Implausible Figures and Peculiar Facts From A Rambler’s Letter
A rambling column cites odd figures from a national executive’s remarks to Congress. It notes peppers sealed in tight containers yielding tiny bugs, English mustard coloring, vanilla beans as orchids, and tire and can metrics. The tone blends commentary on future prospects with scattered curiosities from around the world.
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Pardo Nmme
Andy
Famous
Congress
England
Florida Weather Outlook Amid National Rumor Storms
A coastal Florida note surveys farm output with 1937 figures of eggs and chickens, cites tourism and citrus worries, but the tone remains optimistic about Florida’s recovery. It recalls a New England hurricane tale and locals sharing stories, including a New Year missing wearables notice and Charleston headlines.
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U. S
London
Florida
Longwood
New England
Land of Nod
N. H
Library column explains funding and goals
The editor notes the library relies on book purchases and fines plus gifts from the Woman's Club and urges patience as city funding is awaited to become a true public library. Readers are told new books arrive monthly and a new dictionary has been bought to improve the Reading Room.
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Woman's Club
Zoe
Ford Philosophy and the American economic ideal
The text argues that farm and shop depend on each other for wages and profits to raise value for users. It promotes cooperation over excessive production, stresses the virtue of independence, and links high wages and quality materials to lower prices. It frames industry as sustained by people, not vice versa, and links good roads to commerce and civilization.
College youths tease elder on street
Three college youths greet a passing old man with humorous biblical names. the man corrects them, revealing he is Saul, son of Kish, seeking his father’s asses and has found three.
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Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Saul
Kish
Husband and Wife React to Returned Check
A couple discusses a bank returning a check and questions what they can buy with the funds. The exchange hints at relief and potential purchases arising from the bank’s decision.
Bureau sees weak demand for farm products with stable industrial output
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics reports little prospect for early demand improvement in farm products. Industrial activity may remain stable for some time while spring and summer prices depend more on supply prospects. Corn prices likely steady unless the growing season fails. hog marketings rise but are offset by smaller pork and lard stocks. butter, poultry, and egg prices move modestly. Fruit prospects near average with potato prices dropping in May.
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Bureau of Agricultural Economics
Bureau
600 Typewriters for 1940 Census Use
The Census Bureau plans to employ about 600 typewriters for the Sixteenth Decennial Census in 1940 and will use roughly 11,000 typewriter ribbons.
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Census Bureau
Parrot Crossed Hen Poultry Venture Report
An enterprising poultryman crossed hens with parrots to save time. Previously he hunted eggs daily. now the hens walk up and proudly announce they have laid eggs, saying Hank should fetch them.
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Hank
Adoption Petition Seeks Change for Infant Barbara Bass
The petitioners George Chappelle Burscott and Allene Burns seek a court order in Lake County Florida to adopt infant Barbara An Bass and change her name to Jacqueline Claire Burns. The hearing is set before Judge J C B Koonce in Tavares on February 6, 1939 at 10 AM. WannesAe A, attorney for petitioners, is based in Mount Dora Florida.
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Tavares
H. Moore
Gilbert A
Nadine
Gilbert
A. Nodine
Rge J. White
GC. TA
Herlong, Jr
Lake County
Florida
Thomas H. Cooley
Ruth DeLacy Garlick
J. C.B. Koonce
Circuit Court of
Fifth Judicial Circuit
State of
Barbara An Bass
Jacqueline Claire
Lillie A. Reeves
A. D
Lysle Stevens
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L. A. Tremain
Winter Haven
F. M
Buster
Whaley
Lake Dora
Sylvan Shores
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Mr. Theall
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P. S
Charleston
S. C
Navy
St. Michael’s Church
Florida Telephone Corporation
S. C. Colley
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H. T. Fenn
E. E. Strickland
G. A. Richardson
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FORD
J. G. Ladue
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Drager Bldg
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Flor
Gilbert A. Nodine
County Ida Court
Ruth
Delacy .Garlick
George Chapelle
Bur Scott Allene Burns
WannesAe
Petitioners
Mount Dora, Florida
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Stokes Monument Co
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Orange Ave
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