Tatumridge Round-Abouts Pithy Pointers Of This Section
Local notes from Tatum Ridge recount mild winter with unripe oranges and scarce cash. A wedding spree continues with three marriages in a month, including Will Hawkins and Lizzie Edwards at Miakka. Updates mention fair plans, hunts, and neighborly visits with light humor.
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John A. Webb
Manatee
H. H. Hawkins
Tatum Ridge
Will
Lizzie Edwards
Lizzie Edwards. This Makes Three of Uncle Henry
Uncle Henry
Manatee Livery Company Reopens With New Rigs and Team
A new owner announces renovation of the Manatee Livery Company stock, adds buggies and a horse, and offers improved hauling and baggage service to and from cars or boats. He seeks citizen patronage and promises fair prices and prompt, courteous service to build a reputable business in Manatee.
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Manatee Livery Company
Manatee
Electric Bitters touted as cure for malaria misery
R M James of Louellen claims Electric Bitters cure malaria misery and related chills, bilious attacks, jaundice and stomach liver kidney complaints. Sold in 50 cent bottles at Manatee Drug Store with guarantee.
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R. M. James
Louellen
8. C
Manatee
Charitable talk and fireproof cover in old sermon
A fragmented quotation shows Brother Williams praising charity as a shield for sinners while joking that the covering should be fireproof, reflecting period speech and rural humor.
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Brother Williams
Jamestown Butter and Cheese Ad Promises Quality
An advertisement touts Fancy Jamestown butter and cheese as guaranteed to please. It promotes a full range of foods and invites customers to call for everything good to eat by K. W. Wiggins.
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Jamestown
Dictionary and Mattress Mix-Up At Tennessee Liquor House
A Tennessee liquor house faced a comical mix up as an order for twenty two unabridged dictionaries, nineteen small dictionaries, and seventeen hair mattresses was translated into twenty two quarts of whiskey, nineteen pints of whiskey, and seventeen quarts of wine packed with straw mattresses. The clerk followed the manager’s interpretation, delivering the labeled items by misunderstanding slang terms.
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Tennessee
Lake City
Man and beast echoed in a child’s witty remark
A little girl, prompted by a literature discussion on nature, defined human and animal kinship with a sharp quote. She said a brute is an imperfect beast, while man is a perfect beast, prompting amused reflection.
Closing Out Sale in Manatee Business Ad
Frank Sullivan offers nearly all stock and farm tools for cash in Manatee. Items include three dairy cows one heifer pure bred Berkshire hogs pure bred hogs set two hundred White Leghorns incubators brooders buggy cart and tools with sale to devote time to meat business.
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Manatee
Frank Sullivan
Editor’s Son Questions the Millennium and Mars
A puzzled speaker recalls asking his father, an editor, about when the millennium would arrive Mars habitation and rain on the next Fourth of July. The father admits he does not know.
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Papa
Mars
King of throat and lung remedies touted by local user
A local claim promotes Dr. King's New Discovery as the best cough and cold remedy. C. O. Eldridge of Empire Georgia says it cured his family’s croup and throat illnesses for seven years and endorses the product sold at Manatee Drug Store with a 50 cent to 1 dollar price and a free trial bottle.
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Manatee
Property Sale Notice From Manat KE Beatty Co
A property sale notice invites owners to list their holdings for the season as the firm prepares a refined catalog to send to its customer base. The message emphasizes quick action and market readiness.
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Manat KE Beatty Co
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H. B. Plant
Independent Free Docks
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Palmetto
Ellenton
Wi. B. Plant
Ar CO
E. Garner
Pres. and
Gen. Mgr
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D. B. High
Gen. Fr’t and
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Marble Falls
Texas
Ballard Snow Liniment Co
Second St
ST. Louis, MO
Omanatee
Tatumridge
George Riggin
Cummings Boys
George
H. Holland
Braden River
Hopewell Church
Sister Holland
K. W. Wiggins
Whiskey House
Man
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Lloyd’s Havana
Excelsior Ice
Phone 95
the Record Job Office
The
Tampa Bay Transportation Co
Tampa Bay
Fuller & Co
Whiting Street
W. R. Fuller
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Tamia
W. H. Lanier
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Knight & Wall Co
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