by aging fathers, urging better preparation and training.
A quirky round of nature vignettes spans coast to coast. Stories include vetoed California shark legislation, a hive chasing a train at Hagertown, a Savannah pelican strangling a bass, wrens nesting in overalls, Snowball the kitten joining sick children, a Greencastle cat turning white after a canary scare, a Hartford crow sips cream from milk bottles, mixed pets sharing a bed, and a Greenville mule stopping at red lights awaiting green.
The Times survey finds New England focused on AL pennant race and Ted Williams. The Deep South watches four pennant contenders with racially charged tensions as Negro stars draw praise for Brooklyn. Central States fans follow hot pennant races while steel and coal strikes loom over industry.
Classified items include Tweddle Chick Hatcheries listings for baby chicks and poultry bookings in Ontario, Shallow Well Pumps, American Cream Separators, pallet sales, and tooling. Also noted are a pineapples unloading anecdote and a brief Pacific Coast battle mention in the same page.
A newspaper summary describes the north wall of an Inca fortress near Cuzco as an unmatched ancient achievement. Massive polygonal blocks weighing ten to three hundred tons fit without cement or clamps. Blocks from quarries over a mile away were moved by levers using bronze crow bars. The piece highlights the builders' perseverance and ingenuity.
A wife, in a fit of impatience, writes to her doctor asking him to come at once for her husband's temperature which she reports as 136. The doctor replies that the case is beyond his skill and suggests sending for the fire engine.
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