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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1938
Page
3
Bill Schulz describes a deadly 1918 accident in a New York garage where two tanks acetylene and oxygen exploded. Frank Lawter was killed. Schulz survived with temporary paralysis and deep shock, later regaining sensation after a month in bed.
A small trout with great strength and a fighting heart endears itself to anglers. It changes color to blend with the stream bottom to protect itself and acts like a weather prophet, halting feeding about eight or nine hours before a fresh rain flood reaches its home stream.
The article asserts Lapland and the label the Land of the Midnight Sun do not denote a country or political unit. It explains Lapland covers northern Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Karelia within the Arctic zone above the Arctic Circle, spanning areas between the Atlantic and the White Sea.
Collier's Weekly notes mice have high skin surface area per weight, allowing a fall into a mine shaft to be met by air resistance after about a hundred feet. The mouse lands dazed but unhurt due to steady terminal velocity and minimal trauma from impact.
The article notes Dickens died in 1870 leaving The Mystery of Edwin Drood unfinished. Collier's Weekly reports more than a hundred writers attempted to complete it, including a spiritualist who claimed his ending came from Dickens by spirit contact.
The article reminisces about Theda Bara, famed silent film vamp, now seen in a contemplative mood as memories of the era return. It frames her as a lasting symbol of early cinema's allure and glamour.
LAUDETTE COLBERT rushed to Europe after finishing Bluebeard's Eighth Wife and shares pet economies of peers. Gary Cooper and Fredric March buy cigarettes in bulk. Fred MacMurray saves razors for resharpening. Marlene Dietrich saves string. Dietrich uses extras from her maid. Al Pearce marks radio milestones with a rubber baton gift and a grand news camera.
A reflection on how children learn courtesy from observing adults and the gap in modern behavior. The text laments lack of honor and self control, noting envy, ego, and the dangers of judging others. It argues education reduces crime by broadening perspectives and resisting foolishness.
The Ferry-Morse Institute explains seed quality with generations of breeding to perfect stocks and remove weaknesses. Each year 50,000 germination tests and truth-to-type checks ensure reliable seeds chosen for local areas and available at your store.
A fragmented quotation attributes to George Washington the desire for firmness and virtue, defending the honorable title of being an honest man as the enviable mark of character. The passage reflects early American values on integrity and leadership.
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