South Florida Fair Opens with Juvenile Parade and Guests
The South Florida Fair opens February 3 with nightly pyro show and a juvenile parade on February 7 by the Junior League. Dutch villagers, foreign ambassadors, and expanded Woman's department space mark the event. Gov Carlton and local athletes spotlight February 7 track meet.
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Florida
Woman’s Department
Jackson Hall
Doyle E. Carlton
Bee Keepers’ Association
Brotein
States Weigh Taxation Issues As Legislatures Convene
Forty four state legislatures meet in 1931 while Florida and Georgia plan April and June sessions. Taxation is the central issue likely to shape sessions alongside education labor transportation and public works. Some states hold annual or even year long sessions. John H. Days notes a wage scale change and two new cigar sizes selling for ten cents.
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Florida
Georgia
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Louisiana
Kentucky
Mississippi
Virginia
Connecticut
Maryland
Missouri
Tennessee
John H. Days
Tampa
Famous Passion Play Artist Visits Lake County
Miss Mayr, the youngest Mary Magdalene in the Oberammergau Passion Play, will visit the Central Florida Exposition in Orlando February 24 to 28. She travels with Mr. and Mrs. Waterman after touring Oberammergau, where Guido Mayr has twice played Judas Iscariot. Miss Mayr spoke on Dr Cadman's radio hour after arriving in America.
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Oberammergau
Orlando
Miss Mayr
Guido Mayr
Judas Iscariot
United States
February farm and home notes from Florida College of Agriculture
Specialists in Gainesville advise February tasks for livestock poultry field crops and home care. Maintain dry barns provide bedding and feed cover. hatch clean chicks. plant Napier grass cowpeas soybeans and millet. apply lime sulfur and Bordeaux sprays for pests. graft fruit trees and prune pecans. prepare seedbeds mulch irrigate and watch for rust mites aphids and boll weevils. repair spring clothing and make a spring hat.
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Gainesville
Fla
Florida
College of Agriculture
Lake County Flower Show premium lists announced
The Lake County Flower Show is back with premiums published by the County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs and the County Federation of Women's Clubs. Special prizes include the best dish garden using Florida plants with space first come, first served in Pioneer Building Ta vares.
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Lake County
County Council of Home Demonstration Clubs
County Federation of Women’s Clubs
Florida
Mary S. Allen
Tavares
Cassia
Mount Dora
Umatilla
Eustis
Leesburg
Central Florida Exposition
Pioneer Building
Moore
Settle
Orlando and Trilby Social Notes Mention Pioneering Local figure
The column records visits by Mrs. W. F. Bloodgood and Mrs. Claud Ferrell in Orlando and Trilby, noting ornamental shrub beautification efforts and social calls. It mentions Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Estey attending vows in Orlando and a death of Taylor, a pioneer among local colored people, noted incidentally.
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Taylor
Local social notes and community events in Tangerine
Mr and Mrs Roy L Pierce of the Pierce Bulb 1 called on Mrs A R Key. Leon W Estey and family of Orlando and Ted Estey and children of Tavares visited the Estey home. A Thursday Afternoon Bridge Club formed at Community Hall and invites all players. Warren Chamberlain and family of Apopka greeted Mrs A R Key. S S Sadler J W Jepson and C H Estey attended a public officials meeting at Orlando Court House. economy was discussed. Mount Dora School students Myrtle Gorden Virginia May Jepson Abby Jo Simpson and Joseph Swift were exempt from midterm exams.
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Leon W. Estey
Orlando
Ted Estey
Tavares
Estey
S.S. Sadler
J. W. Jepson
C. H. Estey
Court House
Mount Dora School
Myrtle Gorden
Virginia May Jepson
Abby Jo Simpson
Joseph Swift
Farewell to Algebra and Geometry in Schools
A Vancouver Sun column predicts algebra and geometry will vanish from school curricula as California universities drop these prerequisites for admission. The piece argues most students find them useless after graduation and that the subjects belong only to specific professions, not general education.
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California
Vancouver Sun
Florida Grapefruit Industry Fights Teague Misstatements
A Florida perspective rebukes R Teague for errors about grapefruit acreage and market outlook. The letter argues Florida and California interests clash on the Fruit Board, urging growers to hold native stock as demand is poised to rise. It critiques Hoover appointments as misaligned with regional citrus needs and warns against overproduction narratives.
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R. Teague
Federal Farm Board
Florida
State Nursery Inspection Department
Teague
California
Mr. Teague
P. S
Hoover
United States
Washington
Oregon
Michigan
New York State
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South Florida
Lowboy
Philco
Lake CO
Mary Magdelene
Claud Ferrell
Frank Howard
Roy L. Pierce
The
Pierce Bulb 1
A. R. Key
Warren Chamberlain
Apopka
Sara de
Dr. M. Wells
Hudson
Mosteller
Russell Coats
Eighth Ave
City
Grace Lenox
Key Avenue
Ray Labbeck
Donnelly St
Hale & White Cash Grocery
Mosteller Bros
Mt. Dora
Ming
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