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iiBig Baked PotatoJfIdea Made TitusKnown Over WorldMany a tourist who arrives in Sarasota inquires these days forIcourse.oAnd with that in mindTitus decided to make “bigger and««the man who, immortalized the better potatoes’'—and that was be-• »‘Great Big Baked Potato. Ar.1 'ts er* to directtheFor it was Hazen J, Titus, nowmanager of the Sarasota Terrace hotel who made that slogan famous, in a day when slogans were not as common as they are today.Not a man or woman who has traveled across the continent bythe “northern route” but recalls that “big baked potato.” Ask any one who has just returned from a trip over the “Hill Lines” what hisgreatest thrill was, what gave himhis most lasting impression and itsten to one he will reply quickly,aThe great big baked potatoes.Severalago—oh, not soyearslong, for Titus is still a youngster —when he had charge of the din-for the empireHill — theing car servicebuilder — James J.thought came to him that if hecould popularize one special dishor concoction it would add thousands of dollars in revenue to theroad.And then theis it people eatidea came, “what most of—that every one eats? Why potatoes offore Sinclair Lewis and his Babbitt ever thought of that slogan, also. The result was thenbig baked potato” and it not onlymade the road known to every partof the globe but made for Hazen J. Titus an international namealso.And that was just one of themany delicacies that Titus devised and which he is still serving.Titus knows every man who evertraveled on one of his cars in theolden days—and Incidentally theyall know hiThat’s why every day strangerscome into the city and Inquire atonce for Hazen J. Titus.INVENTS PROSPECTINGSHOVELGeorge H. Edson of Wrangle,Alaska, has invented a hand-powershovel to be used in prospecting inriver and creek beds. There haslong been need of a light weightshovel that would enable a prospector to scoop dirt and sand from the bed of a river or creek andbring it to the top without losingat41aticahuer;wcShfeiUrwaanseithigathismGF:teiCO)digthlt;hirGrth(tincrijboiInsI
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Sarasota Herald
Sarasota, Florida, US
Sat, Aug 21, 1926
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