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Newspaper
Manatee Record
Location
Manatee, Florida, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1907
Page
2
Frank A Wilpolt editor urges readers to subscribe and participate. The Record invites correspondents at every county post office and promises liberal terms for right parties. Congressman Steve Sparkman praised for aiding Manatee River and Sarasota Bay as legislature session approaches.
The writer notes abundant candidates but warns much timber will be knotted and wind shaken by primary day, with some pecker wood holed and unusable. The image suggests a rough, uncertain process ahead for the race.
A note accuses the Chipley Banner of reprinting two editorial squibs from The Record without credit. The complaint urges proper attribution and tighter professional standards among local papers.
A speaker contrasts a seven year old dropping a half burned match in an alley with an able bodied man burning through a full box of matches to start a fire in a drafty heater. The remark highlights differences in fire ignition difficulty and hazard between a small flame and a larger, dangerous blaze.
A column mocks sensational newspaper stunts describing a cy clone out west that allegedly turned a well inside out moved a township line emptied a whiskey barrel and overturned a mortgage while changing the day of the week leaving other exaggerated effects as a joke on liars in the press.
Manatee County thanks Steve Sparkman for securing 70000 dollars for the Manatee river and 22000 dollars for Sarasota bay in the rivers and harbor bill. The funds, reported favorably to the House, will improve channels and deepen water, honoring Sparkman for his efforts.
A Tampa Tribune feature critiques pessimistic public opinion and notes the irony of claiming happiness while dwelling on troubles. It cites a local fight and parodies a writer's doleful stance, praising genuine warmth over empty philosophizing and calling out space-fillers in journalism.
A Fer n andina Record columnist rebukes Frank Walpole and others for endorsing the Times-Union’s influence in the drainage amendment vote. The piece accuses the paper of misrepresentation and manipulation to sway public opinion in favor of corporate interests.
Frank Walpole of the Mana tee Record says Tom Apple yard is quiet and hedging. The Pensacola Journal mentions state convict inspector appointment may trigger a response. Tom Apple yard’s Lake City Index jokes about waiting to see what unfolds and feeling due for pay.
The Wauchula Advocate mocks a proposed union of Manatee and DeSoto counties in senatorial matters and urges a divorce mill. It argues DeSoto has long controlled the seat, while Manatee has been sidelined, and notes DeSoto’s apparent willingness to separate.
The writer calls the so called big head a sign of lack of sense. Money, clothes or a small office can feed it, but a true sensible person remains humble. A superior attitude shows weak intellect and stiffness, not strength.
A woman reading matrimonial columns jokes to her husband about a William Strange marrying a Martha Strange. He replies that the next news may be even stranger, highlighting a playful newspaper anecdote on shared surnames and irony.
The notice advertises Garter & Russell Publishing Co of Jacksonville Florida offering a bargain in newspaper subscription if readers send in their names quickly. It quotes Regular as the Sun and promotes Dr King s New Life Pills guaranteed by J M Samuel druggist with claims of reliable liver bowel regulation.
The Gainesville Sun defend businesslike practices, arguing newspapers must sell advertising space and should not routinely publish free promotional notices. It chides readers who expect free mentions and reminds owners that a paper is a business like any store, needing revenue to survive.
Razor blades hollow ground and honed. Clippers shears lawn mowers and surgical instruments sharpened and repaired. Mail orders promptly attended to. Manatee Cutlery Co Manatee Fla P O 74.
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