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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1951
Page
6
A collection of simple home hints covers rug hooking with a discarded card table frame, making corn sticks from fresh corn, avoiding tough corn husks, and using vegetables to boost meals. It also notes freezing pies, brightening tarnished silverware, keeping unbaked biscuits well in frozen storage, and the nutritional value of vegetables for daily family meals.
A fragmentary promotion offers $5 to contributors in Jackson and Alton for sayings about Nu Maid margarine. It touts a new California style and a Miss Nu-Maid image, promising $10 for accepted entries with a large package photo. Address: Cincinnati 2, Ohio.
In a sharp WWII era spoof, the writer mocks Commie tactics, calls out leaders like Acheson and Dulles, and quips about the “Dream Book Assault” and a rapid-fire typewriter. He muses on peace talks, Hollywood feuds, and foreign travel as a soldier’s world grows stranger and paler.
A party of city hunters stalk through swamp country and meet a small bare-foot boy. When asked what he hunts for, the boy replies I dont know I aint seen it yet.
A shy man asks a girl to marry him and is turned down. She laughs and urges him to not assume all other girls will reject him. He answers with a hopeful but modest claim that if she won’t have him, someone else might.
A boy explains he was late for Sunday school because his father would not let him go fishing. The teacher praises the father and asks why, and the boy replies that his father said there wasn’t enough bait for both of them.
The piece notes a horse room atmosphere around the New York police graft trial. It suggests King Haley and Tell And Run as leading suspects in the pending case. The writing hints at a race like scenario with public intrigue.
The piece contrasts Joseph at seventeen with Joseph at fifty six. It recounts his rise from favored son and slave to Egypt’s top administrator. Joseph tells his brothers God meant their evil for good. The author urges readers to trust that God’s hand may be unseen now but clear in hindsight.
Readers are urged to act now to obtain the complete Fall and Winter pattern magazine. The promotion highlights special features and printed patterns included inside the book as part of the offer.
Tommy and his sister scream in the garden drawing their mother. Tommy says he is scalping Betty with hair shears, while insisting it is only pretend play. The exchange reveals a childish misbehavior turned into a tense moment at home.
A near-sighted man chased a hat blown by strong wind through a small town. He is halted by an agitated farm woman who points to the hat by a wall and notes her little black hen is nearly exhausted by the pursuit.
Dense foliage on street trees hides traffic signals and blocks views while lawn trees darken home interiors. A low hanging branch restricts doorway passage and annoys pedestrians. Corrective pruning eliminates these faults and raises limbs to prevent obstructions, improving beauty and health.
An English visitor in New York watched the Yankees overwhelm the opposing pitcher. He commented that the pitcher was “jolly good,” joking that he hits the bat every time.
A beggar quotes a line about the penny given quickly, remarking she is not the blind man but seated while he goes to the movies. The exchange highlights social dynamics and perceived charity in a street vignette.
A salesman for a notorious penny-pinching company journeys to Alaska. Days later the office receives his wire reporting the icebound coast and a dangerous delay. The message ends with a flippant remark about starting his vacation immediately.
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