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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1946
Page
6
An advice column urges long marriages amid postwar strains. It argues that divorce is wreckage, encourages wives to endure hardships, and notes that men mature with time. The piece stresses resilience, mutual effort, and planning a shared future.
The piece discusses how wartime strain, housing shortages, and rising prices strain couples. It notes many face quarrels and even divorce as a perceived escape, with Miss Norris offering mature guidance that situations improve, children grow up, and marriages can recover through time and responsibility.
In Pleasant Grove, Megan, Bob, and Laurence discuss a murder case fueled by tall tales of a white eight foot ghost. A buried kitchen knife becomes a focal point but raises questions about Amos and the ghost story. Martha Evans reveals her sister is a mental patient, complicating the alibi picture.
Washington column highlights Mary Hooker and a fifth grader diarying the 1900 Boxer Rebellion siege of Peking. It recounts foreign legations under attack, massacres, and the international effort to relieve the besieged, with vivid, boarding school style entries.
Price drops hit old clothes and second hand furniture in Paris flea markets while bicycles and motorcycles hold firm at 30 000 and 45 000 francs respectively. Chinaware declines with six cup coffee service at 6 000 francs and dinner service at 20 000 francs. Vests trousers priced at 2 200 francs and linen suits at 7 500 francs.
The Barbs by Bankhage says Joy-buzzers offering shock handshake yielded a $140,000 profit in one year. A non-fogging auto windshield glass is reported by Business Week. Agriculture forecasts more cranberries for Thanksgiving. a joke about a non-fogging brain follows. The army and navy finally agree on mile length with the nautical mile 800 feet longer than the infantry mile, a joke at sailors’ expense.
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