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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
10
The Board of Health reports Lake County midyear birth rates at 29 301 births with a 22.4 percent rate. Black births totaled 383, while Baker County posted the highest rate at 30.6 and Cal was the lowest at 1.0.
The Automobile Association of Britain keeps hundreds of scouts on bicycles and in autos along suburban roads. A member salutes with a thumbs down if pace is met with difficulty, while a snappy salute signals favorable conditions. The piece notes large US travel estimates for open road vacations, with millions of cars and camping gear charting lengthy trips and daily expenditures.
The report shows rail shipments of motor vehicles rising to 70.5 percent of the mobile business in 1925, while only about 2.12 percent of automobiles and cas were driven. a hypothetical daily 12 hour drive at 30 mph would take three years to cover 400 miles on paved highways. The East West-3 toll bridges on Sea Highway linking Key West to Florida were contracted at 1,000,000, and Peninsular State Oil opened a new Bayshore filling station.
The County Board of Public Instruction will meet on Tuesday following Labor Day. M. Lowry chairs the board and H. Moore serves as superintendent.
The Circuit Court in Tavares Florida on August 4 1926 granted Emma B Eckholdt a license to manage and control her property real and personal to contract sue and be sued and to bind herself fully as if unmarried the order cites testimony and special master findings and grants authority in chambers.
In the county court guardian of Willie E. B. Butts estate seeks authority to sell a one seventh undivided interest in Lot 15 Block 19 Chautauqua City Section 25 Township 19 South Range 26 East Laketon Florida. Hearing set for September 1926 before Judge B. Tally as soon thereafter as heard.
Local baggage transfer service in Mount Dora Florida operated by L. F. Hodges advertises contact by phone 37 for passenger and luggage handling services.
Georges Carpentier, a French boxer, is described as the youngest veteran in boxing. At 32 last January, he has fought since age 12, with 110 bouts, 13 losses, 48 knockouts, and 39 decisions to his credit despite four knockdowns.
The piece describes jai alai as the world’s fastest game played with curved bats akin to tennis racquets. It notes players are mostly young men of Spanish or Cuban extraction and mentions introduction at Hialeah near Miami. An international circuit with Spain Cuba and the United States is planned, with Joaquin Arrestarazu promoting it during tours in Spain and Cuba.
Photographs of Manley’s brain prepared by Barnes E. Sales were shown in court as evidence of abnormal brain condition. Dr J E Paullin noted a brief Johns Hopkins hospital stay in 1922. Attorneys debated the impact on financial claims, while banks urged action against potential creditors as guardianship hearings continue.
Grapes are touted as the future of Florida business with Montverde as the hub for vineyard investment. July gasoline consumption rose by six million gallons from 1925, suggesting more auto travel and visitors in the state this year.
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