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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1931
Page
4
A quartet of bridge players in Superior, Wisconsin, completed a million-point game that lasted over ten years without a single fight, marking a notable example of endurance and sportsmanship in local governance and leisure pursuits.
Latest reports show eleven candidates have announced their bids for the Florida gubernatorial race. Analysts say there is still ample time for more entrants as the field remains fluid.
Havana opens the Edison Institute, a new school devoted to electrical studies and powered by every conceivable electrical contrivance, aiming to perpetuate the name of Thomas Alva Edison.
The county fair season opens as agricultural displays showcase Florida’s resources proving the state is the nation’s garden spot.
Leesburg weighs using Mount Dora fadeless street paint after signs faded despite recent repainting. The proposal aims to restore legibility on main routes and improve safety through longer lasting markings.
A Memphis Tennessee stationery house will print Christmas cards on cotton paper and plans to use 25 000 balls during the season, helping cotton growers of the south.
American men are the worst dressed in the world, a Detroit clothing merchants group says. They claim wives mothers and sisters influence are keeping men from dressing worse and urge steps to improve style.
In Washington a broad reshuffle begins with Democrats taking chairmanships and office allocations as Congress reconvenes December 7. About 400 posts change hands amid a shift in leadership and policy direction. Florida 4 H club members join the national congress in Chicago to compete for prizes totaling 150000 dollars across farm and allied sectors.
A Mount Dora column criticizes out of town printing of campaign circulars while urging home production and civic pride. It denounces rowdy play at Donnelly Park basketball games and calls for authorities to restore order so local coaches Kirby and Stokes can continue hosting town sports.
Citizens advised to study the twelve planks of a six candidate municipal platform published in the Topic. The six pledge a clean open administration and publicity of affairs, with Mount Dora’s integrity and town interests protected as citizens head to the polls next Tuesday.
World’s Fair visitors will ride in luxurious parlor cars with oil paintings, real fireplaces, and small libraries. Trains travel at about 70 miles per hour as railroads showcase home comforts during the exhibition.
Wealthy philanthropists lead relief giving in major cities. John D. Rockefeller Jr offers 1 000 000 dollars in New York followed by Edward S. Harkness with 750 000. Bromo Seltzer interests pledge 3 000 000 in Baltimore. Chicago and Cleveland also report large gifts easing unemployment relief.
The opening calendar of the season arrives, featuring details from the od biotite Railroad ening van ig ome. Ages 5 its.
The Topic began in summer 1916 under Miss Walton from Umatilla and was printed by Leesburg, later moving to Mount Dora. Editorials urge cheerful talk, hopeful thinking, and resilience through hard times, noting life’s valleys precede mountain tops and joy follows sorrow.
Sunday school at 10 00 a m morning worship at 11 00 sermon Epworth League at 6 15 p m evening worship at 7 30 p m mid week service Wednesday 7 30 p m cordial invitation to all by James H Elder pastor
The Congregational church schedules a sermon titled The Limitations On Forgiveness for next Sunday morning. Bible school at 10:00 a.m. and morning worship at 11:00 a.m. A young people's service is at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday brings a midweek 7:30 p.m. discussion led by Pastor David B. Spencer with all invited.
Mid week service Wednesday. Sunday school graded in all departments at 9 45 a m. Morning worship at 11 a m. Evangelistic service at 7 30 p m. Pastor Matthew J Bouterse extends a cordial invitation to all to come and worship with us.
Sunday services at 11 am and Sunday school at 9 45 am. Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 pm. Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons 2 to 4. Reading room in the church edifice. All are welcome.
Mrs. Blanche W. Mallett leads a Florida citrus committee plan asking every Woman’s Club member to write three outsiders about citrus health benefits. The slogan For health eat Florida grapefruit and oranges will be on stickers for cars windows and luggage. The effort aims to aid the industry unemployment and public health.
A United States Bureau of Plant Industry report states stabilization of agricultural products is the goal over increased production. It highlights progress in plant development and better cultural practices, notes Florida rubber can be produced, and reports that rubber vine hybrids offer higher rubber content than parents. County agents aid farmers by hosting meetings with farmers, bankers, and businessmen to discuss agricultural economics and cooperative efforts.
About 2,500 county extension agents have led meetings that drew nearly a million farmers this year and spurred adoption of beneficial practices across the countryside.
The deaths of James B. Nevin Hoke Smith and Sam Small remove three beloved figures who shaped Atlanta’s journalism education and civic life. Nevin led the Atlanta Georgian editorially and in city progress. Smith a Georgia and national figure served as governor senator and interior secretary and ran a newspaper. Small long served as columnist editor and evangelist shaping southern moral education.
A nostalgic column extols Florida noting mild summers, low cost living, abundant citrus harvests, year round crops, plentiful beaches and lakes, tourism income, affordable fuel, and sunny climate as reasons to call Florida home for the long term. It frames Florida as tough yet inviting.
Beekeepers from southern states will gather in St. Petersburg on February 2 and 3 for the annual Southern States Beekeepers Conference. R. E. Foster, state apiary inspector, says an interesting program of talks motorcades and visits to the South Florida Fair is planned.
Senator Mark Squires of North Carolina and Col. David C Chapman of Tennessee presented deeds in fee simple for 138 843 acres to the United States for a portion of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. The gift forms part of the second installment toward a park totaling not less than 427 000 acres, divided roughly between the two states. The full park will cover about 650 square miles, roughly half the area of Rhode Island.
Christmas seals go on sale at Miss True's Rest-A-While Gift, offering holiday fundraising seals to support local health efforts and community outreach through year end sales.
Notice of tax deed for property in Lake county Florida Blocks 75 to 78 Villa City described in tax certificate held by Carter McLaughlin. If the certificate is not redeemed as required by law a tax deed will be issued on December 21, 1931. Official signature and seal dated October 31, 1931.
City ordinance proposes muzzle confinement for all pets and authorizes the mayor to order shot or destruction for dogs and cats running at large after notice. fines up to 300 dollars or up to 30 days hard labor. Notice dates show first reading on November 20 and final action set for December 4 at 4 30 p.m. in Mount Dora.
In Lake County Florida Chancery a foreclosure sale is set for the property on Lake Gertrude known as the Dreamery in Section 24 Township 19 South Range 26 East. The sale is to satisfy amounts due to the complainants under a 1924 mortgage executed by L E Kellogg and Gertrude D Kellogg and B B De Witt. Special Master C Rogers Wells will conduct the sale with Thomas H Cooley as solicitor for complainants.
Sheriff will sell at the front door of the Lake County Court House in Tavares on December 7 1931 the land and improvements described in the execution issued by the Circuit Court Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in a case where Mable T LaBreck formerly Banks and G Ray LaBreck are plaintiffs and Margaret A Opie widow is defendant. Sale to be for cash to the highest bidder within legal hours.
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