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Col. Peter 0. Knight Principal Speaker and Tells ofFaith in State BRILLIANT SUCCESS SEENGay Diners and DancersSpread Gospel of Prosperity Over EntertainmentBrilliant, indeed, was the Proa perity Dinner at the Hotel Sarasota Terrace last evening. Never before has an event which signalized so great an achievement—thebuilding of a city—been staged here and never has one attracted moreattention from every part of thestate—and even far out into the sister states. For the wires of the Associated Press have carried thenew® of this event to every comerof the nation and newspapers everywhere have ased much space in wiling of the big event to come.The spirit of Prosperity waseverywhere on hand. It was a dinner and entertainment bubbling over with enthusiasm and prosperity and one which could have been • conceived only in Sarasota, where ithe sun kissed waters of the bayand gulf play laughingly always upon the shores of Florida's mostprogressive and most metropolitancity.* ■ v v * * ■ * ~ .rCol. Peter O. Knight, of Tampa, sounded the keynote of the whole ^affair In his brilliant talk. Colonel Knight is accepted throughout t IQortda as its most eminent citizen and his remarks are always filled with gems of wisdom.What a brilliant affair this Pros perity Dinner was. BnUiant because erf its galaxy of notables and its beautiful women and also be-cause of the refulgent glow of light cast about by the lighting effects :used. jThat Red Fire burning outside the hotel as one approached, her- i aided the gala event on the in-j tenor while the bowl itself hrilli antly illuminated in every room with its hundreds of lights aflame c*u-t its glow over the entire city.Then as one left landau, coupe or sedan to enter the portals erf the hotel itself, one was greeted by the tight of three soldiers standing not at a guard but as a tributeto the colors..* • fCewb-ww wf •« Pagt t, Stetson t)
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Sarasota Herald
Sarasota, Florida, US
Wed, Dec 15, 1926
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