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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 18, 1926
Page
2
Mount Dora Topic is published weekly by Mount Dora Publishing Co Inc in Mount Dora Florida. Subscription price is 2.00 per year with 85 cents per inch for display ads and 5 cents per line for classified ads. It is entered as second class matter at the Mount Dora post office on April 7 1916 under the act of March 3 1879.
The city lacks a disposal site for garbage and debris. The clean up committee arranged a temporary dumping area for a designated cleaning week and urges the city council to provide a permanent refuse dump to keep the city clean.
City residents are urged to visit Sylvan Shores to learn about its development. Owners propose a general invitation day to showcase attractions and explain progress, encouraging informed discussion and support for the project.
A Louisville Herald-Post reader recounts a horrific Kentucky crime by Ed Harris a colored desperado who killed a white man and two children and assaulted his wife. The column reflects on faith child heaven and a plea from a child to editors and ministers to comfort frightened families.
Residents vow action over rotten local telephone service as delays in calls and repairs hinder growth. They praise operators but demand improved equipment and facilities or a city action to compel better public service.
Expressions of kindest congratulations mark the 85th birthday of Dr Duncan C Milner in Mount Dora. The esteemed physician is praised for his mental sharpness, active life, daily good deeds, and lasting value to the community.
Franklin D Roosevelt is praised in the Tampa Telegraph and Daily Lake Region for the Democratic nomination. The article lauds his public and private life and notes his independence in politics, starting with a struggle against Tammany Hall that elevated him to a national figure.
The speaker describes Roosevelt as a neighbor living in Hyde Park, Dutchess County, close to their town, and notes a long political association since Roosevelt entered politics.
The first office named was state senator. The district included Dutchess, Putnam and Columbia counties in New York. He was about 26 or 27 years old.
The Beacon Evening Journal editor Ferdinand A Hoyt is named as a candidate for the assembly in Dutchess County while another Democrat notes a long Democratic absence in the district. The editor is about two years younger than the speaker and the district had not elected a Democrat in 32 years.
The narrator recalls two boys entering politics with enthusiasm. He remembers Roosevelt’s first political speech and a plan to open the campaign at Beacon. After the speech, they held three outdoor meetings, praising each other’s performances and slapping backs in celebration.
The narrative recalls a pair of brothers who win office after a vigorous district-wide campaign and then sparks a fierce later bid for the U.S. Senate. It highlights Tammany Hall, rail interests, and party pledges, then pivots to reflections on modern life, seeking beauty and meaning beyond machine-age haste.
The account recalls a struggle over an appointment to the Forest Fish and Game Committee under Theodore Roosevelt. A rival, Hoyt, asserts authority claiming the clerk position and the narrator describes threats and inducements, then reflects on life’s meaning and beauty in pursuit of happiness.
A reader complains about waking to find slippers missing and suspects they may not have been placed there. The note expresses irritation at morning friction and questions personal memory rather than blaming others.
A Tammany heeler from New York City recalls guiding Roosevelt to Packy McCabe the Senate clerk. He says Roosevelt and his brother opposed Sheehan and were pressured to depart. In the joint session vote Roosevelt condemned the incident, prompting New York papers to stress the clash as the 13 grew more determined to endure.
The legislature endured a prolonged deadlock with the Insurgents voting scattered and none backing a specific man. After about 100 ballots a late night conference at Roosevelt's home produced progress. Al Smith, a Tammany-backed speaker, remained fair amid widespread criticism of the Insurgents, and a lasting friendship with Roosevelt began.
At the conference James A O Gorman a supreme court judge and high standing lawyer emerged as the compromise candidate. Roosevelt stated the opposition to Sheehan was not due to Tammany affiliation but his corporate ties. O Gorman’s acceptance as a Tammany member supported that view.
The passage recalls Roosevelt as floor leader for Smith at the last Democratic convention with McAdoo allies showing high respect as he hobbled in on crutches. It notes his infantile paralysis while Assistant Secretary of the Navy and mentions a blasphemy case against Bimba, a sedition conviction, and a $100 fine amid publicity. It ends with a Cocoa speeding ticket anecdote.
A speaker extols a man as a paragon of physical fitness and vigor. He stands over six feet tall, well proportioned, with ruddy cheeks, making the notion of illness seem incongruous with the man’s image.
The text notes Roosevelt taking active command of Dutchess County Republicans after last fall’s election, with Judge Morschauser as power behind the throne and D. J. Gleason running for surrogate amid Stillman case ties. It mentions Roosevelt campaigning on crutches, narrowing a large majority, and clarifies that Franklin D. Roosevelt is not a close relative of Theodore Roosevelt, though his wife is a niece of the former president.
After abandoning crutches and braces, Frank Roosevelt shows daily improvement and enjoys a period of convalescence cruising the Florida Keys. A correspondent confirms his steady recovery and praises his resilience.
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