24 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Manatee Record
Location
Manatee, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1908
Page
1
The author argues that pessimistic, quarrelsome people repel others and hinder community spirit, contrasting them with cheerful, friendly individuals who spread kindness like molasses. Whippowill cow past at Adams'.
Andrew G Beck and John Dun Glazier plan a cash based grocery in Manatee. Opening is set for about August first next to The Record building. The two young men are well known with years in the business and the community wishes them peace and prosperity.
An appeal by W J Bryan urges Democratic newspapers to start fund collections from subscribers to back campaigns. He calls for individual small contributions, ending corporate control, and notes Republicans may be pressed to join the effort. Also, Village Improvement Association plans a musical social at Gates Hall Friday with ice cream and a grand cake walk.
Cooperative Weather Bureau observation summary from Manatee reports instrumental readings using standard government instruments. Emil Bropere signs as observer. week ends July 21 1908. Sarasota visit noted with Mr and Mrs Jack Curry visiting town and Times office. Plank's Chill advertised at Manatee Drug Store.
Neighbors migrate for summer with Goolds secretaries and relatives leaving for Vermont and New Orleans. The post office changed hands July 1 with Mrs Clara Azlin in charge and daughter Eula assisting. Local church meetings, pastor visits, and a Jersey creamery ad accompany brief community updates.
Emery Johnson of the Manatee Banking Company while in Carmel with his wife shows off a remarkable fishing feat. He uses a spear to strike a flounder in midwater as it sails past at high speed, catching it precisely with the prong in the eye, then returns to shore with the prize.
Local column reports rain moistened fields delaying potato planting and grass removal. It notes visits by W. H. Tatum and family, Marg Johnson crews branding calves, Hopewell church gatherings, and a protest on postmaster mail censorship driving some residents to support socialist-leaning appeals and possibly bolt from the Democratic party.
The article notes rains stopping briefly after an earlier claim of a wet spell then returning in earnest. Locals say an old time rainy season is likely to last into the fall. A call is made to push improvements on Manatee avenue, seen as the district’s main thoroughfare and priorities.
Adams' store shelves show Mason fruit jars while delay on the new wharf fuels talk of a stalled project. Ex Mayor Thomas R. Easterling returns from a Carolina visit to his old home, signaling possible local political chatter.
An anecdote from Colorado describes William Jennings Bryan lecturing on The Prince of Peace. The Chautauquan manager pays him in four hundred silver dollars, Bryan declines with a sharp remark and accepts payment by personal check. He then travels away with the heavy silver in his valise.
A poem sent by a local merchant recounts a Christmas visit from an angel to reward his lifelong generosity. They near heaven’s gates but glimpse a hellish scene where debtors burn, prompting the merchant to declare that his humble, earthly rewards are Heaven enough.
Earnest Brown, famed pitcher, has been offered a lucrative contract by St Petersburg for the baseball season. It is likely he will accept, with the status of the deal unclear. The proposal centers on the ball club and the rights for the year, keeping Brown in high regard.
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