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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1938
Page
4
A collection of stray clippings and wry remarks touching on railroads taxes church gasoline and politics. The items mix political humor social commentary and oddities noting railway woes clever quips about women and men and a scientist’s fruitless potato by products.
The Red Cross stands as a leading humanitarian agency ready to aid after disasters. It delivers relief promptly but relies on public support to continue its work. Join the Red Cross.
A historic meditation traces Thanksgiving from 1623 to the present, noting its national spread during the Civil War and presidential proclamations since 1863. It calls for joy, family reunions, generosity to the less fortunate, and gratitude for peace, freedom, and progress.
Public sentiment rises against billboards defacing countryside as groups including Garden Clubs of America American Institute of Architects and National Federation of Business and Professional Women's Clubs join efforts to abolish the nuisance. Readers Digest quote highlights scale of signs along routes into Gettysburg and across the nation urging civic action to protect landscapes.
A local list highlights Carl Broom with thirteen distinct advertisements appearing across the issue. The items span various products and services, reflecting a broad marketing push by the seller within the newspaper.
Fortune calls the South a vast source of natural wealth and future growth. It highlights sunny skies with long frost free seasons, abundant rainfall, forests, fertile soils, navigable rivers, and a wide minerals mix including coal iron phosphate oil gas salt marble and clays. Industry and farming are set for rapid expansion over the next quarter century.
Secretary Harrold L. Ickes urges UC students to accept world and domestic chaos as the challenge for a coming generation. The note closes with a Polk County road detour as State Road No. 30 remains closed east of Frostproof, guiding traffic via State Road No. 8 north.
A reflective piece recalling the origin of Thanksgiving in the 17th century and urging readers to count blessings. It emphasizes gratitude for health, friends, loved ones, and homes, and calls for acknowledging obligations to a higher power on Thanksgiving Day.
A letter from K. V. E. Ferris to Miss Shirley Shonenberger of Mount Dora Topic thanks her for the copy and notes an apartment found with Mrs. J. E. Lea at 532 Highland Avenue. Ferris announces arrival around November 28 and a planned winter stay after three years in Sanford.
A collection of brief local items from Mount Dora noting social life, upcoming hunting season and political optimism. Highlights include sightings of well known locals, a Florida-Georgia Tech scoreless tie, a university rumor, circus attendance, and Thanksgiving events at Mount Dora Hotel. The piece also references Florida tourism growth and regional praise from Spartanburg Herald Journal comparing sunshine and citrus to attract visitors.
Edith Keller of Mount Dorah earns mention for Best Back Page at the State Press Association meeting in Lake Wales. Frank S. Wright praises the award while revealing the rush that led to misfiled entries, noting Eustis Lake Region Clermont Press Uma tilla Tribune also won honors. Nearby Mount Dora Hotel advertises comfortable winter rooms.
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