Mount Dora recollections of murder and 1901 assassination discussed
An aging Mount Dora resident recalls the Larkin shooting near Lake Simpson and the later jail death, linking fortunes to a century of local memory. Another witness recounts the 1901 McKinley assassination and identifies Leon Czolgosz, adding detail from the Pan American Exposition era.
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Galloway
Jim Simpson
Mount Dora
Mr. Simpson
Larkin
Jim
Squire Larkin
Sheriff Galloway
Tavares
Mr. Larkin
Buffalo
Florida
Berrien McCain
William Curtis
Tom Potter
William McKinley
McKinley
Mr. Curtis
Potter
Connecticut
Berrien
Leon Czolgosz
Day President McKinley was Shot at the Fair
Witnesses recount the moments at the music hall when a crowd gathered for a speech as an ambulance arrived and President McKinley was carried away. The assassin, Czolgosz, had hidden the gun in a leg bandage and words note Theodore Roosevelt swore in as president amid absence of a Bible in the friend’s mansion.
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Music Hall
McKinley
Carm
Czolgosz
Berrien
Mr. McKinley
McCain
Mr. Curtis
Theodore Roosevelt
Sorrento News and Mr Plymouth Social Notes Highlight Summer Events
The community gathered on a warm Saturday night in the school building for a local social. Numerous residents traveled and returned from trips to Niagara Falls Clearwater Beach Winter Haven Bartow and Akron. News includes births weddings new residents and real estate transfers with notes on local hosts and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Blank
Niagara Falls
N. Y
Blair Fleming
Martha Fleming
Virginia Fleming
Betty Blank
Winter Haven
Bartow
Blair Flemings
Linda Lee
Waterman Hospital
James Geddes
Doreen
Akron
Catherine
Richard Johannes
Florida
Clearwater Beach
Harry Rainey
Shirley Sadler
Sorrento
Leroy Leigh
Joseph Story
E. A. Strout Realty Agency
A. Lenton
St. Andrews Av
Plymouth
Joseph Albrecht
New York
Albrecht
New York Harbor
Jessie Laidlaw
Rock Springs
E. R. Truby
Leesburg
Clyde Carmichel
Shirley
Wayne
Donald
Haines City
Annie Rasson
Seffner
George Coniglio
Jimmie
Judy
George
Joyce
Tampa
Zeanie Butler
Lakeland
R. W. Carmichael
Paul, McDonald
Joan
Buddy
O. C. Wilcox
Joe
Jane
Robert Godwin
Phyllis
R. J.godwin
Donna
Trudy
Buddy McDonald
Mount Dora History Half Forgotten by Local Observers
Editor notes a sixth installment recalling Mount Dora’s early business world. The piece names Charles Stowe and R H True, Tremain, Stone, Marot, Gate s and Booths, with tales of a wooden street railway, a lake swimming hole, a spy glass watching schoolmarm Gertie Gates, and early river navigation. Continued next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tremain
Louie
Marot
Stones
Lake Shore
Tangerine
Gertie Gates
George Booth
Billy Hill Hardware
Sanford
Lake Dora
Ocklawaha
St. Johns
New Smyrna
Never Be Anxious in Faith and Prayer
Rev H Maurice Felton of First Methodist roasts the anxious mind with Pauls refrain Never be anxious but in every thing make requests known to God The message urges sharing anxieties with God and accepting His peace guarding hearts and minds through Jesus Christ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Church
H. Mauriece Felton
First Methodist Church
Paul
Mr. Felton
St. Paul
Dr Mildred Marsh Returns After Beauty Clinic
Dr Mildred Marsh returns to Mount Dora this week following sessions at the state beauticians clinic hosted by Florida State University last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Marsh
Mount Dora
State Beauticians Clinic
Florida State University
Picnic Planned by O E S for Aug 25 at Masonic Hall
Mrs. Hadd Blunt announces the annual Robert Morris picnic of the Order of Eastern Star to be held Wednesday August 25 at 5 p.m. at the Masonic Hall. Members and families are invited and asked to bring a covered dish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadd Blunt
The
Order of Eastern Star
Robert Morris
O.E.S
Masonic Hall
Letters to the Editor on race, city planning, and Donnelly Park
A reader in Cascade Wisconsin argues against white supremacy group rhetoric and urges personal advancement. The letter also criticizes Donnelly Park for a proposed swimming pool, favors gardenlike park restoration, and calls for future pool locations near schools as the city grows.
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Noes Lake Counwe
National Association For the Advancement of White People
Board ‘of Education
Floyd M. Irvin
Donnelly Park
Donnelly
Mount Dora
Florida
Down Town
A. A. Fisk
Cascade
Wis
Church Progressing on Mt. Carmel Baptist Reconstruction
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Tangerine reports progress on a $10,000 reconstruction plan. Stewart Pike leads the effort, adding two large classrooms and a pastor’s study to the old building. The note thanks contributors for rally donations and expresses pride in the coming, improved church.
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Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Stewart Pike
Tangerine
C. E. Williams
Public poll weighs pool location in community plan
The column traces the pool project and notes voters were asked to decide its location through a public poll. It discusses multiple methods to determine the proper site and hints at ongoing development considerations.
Revival winds sweep through East Town churches
East Town notes a strong Sunday service at St Marys Baptist with a large congregation and revival closing last Friday. Rev W L Webb begins preaching at Gethsemane M B Church in Eustis while Missionary Baptists prepare for next month’s national convention and a first Sunday in September target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Marys Baptist Church
Bible School
Ae Bowls
W. L. Webb
Gethsemane M.B
Eustis
Missionary Baptists
United States
The
Union Pallbearers Society
Bunnell
Mount Dora Weather Totals For August 1953
The Mount Dora Growers Co op reports no rain from Aug 11 to Aug 18 in 1953. For the period total rainfall reached 3.7 inches, with 9.4 inches recorded for August through the 18th.
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Mount Dora
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Sorrento News
Mr. Plymouth
By Elenor Sammons
Mundell & Hill
Blue
Jersey
Sunset Valley Dairy
Parker Bros
Louis
Mr. Tremain
Charles Stowe
Byron Bruce
Bruce House
Grand View
Allie
R. H. True
Highland Avenue
Leonard Barker
Sylvan
East Town
Bae
Travelers Family
John Alden Murray
Sylvan Shores
the Travelers
Hartford
Henry Stein
Sylvan Shores Hotel
J. G. Ray, JR
West Agency
T. P. Warlow, JR
N. Mills St
Orlando, Flordia
First Federal Savings & Loan Association OF
Lake County
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