Mount Dora City Council Advances Water, Map, Airport Plans
The council approved two additional wells to secure long term water supply and consider new pumps with electric and gas power. An official city map by Realty board civil engineers was adopted and sent to the finance committee for purchase. The airport was near completion with grassed runways and plans for sheds and hangars. A paving petition for Lakeroad was referred to Streets Committee. Clerk W J Johnson submitted the 1927 annual report, praised for quality.
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A. C. Quixley
Quixley
Mount Dora
Mount Doraalty Board
Edward Agnes
Realty Board
Neil
Cial
Aeronatic
W. B. Pence
Anci
Regatta to be held February 25 in Mount Dora
The Mount Dora Yacht Club hosts a major regatta with 151 hydro events and 60 to 100 horsepower races. Florida and Mississippi officials and national yacht clubs will send judges and timers. Racing starts at 10 am with a regatta ball and music at the yacht club in Mount Dora.
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Mississippi Lower Boat Association
Florida Power Boat Association
Florida Yacht Club
Long Island Yacht Club
Florida
Hydro
Mount Dora
Yacht Club
Mississippi Power Boat Association
United States
Elaborate Buick Show Reveals Inner Car Mechanisms
The display features a 1928 Buick chassis finished in soft mahogany with lacquered parts and hidden color lamps that illuminate the engine components. Pistons valves shafts and related parts are visible, enabling a clear view of the car's operation and inner workings.
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Buick
A Scout Is Kind Second Prize Theme
A historical note on Scouting ethics and the motto Be Prepared linked to the Boy Scouts of America. The text discusses the meaning of the Scout law and its application to soldiers and vessels gathering information. It references Baden-Powell and the 1908 founding.
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Boy Scouts
Garth
B Oy Scouts of America
Baden
A Scout is Kind in Daily Life
A short feature notes the Boy Scout law “A Scout is kind” as the sixth rule urging readiness to help others. In a pictured scene two boys, a collie, and various birds appear with Jack and his brother Tom in their father’s workshop, as Jack plans a kind project after spotting orioles.
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Boy Scouts
Jack
Tom
Dad
Bob
Joe Brown
Ocala Stove Factory to Boost Local Industry
A stove factory will be built in Ocala to produce heaters for groves and vegetable farms. The business aims to grow within the state first and later expand to other states as demand grows.
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Ocala
Tavares Fla Duncan and Hamlin Attorneys at Law
Attorneys Harry C. Duncan and Arthur G. Hamlin in Tavares Florida are listed as partners with consulting counsel for the firm Duncan and Hamlin.
Florida grape industry may become major crop in near future
The article predicts rapid grape acreage expansion in Florida with Montverde already planting four times the current area. It argues next season will bring heavier plantings, larger shipments, and a marketing ease as twenty five to thirty cars a day would attract Northern buyers. A four-ton per acre crop at $200 a ton would be highly profitable.
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Montverde
Florida
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Rigoletto
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T On Sale
Sanan Pharmacy
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