Bridges to be completed in 60 days
Bridges under construction between Leesburg and Tavares over the Dead river and Dora canal will be completed within 60 days. Piers for the bascule Dead river span to be done in six weeks. Dora canal project is solid concrete and on schedule. If work began immediately on the unpaved three mile stretch both bridges would be ready for traffic before surfacing.
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Leesburg
Tavares
Dead River
Dora Canal
B. Benson
Benson Contraction Company
Mrs. Benson
Benson
Mount Dora broadcast draws Wisconsin praise for tourist appeal
The Mount Dora Chamber of Commerce credits a WBBM Chicago broadcast via the Dixie Flyers for showcasing Lake County attractions. Frank Heath, Mount Dora secretary and former Wisconsin journalist, described pine crested hills and lakes while Wisconsin listeners imagined Florida’s climate, golf, fishing, yachting, and highways. Local papers and resources were noted as modern and capable. Northern visitors praised Lake County's climate and lawfulness as watermelons and grapes were anticipated for northern markets.
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Mount Dora
Wisconsin
WBBM
Florida
Frank Heath
St. Andrews
Mount Plymouth
Lake Dora
Washington Birthday Celebration At Eustis February 22
County and state observers note a Washington Birthday anniversary event at Eustis on February 22 drawing regional interest and civic participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eustis
The Lonesome Widow of New York
An elderly widow died in New York leaving 14 000. Officials found love letters and keepsakes from her husband and learned she cooked for a man who had been dead for decades. The landlady recalled she spoke to an empty chair at meals, highlighting companionship as a deep, spiritual bond that sustains life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
When it comes to marriage love lasts forever despite trials
The text asserts that true love in marriage may not affect all, yet when it does arrive it ends doubts and fears and endures beyond death, remaining strong and permanent according to the speaker.
Unseen Happiness in Shared Silent Farewell
A narrator reflects on a widow who shared meals with her dead husband’s vacant chair, arguing that true happiness can endure sorrow and loneliness. The bond of companionship can outlast tragedy, countering pity with a deeper, solemn joy.
Ghosts in the Everyday: Belief, Hope, and Another World
The passage asks what ghosts are and whether a haunted presence at a woman’s table signifies a message of hope or a harsh truth about mortality. It muses on human fragility and the idea that we exist briefly, bound to otherworldly beings as we endure sorrow and death yet persist through that connection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
New Dry Goods Store Opens Near First National Bank
A new dry goods shop offering gentlemen and ladies wear and shoes will open Saturday in the store next to the First National Bank by The Morris Stores. The ad appears in this issue.
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First National Bank
Morris
Winter Visitors Motoring Through County Roads
Visitors from out of state travel the county’s fourteen municipalities via well paved roads. They drive through towns from Mt. Dora to Lady Lake and Clermont to Astor, enjoying the winter season in the area.
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Mt. Dora
Lady Lake
Clermont
Astor
Woman Policewomen Aid Youth and Crime Prevention
A forum discusses the role of policewomen in protecting girls and women in cities. They aid runaway youths, deter shoplifters, monitor dances and parks, and ensure proper care for detainees. The speech emphasizes individualized treatment, prevention, and needing trained, high calibre policewomen nationwide.
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America
Next Week's Forum Lecture by Prof. R. H. Akagi
Prof. R H Akagi a native of Japan and noted speaker will lecture next week at the Forum. He has studied in the United States and Japan and was a representative at the Institute of Pacific Relations Honolulu session in 1927. Akagi has connected with Japanese American student groups and foreign student circles in U S colleges. He graduated with honors from the University of California and held fellowships at Harvard and Pennsylvania.
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R. H. Akagi
Japan
United States
Pacific Ocean
Pacific
Akagi
Korea
Manchuria
Land of the Rising Sun
Committee On
Roy Hidemichi
University of California
Bryce
State Division
California
Graduate School of
Chicago University
Massachusetts
Harvard
Thayer
University of Pennsylvania
Rollins College Trio Performs At Villa Dora Hotel
The Rollins College trio Miss G Cox violin Miss Lila Niles piano and Miss Edna Wallace Johnson flute with reader Miss Thomas gave a fine concert at the Villa Dora Hotel in Mount Dora drawing strong applause from guests and friends.
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Villa Dora
Rollins’ College
G. Cox
Lila Niles
Edna Wallace Johnson
Thomas
Mount Dora
Brilliant Affair at the Yacht Club Costume Parade
A grand yacht club event featured a costume parade with guests in 1860s fashion and disguises. Notable turns included Mrs Maude Shepard as Harry Lauder, Mrs Carl Graves as a Ballet Dancer, and Dorothy Smoak as a Colonial Maid, with prizes awarded for most elaborate outfits.
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Alvord
Fowler
Marc Anthony
Harry Lauder
Sir Harry
Maude Shepard
Gertrude Thorne
Dora
Orient
Margaret Fowler
Guy Colardo
Pilgrim Fathers
Dorothy Smoak
Pavlova
Carl Graves
Alfred Rehbaum
Miss Elizabethall
Bob Dickson
Mary Battle
Miss Valentine
Commodore R. W. Dickson
Wm. Lawrence, Jr
Harrison Fellow in History Thesis Wins Rh. D
The Harrison Fellow in History earned a Rh. D for his thesis "The Town Proprietors of the New England Colonies." The published work has praise from Prof. Lawrence S. Mayo in the American Historical Review and from Prof. John A. Sly in the American Political Science Review.
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Lake County
Rollins College
Montverde
Barmer Cruskett
Fla
P. S. Brisbane
Middle West
Brisbane
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