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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
3
The page poses questions on topics from design of the Stars and Stripes to Washington presidency salaries and historical trivia. It asks about latitude equating to the equator, water needs of a liner crossing the Atlantic, and the use of the Nazi salute in other contexts. It ends with a question about the oldest U.S. higher education institution.
Francis Hopkinson designed the Stars and Stripes. Messages were shot to enemies tied to arrows in old wars. Washington had no salary as President. Large liners require over a million gallons of fresh water per trip. Head refers to a wig. A sign of serfdom among slaves in Ancient Rome. Harvard was founded in 1636.
Pattern notice details a wraparound apron dress No. 8673 with belt in back for sizes 36 to 52. It features braid edging and a step-by-step sew chart, suitable for gingham chambray or percale in spring and summer fashion. Users are urged to send for the pattern to complete several outfits quickly.
The sermon contrasts false prophets in Jeremiah 23 with modern liberal religious leaders. It warns they lack divine commission and message, expose hypocrisy, and fail to transform lives while praising humble preachers. A recipe section follows with dishes and a promotion for Eleanor Howe’s Household Hints booklet.
Basil Rathbone's West Highland terrier drank a pan of water with a vitamin solution for flowers and is expected to bloom soon. Jean Hersholt and Rosemary De Camp will travel to New York in late May to broadcast Dr. Christian there for three weeks.
A notice outlines the May 19 lesson topics and scripture texts used by the Inte Jonal Council of Haligioke Educations. It details the subjects and approved scriptural passages for the session.
A biblical excerpt from Psalm 109 verses 23 to 25 expresses personal peril and derision. The speaker laments weakness from fasting, describes flesh wasting, and notes others shaking their heads in scorn.
A historical quote by Charles Kingsley urges personal reform and spiritual renewal. It frames the struggle to become better than one currently is, likening improvement to becoming more like God and Christ who died for humanity.
Practical tips cover habits at home from tarnish prevention with lacquer to non skid jar lids. Advice includes storing dates, repurposing pan lids as hotplates, using emery on steps, and preserving towels with cleaning tissue. A tomato soup gravy flavor booster and spice shaker mix are suggested for time saving cooking.
A quotation from H. W. Beecher on the Sabbath as the joyous day of the week. It compares a world without Sabbath to a man without a smile a summer without flowers and a homestead without a garden.
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