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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
3
A playful poem celebrates ice cream flavors and eating manners. It contrasts outfits from frilly suits to beach wear with spills and suggests enjoying berries with vanilla and fruity toppings at home. The piece ends with a playful suggestion to let berries ripen in the sun and melt ice cream for a creamy mix.
Florida may grow into a great breeding state as Kentucky horsemen and Joseph M. Smoot of the Miami Beach Jockey Club meet in Chicago. Smoot says Florida breeding will boost agriculture, feed crops, and farm values while Miami track opens for winter racing in 1932 33 and Kentucky stables will use Miami as winter training quarters to prepare Derby contenders.
Word has been received of the death of Mrs Sophia Emerson of Winchester Massachusetts on Sunday August 23 following a stroke ten days earlier. She was a winter visitor to Mount Dora Florida for several winters and planned to return this winter if health allowed. She is survived by a daughter Mrs House and a sister Mrs Nellie A Emerson.
Several farm youths will join the University College of Agriculture this fall with part of their expenses covered by 4-H club scholarships. The notice asks if your boy is benefiting from this club work.
Plant City paving on State Road No 17 between this city and county line finished. Large scale packing plant construction east of Atlantic Coast Line Railroad tracks making rapid progress.
The piece recounts why George and Martha Washington were never buried in the Capitol. It traces 1799 and 1832 congressional resolutions, Martha Washington’s consent to public burial, and later efforts to move remains to the Capitol, which never occurred, leaving Mount Vernon as their resting place.
The Florida State Chamber of Commerce reports broad public and contractor approval for using Florida materials in state construction. The Florida State Road Department is praised for cooperation, with the Executive Committee reaffirming the 1930 resolution urging use of home products in all Florida projects.
W B Gibson announces his candidacy for Lake County sheriff as a Democrat. He thanks supporters from the past four years and asks for continued backing in the ensuing election.
The Forest Service urges planting slash pine and protecting growing stands to ensure income from nonagricultural lands. Fire control and efficient management are key as slash pine grows fast and yields naval stores and timber. Dr Chas H Herty cites unchipped pine as pulp source. protection, thinning, and varied management suit lumber pulpwood or turpentine. Slash pine spreads on cut lands due to regular seeding.
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