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Newspaper
Bradenton Herald
Location
Bradenton, Florida, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1927
Page
6
A collage of clipped items from a local paper includes social remarks on romance and divorce, editorial jests, and references to politicians and places. It mentions a charter mass meeting, a Sarasota note on Braden-Zan, a joke about a state board of Sarber examiners, and casual asides on flappers, housekeeping, and cultural gossip.
A reflective piece on aging, friendship, and the fear of loneliness. The author notes how social clubs, travel, and shared activities fail to shield individuals from solitude as friends pass away. It argues inner strength and meaningful foundations can give aging a richer, less melancholy background.
The Bradenton Herald critiques the Taxpayers league for omitting article g from the charter draft and advocates against increasing council salaries and creating an appointive controller. It argues for stable governance, warns of political plums, and supports legislative oversight over city offices.
The Manatee County Taxpayers' League argues voters should fix city official salaries rather than let budget officers set them. They compare clerk and worker pay, advocate wage standards, and claim the charter would empower citizens to amend the charter by initiative and referendum. Melvin Hix signs as secretary.
Major B C Riley civilian aide for Florida in charge of enrollments says Florida’s Citizens Military Training Camps quota is only half filled. He urges Florida boys to attend the camps at Fort Screven Georgia and Fort Barrancas Florida highlighting vacations and no cost.
Bits of Bradenton history note the Ewin building post office furniture and equipment heading in. W Hullinger and Son built the structure, Bradenton to cooperate with Manatee County on road signs advertising the area.
A British schooner arrives with a flat-topped cargo of 600 dried mammoth turtles from Grand Cayman. A fishing schooner also lands 4000 pounds of groupers and 8000 pounds of red shoppers. Turtles head to the cannery, fish to shipment north.
Gilbert Swan surveys Manhattan’s literary and artistic scene noting how many writers and artists reach only local fame while a few names recur at prominent events. He mentions Fannie Hurst Edna Ferber the Norrises and others as frequent attendees and contrasts them with Edith Wharton Willa Cather and Dreiser who drift from the crowds. He observes the crowded social landscape of New York and the difficulty of staying in the spotlight amid many contenders.
The untitled lines express awe at autumn scenery and a fear that beauty may overwhelm. The speaker laments the world’s beauty this year and pleads for gentleness, fearing that life and nature exceed endurance. The excerpt concludes with Edna St. Vincent Millay’s attribution and poem title Gods World.
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