Mystery of Villa Dora yard man leads to odd vintage car
Police Officer James Orr investigates a Villa Dora hotel garage after a yard man reports something new. He uncovers an ancient 1925 Model T Ford tucked among the Cadillacs, prompting puzzled recollections at the resort as the story unfolds.
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Joe Dettens
James Orr
Officer Orr
Villa Dora
Carl
Graves
Sheldon House
Connecticut
Orr
Helen St
Mystery of the Villa Dora garage and the old Model T
The tale recalls Joe Detten, Villa Dora caretaker, who curates an antique fleet from a garage museum while on vacation. A lingering pursuit of a Mr. Smith’s junked Model T ends when Detten’s passion for old cars is revealed as the motive behind the garage’s famed collection.
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Orr
Joe Detten
Villa Dora
Joe
J. J. White Dies At Eustis Hospital
Joseph Johnson White age 72 who ran the Mount Dora Dairy on County Line Road for 17 years died Sunday at Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital. He leaves a widow two daughters Eudora White of Tallahassee and Mrs Paul Tate of Mount Dora three sons Al ton of Los Angeles Clifton of Youngstown Ohio and J B White of Chipley Fla three grandchildren and a great grandchild. Funeral services were to be held at Hartford Ala today with Rehbaum Co in charge of local arrangements.
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Joseph Johnson White
Mount Dora
County Line
Eustis Waterman Memorial Hospital
White
Eudora White
Tallahassee
Paul Tate
Alton
Los Angeles
Clifton
Youngstown
Ohio
J. B. White
Chipley
Fla
Hartford
Ala
Rehbaum Co
City May Construct Municipal Garage
A four member committee appointed by Mayor D Fletcher Crane will study building a city garage to house Mount Dora's fleet of 13 vehicles including a new dump truck. The council approved Leesburg dealer's bid for the bulk truck at 2626 dollars and the committee includes Councilman John Bethel City Building Inspector A J Waltz Works Supt Rollin Javens and Harold Overhiser.
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D. Fletcher Crane
Mount Dora
Leesburg
John Bethel
A. J. Waltz
Rollin Javens and
Harold Overhiser
Light and Water Department
Diabetes and diet linked to incidence in scarce food zones
An expert notes that in areas with food scarcity such as China the diabetes rate is low. He warns against obesity especially in women who he says are affected more quickly than men. The disease is tied to indoor living and nervous life, yet he concedes it can be inheritable.
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Medical Review
The
American Medical Association
Journal of the Florida Medical Association
Jacksonville
China
Florida Medical Association Journal
Notice of Marshall's Sale in Lake County Florida
Public notice reports a writ of Fieri Facias issued by the U S Court Southern District of Florida to satisfy a judgment in favor of Naco Fertilizer Company against J W Eason and others. The described Lake County lands will be sold at public auction on October 2 1950 at 11 00 A M at the County Courthouse in Tavares Florida to the highest bidder for cash. Chester P Dishong U S Marshal James P Hill attorney for plaintiffs.
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Marshall
United States of America
Southern District of Florida
District Court
United States
Naco Fertilizer Company
J. W. Eason
Catherine R. Eason
R. J. Chamings
Esther J. Chamings
Lake
Florida
Sunshine Park
Leesburg
Tavares
A. D
Chester 8S
Dishong
U.S
James P. Hill
Florida Autos Sparked by Risk Takers in Sandy Roads
Personalities on the Florida frontier show Henry, a carefree booster who convinced a dubious public that the automobile was here to stay and a daring woman who chased an auto despite the sand ruts and lack of paved roads, signaling early car culture in Central Florida.
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Florida
Henry
Night Run Across St Johns by Car and Ferry
Henry, traveling from DeLand toward Mount Dora in a gas lit touring car, ferried across the St Johns River at Crow's Bluff by a ferryman using a lumber pile as the dock. The trip through moonless nights featured alligators, uncertain roads, and warnings about potential 'cats' along the way.
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Dumomoville
Henry
Ekaasa
Mount Dora
DeLand
St. Johns River
St. Wrebay
Beeeh
Crow’s Bluff
Man’s drive to Mount Dora and enduring love for town
The narrative follows a man who quits a tough job, drives through Umatilla and Eustis to Mount Dora arriving at 4 a.m. at a woman’s Lake Beauclaire residence with hopes of rest and admiration for his new car. His memories tie Mount Dora’s pull from 1910 to the present, echoing a lasting fondness for the town.
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Umatilla
Mount Dora
Eustis
Lake Beauclaire
Boston terminal installs new diaper vending machine
A Boston terminal adds a baby diaper vending machine as a recent change. The Fourth Estate refers to members of the Press, a term used to describe journalists.
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Boston
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McDonald St
Lester B. Vincent & Son Florists
Zellwood
Apopka
J. J. White
Eustis Hospital
Brown’s Hardware
Paul B. Brown
Frigidaire
Pittsburgh
Builders Hardware Sporting Goods
Make Brown's
Christian Science Monitor
ABC
Norway St
Mass
U.S.A
Zene
Tetys
T Stein
Blanche J. Clarkert
Donnelly St
Buick
Henry J. Taylor
ABC Network
Eustis, Florida
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