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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1939
Page
6
Pattern 1959 offers directions for making a crocheted medallion with illustrations of stitches and materials. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. at 82 Eighth Ave New York for this pattern and photograph.
In a smoking car bound for Ostend two Americans assess each other as potential threats and kin. The plump man, Bill Gaines, greets the lean stranger Dave Jebb, a Yale alumnus and surgeon in disguise, who hints at a dangerous past and a child in his care as he contemplates his next move.
The article notes Americans spend about 300 million dollars annually on toilet goods, with perfumes and tonics driving demand. It highlights synthetic substitutes for natural floral oils and musk, reducing reliance on rare extracts, and explains alcohols as major solvents evaporating on skin.
Learn to sew an easy fitted dress with a step by step chart. Pattern No. 8576 covers sizes 12 through 40 and requires specific yardages for 39 inch material and accents. Send 15 cents plus name address style number and size to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Room 1324 211 W Wacker Dr Chicago Il.
The piece notes England’s blackout era street lighting and police uniforms visible only to ground observers, Geneva’s moving restaurants on street cars, and navies using torpedoes that suddenly swing to strike before targets can evade.
Research shows widowed and divorced men marry spinsters far more often than widowed and divorced women marry bachelors, indicating a gendered pattern in remarriage tendencies.
The article notes that the giant redwood trees in California and Oregon have a remarkable lifespan, seemingly immune to natural death. The claim highlights the trees as enduring natural wonders observed by Collier's.
A set of trivia prompts asking about Roman numerals tax rules presidents knot theory and famous quotes. Includes queries on statues of women population growth plant growth day versus night and global governance.
The remark notes that despite major government changes since the World War, eight hundred million people or 40 percent of the world population remain under kings, queens, emperors and other monarchs.
The list presents items including DC as a query answer, a president's salary with no other income, Alexander the Great, the War of 1812, the eighth verse of Psalm 118, Joan of Arc, a controversial race-based population claim, and a note on plant growth favoring night growth in shaded conditions.
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