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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1937
Page
3
Fred recalls a perilous case with a homicidal patient who brandished an open razor. In a locked room confrontation the nurse used a shoe coup de grace to subdue the assailant, ending with the patient taken to a sanitarium and Fred keeping the weapon as a grisly souvenir.
The article recalls Commodore Perry who died in 1858 and oversaw the New York Navy Yard in Brooklyn from 1833 to 1843. He supervised the 1200 ton paddle wheeler Fulton, the first steam craft with a hull of ordinary type built for the U S Navy, a project early in the steam warship era. It traces Fulton’s namesake Fulton’s early steam-battery ideas and Congress actions through 1815 1816 and Perry’s 1835 order for a steam man of war built at the yard.
The piece traces the origins of Uncle Sam and Brother Jonathan. It notes Loyalists used Brother Jonathan 1776 to 1783 as derisive for Patriots, later applying to country bumpkin. Jonathan Trumbull, Connecticut governor, was a Washington confidant. Uncle Sam arose circa 1813 as a jocular U S extension.
A collection of household hints includes to add a bit of butter to vegetable water to prevent soiling, use breadcrumbs in cabbage water to absorb bitter juices, press embroidery to dry, plan sausage with apples in flour and sugar dipped, fix worn socks with tape, use half milk half water for gravy, parboil potatoes before baking, repurpose an old car seat into a footstool, and remove rain spots from suede with an emery board.
A 6 inch crocheted lace medallion offers rare beauty and luxury. Pattern 1345 provides directions for the medal lion or medallion and joining to craft chairs sets scarfs pillows and buffet pieces. Send 15 cents for this pattern to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave New York NY.
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