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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1926
Page
9
City council approved a monthly allowance for band concerts drawn from the city public fund. The amount fell short of the request but enabled Jack Haverfield's band to perform at Garden and Groveland, making a public concert possible.
A humorous read at the December 14 1922 County Press Association gathering includes verses lampooning Lake County editors and papers such as Clermonts Press Lake Region Leesburgs Fussell and Miss Edeburn Mount Dora. The spoof references editors like Willis Stevens Leach Lehmann Newett and Don and notes Clermont Leesburg Eustis Umatilla Mount Dora and Lake Region as local outlets.
The August license list includes Ray F Marr and Gladys V Carl Joseph Bate and Mattie Hall Burdine Harry Edward Flesher and Doris M Hunton Curris M Cooper and Zaida K Johnson Guy H Brown and Lola Emerson John E Zimmerman and Nellie Wiley Ruthes Mosley and Mary Mills Fred E Bassett Jr and Adele Hofmann White and Hazel Hull L Conant and Pansy Bryant James L English and Lillie Alston Henry Myers and Carrie Brown J A Nichols and Thelma Powers John E Wilkins and Apal Eleanor Davis St Petersburg Pinellas County Power Co to spend 12 million on an upgrade project from the city west to Georgia line.
Florida plans a large display at the 1926 Madison Square Garden exposition to prove its diverse economy beyond cotton, tobacco, and sugar. The state chamber of commerce coordinates with leaders in St Petersburg and Jacksonville to gather mineral, manufactured, fisheries, and agricultural products for a statewide exhibit, with freight back to Florida at no cost if ownership remains unchanged.
The article outlines relish ideas for cold meals including shrimp and Swedish caviar canapes. It provides preparation steps for shrimp cocktails, a Swedish caviar spread with cream cheese, and baked clam shells with a seasoned filling, plus serving guidance and garnishes.
Rudolph Valentino, renowned actor and dancer, dies after battles with pleurisy following surgeries and peritonitis. His career marked by elegance and artistry, admired for a clean professional record despite sensational publicity. The film world loses a legendary screen lover.
Otto Wettstein Jr head of Florida Telephone Corp says a new Clermont telephone building may happen but the project is delayed waiting for the abstract of the lot purchased.
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