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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1938
Page
3
A feature by Floyd Gibbons titled The Chinese Horde explores exotic travel and danger, profiling a daring adventure aimed at thrill seekers. The piece blends vivid scenes with wartime intrigue and the Adventurers' Club aura, inviting readers to follow risky exploits.
A 1915 maritime tale follows Thomas E. Dowling of Woodside New York who sailed as cabin boy on the S S Tunisian amid danger from German submarines. He saved himself and others during the Tuscania disaster crash at Halifax and near Liverpool while Chinese coolies panicked on deck. He later claimed one lifeboat escape via davits and stayed with the Tunisian to reach Liverpool.
Samplers, key examples of early American needle art, reflect women’s schooling and migration. Originating in England with Ann Gower in 1610, samplers traveled with brides and movers, carried value through generations, and featured openwork, lace, and cutwork on narrow, long fabrics.
A century and more ago King Ferdinand of Naples erected a colossal statue on the main highway. Guards stood by day and night as travelers were forced to doff their hats to the stone monarch, a spectacle reflecting regal grandeur long past.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown says every man makes mistakes but he must be prepared to make worse blunders when he tries to correct the old ones. The remark reflects a cautious view on self improvement and error management.
Rev. Jack Brame McMichael of Boligee Alabama graduated from Columbia Theological Seminary with his bride by his side. He enrolled four years ago and fulfilled a vow he made at the start of his studies.
A. Thornton Baker of Princeton New Jersey a businessman who became a skipper is pictured after guiding his 72 foot schooner into New York Harbor following a 13 month voyage with his crew aboard the craft.
The episode opens at dawn on the Oxus plain where Persians and Tartars face off. Sohrab, son of Rustum, seeks single combat to gain glory, asking Peran Wisa to fight the Persian champion. Rustum’s past as a warrior looms as the tale unfolds.
Dr Thomas Arnold head master of Rugby and Tom Brown's School Days is identified as Mathew Arnold's father. Mathew Arnold, born in 1822, attended Oxford University and became professor of poetry and leading English literary critic, shaping modern criticism with his interpretive approach.
Instructions for a two strand lace bolero with stitch illustrations and material list. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. at 82 Eighth Ave New York for pattern 1745 and include name and address.
In a dawn truce, Rustum fights Sohrab hidden as a son. The duel ends with Sohrab mortally wounded by Rustum’s spear. Sohrab reveals his sign and dies after his father, stunned, refuses to accept the truth of their kinship.
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