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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Oct 24, 1946
Page
7
A frail John Adams speaks of his failing health as Waniel Webster and a visitor converse about life and new taxes. Adams compares his body to a decayed tenement battered by winds while noting his landlord will not repair. The exchange includes a pun about saving money and arithmetic failure.
The speakers debate why a woman is called a bird with lines about looking for crumbs and worms. One notes birds search for crumbs, another mentions worms, while a silent participant asks why the phrase endures.
An inspector with a harsh manner questioned a parachute jumper during an aerodrome inspection. He pressed a pilot on what actions he would take if his parachute failed to open, and the pilot quipped that he would simply take it back and replace it.
A brief dialogue shows a debtor mentioning thirty shillings owed while a giver plans to present the amount with birthday congratulations next Sunday. The exchange ends with a witty jab about who will deliver the money and the felicitation.
A land girl offers services as a shepherd after advertising. The farmer refuses noting he sought a coarser male herdsman, recalling a past fiasco with Bo Peep. A separate shopper inspects suitcases seeking a long country holiday and jokes about the size of a bag.
A dialogue about learning French at school contrasts parental routines with a child’s curiosity. The exchange hints at reasons for studying language and whether it remains meaningful.
The Dominion Department of Agriculture reports that rice and potato flours and wheat starch thicken about the same as cornstarch and twice as strong as all purpose flour. Eggs can replace starch or flour when plentiful. otherwise other thickeners may substitute.
A collage notes shifts in social norms from girls swimming attire to bold fashion, contrasting past mores with present whimsy. It recalls a New York grocer fined for selling a cat on display and a rural memory of cats in cracker barrels to deter rats.
The Peterborough Examiner denounces a government plan to offer free psychiatric care to tramps vagabonds and hoboes in Britain claiming it misses the point of work. The note ends by mocking the idea as off the beam.
Edmonton Journal notes the saying that people endure adversity better than prosperity due to having practiced more in tough times. It reflects on the paradox of money and supplies like soap and shirts as examples of ordinary hardships.
Quote from Windsor Star asserting Germans think in terms of conquest and that defeat delays their plans, framing them as dangerous due to mindset rather than actions.
The soy bean crop is profitable because soy is used to make glue baby food lipstick candy and synthetic rubber among other products. This item is a note from the St Thomas Times Journal.
A reader extols Grape-Nuts Flakes for nutrition including calcium iron and phosphorus while a family enjoys the day’s activities fueled by the cereal. A cook praises muffins made from a recipe on the Grape-Nuts Flakes package.
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