Journey to Asheville Walks Through Florida Georgia North Carolina Roads
Traveler plans a Tampa to Asheville trip detailing highway conditions from Dade City to Macon and Jimps through Gainesville Lake City Valdosta and Anderson with speed cops noted and roads praised as sand clay and paved. The piece highlights state highway officers court actions and scenic mountain routes to the Land of the Sky.
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Tampa
Asheville
Hyde Park
Sulphur Springs
Lutz
Dade City
Bushnell
Wildwood
Ocala
Marion
Sumter County
Alachua County
Gainesville
Alachua
A. Z. Adkins
Eighth Judicial Circuit
Martin
Lake City
Columbia County
Jesse James
Hamilton County
Jasper
Florida- Georgia State Line
Georgia
Valdez
Macon
Tifton
Cordelo
Valdosta
Dempsey
Athens
Danielsville
Tray Hudson
Yep
Hart
Savannah River
Mlic Grenar
Weenie
Anderson
Foster Fant
South Carolina
Greenville
Charlotte
Piedmont
North Carolina
Spartanburg
Gaffrey
Kings Mountain
Gastonia
Hickory
Senior
Blowing Rock
Kiwanis Club notes focus on Mount Dora growth
Ray LaBreck returns from a trip with unclear purpose. L. A. Heim urges cooperation on the Scenic Highway, park beautification, and a city building as Mount Dora seeks growth. Roy Trimble discusses Florida waterways and lowering lake levels with suggestions to curb vegetation damage.
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Ray LaBreck
John Gordon
Frank Wood
Liza Jane
L. A
Florida
Heim
Chamber of Commerce
Mount Dora
Lake County
Kiwanis
Roy Trimble
Trimble
County debate on water levels sparks lake preservation talk
A reader urged immediate action to lower water levels to protect lakes and nearby county scenery. The letter also contains sharp comments about Florida’s finances and a suggestion that Arkansas move elsewhere for a stronger comeback.
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Arren
Ohio
Florida
Silence Is Golden
Frances explains she helps her husband by remaining quiet in another room while he works at his desk. Gladys comments on the arrangement and asks how she manages it.
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Frances
Gladys
Directions lesson ends with a stomach gag
A teacher instructs Arthur on compass directions with a face north rule. Arthur replies that what is in front of him is his stomach, delivering a humorous twist to the geography lesson.
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Little Arthur
Enjoyable banquet for Apopka baseball team
Apopka baseball players and many supporters enjoyed a banquet at Turner’s Cafe after defeating Mount Dora last Thursday. Turner, the cafe owner, had promised the treat if the team won and delivered, sharing a cheerful, sportsmanlike evening with the players and fans.
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Apopka
Turner
Propretor Turner
Mount Dora
United family appeals for aid from Scotland to America
An elderly Scottish couple, down to their last penny, warned their son in America they would end up in the poorhouse if he did not help. Three weeks later his reply arrived promising to send funds after another fort night and then they would all go home together.
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Scotland
America
Mither
Faither
Wanted-Woman stenographer in New York ad humor
An old New York City advertisement claims a wife must be a certain type, jokingly stating criteria such as having all her hair, wearing long dresses, not chewing gum, and being unable to Charleston. The ad appears as a satirical criminal or social note from the era.
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Charleston
New York City
Lake County flood reports rise as Oklawaha channel blamed
A Lake County scene on U.S. 5S near the A C S tracks shows Tavares highway flooding from rising water levels. Emeralda Island orange groves stand in water, a height not seen before, with damage mounting. Mickle expects action to restore normal levels this week amid concerns the Oklawaha narrow channel worsens conditions.
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Tavares
Lake Eustis
Emeralda Island
Mickle
Oklawaha
Clermont Groveland Neck in Fish Prizes
Clermont and Groveland battle for top large black bass catches in July with Dwight Gaines from the local baseball staff heading the prize tally as a noted fisherman.
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Clermont
Groveland
South Lake County
Dwight Gaines
Fish weighing eight pounds and three ounces caught last week
Reported catches include L. S. Fields eight pounds C. E. Baxter ten and a half pounds George Harden ten and three quarters pounds J. E. Westbrook six and a half pounds 8S. C. Huff ten and five sixteenths pounds C. J. Seymour eight and three sixteenths pounds Groveland scorers for June and July include M. E. Douglass one hundred one and a half pounds Fred Cook ninety one and eleven sixteenths pounds Clyde Booth six pounds Mr. Newman one hundred fifteen and sixteen pounds Anvil Bauknight nine pounds J. C. Aldredge ninety two and sixteen pounds W. C. Davis five pounds J. B. Gastor one hundred four and sixteen pounds Ralph Wilson eighty two and sixteen pounds C. H. Rizer eleven pounds and fifteen sixteenths Ralph Wilson six pounds one and one sixteenth.
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L. S. Fields
C. E. Baxter
George Harden
J. E. Westbrook
C. Huff
C. J. Seymour
Groveland
M. E. Douglass
Fred Cook
Clyde Booth
Mr. Newman
Anvil Bauknight
J. C. Aldredge
W. C. Davis
J. B. Gastor
Ralph Wilson
C. H. Rizer
W. M. Clark
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Asheville, N. c
Krums
Kiwanis Klub
U. 5S
Lake Countians
Lake Advertising
Tavares, Florida
Rhode Island
James G. Grimes Paxton
LOOK
W. W. Foot
Magnolia Ave
Thompson
Eustis, Fla
Lake County Merry Makers
Moorhead
Williams Pharmacy
Lake County Ice Cream Co
Jack Tar
E. L. Ferrando
Eustis
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