Lake County News Highlights From 1930s Farm Trends and Local Life
Lake county survey shows Georgia lost 55000 farms since 1920 while Texas gained 60000 and Mississippi 40000. National farm losses total about 360000 with shifts toward “back to the farm.” Old time rural schools described as crude with meager pay and itinerant teachers. A tale of a tall bass caught near Lady Lake and a Largo couple’s fishing duel. A Kiwanis picnic for nearly 100 children at Lake Joanna plus travel and fertilizer use in Lake County details.
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Georgia
Florida
Louisiana
South Carolina
Virginia
West Virginia
Texas
Mississippi
South
United States
Lake County
L. C. Pearman
Largo
Griffin View Camp
Lady Lake
Pearman
Mount Dora Falls to Apopka Seven to One in Baseball
Mount Dora loses 7 to 1 at Apopka as Laurie Sheppard and Apollo players star. Clovis Brantley earns the lone Mount Dora run with a second inning triple followed by Ray's double. President J G Kirby invites ladies to free admission for home games for the rest of the season. Clermont plays today at 3 30.
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J. G. Kirby
Clermont
Apopka
Clovis Brantley
Ray
Laurie Sheppard
Mount Dora
Christopher
Adkins
Brantley
J. Brantley
Michael
Cashwell
Mosteller
Abschidschosaccy Leon
Eckholdt
Battle
Leon Sheppard
Moses
Theo i
Martindale
Thompson
Mahaffey
He Bvans
Crarecdses
Evans
Hale
C. Brantley
Land and Youngblood
County Convicts To Work On Roads
Lake County will ship prisoners with sentences of 30 days or more to Marion County to labor on highways and in parks. Ten prisoners left Tuesday. more will follow. The move, approved by the Lake County commissioners and W. H. Richey, aims to reduce expenses and provide real work for able bodied inmates. Sheriff W B Gibson and deputies expect beneficial effects, especially for older offenders, who will face hard labor rather than idle confinement.
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Marion County
Lake County
Board of
Lake County Commissioners
W. H. Richey
W.B. Gibson
Advertisers urged to boost city growth and faith in newspapers
A sustained push for advertising is urged as essential to postwar recovery. The Ottumwa Courier advertising manager Cleo Meisters argues newspapers remain the world’s greatest and most dependable business stabilizer. He cites rising circulation and shopper confidence as reasons to keep ads, stressing citizens must back forward moves and support local business with continued ad spending.
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Streanes
Cleo Meisters
Ottumwa
Iowa
Thomases
Advertising, politics and quality in a changing economy
The excerpt critiques political spin and merchant rhetoric, noting how some men spend time opposing rivals rather than serving the community. It argues that business talk of poor prospects fuels downturns and that discerning buyers rely on newspaper advertising to judge quality amid shifting city life.
George Ashley Jackson Dies After Operation
George Ashley Jackson of Lake Jem died following an operation on July 30. Funeral services were conducted August 1 at 3 p.m. from The J. C. Spooner Funeral Home in Eustis, with burial in Forest Cemetery, Mount Dora. He leaves his father Ulysses Jackson and mother Ellah Jackson, four sisters in North Carolina and Virginia, and five brothers, all of Lake Jem.
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George Ashley Jackson
Lake Jem
J. C. Spooner
Eustis
Fla
Forest Cemetery
Mount Dora
Ulysses Jackson
Ellah Jackson
Julia Johnson
Lowell
N. C
W. A. Stallings
Bvyln Martin
Alta Vista
Daisey Russ
Apopka, Fla
Brothers
L. Jackson
Cramerton
Lloyd Jackson
Boyd Jackson
James Jackson
Robert Jackson
Citrus Tree Termite Habits Studied and Control Suggested
W L Thompson of the Florida Experiment Station reports on tree termites a larger pest than house termites that invade citrus trees in limbs trunks and roots. They hollow out timber leave shells and relocate via winged reproductives. Prevention focuses on shielding trees from entry pruning carefully and sealing wounds. When infestations occur drill into galleries and inject Paris green or sodium fluoride to kill termites and spread to others via contact with dead insects.
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W. L. Thompson
Florida Experiment Station
Citrus
New Truck Research Worker Appointed at Experiment Station
Dr Frank S Jamison will begin work as truck horticulturist at the Florida Experiment Station on August 7 filling the vacancy left by M R Ensigns resignation He brings broad training with degrees from Pennsylvania Iowa and New York state colleges and a record in truck crop problems He has taught at Texas A M College and directed truck crops research at Cornell University He was raised on a farm and has seven years of vegetable farm management experience.
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Florida Experiment Station
Frank S. Jamison
M. R. Ensign
Jamison
Florida
Wilmon Newell
Pennsylvania
Iowa
New York State
Texas A. & M
Cornell University
New York
Classified notice fragment hints at legal action
A brief classified fragment states that a notice is issued by authority and refers to a legal action to be undertaken. Details are incomplete and a full description is not present in the readable text.
Sale of Lake County land under court decree in 1934
W H Messer and James P Hill as special master announce sale of the N1 2 of the S1 2 NE1 4 of NE1 4 Section 34 Township 18 South Range 24 East Lake County Florida at the county courthouse in Tavares on Monday August 6 1934 from 11 am to 2 pm to satisfy a decree. Lashed by the Florida court, the tract may include all tenements and appurtenances.
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Lake County
Tavares
Florida
W. H. Messer
James P. Hill
Jacksonville
Special Master to Sell Mount Dora Lands in Foreclosure
A Florida circuit court order directs a public sale by Special Master Kennedy on August 6 1934 in Lake County Mount Dora properties to satisfy a special assessment lien totaling 581.62 plus court costs and several described parcels including blocks 414 422 415 416 in Section 32. Also listed are related Lake County parcels and the Town of Mount Dora land interests.
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Circuit Court of
Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora
Charles L. Stokley
Delta M. Stokley
S. A. Gerrard Company of Florida
Florida Corporation
First State Bank of Eustis
E. M. Savage, C. V. Ikan, Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Co
Eustis Packing Company
Tavares
A.C.L
Grandview Terrace
N.W. Cor. Oak Ave
Clayton St
A.C.L. Rt
N.P.L. Oak
Seapecnives
V. Kennedy
Lake Oe
On County
Flora
Faire County
Periae
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad
Y . M. Kennedy
Cooley & Messer
Foreclosure Decree Filed Against Caroline G. McDowell Estate
A final decree of foreclosure has been entered in a pending cause brought by a municipal corporation as complainant. Delta M. Stokley and Charles L. Stokley, her husband, along with Douglas E. Judd and Charles Isted as co-administrators cum testamentо annexo of the Caroline G. McDowell estate are named defendants.
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Circuit Court
Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora
Delta M. Stokley
Charles L. Stokley
Douglas E. Judd
Charles Isted
Caroline G. McDowell
Public auction of Lake County land in 1934 decree
The case lists complainant and several defendants, with Special Master to sell at public outcry. The property, located in Lake County Florida, includes Block 404 and Block 405 in Section 32. Bids start between 11:00 am and 2:00 pm on August 6, 1934, at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares, for cash, covering liens of $2,051.09 and $2,353.56 respectively.
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Circuit Court
Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora
John Wilkins Sawyer
Charles L. Stokley
Eustis Packing Company
Florida Corporation
S. A. Gerrard Co
Fla
Armour Fertilizer
Mount Dora Property Auction Under Court Decree
A special master announces sale of parcels in Mount Dora Florida as part of a court decree to satisfy debts. The property includes portions of blocks 406 and 407 with precise lot measurements and street boundaries along Grandview Street and Highland Avenue. The docket lists amounts of $2 830 63 $2 764 91 and $348 64 and $493 99 as principal and interest to be paid from the sale. The Special Master is Kennedy Ww Cooley Messer.
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Lake County
Florida
Mount Dora
Grandview Street
Highland Street
Highland Avenue
Kennedy
M. Cooley & Messer
Notice of Final Settlement in Ida LaForce Estate
In the Lake County Florida county court the executor of Ida Agnes LaForce deceased will on September 3 1934 present final accounts and vouchers for approval and discharge. The hearing will be before the county judge at the courthouse in Tavares.
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Lake County
Florida
Ida Agnes LA Force
Ida Agnes LaForce
Tavares
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Belle Hamilton
Tavares, Florida
Lake
Department of Agriculture
U. S
Jean Phillips
Swap Shop
RCA
4Th Avenue
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