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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1926
Page
3
A couple discusses attending Farmers and Fruit Growers Week at the University. They weigh a weeklong vacation from work to refresh their minds, noting past learning on farm crops, livestock, disease and insect control, pecans, and small fruits.
Mary and I share experiences from a women and men’s extension program focusing on home economy, nutrition basics, and practical cooking. We meet farmers and rural workers, hear about truck crops, and note Farmers and Fruit Growers’ Week scheduled August 9 to 14 with plans for a dedicated truck crop discussion section.
State law requires the last owner to sign the title relinquishment, hindering dealers who own repossessed autos. Purchasers who lost titles by default refuse to sign certificates, making it hard for dealers to obtain licenses for the cars.
Reports from the College of Agriculture Gainesville announce Farmers and Fruit Growers Week August 9 14 1926. Farm women will find home economies program while conditions in the Amazon valley could grow rubber if disease protection measures are taken and milk cows outnumber people in Vermont.
Fort Myers announces a $42 700 contract for a new incinerator plant. Howey plans $300 000 for Little Lake Harris improvements. Sarasota to build a bridge over Sarasota Bay. New Smyrna votes $1 500 000 for Daytona Beach inlet port. Palatka to spend $400 000 with Atlantic Coast Line Railroad for facility expansion and a new coaling station. Lake Stearns installs 100 road signs. Largo budgets $100 000 for a new hotel. Clearwater buys a fire truck and constructs a 100 900 gallon water tank. Orlando advances on a new Coliseum. Tampa’s Palm Avenue Baptist Church to erect a $400 000 structure. Melbourne to build a new theater on Strawbridge avenue. Lake Worth to pave North Ht feet and install white way system. St Augustine begins on a new ice plant. Dunedin widens Douglas Avenue by ten feet and installs a white way. Bradenton and Manatee County expect a $2 000 000 tomato crop. Winter Haven starts construction on Linger Arcade costing $25 000.
Automobiles streaming into Florida towns as visitors arrive at a rate of two thousand per day. Officials note steady influx from out of state islands and northern regions. Tourism authorities expect continued growth through the season.
The text notes that hard surfaced roads cost about 33 200 dollars per mile while gravel roads cost around 10 000 dollars per mile. It highlights wide cost differences between road surfaces in the United States.
Accidental automobile fatalities reached about 21 000 in 1925, up 5 percent from 1924. The total includes collisions between motor vehicles and railroad trains or street cars, highlighting rising road danger in the era.
In Constantinople motorists ignore traffic rules driving at high speed and passing street cars on both sides. They careen through turns and fail to observe safety practices, illustrating lax enforcement of road regulations.
Wayne Oakland and Macomb counties in Michigan plan a vast highway network with roads 120 feet wide. Construction is estimated at 80 000 dollars per mile, aiming to improve regional traffic flow and connectivity.
A new snow motor uses torpedo shaped propeller wheels that revolve like screws to pull the vehicle over snow and ice. It reaches 12 miles per hour in high gear and can climb drifts up to 20 feet deep.
Southern Bell Telephone installs equipment in a new company building at a cost of $1,000,000.
Davis Shores paving begins in St Augustine. Bids opened for road 48 from Starke to the Clay county line. Seven Jacksonville streets to be widened. Santa Rosa County builds a new courthouse for 150000. Benedic tine Academy of St Leo breaks ground on a 200000 dormitory in Dade City. Three new school buildings cost 30000 each in Eustis. City streets to be paved in Dade City. Guerin Lumber buys 4 acre tract along East Coast Railroad for a large Cocoa yard. Biblo to erect a 150000 hotel in Biblo. Orlando Y M C A building work starts.
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