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Newspaper
Orono Weekly Times
Location
Orono, Ontario, Canada
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
7
A London employer announces wage reductions after a budget shock. The staff gather as the boss explains belt tightening and asks a clerk if he understands, only to hear a weary reply about a broken belt from Smith.
A collage of neighborhood vignettes and jokes reveals Uncle Mose’s bank visit with a nearly correct $18.42, playful children’s Navy game that whimsically shifts to a prayer, and a humorous frontier anecdote about a hopelessly optimistic sheriff’s-foreclosure tale ending in a shot.
A Winnipeg Tribune item says a small Juliet type millinery piece makes a handy pot holder when husbands camp indoors during the family's absence. The Press report also cites an ornithologist discovering a strangely shaped colored egg likely laid by the Dove of Peace, noted by the Kitchener Record.
Kingston Whig Standard notes a scientist studied a flicker with five thousand ants in its stomach and observes an opening for a clever person to profit by domesticating tickets and renting them to picnic parties.
News items note a billion dollar coal discovery 40 miles north of Hudson and optimism for C B Peace River resources. Another quip mentions a farmer wiring a radio for quiet cows and a jet flight NYC to Boston in 21 minutes.
A high speed camera records a blink lasting one fortieth of a second. The Eye movement illustrates how quickly a simple action can lead to trouble, as noted by the Kitchener Record.
Real estate pitch touts old European castles for sale at 400000 with promises of a housing solution. The Edmonton Journal ad frames travel buyers as eligible to pick among multiple properties in Europe with a fixed price.
A quirky advisory notes it is illegal in Alabama to sprinkle salt on railroad tracks to catch a train. The Saskatoon Star-Phoenix cites the odd law as a humorous caution.
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