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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1940
Page
3
Crochet pattern 2372 offers easy slippers with angora popcorn trim and bed socks in star and loop stitches. Includes directions, size options, illustrations, materials, and a photograph. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Ave New York to obtain.
An old Vinol advertisement claims the Vitamin B Complex and Iron in Vinol help starve thin women, urging readers to buy at drug stores or contact Vinol Co. in St. Paul Minnesota for a remedy.
Contemplate what we have accomplished without relying on yesterdays to reach the end of life. Life means eternal striving and progress. Raise your hat to the past but take off your coat to the future.
Oliver Stanley replaces Hore Belisha as war secretary amid a tense Cabinet balance. The 54 year old fencer and former president of the British board of trade has a wartime record and closes ranks with Conservative military faction. Ibn Saud presides over a growing Saudi state with 250 wives and 200 room palace while expanding air power and shaping alliances.
Historic Lincoln and Washington themed entertainments feature fruit pies and ice cream lore. Recipes include Chocolate Logs, Apricot Pie, Cherry Tarts, and Fancy Sandwich Loaves with decorative touches for Lincoln and Washington birthday celebrations.
Seattle's Al Hostak emerges as a notable middleweight with one punch power and patient technique. The piece traces his title win from Freddie Steele in 1938, loss to Solly Krieger, and return in 1939, noting controversy over recognition and Marino's role in his rise.
Promotes Eleanor Howe’s booklet Easy Entertaining with modern hostess hints menus and tested party recipes. To obtain a copy send 10 cents to Easy Entertaining care of Eleanor Howe 19 North Michigan Ave Chicago Illinois. Released by Western Newspaper Union.
A home remedy suggests pouring a tablespoon of castor oil around the roots to revive a dying house plant, especially a fern, claiming it will make the plant green and fresh in a short time. The guidance lacks scientific backing and should be tested cautiously.
A playful quiz asks ten questions across topics from state trivia to language nuance. It covers why Arizona is called the 3 D state, meanings of bon mot, puns on boar bore boar, calendar squares, the Declaration signer, drain rotation, a sterile domestic animal, distinctions between aqua and hydro plans, the oldest Western hemisphere university, and distinctions among tired weary and sleepy.
The list provides definitions and examples across several categories. It names copper cotton and cattle production as outstanding, notes witty repartee, explains terms for a male swine and rustic, suggests age around 35, credits John Hancock, and states clockwise as common. It defines hydroplane and aquaplane, locates Lima Peru and the University of San Marcos, and equates tired weary with fatigue and sleepy.
Classic domestic hints cover breakfast toast with cinnamon and sugar, preventing mucilage stopper sticking with paraffin, and making baked potatoes fluffier by trimming ends. Notes on thawing meat, salad dressing with maraschino cherries, shellac for wood, and lifting flour packing. also a craft tip to reuse Christmas cards by cutting stand-up figures.
A compact reflection on duty and sacrifice stating that testing our power for another and suffering for another both prove love across relationships. The fragment cites a quote by Westcott on moral strength.
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