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Newspaper
Manatee Record
Location
Manatee, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1908
Page
4
The Manatee area school board held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday. full proceedings to be published next week. Sawyer and wife plan to return to Manatee in coming days. homes and local rain woes are mentioned amid community notes.
J S Terrer traveled to Tampa to buy a gift for Col and Mrs Josiah Gates to be presented by Manatee Lodge No 65 Knights of Pythias. Bran dstown lodge assisted and conferred Knight on sister lodge Tuesday night with strong attendance.
Reports describe Maine grasshoppers gathered on sheets and cooked in batter, a feature attributed to Woodbury with Kennebec Journal noting the method. Also mentions Claude Gates visiting Jacksonville, a Jersey cow for sale, a lay members meeting at the Methodist church, and editor invited to speak.
The Record notes Manatee Junior High School is progressing well with enthusiastic pupils and teacher satisfaction. Mr and Mrs A Fancher departed Monday as he begins a statewide tour as a traveling salesman. Best wishes go with the couple.
Elmer A. Curry came down from Tampa on Sunday and spent several days with relatives, enjoying time with his family.
A couple plans economy and varnishes a bathtub. The husband agrees to coat it after finding varnish in the closet with groceries. He applies varnish, spoils dinner as soup smells like a paint shop, and learns the tub was varnished with ox-tail soup.
R M Glazier advertises vegetable special fertilizers for Satx. A fine young mare is for sale at this office. A full line of hives at Wiggins. New dry goods and notions in stock with reasonable prices at Glazier's Millinery.
J W Jenkins of Cheaper Hill NC commends Bucklen's Arnica Salve as the best salve in the world. He says it cured a felon on his thumb and heals sores burns and wounds reliably. Sold for 25 cents at Manatee Drug Store and other druggists.
Record of meteorological observations for the week ending October 6 1908 at Manatee by Emir Bropere cooperative observer. Readings from Government standard instruments exposed per Weather Bureau guidance.
Socialist National and State Ticket lists electors for president and various state offices including Barker Collins Lee and Pettigrew as candidates. Also advertised is a 16 ft launch with 24 hp Bridgeport engine and a 15 ft oar skiff for sale by J A Tompkins in Manatee for 100 dollars.
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