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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1947
Page
7
Lightly oil cane seats with linseed oil and wipe off excess. Restore cloth suitcases with a coat of high grade lacquer. Rub floor wax in sash grooves to prevent sticking. Push a cork into a broken bulb base to extract it safely. Add denatured alcohol to wash water for winter window cleaning and wipe quickly with tissue.
After their troupe fails at a small country theater the two actors secure a barge passage toward New York. In a river lock they overhear a jocular exchange about their shipboard cargo and fear they will never top the bill again.
A caller reports sending her boy to a shop for two pounds of fruit and receiving only one pound. The clerk retorts with a joke about weighing the boy, highlighting a likely weight-and-bag discrepancy in the transaction.
A fragmentary quote contrasts a psychiatrist’s blunt directive to ignore troubles with a jokey line about a concrete mixer, reflecting a humorous, tossed aside remark in a public setting. The exchange hints at stress and workplace mischief without naming people or places.
An advice column promotes lemon juice in water each morning as a mild laxative alternative. It claims lemon and water stimulate bowel action, boost vitamin C and other nutrients, curb fatigue, aid digestion, and improve appetite. The note endorses California Sunkist lemons.
Janet Blair shines in The Fabulous Dorseys joining producer Charles Romers in a neighborly romance arc. Basil Rathbone shifts, Tom Conway rises as Sherlock Holmes successor on TV, and Kay Gorcey signs for Copacabana with Carmen Miranda. Andrew Toombs, Dennis Morgan, and Ruth Parrot receive new film roles while Andy Devine signs with Republic. Od s and ends note Betty Hutton’s baby set props and Martha Vickers rising as a screen beauty.
Julia McFarlane, widowed by World War I, fears for son Richard in World War II and for daughter Jill as she contemplates romance with Spang Gordon. The story follows their strained hopes, memories, and the promise of a fleeting happiness amid war.
Dooley and Julia discuss the dead Richard McFarlane and the pull of memory. Julia weighs love for the vanished husband against new loyalties as Dave argues the dead remain grave and unreturnable. The dialogue probes memory, loss, and the aging of affection.
Unclear OCR fragment mentions January 2 and lessons on objects and text but lacks coherent details. The readable bits indicate a dated teaching note or worksheet reference. No identifiable people or organizations are confirmed.
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