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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1940
Page
3
The article outlines practical ideas for carry‑out and home lunches, stressing nutritious, quickly eaten foods. It covers box lunch packing tips, preferred fillings like meat loaves and eggs, drink options, and seasonally adjusted menus, plus dessert ideas and sample recipes.
A 1866 Cleveland Johnson Soldiers and Sailors Convention featured George Armstrong Custer as a leading figure and potential presidential candidate. The piece traces his political ambitions, the convention's events, and later debates about his motives and fate, ending with reflections on whether he sought Washington or glory.
The passage surveys remarks by Ely Culbertson Jan Struther Roelofs and others on ideals memory and leadership. It includes a line about a prince charming ideal shaping a husband and a note on framing the past to navigate the future.
Good Housekeeping notes a Briton’s letter to his refugee son in the United States may break readers hearts. Dale Kramer in The American Fascists cites New York figures showing 106 Fascists prosecuted in 1939 versus 127 opposing them. Magazines cover dictatorial stooges in the U.S. and elsewhere, but the need to keep the spotlight on them remains.
The column lampoons film legends including Bob Hope Cholly Chaplin and Dorothy Lamour. It riffs on their public personas with sharp quips about fame appetite and private moments.
Gossip from the era covers engagements and marriages among show folk Rudy Vallee Francisca Sims Montes and Fernandez dancers at the Rainbow Room Met Opera House plans Andy Anderson’s AP desk writing and a Rome street encounter. Notes on Hitler Mussolini future Projected broadcasts Roosevelt Pastor Hall and nightclub chatter fill a busy social page with names and events.
Readers are invited to request Miss Howe’s tested recipes by sending 10 cents to Eleanor Howe at 919 North Michigan Avenue Chicago Illinois. The note promises chocolate nut gingerbread meringue cookies lemon sunny silver pie and more from her test kitchen.
Tailored jacket and skirt pattern designed for ages 8 to 16 promotes a versatile school wardrobe. Features include a nipped waist, flared skirt, three pockets, and coordinating styling options with blouses or sweaters. Size 10 requires 214 yards of 54 inch material. Send order to:
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