Pleasant surroundings on farm spur achievement across Florida
The article argues attractive farm homes with well kept yards and flowers boost pride and performance. It notes many Florida farms lack paint and repairs, urging affordable improvements and better animal housing. It cites a large turnout of 200 cattlemen and farmers at a Florida pasture conference at the University of Florida and warns against transplanting plants from soil with root knot infestation.
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Florida
University of Florida College of Agriculture
Rural Electrification Chief Attacks Florida Power Raiding Co op
John M. Carmody, REA administrator, sends telegram to C E Grosbeck of Electric Bond and Share protesting Florida Power and Light Company raids on a farmers cooperative project in Florida. He condemns poles and wiring to unserved farms, calls raids contrary to public progress, and cites similar conduct in North Carolina and the impact on federally funded loans. He urges corrective action to keep loans sound and projects viable.
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John M. Carmody
C. E. Grosbeck
Electric Bond & Sharepany
New York
Clay
Putnam
Union
Bradford
Alachua
Florida
Florida Power
Tony
Farmers’ Cooperative Proect
Electric Bond & Share
Florida Power & Light Company
Piniell
America
Rea
North Carolina
Hand picking as practical method for orange dog control
The article argues hand picking is the most practical method to manage orange dogs on citrus trees, focusing on direct removal and careful monitoring as the primary control strategy. It emphasizes practical, low tech approaches over chemical solutions.
Florida teachers’ salaries funded by Citrus Commission repaid
The Florida Citrus Commission reports that funds borrowed to cover teachers’ salaries have been fully repaid, ending the interim financial arrangement.
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Florida Citrus Commission
Congressman Joe Hendricks at Large Florida report
Florida congressman Joe Hendricks writes from Washington about his shift to “State at large” duties, reactions to Gettysburg and Pickett’s Charge demonstrations, WPA politics, and Civil Service exam notices with announced salaries for posts in Washington and Charleston Navy Yard.
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Florida
Washington
Gettysburg
Congress
Senate
Friends of
Anti’s
Philadelphia
Aubrey Williams
WPA
America
Liberty
Rockies
H Standin Wiike
Pacific
Atlantic
Mississippi
Tenacles
Charleston Navy Yard
Social Security Board
Petroleum
Job Insurance Benefits Tied to Social Security Numbers
Government official explains that unemployment benefits for 1939 will be calculated from individual 1938 earnings and wage records filed under each worker's Social Security Account number rather than name to avoid duplicate names and nickname reports.
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Harold C. Wall
Bobby
Alexander the Great
Doc
Rubber
Shorty
Smokey
Wall
Safe driving by visiting New England church services
A suggestion from Socony Vacuum Tours invites drivers to pause at a New England village church on a Sunday morning to join worshipers for about an hour. The simple service is said to refresh the soul and produce a more courteous and safer driver in Sunday traffic.
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New England
Tavares Man Joins Gettysburg Confederate Veterans Reunion
Tavares resident T. A. Hux, one of Lake County’s three living Confederate Veterans, traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to attend the reunion marking the Battle of Gettysburg anniversary on July 1, 2 and 3.
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T. A. Hux
Tavares
Lake County
Gettysburg
Foreclosure Sale Scheduled for Lake County Property
By final decree dated July 6 1938 J W Smith plaintiff and Lake Crate & Lumber Co with Dorothy Gray Johnson as defendants a sale will occur August 1 1938 at the Tavares Courthouse front door Lake County Florida Blocks 6 11 14 Sadler's Subdivision Mount Dora described property totaling 9271 25 in mortgage foreclosure two deeds pledged to satisfy costs and decree. W M Kennedy Special Master.
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Fifth Judicial Circuit
State of Florida
Lake County
J. W. Smith
J. Wash Smith
Lake Crate & Lumber Company
Florida
Dorothy Gray Johnson
J. W. M. Kennedy
Tavares
Sadler's
Mount Dora
Circuit Court
W. M. Kennedy
Guardianship Notice for Davis Minors in Lake County
In the Lake County Florida county court guardianship case the guardian seeks authority to sell the undivided three fourths interest of minors Gerald Martin Davis Frances Helen Davis and Bess Barney Davis in Lot 5 of Wildwood Block 240 Town of Mount Dora Section 29 Township 19 South Range 27 East. A hearing is set for July 29 1938 at 11 00 in the morning before County Judge A B erlong Jr at the Lake County Courthouse in Tavares Florida. Hortense L. Davis guardian attorney listed.
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Gerald Martin Davis
Frances Helen Davis
Bess Barney Davis
A. 8
Erlong, Jr
Lake County
Florida
Tavares
Lake
State of Florida
Wildwood
Mount Dora Intion
Range
Hortense L. Davis
97Year-old Mr Hux escorted to Gettysburg by daughter
Mr Hux aged 97 traveled to Gettysburg with his daughter Mrs Russell Peeples as escort. All expenses were paid by the City of Gettysburg and the Federal Government.
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Hux
Gettysburg
Russell Peeples
Make Time to Live
A series of aphorisms by Col. B. F. Forgy urging the reader to value time. It highlights taking time to work think read worship be friendly love look around laugh play with children and be courteous as paths to success wisdom happiness and reverence.
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Col
B. F. Forgy
Ashland Dent
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