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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 16, 1939
Page
6
A collection of wry maxims on ambition knowledge and social roles. It contrasts surgeons fortunes with advice givers and notes humor in student habits and marital duties. The tone is ironic with snippets about independence and domestic expectations.
A Florida newspaper notes a sudden upswing in the grapefruit trade with growing shipments and rising prices. The brief item highlights increased demand and seasonal harvest activity affecting growers and merchants.
The article recalls a past era when a million dollar Congress was viewed as a colossal use of public funds. It reflects on budget priorities and the lasting debate over federal spending.
The piece jokes that bankers are accommodating and ready to loan money with collateral. It predicts 200 million colds in the United States this winter but counters with a supposed cure for every case.
Philosopher Arthur G. Ivey of the Times-Union asserts that maintaining and developing the American public school system is one of our surest guarantees that this will remain a free land. He emphasizes education as a foundational safeguard of liberty.
As cool days approach motorists are warned about carbon monoxide dangers from car exhaust. The guide stresses the risk cannot be seen or smelled and can cause swift death. To prevent harm always open garage doors before starting the motor on a chilly morning.
The author highlights progress in reducing highway deaths but calls for intensified efforts. Urges strict enforcement of speed limits and bans on drunken or incompetent drivers and defective cars to lower the toll of fatalities and serious injuries.
The Florida economy shows broad gains with a record tourism outlook and a 193940 citrus forecast of over fifty million boxes. New paper mills, construction booms, Everglades sugar jobs, and shipped vegetables from Plant City signal strong industry growth. Cattle and hog markets rise, farm women boost preservation efforts, and overall prosperity emphasizes Florida’s natural advantages.
An editorial in The Rome News-Tribune argues the modern newspaper represents a huge outlay across plant, staff, worldwide reporting, special features, writers, pictures, puzzles, and more. Despite vast costs, the finished product reaches subscribers at a tiny price.
Growers in the Lake Okeechobee farming area say the bean deal looked better last week than at any time this season. Many farmers plant heavily, worrying December frosts may wipe crops out, and they have scheduled plantings accordingly. It is easy to talk but hard to act.
The Mount Dora Woman's Club begins its 1939 1940 season at the new Mount Dora Yacht Club quarters decorated with flowers and white dahlias. President Charles L Marsh outlines aims for expanded membership and community projects including hospital cooperation and highway sponsorship.
Florida editors gathered in St Augustine for the 60th annual Florida State Press Association meeting. They toured historic sites like the Oldest House and Fort Marion and visited Marine Studios and the Alligator and Ostrich Farm. Post convention, many reporters traveled to Jacksonville for the Georgia Florida game amid seating mix ups.
A reflective column by Dr. Thorkildson on Lake County Service Club Jamboree highlights California spirit and community meetings. Anecdotes include a funeral interruption encouraging uplifting talk, Coffee Club energy, a father daughter exchange about kin, and a joke about a tense divorce but with a hopeful tone.
FBI data show a rise in driving while intoxicated arrests after repeal, increasing 3.3 percent the first year and 74.7 percent in 1937. Revenue figures indicate fermented liquor consumption jumped from 6 million to 56 million barrels between 1933 and 1937.
Mount Dora Library celebrates National Book Week by arranging attractive book displays to draw tourists and locals. The focus is on valuing the library as a valuable institution with hundreds of older fiction titles and biographies among offerings.
The Mount Dora hotel advertises a lunch for 50 cents and a full course dinner for 65 cents. Sandwiches start at 10 cents.
The Mount Dora Public Library announces its reading room with comfortable chairs and current magazines. Librarian Mrs. Moody is available daily from 3 to 6 except Sundays to help locate books. A one year membership costs one dollar, and next week a list of new books will be printed in the Topic.
A summer bulletin board at the library features an attractive display of French colonial stamps. The stamps, beautifully mounted on watercolor backgrounds, come from the collection of Mrs. Paul H. Reed of Tavares. The librarian invites pupils and others to view the exhibit and suggests more Reed collection displays may appear in winter.
Arthur G. Ivey praises Florida’s spirit of progress, noting unrivaled climate and resources. He cites ongoing government and individual efforts to improve roads and attract visitors while serving citizens, aiming to make the state more beautiful and welcoming for future residents and tourists.
Houston, Texas shows explosive population growth from 44000 in 1900 to an estimated 478000 by the 1940s. A fifty mile canal to the Gulf completed in 1916 spurred water transport, reaching about 27 million tons annually by 1938, making waterway access the main driver of expansion.
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