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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1939
Page
10
More than 10 000 pints of writing ink will be used in recording the results of the Sixteenth Decennial Census of the United States which will be taken in 1940. Topic ads bring results. Try them.
Census Bureau reports show bronchitis deaths in the United States have fallen by 93 percent since 1900 and tuberculosis deaths by 73 percent in the same period. About 8,000 selected apple varieties are catalogued and studied.
A catalog of small town vignettes from Mount Dora includes a station owner wearing a peak cap, a girl with finger plaster protecting a ring, fishing pals delayed by fate, a bridal party returning from St. Cloud, and rumors of mistaken identity in a Kissimmee drug store. Others mention basketball practice, a shave with an electric razor, coin wrappers for the Florida Exhibit, a Mercury 8 convertible, and Pat the town dog enjoying dog heaven.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce president Frank K. Stebbins praises ACL Tropical Trips booklet as the most attractive Florida railroad publication to highlight Clermont Eustis Leesburg Mount Dora Mount Plymouth Tavares Umatilla and local hotels and golf courses. The note also mentions Ames Iowa college enrollment and buckwheat crop distribution in New York and Pennsylvania.
Florida State Welfare Board reports from July 1 1937 to December 31 1938 that 27 973 people were granted Old Age Assistance and 2 956 have since died. Deaths totaled 1 956 in the first year and 1 000 in the last six months, indicating a steady mortality rate.
The Central Florida Council of Chambers met at the Fountain Inn Eustis with more than thirty chamber representatives from DeLand Cocoa Orange County Orlando Seminole Mount Dora Clermont Montverde Eustis and Lake counties. F. Bunnell of Eustis was elected president for four months and L Veach Conrath of DeLand named secretary. The February shrimp breakfast meeting will be in Cocoa on February 15 with Buck Sawyer hosting. L. W. Marvin of Lakeland spoke on advertising citrus fruit for the Florida Citrus Commission and displayed related materials.
Milner Rosenwald Academy faculty and students thank Mount Dora citizens for a tuberculosis drive. Donations from The Pallbearers Society No 2 M Thomas president 5 00 St Marys Baptist School Mrs M Gilbert supt 50c a sixth and aerate grades des 2 15 Ving Home ice president 3 00 3rd es S 5th grades 1 06 Mt Olivet A E Church 50c 1st 2nd ee 1 55 St Marys Baptist B Y P U Frankie Green pres 50c and 10th grade class 25c. Total amount raised 12 51. Canly Lott Prin.
The United States holds nearly the same crop land area as Europe excluding Russia. Principal poultry markets are New York, Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia, highlighting a broad domestic demand network.
Preliminary reports from the U S Bureau estimate more than 55 million barrels of beer and ale brewed in the United States in 1937. The report notes the country’s blend of agricultural base and industrial strength underpinning this output.
The undersigned will apply to Judge J C B Koonce in the Fifth Judicial Circuit Florida at 10 A M February 6 1989 for an order to adopt an infant girl Barbara Ann Bass now about 8 weeks old and change her name to Jacqueline Claire urns in Lake County Florida observing the hearing in Tavares Florida.
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