Florida leaders and industries cited as Florida home appeal
An Angola Indiana Republican story notes John W Nyce recounting an automobile trip from Angola to Lakeland Florida. He quotes Florida as a winter home for top American financiers and industrialists who invest here, including Henry Ford Edison Firestone Penney and Plant, praising Florida climate, railroads and business vitality.
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The
Steuben Republican
Angola
Indiana
Lakeland
Florida
John W. Nyce
Mr. Nyce
Henry Ford
Thomas A. Edison
Harvey Firestone
J. C. Penney
Henry M. Taylor
Henry B. Plant
S. David. Warfield
Commonwealth
America
Railroads plan massive 1930 investment despite credit concerns
At a National Business survey conference in Washington on December 5, Mr Rishton cited 1930 railroad outlays totaling about 6 12 billion dollars. He noted $1 05 billion for capital expenditures and $1 3 billion for materials plus $3 billion in wages, with taxes and interest pushing total near $6 12 billion while warning that access to credit remains a key challenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Association of Railway Executives
National Business Survey
Washington
En En Passant Poem From Philadelphia Ad Manager
A Christmas verse by Robert H. Durbin, former Philadelphia advertising manager for a major department store, is shared as a clever original composition. The note credits Durbin as the creator and friend and neighbor, presenting the playful poem for readers.
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Robert H. Durbin
Philadelphia
Mount Dora tourist club lauds artists at Friday session
The Mount Dora tourist club praised Harry Pierce and Margaret Poetzinger after a Chamber of Commerce presentation. Pierce is hailed as a clever character artist and Poetzinger an artist in her field. They promised a return visit in February, with the club noting plans for the new community building's social hall may draw criticism from dancers.
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Mount Dora
Florida
Harry Pierce
Margaret Poetzinger
Chamber of Commerce
Mr. Pierce
Miss Poetzinger
Florida Grapefruit Prospects and House Committee Change
Florida growers report only 7000 cars of grapefruit remain this season versus 19000 at the same point last year. The House of Representatives votes unanimously to expand the foreign affairs committee to twenty two members to include Ruth Bryan Owen of Florida.
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Florida Growers’Clearing House Association
House of Representatives
Committee On Foreign Affairs
Ruth Bryan Owen
Florida
Washington
Why Not Be Sensible in Florida Medfly Debate
An editorial from the St. Petersburg Times urges opponents of Medfly and cattle tick eradication to recognize federal controls. It warns that if Florida acts too stubbornly, the U.S. government could bar Florida fruit shipments beyond the state, urging a sensible approach.
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St. Petersburg Times
Florida
United States
A Contribution to Prosperity by Railroads
The piece notes President Hoover's railroads conference as proof of their vital national role. It cites the Bureau of Railway Economics: 1928 railroad expenditures neared six billion dollars, directly supporting over 112 million workers and families and indirectly employing many more, while sustaining government costs and broad industrial activity.
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Hoover
Bureau of Railway Economics
Nature's Playground in Florida as Work and Play Haven
The Howey Tribune editorial by E. D. Lambright extols Florida as a natural playground and health resort. It praises year round farming potential with minimal cultivation, constant production, and favorable climate. It argues Florida combines ideal work and leisure conditions with abundant untapped land.
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Howey Tribune
E. D. Lambright
Tampa Tribune
Florida
Did Mary Know She Witnessed Sacred Bethlehem Night
Edwina Elroy presents a reflective verse asking if Mary understood the divine birth scene or was merely a mother in a private, radiant moment amid the manger and the looming shadow of Calvary.
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Bethlehem
Peace on Earth and white race rhetoric in a Christmas verse
A poem blends Christmas cheer with warnings of racial triumphalism and future wars. It foresees a world where white supremacy dominates, then contrasts with hopes for peace, citing Kellogg Briand Pact and Ford funding to spread pacifist principles. The piece ends with local musings about a visit by Coolidge.
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Ford
Random Reflections and Fragments from a Busy Street
A collection of local thoughts and wry observations on politics weather and daily life with remarks on a future mayor signals traffic signals a Greek president and a Kansas City airport dividend plus a joke about bloomers and a tongue twisting word play on arms and left and right from a newspaper page fragment.
State finances show uptick in November balance
The November balance of all funds reached 4,653,614.33 dollars, an increase of about 500,000 dollars from October, per a monthly report from W. V. Knott, state treasurer, released Saturday.
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W. V. Knott
Interstate freight rate revision hearing set in Jacksonville
The Florida State Railroad Commission will discuss road building material freight rates at a January 21 meeting in Jacksonville. Chairman A S Wells announced the session as four major rail lines the Seaboard Air Line Atlantic Coast Line Florida East Coast and Georgia Southern and Florida petitioned for the hearing.
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Florida State Railroad Commission
Jacksonville
A. S. Wells
Seaboard
Florida East Coast
Georgia
Fossil Skeleton May Be Oldest Prehistoric Man Find
Sarasota reports from New York’s American Museum of Natural History that a local citizen’s fossil skeleton could be the oldest of prehistoric man in the American continent or the world. Also notes Ocala tax relief group formed to address Florida tax burdens with remarks by O Meredith of the Florida Association of Real Estate Boards amid debates on shifting taxes.
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Sarasota
American Museum of Natural History
New York
American
Florida
O. Meredith
Florida Association of Real Estate Boards
Winter Haven
City Council Endorses Governor Carlton Commission Plan
Citizens in the city council back Governor Carlton's proposed commission to study Florida's financial and tax needs. Business leaders join the backing as the consensus notes three key tax needs facing the state.
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Ber
Carlton
Jbo
Florida
Power line extension approved to connect South Bay to Pahokee
Phoenix Utility Company authorized by Florida Power and Light to begin construction from South Bay toward Belle Glade to feed South Bay until the Belle Glade to Pahokee link is finished. Project will then extend to the larger sending station at Pahokee as Canal Points News reports.
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South Bay
Pah
Phoenix Utility
Com
Fhida Power & Light Company
H. S
Belle Glade
Pahokee
Conance
Glade
Canal Points News
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Coolidge
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Fifth Avenue
Donnelly Street
Eleventh Avenue
Greece
Kansas City
Alabama
Tom Heflin
Senate
Ocala
Builders Supply CO
Lake County Publishing Co
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