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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1961
Page
7
A string of comic clips describes teasing exchanges among friends and strangers. Jokes cover psychiatry, dogs, a nurse, a child’s view of a class photo, a donkey incident, charity lectures, and a TV repair bill. A hotel desk mixup ends with a burning room joke.
Canadian quiz queries cover basketball inventor Dr James Naismith in 1891, income tax introduced in 1917, urban dwellers now two thirds of the population, and top three provinces by land area Quebec British Columbia Ontario. Net farm income in 1960 was 1.2 billion. total labor income was 18.5 billion.
Bazaar hostess gift star of a bazaar offered as a quaint Victorian wall display. Easy cross stitch lazy-daisy panels measure nine by nine inches with color charts. Pattern 7334 priced at thirty five cents, request name address and pattern number to Household Arts Department P.P.i Front Street.
Hyacinths are easy to force indoors in water or with pebbles. Large bulbs work best and special hyacinth glasses are available. Use water and charcoal in the glass, and keep base at water level. Submerge bulb bottoms in water when using pebbles, then cool dark placement to boost roots before moving to 50 to 60 degree light.
The Great Salt Lake is the largest lake entirely within a single state, covering about 1,800 square miles. A note on medieval warfare recalls that armies once agreed not to campaign during winter, reflecting older conflict norms.
Fresh fruits are low in calories due to high water content, while canned fruits concentrate sugar, and jams reach about 70 percent sugar. A tablespoon of peach jam equals a large raw peach in calories, and canned peaches with syrup can nearly double a raw peach. Vitamin C is limited in most fruits, with strawberries and raspberries offering less C when raw but preserving some in frozen forms. Sugar added before freezing boosts calories two to threefold.
Hollywood emphasizes quality stories and moral themes with vibrant color abroad. Columbia's The Devil at Four O Clock features convicts, a Hawaii island labor camp, a volcanic eruption, and Father Noonan played by Spencer Tracy with Frank Sinatra aboard. Paris Blues spotlights jazz in Paris with Louis Armstrong. Jet Power emerges among a crowd of new names as Splendor in the Grass showcases classic early cars and stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Elvis Presley set to star in Kid Galahad for United Artists.
A compact collection of quotable lines examining how people seek reasons for things and how belief shapes thought. Montaigne notes eagerness for explanations, Schubert and Lichtenberg contrast reason with action, and a shipboard holystone line adds a practical image.
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