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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1938
Page
6
A collage of wry quips and urban legends touches on pessimism about dieting, clocks, peace, fashion, farming, and alcohol. It cites tall tales like Washington’s dollar throw and Seagram’s Father’s Day campaign, ending with a plea for temperance and responsible aging.
The National Society for the Prevention of Blindness urges parents to ban fireworks or strictly supervise children. It notes many eye injuries and fatalities occur from Fourth of July displays and stresses there is no safe fireworks option for kids.
The article cites Emil Ludwig's biography of Roosevelt arguing the president contrasts with dictatorship. It contrasts Roosevelt's patient, lawful, and individual focus with the dictator's pomp, persecution, and coercive power, noting Roosevelt's elections and Congress support as sources of authority.
Hygeia dismisses penny as wart cure as fallacy while New York Sun touts horse chestnut. Macon Telegraph mocks nerve of a remedy yet shares odd bean ritual. Brunswick Pilot favors cemetery spunk water oak tree rite with midnight chant. Numerous odd cures appear amid a wave of suggestions.
Congressman Joe Hendricks writes from Florida expressing regret at missing calls and speaking engagements. He notes proposed special session skepticism, praises House calendars, recalls fishing mishaps, and lists WPA projects and Civil Service job postings with pay scales and locations for public inquiries.
Short subjects in this week’s program include a news reel covering the Louis Schmeling fight. The feature is listed among the theatre’s upcoming offerings and highlights a popular boxing event for patrons.
A summer sports program invites the public to a Tuesday night meeting at the Chamber of Commerce at 7 30. All are invited to attend.
The article lauds Marineland near St Augustine as Florida’s top marine exhibit opened on the Ocean Highway. It describes two open pools with sharks, porpoises, giant rays, swordfish, sea turtles and other creatures, and notes the facility’s aim for scientific study and undersea filmmaking. It credits founders Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney and partners and praises Florida’s climate for camera work.
The Rural Electrification Administration plans to wire more than 500 homes in Lake, Marion and Sumter counties. The project will require 171 miles of line. Bids from large electric companies have been submitted to Washington headquarters, and work will begin promptly after approval and be completed without delay.
Twenty two Lake County farmers advertised in the June For Sale Want and Exchange Bulletin from the Florida State Marketing Bureau. The issue lists citrus crops, mules and shrubs for sale or trade and notes free subscription upon request. An educational Citrus Growers Institute is set at Camp McQuarrie near Astor Park in the Ocala National Forest with H H Hethcox of Umatilla as committee chair. The Lake County Horticultural Association collaborates with the Florida Agricultural Extension Service.
A reflective verse on pursuing fame and success from birth to death. The author weighs how skill and fortune shape our path, while recognizing that past choices may bring tears and regret in the game of life.
Lake County Chamber of Commerce and F W Davidson of Mount Dora sent eleven lugs of Lake County grapes to state newspaper editors. The Montverde Vineyards fruit accompanied notices of the Florida State Grape Growers Convention and Show set for June 30 at Montverde. Earlier shipments of watermelons and citrus highlighted regional agricultural diversification.
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