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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1949
Page
3
Oral sayings from readers and product pitches in a rural column. A note offers $5 to Mrs. John Townsend of Borger Texas for a saying. Mentions Nu Maid Table Grade spread and improved packaging. Address Grand ma 109 East Pearl St Cincinnati Ohio for contributions.
Pies are a favorite dessert across the country. The article stresses using standard measuring tools, following directions carefully, and baking properly to avoid soggy pale fillings. Good ingredients and gentle handling yield crusts that meet a high standard without extensive experience.
A nostalgic column outlines Lynn Chambers menu items including baked chicken and vegetables, and provides extensive pie crust and filling recipes such as regular pastry, hot water crust, lemon chiffon pie, orange meringue pie, banana prune pie, coconut custard pie, and more. The piece also shares meal-planning tips emphasizing color, texture, and balance with sample menus and serving ideas.
An easy do it yourself toy pattern shows how to build a clown wheeltoy with moving legs as the wheel turns. No special tools or materials needed just wood a dowel a wire hanger and paint. Send 25 cents for Clown Wheel Pattern No 47 to East Bird Pattern Company Dept sand
Devotional reading outlines scripture from Matthew Luke and John with focus on John the Baptist and messianic themes. Kenneth J Foreman presents Sunday School lessons using passages from Luke and John to reflect on spiritual readiness and witness.
John the Baptist stands as a peerless figure in Jesus life guiding his disciples and baptizing him. His austerity contrasts with Jesus warmth yet his preaching ignited a movement toward repentance and public confession of sins. John saw himself as a voice while Jesus embodied intimate human sympathy and broader teaching.
Hand embroidery and crochet patterns offered in four doily sizes to match china and silver. Includes instructions, stitch illustrations, and material lists. Send 20 cents with name, address, and pattern number 5841 to obtain the complete directions and color chart.
The quiz asks how many signers of the Declaration of Independence later became U.S. president, with other questions on speed of light, sprout locations, 1947 college football attendance, shortest presidential term, a state touching only one other state, infant weight gain in year one, wartime employment expert counts, digging a sign, and Philadelphia’s 1942 and 1947 port rankings.
Jefferson and Adams are noted as figures, while a fish hook in a tackle box is described as a type of hook. The numbers include distances of 186000 miles per second and a value near 88000000. Harrison’s death followed his inauguration by one month due to pneumonia. Maine’s separation from other states is referenced, and a newborn’s birthweight expectation is noted.
A damaged note advises holding a stiff toothpaste tube under warm water for about a minute. This softens the paste and allows it to flow from the top again, avoiding the urge to squeeze and force holes elsewhere.
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