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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1931
Page
4
A satirical note suggests New York considers licensing cats as a new revenue source overlooked by the legislature. The piece reflects on happiness from existing possessions and the lure of wealth, contrasting a ten dollar bill with a giant air plane seen in Miami. It uses punning wordplay on Dough-X and Dough-ex.
The text emphasizes that personal success mirrors the service given to others. It urges active community help and the promotion of everyone's welfare, claiming that serving neighbors yields rewarding outcomes.
The Mount Dora Topic gains a large boost in subscribers as the local Chamber of Commerce ships 1,000 extra copies to northern readers for a three month period. The effort aims to support the newspaper with a profitable purpose.
The governor indicates he is running the administration on his own ideas and is not dominated by outside influence. The message to the New York legislature signals independence and focus on the state’s welfare and best interests.
September plans spark optimism as Ford announces 15,000 to 25,000 workers will be reinstated on September 8 and officials expect 50,000 more men recalled by mid September, signaling broad industrial recovery.
Figures indicate Florida average newspaper circulation per thousand people at 269.22 while the U S rate stands at 269.62. When multiple readers per copy are considered, a large portion of residents stay well informed on current events.
An Arcadian entrepreneur in Florida is launching a commercial rattlesnake meat canning venture for table use. He reports a thriving mail order business with orders pouring in from across the United States, signaling a promising yet unsettling new market.
A promotional notice targets northern tourists, praising Mount Dora Florida as a premier winter destination. It highlights easy central Florida location, accessible highways, and ongoing cooperation with the Chamber of Commerce to publish weekly attractions and features to entice visitors for the coming winter season.
U S District Court upholds Florida statute banning arsenic sprays on citrus fruit. The ruling aims to end immature green fruit shipments by growers eager for early markets. Strict enforcement of the green fruit law is expected to ensure only mature fruit is shipped next season.
The piece highlights Spanish moss as a major filler in high grade furniture and automotive cushions. It notes Florida has abundant moss with minimal processing cost, while Louisiana leads production at five million pounds yearly valued at $2.5 million.
Florida Agricultural Experiment Station issues a bulletin for brown patch in lawns caused by fungi. It explains causes and provides directions to control on residential lawns and golf courses. A copy of the bulletin will be tne.
Georgia lawmakers adjourned in 60 days under a strict deadline and passed major measures without raising taxes. The Atlanta Journal called the session brilliant and highly serviceable, noting substantial legislative achievements for the state. Florida ranks sixth in the nation for tree plantings in the national campaign, with 221,420 trees reported toward a 10,000,000 goal. Florida also leads in June 1931 bean shipments, surpassing the entire 1930 season by June.
The piece argues elected officials must serve the people and heed their wishes. It condemns self serving government, warns against cutting town functions for short term savings, and urges the Town Board to maintain essential services and prudent economy for the long term.
A dated note from Dr G R Gleason dated August 27 1931 to Geo J White Mount Dora expresses interest in a Mount Dora topic booklet. He recalls living there fifteen years until 1901 and asks to see the current look of the town.
A collection of trivia questions and concise answers covers U S statehood, alphabets, birds laws, phobias, Mussolini WWI service, Henry Ford donations to education, Texas statehood, Union pensions, and Will Rogers education. Facts include Florida statehood 1845, the letter e, NYU, a federal ban, necrophobia, Ford's $1,000,000 gift to Martha Berry School, Texas history six flags, 48,991 Union pensioners, and Will Rogers education in Neosho Missouri.
The 420 foot panorama weighing 14% tons with 6,000 life size figures travels from New York after four years in storage. Created by 88 artists and hydrographers from France Britain and Belgium it depicts World War battles with a vast scale. Owners Pincus of Paris and Bretz of New York plan stops in Los Angeles and South America before returning to Paris.
French glove makers adapt from street to refined evening wear. Ganterie, a Grenoble group founded in 1919, oversees production of millions of gloves yearly with vast exports to the United States. Xavier Jouvin of Grenoble innovated glove sizing in 1832 enabling precise fits. Government support through the Glove Syndicate and Vaucanson School aids apprentices and girl stitchers, continuing a guild tradition dating to the 14th century.
Sunday school at 10 morning worship at 11 0 A. P. Sidel oversees. Youth devotional at 6 30 E. L. in Friendly Class. 7 30 pastor presents mission slides in Africa and sings My Country Tis Of Thee. Free lecture invites all. Mid week service 7 30 Wednesday. Join us. James H. Elder, pastor.
The Congregational church announces Bible school at 10 00 a m and a Young people's service at 7 00 p m led by Pastor David B Spencer.
A special Florida State Chamber of Commerce committee is studying problems facing the Tropic Everglades National Park Association. Chairman David Sholtz says the chamber aims to help make the project a reality and offers its facilities. Members include Thos. J. Pancoast of Miami Beach Chamber and John O. Shares of the Florida East Coast Chambers.
Sunday school graded in all departments meets at 9 45 a m with morning worship at 11 00 a m. Sermon by Pastor Matthew J Bouterse. B Y P U meets at 6 45 p m. Evangelistic song and preaching service at 8 00 p m. Good music and singing all are welcome.
The First Church of Christ Scientist in Eustis at Corner Grove Street and Lemon Avenue offers Sunday services at 11 a m and Sunday school at 9 45 a m. A testimonial meeting is held Wednesdays at 8 p m with reading room hours Tuesday and Saturday 2 to 4 p m. All are welcome.
Florida State Chamber of Commerce leaders endorsed T Guy Woolford of Atlanta for Southeastern vice president of the National Chamber of Commerce to succeed the late William Wiley. They argued for a central southeastern location, noting no current officer east of Birmingham and south of North Carolina. Woolford serves as president of the Retail Credit Committee.
Treating vegetable seed with corrosive sublimate at a ratio of one to one thousand before planting is recommended as prudent insurance for truck growers.
Eustis bids for rebuilding the Arborio building as a modern hotel with an estimated cost of 75000 dollars. The project aims to convert the site into a contemporary lodging facility, detailing scope and funding.
Final settlement of the estate of Samuel deceased will be presented August 12 before the County Judge of Ida County at the court house in Tavares. Administratrix Mitchills requests approval of final account and vouchers and her final discharge. Address Mount Dora.
In the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit a suit to foreclose a mortgage has been filed against Frank E. Weidman and Martha Minerva Weidman, spouses, as defendants. The document outlines the mortgage action in the circuit court.
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