A 1910 Home Life Then and Now in a Snapshot
The piece contrasts early 20th century housekeeping with modern living, recalling manual chores such as beating carpets and warming beds, moth ball use, reading aloud after meals, and stained glass windows. It notes how families created identity through shared routines before pervasive modern machinery and television.
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Emerson
Ibsen
Mount Dora City Council discusses leases zoning and road plans
The Planning and Zoning Committee reports a 767 yearly gap in meal funding and a proposed extension of Ralph Longanecker’s Fisherman's Headquarters lease to Aug 1. A renovation for Fourth Avenue and McDonald Street is reviewed pending eight off street parking spaces. De-annexation of New Highway 441 right of way is delayed. Mayor Champion forms a police chief search committee. meter tampering and Oakwood Apartments metering remain in committee. A DOT meeting on State Road 46 is set for Thursday. Mount Dora’s street total is 29.3 miles with 20.8 miles paved first class.
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LCAA
Mount Dora
Planning and Zoning Committee
Gordon Dake
Ralph Longanecker
Fisherman's
Dake
Lake Dora
Gilbert Park
Gary Bray
Fourth Avenue
McDonald Street
Bray
Highway
City Hall
Tom Champion
Norman Cummins
Pearson
Huett
Council
Utilities Committee
Howard Cox
Trade
Cox
Florida
Neal Haber
Oakwood
Lincoln Avenue
Haber
Streets Committee
Tommy Houser
Sorrento Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall
State Department of Transportation
Wekiva River
Houser
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