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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 11, 1940
Page
3
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1928-B offers a sun suit with back gathers and a frock with kimono sleeve wings and braid trim. Includes a bonnet and sewing chart for sizes 2 3 4 5 and 6 years using gingham seersucker percale or chambray. Send order details.
A reflection on friendship noting that actions prove attachment more than verbose good wishes. It argues that liberal professions of goodwill are not reliable indicators of true friendship, emphasizing deeds as the true criterion.
Hollywood notes reveal Paulette Goddard practicing knife throwing for North West Mounted Police while Steve Clemente demonstrates knife throws on Torrid Zone set. Bette Davis buys a near studio farmhouse. Linda Darnell heads east with her mother as her father remains in Texas. Albert Dekker wins Blue Ridge college’s Perfect Profile of 1940 against Nelson Eddy amid film stars.
The sermon centers on God's forgiving love toward sinners as Hosea counsel is felt. It emphasizes repentance, backsliders, and God's compassionate dealings. The piece blends biblical exegesis with exhortation to heed God’s invitation and seek healing through Christ. The later section shifts to practical spring cleaning and busy day meals with step by step plans for simple, nourishing dishes.
Practical tips for cleaning avoid puncturing dust bags with metal on the floor. Make a warm fruit sauce for ice cream by melting jam with orange juice. Prepare carrots until tender then mash with seasonings. Wash corduroy in mild soapsuds and warm water. Peel oranges easily by pouring boiling water over them briefly. Soak bowls to ease washing and remove brown china marks with soda in boiling water.
An ad touts Dr. Kalaver's Laxative with Pepsin to relieve constipation and acid discomfort. It claims Pepsin dissolves undigested protein in the stomach while the laxative activates bowels. The syrup form is pitched as pleasant for children and available at druggists.
Noted line on attraction and kinship from Marcel Proust frames men’s ties as a consanguinity of spirit rather than shared views. The remark highlights inner harmony over external consensus.
A devotional line from Ephesians 5 2 urges believers to walk in love as Christ loved humanity, shaping daily conduct and spiritual reflection.
The column advertises Eleanor Howe’s Household Hints booklet with spring salads and a simple recipe for baked apples. It includes a Lima Beans and Sausage dish and promises tips for cleaning painted walls oil paintings washing windows and general housekeeping. Readers are urged to send 10 cents to order the booklet at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois.
A compact collection of curious items highlights oddity and humor across themes of music, sport, and military life. Notable notes include playful riffs on identity and team pride with brief items linking pop culture and history.
In Switzerland the soul window acts as a death exit in homes. Hogs do not overeat when fed freely. Oysters are eased from shells by first dipping in a harmless anesthetic solution. The Leviathan carried 14 426 US army personnel to New York on April 2 1919 with 320 cooks producing two meals daily.
A firstborn son was born to tall Abe Lincoln and his Mary. Friends offered congratulations as Lincoln admitted fear about the baby's legs possibly resembling both parents. He joked he feared the child might have one leg like Mary's and one like his.
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