County Commissioners Hold Regular Session
The Board of County Commissioners met in regular monthly session with full membership. They reviewed Terra Ceia Island road petition and sent a committee to investigate conditions. Bids were considered for cleaning and cutting the new road to Sarasota. Delinquent tax list awarded to The Manatee Record and county printing to the Bradentown Herald. The Board adjourned to meet next month.
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Board of County Commissioners
Terra Ceia Island
Sarasota
Manatee Record
Bradentown
White's Cream Vermifuge promotes healthy babies at Manatee
A local notice touts White's Cream Vermifuge as a quick acting purgative to keep babies free from worms. It markets the product through Manatee Drug Store and warns mothers to use it for healthy children, priced at 25 cents.
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Manatee Drug Store
Pay Your Poll Tax For May Primary Voting
Do not delay poll tax payment for the May 19 primary. The deadline is May 9 and payment earlier secures your right to vote if properly registered. Also advertise Fancher's Headache Powders for 10 cents, sold by Mantee Drug Store and Bradenton Drug Co.
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Alex. Roesch
Fancher
Manatee Drug Store
Bradentown Drug Co
Registration Books Open in Manatee District
Registration books are now open with Perry R. Curry as registrar at Manatee Banking Company. Register at once to vote in the coming primary. about forty in Manatee precinct are not listed. Curry or Emery E. Johnson will register you without charge and ensure your name is inscribed.
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Perry R. Curry
Manatee
Perry Curry
Brown
Red
Emery E. Johnson
Outings and Local Happenings in Manatee County
Pastor Gardner of Miakka preached at the Methodist church Sunday night. Miss Carrie Mitchell, visiting here two months, went home near Jacksonville. Mrs A A Saunders and Saunders' baby on the sick list but improving. Locals note courting in Bradenton despite leap year. L Dunham returns from Iowa with property interest here. Carson trip to Tampa. Mr Wilson moves to Dade City for tobacco farming. Prof Devane closes school with a busy entertainment. Dudley Wyatt Frank Rawls and Miss Jessie visit from Miakka. John Wilson ships oranges to E C Saunders. I have second hand buggies for sale. Manatee Livery Co.
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Prof. Devane
Dudley Wyatt
Frank Rawls
Miss Jessie
Miakka
Gentlemen
John Wilson
E. C. Saunders
Tampa
Mass Meeting Forms Board of Trade in Manatee
A large crowd attended a mass meeting in Manatee and approved forming a Board of Trade. M G Rushton was chairman and John J Pelot secretary, with plans to recruit 17 members and hold a follow up meeting at Gates Hall Friday night to formalize the board. Also an advertisement touts McGee’s Baby Elixir for infant digestion at Manatee Drug Store.
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Manatee
M. G. Rushton
John J. Pelot
Geneal
Board of Trade
Gates’ Hall
McGee
Manatee Drug Store
Weather Report from Manatee Week Ending April 7 1908
Cooperative weather record by Emr Bropere for Manatee notes instrumental readings from Government standards. It covers the week ending April 7 1908 and presents observations as part of U.S. Agriculture Bureau cooperation. Also includes an unrelated real estate pitch from Manatee Realty Co seeking listings.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Manatee
Father Bureau
Emr Bropere
Co-operative Observer
Postal Law on Second Class Subscriptions Dictates Delinquent Readers Struck
The Manatee Record notes section 4386 of the postal rules effective Jan 1 1908. Publishers may remove subscribers who fail to renew within three months for dailies and twelve months for weeklies, with mailings switching to transient second-class rates for in arrears.
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Post Office Department
Manatee Record
Neighborhood Favorite Electric Bitters Praised in Harbor Maine
Mrs E D Charles of Harbor Maine praises Electric Bitters as a neighborhood favorite for quick relief from dyspepsia liver and kidney complaints nervousness debility and malnutrition. The tonic is advertised as a spring medicine and sold with a guarantee at Manatee Drug Store for 50 cents.
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E. D. Charles
Harbor, Maine
Electric Bitters
Manatee
Stuck Flow of Water in Manatee Drilling Well
A water flow was struck Monday evening at a Manatee Drilling Company well for Capt. C. H. Davis on his Manatee avenue property near the railroad. Manager W. D. Holcomb began drilling March 26 and by April 7 reached 877 feet, averaging over 37 feet daily, setting a new pace for the firm.
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Manatee Drilling Company
Capt
C. H. Davis
Manatee Avenue
W. D. Holcomb
For Sale Ridpath History of the World Set
Sate. Set of Ridpath's History of the World. Cost $40. Will sell for $80. Absolutely new. Apply to M. M. Owen.
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Ridpath
M. M. Owen
Monkey Gilchrist Distrubites Cards in Manatee County
Albert Gilchrist, candidate for governor, was in Manatee County this week distributing monkey postal cards. The Record criticizes him for handing out campaign material seen as improper for a governor hopeful.
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Albert Gilchrist
Manatee County
Albert
Manatee Livery Co Offers Prompt Hauling Service
A historical brief notes that the Manatee Livery Co advertises prompt hauling services and provides a contact phone number 212 for immediate attention. The terse notice emphasizes swift response for all hauling needs.
Artemus Hull Seeks Legislature Post Prominent County Figure
A. F. Hull known as Artemus announces candidacy for the legislature. He has served several terms as County Commissioner across Manatee county, praised as upright, honest, and conservative. Supporters cite his record as blemish-free and his broad popularity.
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A. F. Or
Artemus
Hull
Manatee County
Keeping Open House With Digestive Health Claims
An advertisement promotes Dr. King's New Life Pills as a remedy ensuring proper action of the stomach liver and bowels. It claims users feel good when these pills are taken and notes a price of 25 cents at Manatee Drug Store.
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Dr. King
Manatee
General Joel House Returns Home from Manatee Visit
General Joel House, long associated with the tobacco trade, returns to Orlando Tennessee after months in Manatee with Dr. T. M. McDuffee. Locals praise his character and hope he visits again next winter. Celery shipments stay heavy with prices easing but satisfactory. Adams' sells car rock lime and roofing supplies while M. G. Rushton’s lumber yard at Bradenton gains George Patten, now in charge.
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Joel House
Manatee
T. M. McDuffee
Orlinda
Tenn
Tobacco Association
Association For the People
George Patten
Tampa
M. G. Rushton
Bradentown
Cream Sale Supports Manatee Pleasure Dock Fund
The Elysian Club ladies held an ice cream and cake sale with homemade candy Saturday in the store beside Manatee Drug Store. Proceeds aid paying the balance for Manatee’s pleasure dock construction. organizers plan weekly summer sales to fund worthy local enterprises.
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The
Elysian Club
Mantee Drug Store
Manatee
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Heals Wounds and Suffering
Carpenter E 8 Lopez of Manilla New York says Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured severe cuts and saved him pain and money. It heals burns sores ulcers fever sores eczema and piles. 25 cents at Manatee Drug Store.
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Lopez
Manilla
N. Y
Manatee
Fight the Fly and Stop Disease Carriers
A Bradford County Medical Society appeal urging suppression of houseflies as disease vectors. They note flies spread cholera typhoid fever and eye diseases while manure breeding and screening costs are discussed. A fly tight manure box and improved sanitation are proposed solutions.
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Bradford County Medical Society
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Avery Orange
Adams
Gardner of
Methodist Church
Carrie Mitchell
Jacksonville
Carrie
Oneco
A. A. Saunders
E. ©. Saunders
L. Dunham
Iowa
Land of Flowers
Carson
Wilson
Dade City
Manatee Livery Co
MASS
Broberg
Manatee Realty Co
Monkey Gilchrist
A. F. Hull
Rushton
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