Sanford city pleasures enrich Florida journey tale
The writer tours Sanford and surrounding areas during a Florida visit, praising the city dubbed The City Substantial, its celery and lettuce fame, and local boosters who host five days of activities on the St Johns River. He notes no Texans found yet, and mentions plans to visit Orlando Kissimmee Tampa and Sarasota next.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orlando
Sanford
New Forest Lake Hotel
Lake Monroe
Lake
St. Johns River
Geneva
Press City
International Press Foundation
Altamonte Springs
Chas. D. Haines
San Juan
Kissimme
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Florida
S. W. Loftin
Jacksonville
Stubborn Coughs Stopped by Dr King’s New Discovery
A historic ad copy touts Dr King’s New Discovery for coughs and chest colds. It promises quick relief from persistent night coughing by taking one teaspoonful at bedtime and holding it in the throat before swallowing. The remedy is claimed to soothe irritation and rapidly reduce phlegm and congestion. It targets coughs bronchitis and sore throat for all ages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. King
Wish Laws Covering Kimble County
Season closed on white perch and crappie and bass from March 1 to May 1 with size limits. Bass at least eleven inches, white perch or crappie at least seven inches. Daily bag limit up to 35 fish of all kinds. Fishing only by ordinary hook and line trotline or artificial bait. Minnow seine limited to 20 feet for bait. Unlawful to leave fish on shore to die. Selling or barter of county fish prohibited.
Paradise Lost on the Bridge Dice Game
Two small figures sit on a bridge as bones flip with a knot hole and a missing plank. A pair of dice disappears, recalling a playful scene of chance and misadventure.
Kerr County Truck Growers Plan Packing Plant Purchase
At a Kerr County meeting the Truck Growers Association directed its Executive Committee to close a contract with First State Bank to buy the Welge warehouse on Schreiner Street. The building, also known as the John Burney warehouse, will house a packing and shipping plant and provide space for a cannery planned this year. The bank agreed to favorable terms and a right of way for a rear siding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kerr County Truck Growers’ Association
Chamber of Commerce
First State Bank
Welge
Schreiner Street
John
Angora the Pirate Sultan of Timor and His Reign of Terror
Elmo Scott Watson recounts Angora sultan of Timor who rose to piracy after resisting the East India Company. He captured ships from Hastings to the Victorious, tortured captains, and forced crews to join him. In the end he fled to Trincomalee and retired, proving not all pirates met a rope.
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Angora
Timor
East Indies
East India Company
Hastings
Warren Hastings
Calcutta
Edward
Burma
Bombay
St. George
Watls
Victorious
Trincomalee
Ceylon
Unica
Grower's Truck Moves Through Sorting and Packing
A Kerrville Mountain Sun item notes the grower’s truck proceeding through sorting and packing stages and then shipping out the crates to their destination.
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Kerrville Mountain Sun
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K. G. Durst
Brownwood
Graham Hotel
Beatty & Ramey
Frank L. Wilson
West Side Court House Square
Knetsch
Junction, Texas
Dido Noc
Order of the Eastern Star
Junction City
Junction
Texas
Masonic Hall
Lessie Baker
W. M. Lela Taylor
Kimble County
Slooi
Elmo Scott Watson
Horace E. Wilson
U. S
M. E. Blackburn
Wavet
Lowgren Shoe
Bissett’s Meat Market
F. S. Bissett
George
Cavaness
George Cavaness
Uia
Nacel & W
San Antonio
HOTEL
Uias
Schreiner-Hodges Co. General Merchandise
Schreiner-Hodges Co
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