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Newspaper
Sarasota County Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
6
Foreign advertising representative details for The Sarasota County Times, successor to The Manatee County Advocate and The Sarasota Times, editor Mrs. C V S Wilson. Published weekly in Sarasota Florida with subscription rates and postal filing noted.
The Sarasota Times announces a name change to The Sarasota County Times reflecting expanded coverage for Sarasota Bay and the entire county. The editorial notes recall Manatee heritage and the paper’s 22 years in Sarasota, with the transition aiming to reflect broader regional progress and growth.
Leaders praise a broad majority in ratifying the Sarasota county bill and vow to meet new duties across Sarasota Englewood and Miakka. They acknowledge difficulties but trust in cooperative effort and widespread backing for regional development as the new county begins functioning.
A public appeal calls for cooperation across Sarasota County to maximize natural resources and advance the interests of every section, stressing shared benefit and collective effort.
A noted orator praises the newspaper as a locomotive for civilization, urging reader support for country weeklies like Brantley County News. The piece extols newspapers as family friends, fostering local progress, churches, schools, and charities, and urges loyal readership to aid upbuilding efforts for community prosperity.
A train encounter extols a country with fine land and people, leading to a farm purchase. The piece argues that advertising, especially spoken praise, drives progress. good words sow seeds that grow into wealth and civic strength faster than Jonah's gourd.
C O Teate shows his transition from agriculturist to farmer by clearing over an acre on Hudson Bayou and planting sweet potatoes in August yielding 700 bushels. He sold most of recently harvested Irish potatoes locally, with over 100 bushels. His plot now hosts beans, peas, okra, eggplant, peppers, corn and other vegetables ready for a September fall crop. seed beds are prepared for celery and tomatoes under C W Chapman.
The South Florida Press Association held a Saturday program on advertising with papers by Leach and others. Officers were elected with Miss Gail Binkley as president and Mrs Hetherington as vice president. Subcommittees discussed zone rates and the cost of postage while members praised local campaigns and emphasized community interest over outsider campaigns.
The Carman Company mobilizes a large workforce on Main Street for a brick building for Joseph Downey of Chicago. Archibald Hardware will occupy the first floor with a furniture second floor. Other projects include C. B. Boardman apartments, Owen Burns Pine Morill street flats, and a Sunset Park development. A new seawall near the fish houses expands Sarasota’s coastline to about a mile, plus park and golf course improvements. Developers Nabona and Curtis plan sanitarium and twenty apartment projects, while the Julia Safford steamer begins Tampa service by July 1.
A Florida Grower letters readers to question leaving the state for summer. He cites superb weather as a reason to stay while noting seeing old friends and a change of scene as the draw to travel elsewhere.
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