Mount Dora's Bright Prospect from Early Florida News
A 1884 Mount Dora feature extols the town’s scenic beauty and rapid growth. It notes 250 residents, several stores, hotels, churches, and a railroad expected by July linking to Jackson ville and surrounding steamship routes. The Congregational Assembly, a new school building, and lake access bolster a promising future.
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Mount Ma
Lake Dora
Beauclaire
Carleton
Blue Hills
Mount Dora
St. Johns River
Sanford
Tavares
Jacksonville
Congregational National Chautauqua Assembly
Chautauqua Park
Sylvan Shores
Reh
Florida
Fuller
Leesburg
Holland Williams
Community clubs hold meetings and social events
The Ladies Aid Society and Garden Club met for afternoon sessions with planned plans and papers on flowers and decoration. A Hall card party benefiting the Improvement Society followed, with prizes in contract and auction. Other clubs held dessert bridge and auctions, hosting prizes and refreshments. Several families traveled north to Maine, Nantucket, and Worcester for visits.
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Ladies Aid Society
Improvement Society
F. O. Brando
C. H. Estey
Bryant
Sylvester
Ruth
Maine
Fred Maglathlin
Nantucket
Mass
Fred Snow
Bryantville
James Moody
Bristol
Clarence Davis
Emma Bliss
Mary Moore
Fisk
Mount Dora
A. R. Key
Mary Estey
Beerbower
Farrington
The Adventures of a Raindrop
A raindrop falls from the sky and travels through gutters streams and a lake. It is swallowed by a thirsty fish then finally ends up on the shore where the drop dries under a stone after the fish is taken home by a boy.
Yankee to race in English waters amid regatta talk
The Yankee sails for the season with a yawl rig and Atlantic convoy. Rainbow’s win over Endeavour is cited as history, while conditions were called unfortunate. Legislation in New Jersey and New York threatens speed limits and regatta oversight, prompting calls for federal standardization and state reciprocity.
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Yankee
En Ur
Laurels
Rainbow
Endeavour
Gerald Lambert
Atlantic
Albany Bany
New Yor
New Jersey
New York
Prepa
Dairymen of Orange Tour Marion County Silos
Orange county dairy men visited Marion county dairies to study silo types and silage crops. They examined underground trench and pit silos and above ground wood steel and concrete varieties. Led by K C Moore they planned to build eight or ten silos this summer with local agents joining the tour.
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Orange County
Marion County
K. C. Moore
Ocala
Clyde Norton
W. T. Nettles
Hamlin L
Advertising Drives Global Trade and Brand Names
A News-Times piece argues advertising now dominates marketing as manufacturers invest heavily before launch. It asserts consumers seek brand names over generic descriptors, noting persistent brand recognition shapes buying habits across products like food and beverages.
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I Schropp
Lebanon
News-Times
Tobacco Control Act extended with 1935 tax rate increase
The Kerr-Smith Act for tobacco production is extended into 1935 and the surplus tax rises from 25 to 33 percent of sale price. Secretary Wallace issued the proclamation after a landslide referendum in favor of continuance. the higher rate takes effect May 1, 1935. In Suwannee county 300 girls join 4H clubs, and Monticello's R C Sim is named president of the Southeastern Pecan Growers Association.
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Kerr-Smith
United States
State Agricultural Extension Service
Wallace
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Monticello
R. C. Sim
Southeastern Pecan Growers Association
Sorrento Social Notes Include Guests and Events
Sorrento community news records weekend visits from Gainesville Florida ال d families and local gatherings. Mrs Gr Cooper Sanford and others attended visits while new births and local events are noted including a March 11 birth and PTA programs and a Ladies Aid luncheon with cushions made for rustic chairs. Officers for the next year were proposed by the nominating committee.
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Malcom Bruce
Gainesville
Fla
Mattie Fenton
Ferguson
Kansas City
Flint
Miss Levings
Sor Ley
Te Tie
O. P. Smith
Cooper
Sanford
Sorrento
Dixie Royal
M. F. Cowart
Doris
Gertrude Moore
St. Agustine
Barber
Krehauf
Wineman
Idt
New Jersey
Mesdames Dufour
Freuw
Judson
Sanders
Matlack
Zellwood
Ira Conner
Conner
Ladies Aid
Norton
Robert Fenton
Strite
Woman’s Club
Western Tampa Home Demonstration Groups Plan Canning
Allie Lee Rush reports that all home demonstration groups in the western Tampa area can obtain canning supplies. Each woman plans to grow and preserve more food to meet her family needs.
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Tampa
Fla
Eee
Allie Lee Rush
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