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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1938
Page
4
A stitched-together column reflects on time, wealth, happiness, and social roles with quips about citrus domes, policewomen, and a Tennessee Thanksgiving night notice. It cites Christmas seals fundraising for tuberculosis and satirical lines about news and weekly publications.
Secretary Wallace notes that the average farmer’s efficiency rose more than fivefold in the first century and has about doubled in the last fifty years. He states agriculture has kept pace with industry to an astonishing degree.
The article traces southern industry from a cotton-reliant economy after the Civil War to rapid growth between 1900 and 1935. It notes $135 million of $477 million for new plants in the South in 1937, vast mineral and energy resources, and Col. W. D. Anderson predicting the South as a future industrial center.
Florida's exhibit at the World's Fair will showcase the state's resources and the 18 foot Suwannee River spectorama. It honors Stephen Foster and features a plantation era river scene with a white colonial home, cotton fields, a mule cart, and Sea Island cotton bales by the river bank.
In a peaceful slumber a fisherman lies beside his fishing pole stuck in the ground as a fish he has hooked thrashes in his dream. A Florida watermelon rests beside him as a spectorama uses sound sync to evoke The Old Folks at Home sung by a negro quartet.
The Rome News Tribune warns that fakers and sharpers increase during holidays exploiting merchants with rubber and counterfeit checks. It urges strict verification of identity and responsibility before cashing any check from strangers.
A Mount Dora group of 16 took a two hour ride through Key West to Havana, enjoying a two part Cuban voyage. The trip featured Havana Harbor views, the National Capital building, and a visit to the Prado shopping district guided by Manuel Manny.
Ben Wand urges Americans to stop dwelling on fear and count blessings. He argues that despite troubles, the nation and Florida enjoy unique advantages, with business improving and opportunities rising. He dismisses alarmist rhetoric and calls for action, noting prosperity boosts and reemployment as signs of progress.
A vivid travel piece highlights Tropical Gardens with rustic concrete fences and a tour of the Trocadero Rum Distillery offering complimentary cocktails. It notes San Souci and Casano at night and the native life, inviting readers to enjoy a land of contrast and romance as quoted by G. K. B. Adams and Mr. Peabody.
Congressman Joe Hendricks recalls a friendly Brevard visit from Mims to Melbourne, Cocoa and the Cocoa Chamber, noting residents thanked him for his work. He envisions Brevard as a developing paradise with islands, causeways, waterways, homes, roads and utilities expanding. The note urges signers to include names and addresses in letters, and lists WPA projects including prison buildings near DeLand, a lab at Orlo Vista, rural sanitation in Orange County, road improvements, a city garbage incinerator in Ocala, a trailer camp in Dunellon and school lunches in Putnam County.
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street Sanford Road holds Bible School at 2 30 p m each Sunday. Worship Sundays with preaching at 3 30 p m by W A Cameron of St Petersburg on the second Sunday and Chestrue of Ocoee on the third Sunday.
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