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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1931
Page
4
A collection of quips on optimism and new starts from Edison and public figures. The comedian Rudy Vallee compares broadcasting to surgery as a performance, while a joke about patient anesthesia via a dial reflects era humor. A scientist speculates blondes are likelier to crime.
The remark endorses President Hoover's yearlong moratorium idea and states determination to discuss terms with creditors immediately.
Before adjournment the legislature passed an important measure by voting unanimously for a bill authorizing the comptroller to pay salaries of members and attaches for services rendered.
Since retirement she has heard from friends worldwide and received an official welcome to the City of Savannah by the mayor. Admirers along the river front presented a $500 gift to the famed Waving Girl.
The passage notes rising unemployment possibly influencing leisure gambling like card playing, while reporting record stamp payments to the U S Treasury for card packs in the past year totaling nearly $5 million. It highlights a trend of increased spending on playing cards amid economic conditions.
General Motors placed a seven year glass supply contract described as the industry’s largest ever, totaling fifty million dollars. The deal signals a resurgence in large scale automotive material purchases, with GM leveraging long term supply to secure premier glass products.
The Blue Book of Southern Progress shows Jacksonville as home to the world’s largest factory and notes the region supplies about 95 percent of the world’s guava jelly. The Manufacturers Record calls the book a valuable compilation of the South’s diversified industries and their impact.
Charles B. Driscoll laments fatigue after twenty years of writing about 3,000 words daily. He urges readers to try sustained production on a typewriter and questions whether constant labor explains his exhaustion in the heat.
President Hoover proposes a one year suspension of Germany’s 425 million dollar payments to the Allies as a non political business move to stabilize international finance. The plan prompted optimism in markets with cotton rising and securities advancing as confidence improves.
The National Educational Association gathers 20 000 delegates in Los Angeles to study farm school improvement as key to better country living. Leaders from agronomy, academia, rural presses and country life groups discuss coordinating efforts to raise living standards in farming communities.
Henry Ford pursues an experimental 3000 acre farm in southern Michigan. Workers now toil eight hours daily at five dollars, as Ford aims to connect motor power and farming. From his Dearborn laboratories he intends to develop farm products for industrial use.
The text argues success stems from steady effort and skill not luck. It cites long trials, disillusionment, persistence, and self-education, noting graduates must rely on diligence, applied knowledge, and continued effort to build a prosperous nation.
The article praises small towns for maintaining loyal retail buying within their communities despite modern advertising and transport. It cites a rural census showing over half of U S retail consumers live in small towns and notes a 1500 population town near a 300000 city has higher per capita retail sales.
Mrs C M Shore of New Bedford Massachusetts sends renewal for the Topic and notes weekly apartments. The fragment indicates a subscription renewal and a reference to the weekly paper.
A column recalling history and current events through anecdotes about famous figures, golf and politics, mentioning the Cardwells, Jean, Franklin, Hancock, and Crane. It notes training at Cornell, future possibilities for Douglas Crane, and a July 9 Lake County Poultry Association meeting, ending with a note of returning next week.
Executrix Fannie Finzel announces a final settlement hearing for the estate of John Finzel. The County Judge in Tavares will review accounts and vouchers on Wednesday September 2, 1931, at the courthouse.
The pastor will administer Holy Communion at 11:00 a.m. and preach at 7:30 p.m. Sunday school begins at 10:00 a.m. Epworth League meets at 6:30 p.m. A mid week service is planned for Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. All are welcome.
Bible school at 10:00 a.m. Young people's service at 7:00 p.m. Service led by Pastor David B. Spencer with Congregational Church activities listed.
B Y P U gathers at 6 45 p m for an evangelistic song and preaching service at 8 p m. Good music and singing described. All are welcome.
Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue hosts Sunday services at 11 a m with Sunday school at 9 45 a m Testimonial meeting Wednesday at 8 p m Reading room open Tuesday and Saturday afternoons 2 4 in the church building All are welcome
Mary Frances West died Sunday afternoon at the Florida Sanitarium in Orlando after three months of illness. Born in Ireland in 1859 she came to New York at seven, married J. J. West in 1890, lived in Minneapolis, and moved to Mount Dora in 1923. Funeral service Tuesday at Congregational Church conducted by Rev. D. B Spencer with organ and choir. Interment Forest Cemetery. Survived by husband, daughter Betty West of Mount Dora, and brother W. C. Pyke of Minneapolis.
Dr. C R Shannon, superintendent of the Florida Methodist Orphanage at Benson Springs, thanks Mrs. E Keller for a large coupon package from Octagon Soap. The home aims to collect 3,000,000 coupons to fund a new steam laundry and invites Mount Dora friends to visit and learn of their progress.
More than 100000 cubic yards of dirt were removed from Big Lagoon as the first phase of a project valued at 650000 dollars. The work moves from the lagoon area toward the Mobile Pensacola region.
A short notice indicates a branch of the Thompson led pineapple canning operation at Key West Granday. Details on the site status or personnel are minimal in this fragment.
National Geographic outlines French colonial reach from Africa to the Caribbean and the Pacific. It details territories including Syria under Allied mandate since 1923, French Indo China, Guadeloupe, Martinique, St Pierre and Miquelon, New Caledonia, Tahiti, and numerous Pacific and Indian Ocean islands.
The Florida Experiment Station advises spraying late July for scab susceptible pecan varieties with a Bordeaux mixture 4-4-50 and one pound of lead arsenate to control disease.
Fort Myers area readers wake to the News Press a merged newspaper born from Tropical News and The Press. The new daily unites staff, branding, and editorial aims for wider local coverage and stronger community voice.
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