Mount Dora Publishing Company notices and staff credits
Mount Dora Florida publication details list Edith Edeburn Keller and George C Keller as editors with Eugene L Downs as associate editor and business remey. The paper is entered as second class matter at Mount Dora post office on April 7 1916 under the act of March 3.
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Mount Dora, Florida
Mount Dora
Edith Edeburn Keller
George C. Keller
Eugene L. Downs
Mount Hg
Florida
Presidential electors on ballot in two-party slate
Voters will not see Roosevelt or Willkie on ballots. The 14 electors appear as seven Democrats followed by seven Republicans. Voters place an X before the first seven for Roosevelt or the last seven for Willkie. Names listed include Apleyard Dowling Keith Knight McClellan Petteway Selden and others. Prohibition ticket yields C C Price elector and J A Sutton governor with an X space.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Wendell L. Willkie
Mr. Roosevelt
Willkie
Dakota
Roosevelt Pau
Apleyard
Frank B. Dowling
Wallace N. Keith
John Knight
Malcolm McClellan
Ray Selden
A.W. Hill
Prohibition
C. C. Price
J. A. Sutton
Mount Dora News Highlights and War Letters
Mount Dora promotes a Florida map ad on Lewis Carroll’s trucks, urging local support for a lake front cleanup funded by merchants and town funds. Letters from England describe London bombings, evacuees and wartime hardship, while community events note Sadie Hawkins Day and a large Lake County Home Guard drill with free hot dogs for spectators.
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Florida
Lewis Carroll
Mount Dora
Lake Front
Harlow
Javens
Home Guard
Company C
Lake County Battalion
Leesburg
Local Letter Reflects Wartime Echoes and Community Ties
A wartime letter recalls the ferry drone and distant gunfire as a lifelong cadence. The writer notes resilience, comparing endurance to Johnny Walker, and mentions the Davis family's son Bob born near St. Marys church. The tone blends personal memory with communal history.
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Johnny Walker
Mrs. Davis
Bob
St. Mary's Church
Experiences in Art Collecting
A retired teacher recounts a life spent studying languages and traveling across the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He describes early immersion in art collecting during summers abroad, noting how widespread travel and buying were, and reflecting on Paris shops and street life as his eye for art sharpened. He recalls traffic hazards and old laws shaping city life as he learned.
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Atlantic
Italy
Mediterranean
Paris
Learning to Read History Through Lace and Art Consciousness
The narrator reflects on awakening to true art appreciation while in Venice and Montreal. He recalls buying Byzantine lace after challenging a shopkeeper, progressing from superficial taste to understanding Renaissance, baroque, Empire, and Neo-Greek styles. A notable find, a face lace once worn by Cardinal de la Fare, now resides in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Queen Elizabeth
Marie Antoinette
Paris
Comedie Francaise
Venice
Fannie Hurst
Miss Hurst
Saturday Evening Post
St. Mark's Square
Pompeii
England
Adams Brothers
Italy
Spain
Montreal
Metropolitan Museum of
New York City
France
Cardinal de la Fare
Charles X
Sumptuous chamber garni lace linked to Napoleon
A letter describes a rare lace said to be ordered by Napoleon and stored in this country, with plans to exhibit it in Mount Dora. The note references prominent locals and hints at forthcoming details next week. Also mentions Rexall One Cent Sale at Mount Dora Pharmacy through Saturday.
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Lanning
Aunt Dora
Rexall
Mount Dora
Sugarcane Carload Sails East From Jasper
New York City residents and others sample Florida sugarcane as a carload of 12 000 stalks from Hamilton County era leaves Jasper. The shipment, produced by both Black and white farmers, was reported by N H Bennett the negro farm agent. A second car bound for Detroit was expected by month end.
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New York City
Florida
Jasper
Hamilton County
N. H. Bennett
Detroit
John Mizell
Florida Experiment Station
East
Midwest
Mount Dora Rental Notices and Property Details
Listings show multiple rental options in Mount Dora including Orange Villa Apartments at 544 Highland 5.S for 2 large 3 room units with private baths and garage, 1st floor and 2nd floor layouts, all utilities and gas included. Other ads include a fully equipped garage apartment, a 3 room cottage with bath and screen porch for season at 150, and rooms with furnace heat and kitchen privileges at the Topic office. G. W. Lamoreux and L. F. Jackson names appear with Donnelly Street address.
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Bath
L. F. Jackson
Donnelly Street
Orange Villa
Highland 5
Stallon
J. E. Lea
Highland St
Mount Dora
For Sale and Rent Classified Pack
For sale one almost new horse wagon. For rent beautiful Lake Beauclaire home three bedrooms baths furnished or not. Wood oak prices 2.50 and up see Claude Wilder Bob Treadwell. Or rent two bed two bath house near La Due broker 136 4th Ave. Gas cut flowers for sale chrysanthemums white yellow orange pompoms H J Akehurst Mount Dora Sanford Board. 9 room house for rent close in can rent whole or as apartments 5 room first floor 2 3 or 4 room second floor W G Shipley 288 Tremain Street.
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Lancing
Britain
London
Endon
Bert
Hong Kong
Hazel
Manila
Australia
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s Rd
Hollydale Rd
Lake Beauclaire
Charles L. Marsh
Mount Dora
Fla
Claude Wilder
Bob Treadwell
Aeen
Bath
la Due
H. J. Akehurst
Sanford Board
W. G. Shipley
Tremain Street
Community Church Service and Sermon Topic
The Congregational church led by Pastor Harry Westbrook Reed holds worship at 1:00 a m with Florence Gilbert Hanscom as organist and choir director. The sermon titled The Ultimate Source of Encouragement follows the service.
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Community Church
Harry Westbrook Reed
D.D
Florence Gilbert Hanscom
Church of Christ Services at Lake Franklin Park
The Church of Christ on Rossiter Street Aubrey Mercer minister holds Bible Study at 9 45 a m Sunday preaching and communion at 11 a m and evening services at 730 p m Thursday prayer meeting invites all to attend.
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Church OF Christ Lake Franklin Park
Rossiter St
Sanford
Aubrey Mercer
Catholic Church Notice for Eustis Parish Schedules
The Catholic church at Cor Grove Street and Badger Ave Eustis announces services at 8 a m on the first Sunday and 10 30 a m on other Sundays Masses at 7 30 a m on weekdays Confessions Saturdays eve Holy Days and First Fridays 7 30 p m Midweek service Wednesday 7 30 p m Baptisms Sundays 3 p m Rectory at 234 Badger Ave and phone 222 Rev William O Farrell pastor.
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Catholic Church
Cor. Grove St
Badger Ave
Eustis
William O'Farrell
Welcome to First Presbyterian Church Eustis Florida
First Presbyterian Church in Eustis invites all to attend. Pastor Paul Floyd flowsan and Pastor Emeritus S H Moore lead services. Sunday schedule includes 9 45 Sunday School 11 00 Morning Worship 6 30 Junior High Senior High and Young People's societies 7 30 Evening Worship. Wednesday prayer meeting 7 30. Woman's Auxiliary circles meet second Tuesday at three and program meets fourth Tuesday at three.
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First Presbyterian ‘Church
Eustis
Florida
Paul Floyd Flowan
S. H. Moore
D.D
S. J. Robinson
Woman's
Church of God on Liberty Street Services Schedule
Liberty Street church announces Sunday school at 10:00 a m and preaching at 11:00 a m Pastor L A Ford invites worshipers. Prayer meeting Tuesday 7 45 p m Y P E Friday 7 45 p m for members and visitors.
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Church OF God
Liberty Street
L. A. Ford
Zion Lutheran Church Service Times
Zion Lutheran Church Groveland under Augustana Synod lists morning worship at 11:00 a.m. and evening service at 7:30 p.m led by Pastor O. E. Liden.
First Church of Christ Scientist Service and Reading Room
The First Church of Christ Scientist invites attendance at Sunday School 9 30 A M and Sunday service 11 A M with the topic Everlasting Punishment. A Wednesday 8 P M meeting features testimonies experiences and remarks on Christian Science. Reading room hours 3 to 5 daily except Sunday and holidays at 117 Eustis Street.
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First Church OF Christ Scientist
Eustis
Florida
Grove Street
Lemon Avenue
Fountain Inn
Eustis Street
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National Editorial Ban Association
Tive
Howard Gibbons
Drum
Robert McMurray
A. E. Davis
East Fifth Avenue
Ashley
Brown Lumber & Manufacturing Co
Garize
G. W. Lamoreux
Tremain Court
T Office
Ninth Ave
L. C. Green
Expe Fay Pani
Patsy
Rumford
Rumford Baking Powder
Rhode Island
Golden Triangle Laundry & Dry Cleaning Co
Fourth Ave
X- Paul Appleyard
Wallace K. Keith
X_ Lewis
W. Petteway
X Ray Selden
Roosevelt
A. C. Quixley Realty Co
Willkie McNary
Adve ‘Sement
First Methodist Episcopal Community
Anistaff
First Baptist Church
A. A. Stanley
C. M. Hall
ST. Thomas Episcopal Church
D. T. Johnson
R. W. Horsley Practical Jeweler
Clayton Street
Rehsbaum & CO
Cliff) White
Alfred Rehbaum
Thomas H. Cooley
Mount Dora, Fla
T. H. Evans
Watchmaker and Jeweler
Seaboard Airline Railroad
Pine Street
L. A. Tremain
Donnelly Ave
Triangle Gas Co
J. M. Smith Service Ee
W. M. Kennedy
Haynes Office Machine Co
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