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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1926
Page
5
Local and personal notes list Mayor A J Waltz and others visiting Orlando Plant City and Mount Dora for the season. Residents return from Michigan Illinois Ohio and Massachusetts while new travelers arrive from Connecticut New York and Vermont. Tourism growth and summer-to-winter migrations shape the town scene with homes and streets celebrated.
Caleb at eighty-five claims his promised land with strength, guided by wholehearted devotion to the Lord. The lesson contrasts Moses, Joshua, and Caleb’s long lifespans with the call to personal discipline and spiritual focus in living a godly life amid temptations.
After months of traffic tie ups the Highland avenue bridge over the Atlantic Coast Line railway tracks opens to the public. The viaduct ends a dangerous grade crossing and offers motorists a view of hills and lakes in the surrounding region.
About 600 acres of new fall truck crops have been planted in Okeechobee County. Demonstrations in dusting and spraying for roller worms hoppers and diseases have been conducted by county agent Sam H. Sherrard. Refugee farmers who arrived into the area are shifting into farming.
The county has planted crops and made good headway. Landowners provided land, houses, fertilizers, seed, and spray materials to assist. county agents report strong cooperation with local farmers.
An elderly woman asks a minister if feeling proud of a handsome compliment is sinful. The minister replies that the fault lies with the giver, not the recipient, framing the remark as a moral lesson from United Effort in Pittsburgh.
A Brooklyn Eagle item reports a customer returning a book titled Stories for All Occasions claiming it is a fake. The bookseller questions the material noting it contains no guidance for a man to tell his wife at 2 A.M.
In Lake County Florida the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit in Chancery hears matters involving the estate of Fillmore A Pearsons with ancillary administration and sworn claims. The caption lists Town of Mount Dora as the municipal complainant in the case filed under Florida law.
Public court notice in Mount Dora Florida orders taxpayers and citizens to appear November 20 1926 to show cause why 93000 in town bonds for street improvements should not be validated and confirmed. The order directs publication in Mount Dora Topic for three consecutive weeks before November 30 1926.
The Booth Streetor Lane family thanks friends for kind sympathy and floral offerings after their recent loss. Mr Geo Booth Miss Hilda Streetor Mrs S Lane and family express gratitude for support.
Notice to creditors and legatees in the Nathan Adams Banks estate demanding claims within one year of September 5 1926. Filing required with Lake County Florida Judge in Tavares. dated September 16 1926. Also notice of final settlement for Georgia Tremain estate, executor Tremain to file final accounts November 11 1926 at Lake County Court House in Tavares.
Notice to creditors and all claimants against the estate of Timothy Cleary deceased. Executors Alexander W. Cleary Francis J. Cleary and Mabel M. Cleary request claims be presented within one year to the Lake County Judge in Tavares Florida to avoid barring. Aug 1926 Sept 1 1926 date referenced. multiple executors listed with addresses in Portland Oregon Philadelphia Pennsylvania Mount Dora Florida and the Navy Yard.
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