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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1939
Page
9
Reader requests rag rug designs receive a Rug Leaflet free with purchase of two Spears books. The feature outlines a soft color knitted rag rug pattern and offers practical guidance for crafters seeking quick, decorative home projects.
A newspaper ad describes making a rag rug from %-inch strips using %-inch needles and 10 inch wide strips with color changes every 10 inches. It urges DIY decorating with Mrs Spears sewing books and offers free Bug Leaflet with book bundles, address 210 S Des Plaines St Chicago Ill.
The National Safety Council finds that in both rural and urban areas many pedestrians killed cross roads at non intersection points. Records show at least a third of rural deaths and 40 percent of city deaths occur at non intersections and 1937 fatalities exceed 5600.
A teacher demands quiet and asks what silence means. Betty answers that silence is what you don’t hear when you listen for it, sparking a moment of amused recognition in class.
A humor sketch line features a grocer and a customer debating cranberry purchases. The customer refuses, noting a cat asleep among the fruit, and the grocer calmly offers to wake the cat without issue.
A brief social item notes a secretary leaving her job after a confrontation over a kiss with her chief. The exchange underscores her refusal to permit inappropriate conduct, while the rest of her fit for the role is described in passing.
The questions explore border markers between the United States and Canada, meanings of llanos llamas and lamas, the birch tree as a peace emblem, rainstorm speed about 15 to 20 mph, the maxillary protuberance being the jaw, and Minnesota as the northernmost state via Lake of the Woods County extension.
An old advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a bedtime remedy for upset stomach after overindulgence. It suggests two tablespoons in water at night and two more with orange juice on waking, claiming fast relief from indigestion, nausea, and a return to normal feeling.
A concise quotation from Paul Painleve on patience and peace highlighting patience as a foundational attribute for a person who loves harmony. The remark emphasizes inner restraint as essential to fostering lasting peace.
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