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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1946
Page
6
Charles helps a crying boy after a broken egg falls to the ground. The boy admits he threw the egg up and failed to catch it. Charles reassures him with a cheerful remark about catching it at home. A closing quip hints at love and money.
Powderby funds a local charity theatre with one condition a part for himself He insists on joining in and finally appears in the second act shouting Silence The scene ends with Ponderby mispronouncing his cue and yelling USH in a tense moment
A recruit being tested in the army faces odd questions about ears and bayonets with humor about hearing and sight. A best selling novelist ponders his own epitaph as a tablet marks a poet’s former residence, while a friend jokes about a house to let.
The nineteenth year ended March 28 1946 shows sales of 208 997 520 and net profit after taxes and depreciation before inventory reserve 4 816 781. Wartime reserves were not set aside in 1946. Share structure includes 400 000 A shares with 1 50 dividend and 800 000 B shares at 50 cents. The report notes lower producer returns due to higher costs, and lists wartime and postwar food shipment figures and livestock slaughter trends.
A cavalry recruit complains about a horse at riding practice. An old countryman on trial for murder retells a grim series of misfortunes from his life and ends with shooting an optimist who advised him to “cheer up,” illustrating a dark joke about despair and violence.
A four year old entertains a visiting clergyman as his mother dresses. The minister asks if she says prayers every night. Trudy replies that her mother says them for her and adds that she prays with the line thanking God for keeping her in bed.
Humorous exchange over a wedding rumor reveals a comedian's claim that grandpa married yesterday. The dialogue contrasts past romance with present prospects, satirically questioning contemporary courtship.
A baker faced extensive shop damage from an incendiary bomb and, while his wife prepared supper, a neighbor suggested coping by making rice toast to lift his spirits after a trying time.
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