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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Sep 30, 1926
Page
10
Former Mount Dora residents Mr and Mrs William McWhorter formerly with The Topic endured a hurricane voyage in a car for ten hours. Their Hollywood trip ended with wreckage to their print shop and a smashed storefront in the storm’s onslaught.
A social event hosted by Mrs. J. G. honored her daughter Mar's eleventh birthday. Guests gathered at the Ray home for an afternoon party with a motion picture show and refreshments, reflecting the young celebrant's popularity and happy mood.
Church services resumed with Rev. D. B. Spencer delivering a sermon to a growing congregation. Wednesday prayers restart, Sunday school grows with new classes forming, and a Sunday service at 11 features Christian Endeavor activities with Eustis Ora and Sorrento societies meeting in Pres.
Reports detail the World Christian Endeavor Convention staged in London during the summer. The usual prayer meeting service is scheduled for Wednesday evening at 7:30.
The Topic reports the death in Pittsburg Pa of Mrs Bertha E Hasley widow of William J Hasley a long time winter visitor to Mount Dora. She died Friday Sept 17 after a long illness leaving two sons Thomas C and William C Hasley of Pittsburg three daughters Bertha E Hasley L L Conn of Pittsburg and B H Nicolet of Chicago. Also noted is her illness began in Mount Dora last December and she had been mostly bedbound this year. The piece closes with sympathy from readers. The paragraph on local hardware stores selling copper coils crocks and distilling gear is unrelated filler.
Creditors and all claimants are notified to present claims against the estate of Fillmore A Pearsons deceased to County Judge EB M Tally in Lake County Florida within one year from the first publication dated September 23 1926. All claims must be sworn as required by law. Ancillary Administrator D C Sherman Mount Dora Florida.
The note invites winter visitors to use the office for comfort and pleasure. It offers lounge space, reading, meeting friends, stationary, a typewriter, and ice water, with staff ready to assist at any time.
A letter from Ohio notes Niagara grapes lag in size but Florida grapes ripen earlier. The writer argues Ohio varieties like Waupanuka surpass Niagara in quality, with Ohio prices around 250 dollars a ton versus 25 to 75 elsewhere. The piece predicts rising demand and limited, valuable grape lands.
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