The Florida Echoes of a Changing Time
A montage of pithy maxims and notes from Mount Dora readers on life, cash, travel, and society. It references old Florida attitudes, the post office as second class, and a nod to the Tampa Tribune on a state song, with comments on industry, agriculture, and public life in the era.
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Mount Dora
Florida
The
Tampa Tribune
DR. Richardson
Fourth Avenue
Fla
State of Florida
Osteopathic—Medicine Surgery Hospital
Legislature Pledges Versus Costs Mark Expensive Session
The article notes lawmakers pledged to cut waste and save money but the last legislative session cost 254126 dollars, about one thousand dollars more than 1933, making it the most expensive in state history.
St. Petersburg marks a year of sunlit days and paper giveaways
The Sunshine City completes 365 days with sun shining daily by June 14. The Evening Independent has given away its home edition for 23 years whenever sunshine failed to appear before press time, totaling 116 free issues in nearly a quarter century, averaging fewer than five per year.
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St. Petersburg
Evening Independent
Profanity Declared a Social Menace and NRA Impact
A editorial tone discusses profanity as a social issue in the United States, condemning vulgar language and urging better public manners. It then weighs the NRA’s impact on American business, noting a Supreme Court decision and the search for substitutes to preserve its beneficial points. Florida legislation is praised for forestry and conservation measures funding education and state forests with large federal aid potential.
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God
NRA
Congress
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Supreme Court
University of Florida
Florida
CCC
Farmers Flock to Washington to Endorse AAA
Southern planters and large wheat growers traveled by Pullman cars to endorse the AAA. They expressed gratitude for improved conditions and stayed in swank hotels while visiting sights such as the Washington Zoo Rock Creek Park and the zoo in Congress.
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Washington
Southern
West
Pullman
Rock Creek Park
Congress
Florida cattlemen shown Florida steers fetch high prices
Florida steers sold in St. Louis for 108 dollars each after stall feeding and good condition. Authors argue this proves Florida can raise beef cattle as well as any region and encourages local cattlemen to pursue the best beef cattle grade for a strong future.
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Florida
St. Louis
Prosperity Outlook And Memorial Plans Highlight Florida News
B C Forbes predicts a later return to confidence and a surge in prosperity beyond 1928 29 levels while Dr John J Tigert urges Stetson graduates to seize vast opportunities in a turbulent era A $500000 Spanish War Memorial appropriation for Davis Island Tampa gains Senate approval and House committee endorsement Tampa plans a Memorial Park as a national shrine The piece also notes advice on kindness to animals from Smithsonian curator Dr Hough underscoring lasting peaceable relations and trust in human character
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B. C. Forbes
America
John J. Tigert
University of Florida
Stetson University
Davis Island
Tampa
Senate
House
Spain
The
Tampa Tribune
Hough
Smithsonian Institution
Orange county citrus growers visit Orlando groves for farming methods
County Agent K. C. Moore reports that a motorcade of Orange County citrus growers toured several Orlando groves to observe fertilizing, cultivating, irrigating, and trunk disease control. FCA loan totals reflect about three billion dollars in its first two years, with May 27 marking FCA’s second birthday.
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A. Motorcade
Orange
Orlando
K. C. Moore
Farm Credit Administration
FCA
Fruit Juice Advertises Mount Dora
Floriorange Canneries proprietor Mr. Frank Burkart receives a correspondence from John B. Olmsted of Buffalo dated June 3 1935 praising Floriorange orange juice sent to Germany. Olmsted calls Florida blue sky and ice and asks for the wholesale contact for restocking Mount Dora product.
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Frank Burkart
Germany
Buffalo
N. Y
Mount Dora
Melon Display At Plymount Farm Delights Locals
Mr. I. F. Sarver showcased a 54 pound Topic watermelon weighing 21 inches long and 12 inches wide near Plymount. He grows 16 acres of melons including Tom Watson and Stone Mountain varieties and has begun harvesting 2,800 melons with 500 more expected to reach 50 pounds. A perfect Stone Mountain melon impressed with its interior as much as its exterior.
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I. F. Sarver
Stone Mountain
Plymount
Florida Commission Orders Night Toll Rate Extension
The Florida Railroad Commission instructed all telephone companies to eliminate the evening rate on long distance charges and start reduced night rates at 7 PM or 8:30 PM. The change lets subscribers enjoy the lowest toll rate one and a half hours earlier, aiming to improve service and reduce late hour traffic.
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Florida Railroad Commission
Florida forest service to plant pine windbreaks for groves
The Florida Forest Service at Olustee ordered slash and longleaf pine seedlings for DeLand citrus groves. Growers plant four foot apart rows to form windbreaks, aiding freeze protection and insect control by attracting birds, with Dentler Brothers purchasing one thousand trees for groves.
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Florida Forest Service
Olustee
DeLand
C. H. Schaeffer
Dentler Brother
First Baptist Church Service Schedule
Corner Tenth and Tremain invites worship at 9:45 a.m. 11:00 a.m. and 7:00 p.m. Sunday activities include Baptist Young People at 7:00 p.m. Evening worship and mid week service are also offered. Pastor is Rev. A. A. S. All are welcome to attend any service.
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First Baptist Church
Tenth and
Tremain
Baptist Young Peoples
St Thomas Episcopal Eustis Morning Prayer and Communion
St Thomas Episcopal Church Eustis Florida invites all to morning prayer at 11 a.m. with Holy Communion on the first Sunday of each month. Rector D. T. Johnson extends a cordial welcome.
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All
D. T. Johnson
Church of Christ Hosts Sunday Service Near Crate Mill
The Church of Christ meets at Mrs. Zelma D. Sills home near Crate Mill every Sunday at 10 30 a m with open invitation extended to all seeking worship.
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Zelma D. Sills
St Marys of the Lakes Parish Service Schedule
The listing notes St Marys of the Lakes Catholic Church at Grove Street and Badger Avenue Florida with Rev Patrick Doyle as pastor. Sunday Masses are 8:00 a.m. in Eustis and 10:00 a.m. in Clermont. First Friday Mass is 7:30 a.m.
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ST. Mary’s OF the Lakes
Grove St
Badger Ave
Fla
Patrick Doyle
Eustis
Clermont
Rural women conserve food by canning surplus
Florida farm women, led by home demonstration agents, increase canning across counties. They store fruits and vegetables for winter, save money, and bolster the Live-at-Home program by preserving surplus and teaching improved methods.
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Florida
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Bible School
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M. Wells
First National Bank
Lemuel Colson
Donnelly Bldg
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora, Fla
S. S. Sadler & CO
Pillsbury Flour
Coleman’s Bakery
T. H. Evans
Seaboard
the Railroad
East Pine Street
John A. Watts
Eee
Villa Evans
Grandview Street
Norman
Cation
J. M. Lee
Tallahassee, Florida
Florence Dis Range
Frank Drake
Mr. Drake
Rehbaum & Co
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J. J. West
Man J. Stuart
J.J. West
Ray Eckholdt
Chrysler and Packard
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