The Old Drug Store of Earl Stallknecht
The town center revolved around Earl Stallknecht's Drug Store on the square opposite the courthouse. Doc Stallknecht served as confidant and banker to farmers, extending credit during bad years and maintaining a diverse shop with optics, perfumes, school supplies, records, paint, and locally compounded remedies, reflecting early 20th century rural commerce and community life.
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Earl Stallknecht
Doc
Earl
Stallknecht's
Minneapolis
Stallknecht's Soda Fountain and Patent Medicines Then and Now
The store offered a dry goods section with popular patent medicines like Lydia Pinkham's and Hamlin's Wizard Oil. Old folks relied on Apfelkreuter's Kidney Medicine and Lloyd's Life Elixir, whiskey by prescription, and the 25 foot marble soda fountain drew social groups nightly.
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Lydia Pinkham
Hamlin
Apfelkreuter
Lloyd's Life
Stallknecht's
Methodist Ladies Aid
D.A.R
Rock Island
Stallknecht
Two Gothic Romances From Doubleday Authors Compared
Book reviews compare Catherine Gaskin The Property of a Gentleman set in modern Lake District England with Victoria Holt The House of a Thousand Lanterns set in Hong Kong during sail era. Both feature young antiquities experts, mentoring older men, loyal servants, tangled loves, and twist endings.
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Victoria Holt
Doubleday
Doubleday-sponsored
Mrs. Gaskin
England
Land Owners League and local notices from Mount Dora
Sorrento Mt. Plymouth notes cover a Land Owners League meeting with 25 at Todds cottage where street light costs were discussed and a vote to halt payments. Upcoming events include a Nov 12 covered dish gathering at Todds beach house and reports on hospital and post 35 American Legion meetings.
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Land Owners League Association
Todds
Ed Simpson
Todds‘ Beach House
Ann Kaufman
W.W. Keen
Ernest Fisher
Glynn Wallace
Waterman Hospital
Celeste Kelton
Waterman
Mount Dora
American Legion
St. Highland St
Rainbow Assembly
Masonic Temple
Tangerine Notes Highlights Local Moves and Events
Sweetwater visitors Mrs. Maude Wright and Mrs. Grace Armstrong are in Tangerine. Mr. and Mrs. William Rhodes join as new residents. Anna and Billy Davis move to Lake Ola Drive. Allen E. Arthur Jr. wins the Democratic nomination for District 2 Orange County Commission. election is November 5. Ken Lanier hosts a dinner. guests include Mike and Carlene Merry, Mike and Kay Rebel, Bob and Barbara Morgan, Rusty and Carolyn Pollard, John Marcel and Hector Vargas. Tangerinites listed. Helen Dauber now at El Sereno in Eustis after Alaska trip remembering Ola Beach Garden Club days.
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Sweetwater
Tenn
Maude Wright
Grace Armstrong
William Rhodes
Tangerine
Anna
Billy
John Davis
Lake Ola Drive
Allen E. Arthur Jr
Orange County Commission
Ken Lanier
Mike
Carlene Merry
DeLand
Kay Rebel
Bob
Barbara Morgan
Eustis
Rusty
Carolyn Pollard
Venetian Village
John Marcel
Hector Vargas
Costa Rica
Central America
Also Mentioned on This Page
Book Review
Edythe Ward
Catherine Gaskin
Golden Triangle Center
Movant Dora
Sorrento
Mt. Plymesth
M-Sgt
Bill Paul
By Carol Platt
Helen Dauber
el Sereno
Ola Beach
Frisby’s Gulf Service Station
Cor
Alexander
Leonard L. Phillips
Dist
Secretary of State
Lake County
Phillips
Leonard L, Phillips
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