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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 07, 1926
Page
7
Intermittent rain across Flor and South Georgia leaves most roads in questionable condition though many routes remain passable. The Cadillac Weekly Road Report lists conditions for routes from Jacksonville to Miami and beyond with detours, bridges, and flood risks noted across multiple counties and cities.
WLS in Chicago has raised more than $10,000 for Florida disaster relief through around the clock radio appeals. The Sears Roebuck Agricultural Foundation station enlists theater stars leaders and Red Cross workers, with volunteers handling donations for Red Cross collection. The effort will run 24 hours a day until donations stop arriving.
The Cleveland Heights County club of Lakeland will play the Holly Hill Country Club of Davenport on Sunday October 3 on the Holly Hill links. The Tampa golfers shifted plans but Lakeland is expected to provide a close contest. Orlando State Highway No 2 will be routed through Orlando.
On the steamship President Lincoln a Chevrolet motor drives an auxiliary electric room for the wireless and life boat lights. Chief Electrician T. Armstrong tests it weekly, highlighting how automobile power evolved into lifesaving shipboard technology for disaster readiness aboard the San Francisco to Orient voyage.
The Red Cross Florida relief quota of five million dollars is expected to be reached soon. Subscriptions amount to 3,024,081.78 with a planned 100,000 contribution from Baltimore industries anticipated next week, as officials project final fundraising before the end of the coming week.
Clerk of the house released a list of candidates for the house and senate and current members not renominated. It names many defeated incumbents across states including McKinley, Stanfield, Pepper, and Upshaw, plus several who may seek senate seats such as Hayden Barkley and Pydings.
In St Peters burg on October plans are discussed to revive winter baseball with a proposed minor league of four to six teams, the first such league in six years.
Local sportsmen led by Hugh Bradley plan a two to three month schedule with 50 to 60 games. They aim to revive winter baseball of Class C caliber, following a 1920 effort and a present summer state league model. Interest centers on Tampa Clearwater Tarpon Springs Bradenton Sarasota and other West Coast cities.
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