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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1939
Page
2
A York feature profiles Undersecretary Sumner Welles with Edenic critique of Germany and a light look at his style and career. It contrasts his public diplomacy in 1940s with a Hollywood rumor mill noting actor Walter Brennan’s aging persona and shared themes of aging and self reinvention.
The writer recounts a Jamaica water boy nicknamed Gunga Din who notes the canal must be enlarged as ships grow in size. Frank J. Taylor, head of the American Merchant Marine, returns from the canal in New York urging Congress to spend 300 million dollars to widen the canal for commerce and defense. Taylor rose from a Brooklyn slum to city offices and a $35,000 annual post, later clashing with government intrusion while seeking cooperation between shipping interests and the Maritime Commission.
The April 9 lesson outlines selected subjects and scripture passages provided and copyrighted by the International Council of Education for use with permission. It lists themes and readings designed for study and instruction.
Sermon outlines how Jesus resurrection gives bold preaching, confirms the gospel, and makes the future certain. Paul and Barnabas show a living savior, not a dead founder, turning death into a path toward eternal life with Christ as firstfruits of those asleep. Easter joy proclaimed.
The quote asserts that God planted a garden as the purest human pleasure and a refreshment for spirit. It contrasts gardening with architecture, suggesting civilizations advance in building grand structures before refining gardens, deeming gardening a higher perfection. Francis Bacon.
The greatest source of income to the Church of England is its endowments. Many are ancient and large, including London properties and parish gifts. Endowments free congregations from clergy support, while others fund defunct objects. A Church Estates commission (1836) and ecclesiastical commissioners allocate endowment income to current uses. In addition, general appeals provide income.
The West Highland White Terrier is praised as a highly satisfactory breed among terriers. Its origins trace to Poltallock, home of the Malcolm family, with lineage possibly dating to King James I and earlier as the Roseneath and Poltallock terriers.
A Los Angeles Times writer notes the antelope as one of America's most graceful big game animals. It stands picturesque in the western landscape with curved horns and a white rump rosette. The term pronghorn is closer to its true name, reflecting its unique mix of traits.
Quaaltagh is a historic English festival observed on the Isle of Man where men sing at doorways and are invited in. Customs include sweeping the kitchen floor from door to hearth before midnight and smoothing ashes with tongs to look for a human footprint signaling death or birth the next day.
Bronze Balto statue stands on rock along Central Park East Drive with a tablet honoring sled dogs and the 1925 relay that ferried antitoxin to Nome from Nenana. It commends endurance fidelity and intelligence shown during Arctic blizzards.
Lumber must be thoroughly dry for satisfactory use. Air drying relies on weather and can be disrupted by rain, while kiln drying is faster and costlier, using heated, ventilated piles with live steam to control the pace. Improperly dried lumber can warp shrink and cause cracks and squeaks in homes.
Mark Twain humorously notes New England weather is always busy doing something and testing ideas on people. He quips that spring brings the most business and counts 136 different kinds of weather in a single hour.
The name Sheldon has disputed roots with two proposed meanings. One calls it Teutonic and means shield bearer, the other a Saxon residence name meaning from the hill on the ledge. A blended view suggests shelf and down as original components, implying ledge on the hill.
Defines Rien as nothing or not anything in French and lists idioms such as pour rien for nothing or for a song rien de plus beau nothing finer rien autre chose nothing else and je n'en ferai rien I shall do nothing of the sort Concludes with riens and usage notes
Wyandotte Cave in Kentucky is described as the largest cavern in the United States after Mammoth Cave. It lies under rugged hills by the Ohio River, spans over four miles, and features halls 65 by 90 by 210 feet with notable stalactite pillars. Historic nitre usage for gunpowder during 1812 War is noted.
The article notes two fiber groups for fabric making natural and artificial. Natural fibers include cotton wool silk flax and similar. artificial fibers include rayon artificial wool glass and more. Cotton dominates natural fibers with about three times the output of all others and the United States grows roughly half of the world's supply.
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