Mount Dora Kiwanis Receives Patriotism Display and Talk
Lieutenant-Governor Bowman presented framed copies of the Declaration of Independence the Constitution and Lincoln's Gettysburg Address to the Mount Dora Kiwanis Club. Cliff Hiatt Lake County Agent will speak on office work with a 4-H quartet. A. C. Quixley is to be reinstated to the club.
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Bowman
Central Florida
Kiranis
Mount Dora
United States
Lincoln
Mount Dora Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Cliff Hiatt
Lake County
Hiatt
A. C. Quixley
Rural Common Sense Reflections on Agriculture’s Future
Spuds Johnson presents a column referencing J C Penney Sr who predicts agriculture’s shift to a scientific, industrial approach. The piece urges farmers to adopt efficiency, cut costs, and educate the next generation to stay current or risk financial loss in farming.
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J. C. Penney
Penney- Gwinn Corporation
Mr. Penney
Commissioners Cut Coin Taxes 11 Mills Next Year
Lake County commissioners approved a proposed budget showing general county millage dropping from 40 to 29 mills for the coming year. No millage was levied for publicity. Mount Dora school operation and bonds fall to 16 mills from 18, and Mount Dora special roads and bonds drop to 22% from 35. Total millage statewide and county to 67% from 93.
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Board of County Commissioners of
Lake County
Mount Dora
Astor Bridge Bond Fund
Aenea Ewan
Umaitilla
Paisley
Grand Island
Howey
Week's News: varied Florida items and national notes
A snapshot of diverse items including bids on Muscle Shoals lease, a fatal shooting over a king space, unemployment relief plans, highway board labor questions, no Tampa horse racing, first Jacksonville cotton export, state budget cuts, and advertising councils. Also noted are projections on phosphate production leadership, mayoral visits in Berlin, county expense cuts urged by Governor Carlton, a Florida Dairymen association, bank robbery arrests in LaBelle, tax redemption policy comments, Roosevelt club formation in New Smyrna, campus events at the University, early Hillsborough colonist arrivals, and other regional developments from Florida and beyond.
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Muscle
Washington Bell Boy
King Space
Florida Highway Board
Tampa
Jacksonville
Advertising Council
Ing
Walker
Berlin
Carlton
J. M. Whitehurst
Sropaent
Florida” Dairymen’s Association
LaBelle
Gomez
Roosevelt
New Smyrna
University
Hillsborough County
Quest for Luck Still Tied to Rabbit Feet
A bulletin from the American Game Association states rabbits feet remain symbols of luck. A Michigan rabbitry sells about 12,000 rabbits weekly and doubles that volume in feet to charm makers. Modern charms use only front feet, not hind feet, challenging old beliefs about luck.
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American Game Association
Michigan
Preserving fish tales through new state taxidermy laws
Pennsylvania and Wisconsin enacted laws to regulate taxidermy standards, aiming to preserve both famous fish and the reputations of their fishermen. The measures require verifiable details in angler claims to ensure stories endure for years.
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Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
Varied 1940s Florida Notices and Local Updates
The itemized column mentions the Agie Foundation report, veterans at Con an problems near London, a death in Kentucky, Clearwater bond debt issues, and a St Augustine Orlando Lions Club aid to the blind. It notes a dynamite attempt on Brunswick wharves, two state roads planned within a week, Polk lawyers asked to assist in a school loan, and references to Dempsey’s global impact. Other items include Braden ton stone for United buildings, levee bids, Grant stores purchase, a Winter Haven scholarship, Karl Lehmann as Seminole County Chamber secretary, a Florida exhibit in Toronto, reparations reports, oil field shutdowns, and citrus notes from Tampa and Osceola.
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Agie Foundation
Conan
London
Kentucky
Clearwater
St. Augustine
Orlando
Lions Club
Brunswick
Polk County
Reaton
Ck Dempsey
China
Bradenton
United Buildings
Okeeer
Tamly
Grant Stores
Winter Haven
Karl Lehmann
Seminole County Chamber of Commerce
Florida
Toronto
Canada
Farmers Planting Unusually Large Cowpeas for Feed
Tallahassee area farmers focus on fall gardens with record plantings of cowpeas for livestock feed according to County Agent G. C. Hodge.
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Tallahassee
G. C. Hodge
Grow Pellets Cheap at Cross City Poultry Demo
R W Davies, a poultry farmer near Cross City, teamed with county agent D M Treadwell to raise 500 chicks. After 12 weeks the chicks cost about 37 1/2 cents each, with 265 cock-…
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R. W. Davies
Cross City
D. M. Treadwell
Cockerels Sold at 47 Cents, Pullets Cost Under 30 Cents
The dealer sold cockerels for 47 cents each and, after subtracting net profit, found pullets cost him under 30 cents per bird.
Women Install Electric Equipment in Hillsborough County
Home demonstration agents report women in western Hillsborough County installing electric equipment despite hard times. Five electric refrigerators five electric stoves and one electric washing machine were installed by home demonstration women.
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Hillsborough County
Allie Lee Rush
Mount Dora Council tackles ordinance restricting minor access to billiards
Town of Mount Dora reports first reading of proposed ordinance prohibiting minors from playing billiards and from visiting pool halls. The full text is available in the Clerk’s office for public inspection and will be heard for final passage at 7:30 p.m. at the next regular council meeting.
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Mount Dora
Mount Dora to Consider Gas Piping Ordinance
Town Council of Mount Dora gives first reading to a gas piping ordinance regulating installation within the city. The measure provides for appointing a gas inspector and defines the inspector's duties. A final hearing is set for 7:30 p.m. on September 1931 at the Town Council chamber.
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Mount Dora
Dora
oOe
Tax Board to Review Lake County Roll in 1931
The Lake County Board of County Commissioners will meet August 9 1931 at 10 o clock to hear complaints about the Tax Assessor's 1931 tax roll. Clerk Geo J Dykes notes the meeting as part of county tax equalization procedures. Also notice of tax deed application for Florence I Bartholomew on Certificate No 260 with redemption due by November 14 1931.
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Board of County Oners
Lake County
Tax Equalization Board
Carebania Setente
Board OF County Commissioners
Florida
Geo. J. Dykes
Florence I. Bartholomew
A. D
Belle F. Morris
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Clerk Circuit Court
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