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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1936
Page
7
Robinson urges his daughter not to judge Jones harshly noting he is a gem in the rough, while the daughter agrees but reveals she plans to cut him loose due to his lack of style.
A young agricultural graduate tells an old farmer his cultivation methods are hopelessly out of date. The farmer challenges the boast noting the tree will not yield 10 pounds of apples. The punchline reveals the tree is a pear tree, flipping expectations.
A wife explains she keeps dinner varied by serving boiled ham daily from a different shop. The exchange highlights playful domestic banter about shopping choices and meal planning.
The tale centers on Glenn Butcher and his carrier pigeon Petey. After Petey was stolen to Chicago, the bird leaped from a high building and broke a leg. Petey then used a wooden box and a swagger stick as a crutch, navigating 45 miles of river to return home in seven days.
Buck Pyle recalls Sam and Henry guiding a wounded buffalo back to Texas after a dangerous chase. Sam clung to the beast by its tail and used a poplar branch to tickle its nose, turning it toward Donley county until Henry arrived with reinforcements. Sam now declines buffalo nickels as change.
A Chicago golfer, John A. Fisher, loses dozens of balls on a De Leon Springs course as a royal palm reportedly sways yet preserves thirteen balls bearing his name. Fisher later links the strange pull to a sliced drive from his Tam o Shanter course in Chicago.
Raisins are dried grapes, sun or heat dried, with higher sugar and a distinct flavor compared with fresh grapes.
Instructional note for a six sided medallion rug pattern 5544 from The Sewing Circle. Details include color variations rug wool or rag materials, border crochet and six sided motifs to assemble. Send 15 cents and pattern number with name and address to Household Arts Dept. New York.
A party guest wore an oversized derby and spoke none of the expected lines. A wedding invitation recipient did not test engraving. A twelve year old pianist played without a note. A toastmaster paused after an intro request. Three rubber bridge hands left players silent about identities.
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