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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1930
Page
5
Mrs. Zell has completed a planting phase on the Community Build grounds with yucca palms from Mrs. Frank Fowler and evergreen shrubs. The Winter Garden NurTIery donated labor and plants but funds from a card party fall short. donations are requested to cover remaining beautification costs.
John Murray, a winter visitor, caught a 25 pound gar at Lake Beauclaire, its length reaching five feet from shoulder to ground. Within an hour he followed with an eight pound bass, adding to a history of good local catches. The large cannibal gar prompts efforts to reduce its numbers in the lake.
Mr Adam Hazelwood showed an unusually large egg from a Rhode Island Red hen measuring 7 7 8 inches around the long way and 6 1 4 inches around the short way with a weight of 3 3 4 ounces He notes more such eggs have been laid and plans to determine exact weight after using several.
Mr and Mrs Harry V Fish move into a two story brick residence at Tenth Avenue and Helen Street with six rooms three baths a sun room a sleeping porch and a rear double garage. The contractor Lester J Pierce oversaw details while Winter Garden Nurseries supplied the artistic plantings and Mr Smith arranged the palm and shrub landscape.
In the saloon days the working man drank beer and now he drinks a quart of milk. The dairy industry is nearly five times wealthier than ten years ago. Ice cream sales rise as candy shops surge. Movie attendance grows since prohibition. The shift is healthier and cheaper, uniting families.
Sunday sermons at the Zellwood Methodist Church featured Rev J W Rogers with a text on eternal things. Upcoming events include an Easter egg hunt for primary students at Mrs McGraws and social visits by residents such as Miss Louise Russell. The community honors the late Mrs V A Goolsby with funeral services conducted by Rev Rogers.
A Mount Dora Topic subscription drive yields thanks from Mrs. R. F. Stockton and a reader expresses appreciation for the opportunity to contribute time. The letter also notes office holders may be exempt from income tax and questions the fairness of taxation for moderate incomes.
A letter by William H. Taft to Irving Fisher asserts support for prohibition after ten years and outlines a gradual enforcement approach. The document includes court notices from Lake County Florida and a chancy chancery case involving S. Sadler and others, with publication in The Mount Dora Topic.
We express heartfelt thanks to neighbors and friends for sympathy in our trouble and bereavement by their kind actions words and beautiful flowers.
Little Miss Betty Lou Battle marked her fifth birthday with an Easter Party at home on Clayton Street. Guests enjoyed an egg hunt and games, then gathered for cake as a decor themed dining room display with bunnies baskets and candy eggs.
A testimonial notes long term stomach gas relief after Adlerika. The ad touts Adlerika as cleansing both upper and lower bowels for a real clean and faster comfort, with Mount Dora Pharmacy listed and a date 16-11.
The Ridge Realty Company sues Charles H Beall and spouse in Florida Circuit Court Lake County to foreclose a mortgage on lands described in the bill. An order for constructive service requires the couple to appear May 5, 1930, in chancery court to answer.
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