Florida timber wealth and Everglades reclamation plans
A New York World dispatch reports Florida holds vast forest resources with estimates of 80 million feet of timber per acre found in the Everglades and pine lands. It notes a major landowner with about half a million acres of pine practicing careful cuttings that could last 80 years, while reclamation work drains marshes via canals and a planned lock system to form a water reserve near Lake Okeechobee. It also mentions a Florida sugar company on 27,000 acres growing cane in muck soil, with up to 500 boxes per acre selling for three dollars a box.
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New York World
Mardygette
Mich
Florida
W. KE. Legis
Oatinmeine
Evergades
Peninsula
Lewis
Everglades
Lake Okeechobee
Sta
Alorado Sugar Company
Hera
Islands
Cleaning machine craze in Manatee packing plant
Report in the St Petersburg Times details Mr Cramer B Potter praising a new cleaning device installed at the Tampa Bay Packing Company on Ninth Street. The hollow wooden cylinder and wooden shaft system supposedly cleans fruit by tumbling it with water and dust. Invented by Mr Brown of Manatee and manufactured by M G Clasifton Novelty Works of Manatee, the device is described as a bright thought rather than a machine.
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St. Petersburg Times
Cramer B. Potter
Tampa ‘Bay
Ninth Street
Brown
Manatee
M. G.asifton
Dieter
Hat bet on election ends in jest says Schultz
A bet between Duffee and Schultz over Taft and Bryan involved a hat if Bryan won or lost. Bryan lost, the hat was promised, the doctor received a New York express for $8 but rejected it as a joke. Schultz remains credited with a playful, continuing business style.
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Duffee
Fred Schultz
Brazil
Ind
Mr. Schultz
Taft
McDuffee
Bryan
Schultz
Fred Schulz
Murder Trial Opens as Manatee Court Convened
The fall term of Circuit Court in Manatee County opened with Judge Joseph B. Wall arriving from Tampa aboard a steamer. State's Attorney Herbert Phillips, Clerk Robert H. Roesch, and Sheriff Hans Wyatt were ready. The major case is Arthur Gill and Tom Smith charged with the murder of Jim Fletcher near Sarasota. trial expected to begin Tuesday morning with Mrs. Fletcher key for the state.
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Manatee County
Joseph B. Wall
Tampa
Herbert Phillips
Robert H. Roesch
Hans Wyatt
Wall
Arthur Gill
Tom Smith
Jim Fletcher
Sarasota
Smith
Gill
Fletcher
Thanksgiving Dinner Menu at Central Hotel
A Thanksgiving menu lists grapefruit salad, cream tomato soup, stuffed olives, fried trout, cranberry sauce, mashed and scalloped potatoes, green beans, creamed rice, corn bread, pumpkin pie, and fruit cake. Dinner runs from 12 to 2 with a 75 cent price. reservations urged by Monday via phone. Nearby ads note pens and writing supplies at Manatee Drug and fertilizer agents at Adams.
Judges Crack Down on Pistol Toters in Florida
Florida citizens praise Judge Maxwell for sending James Evans to jail for carrying concealed weapons and urge further action. The Jacksonville Metropolis notes public support for tougher penalties and calls for pawnbrokers to halt pistol sales to irresponsible buyers. The Rec or urges a state crackdown to curb pistols in crime.
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Well
Jacksonville
Florida
Maxwell
Criminal Court
James Evans
Judge Maxwell
Campaign to halt unripe green oranges grows loud
George E. Keplin of the Florida Orange Growers' Company pushes a campaign against half grown and unripe fruit. A letter from the U S Department of Agriculture via Senator Taliaferro suggests possible means to stop green fruit ships, especially if they are artfully colored. Keplin says the Jacksonville office will handle tips and requests interested parties to write.
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George E. Keplin
Florida Orange Growers’ Company
United States Department of Agriculture
Taliaferro
Keplin
Jacksonville
Manatee Drug Ad Promotes Charles Richard
An advertising blurb touts Charles Richard as a featured name for a new Manatee product line. The text emphasizes first-class service and strong branding associated with Charles Richard.
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Charlo Chard
Charles Richard
Bond issue to pave Manatee streets debated at mass meeting
Citizens met at Gates hall to discuss bonding the town for paving Manatee avenue Main Church Griffin and Academy streets. A five member committee was named to urge an election, but the council failed to convene a full meeting and the matter rests for now. The paper endorses good roads and urges the council to call a vote.
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Manatee
Gates’ Hall
Manatee Avenue
Main
Church
Griffin
Academy
Notice of Credit Sales Policy by K W Wieetns
Beginning November 1, the seller will not extend credit to customers with unsettled prior month accounts. The notice thanks patrons for past business and requests continued patronage.
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K. W. Wieetns
Swap Offer Sparks Local Letter War in Perry
In a Perry Florida exchange note in The Floridian, editor Albert William son branding Frank Walpole's Manatee Record quotes as spiteful. The item claims a real estate swap proposal: Perry property for Bradenton area property, framed as two for one.
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Frank Walpole
the Manatee Recor
Perry
Fla
Bradentown
Albert Williamson
Not Even From Hell Quote on Florida Purchase Speech
A republished paragraph from John Randolph's 1818 congressional speech opposes buying Florida calling it a swampy land full of alligators mosquitoes and qualmires. He argues no one would immigrate to Florida even from hell.
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John Randolph
Congress
Florida
Speaker
Hell
Weather report by cooperative observer at Manatee
The record summarizes meteorological observations taken by Emil Brosere, cooperative observer, for the week ending November 17 1908, at Manatee. Instrument readings come from government standard instruments under Weather Bureau guidance.
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Broberg
Weather Bureau
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Manatee
The
Emil Brosere
Co-operative Observer
Steamer Favorite Towed to Tampa for Repairs
The Favorite, idle at the dock, has been towed to Tampa for repairs and will resume service on a double daily run between St. Petersburg and Tampa after overhauling. Hayfress and Saddles at Adams. V disell as cheap for ash as anyong: K. W. Wiggins.
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Favorite
Tampa
St. Petersburg
K. W. Wiggins
Manatee Drug Store Demands Monthly Account Payments
In a public notice Frank A. WalLpoLe states the Manatee Drug Store will not carry balances. Customers must settle their accounts monthly to keep business operations from financial strain.
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Manatee
Frank A. WalLpoLe
Fortune Fades in a Comical But Grim Tale
A Sanford Herald excerpt recalls a man who mortgaged his farm for his wife's diamond earrings. She loses a washing job and tries suicide, the rope breaks, she falls on a Jersey cow worth 159 dollars, the husband shoots at the animal but blasts his eyes, and she runs off with a lightning rod peddler. The mortgage and man remain.
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Sanford Herald
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Nple
Potter Cour
Paolo
Central Hotel
Saratoga
Manatee Drug
Ier
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Uncle Sam
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Council
John
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