Local column reflects on controversy and local happenings
The piece critiques a recent ruling while pledging cautious journalism. It notes Hon. W. E. Stephens planning a sawmill near Stephenville, announces sweet potato planting, and mentions Sarasota-Venice land sales. It also references M. T. L. Evans’s Teepee Lodge season, embalm ed meats policy, a Capt. W. B. Surls mishap, shark encounters near Nokomis, and cautions about coastal bathing hazards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Sarasota-Venice Co
Auto
Eagle Point Resort
M. T. L. Evans
Florida
OSPREY NOTES: RAIN HUNT AND LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Special correspondent reports farmers crave rain amid drought worries. Mrs Graham of Oneco visits Mrs Saunders. W B Webb and family travel to Sarasota by Ford. Ernest A Johnson aids M L Townsend at South Creek. T L McAulay and Ruth visit Sarasota, car praised. Albert Saunders recovering from malaria. Hand family frequent Fruitville on Sundays with Overland car. Guess works on Bowles grave site. Charles Webb to return home. new pastor to be appointed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. L. McAulay
Ruth
M. E. Shumard
Sarasota
Mr. McAulay
Ford
Albert Saunders
Andrew B. Hand
Fruitville
Andrew
O. C. Guess
Nokomis Notes and Community Items From Nokomis
Presiding Elder Myres preached a sermon in Nokomis last Sunday. Mrs Bright and daughter from Philadelphia are visiting Mrs W K Higel at Venice. Thanks to road commissioners for smoothing Nokomis shell road. Mrs George Williams and children from Tampico visited her parents. Mrs Curry and daughter Miss Mabel returned home. Mrs Curry’s health improved after White Springs stay. Wet grounds postponed Nokomis Venice baseball game. A fan saw alligators on the grounds. Reflections on weeds and a note on seeking rights for a sweet potato patch plant variety with pest resistance. Contemplates improving domestic plants like Burbank. Continued on Page ree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Philadelphia
W. K. Higel
Venice
Raad
Nokomis Shell Road
George Williams
Tampico
Mex
Williams
A.F. Wrede
C. O. Curry
Mabel
Curry
Burbank
Why People Buy Rat-Snap in Preference to Rat Poison
Rat Snap kills rats and mice outright and scares away what it does not kill. It leaves no odor as corpses dry up inside. Sold in cakes, no mixing with other food. Safe from cats and dogs. Three sizes 25c 50c and available at Badger Pharmacy and Archibald Hardware Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Badger Pharmacy
Archibald Hardware Company
Season vistors and local work fill Sulphur Springs notes
At Sulphur Springs a Bradenton couple and friends rent a W. A. Saunders house on Pine and Bay streets for the season with plans to fish. Webb and Johnson report promising potato patches if rains come and hogs stay away. Claude Ragan works with Rob erts’ sawing machine to cut logs. Osprey residents may not need wood freezes this winter if Claude’s services continue. Mack Hamlin and wife visit Sarasota and Venice with Lizzie Gupti and Anna Griffith, returning with a fine time report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Keen
Bradentown
W. A. Saunders
Pine
Bay Streets
W. B. Webb
E.A. Johnson
Claude Ragan
Mr. Roberts
Claude
Mack Hamlin
Sarasota
Lizzie Gupti
Anna Griffith
Venice
How He Lost His Prize S Corn
Mr Vaughan, a farmer, recalls sending for pedigreed seed corn and storing it in a gunny sack hung from a roof rope. Rats ate it, leaving five dead rats as the only trace, and he notes RAT SNAP as the remedy. The ad lists three sizes 25c 50c and 1.00, guaranteed by Badger Pharmacy and Archibald Hardware Cec. Adv. 8-5-4t
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Vaughan
Badger Pharmacy
Archibald Hardware
Cooperative movement boosts farmers organize buying and selling
The Progressive Farmer notes hundreds of cooperative farmers groups nationwide forming buying and marketing associations. Dairymen fruit growers poultry raisers and livestock men join to handle millions in business and tackle small producer marketing challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida Citrus Exchange
Farmer laments unfinished screen doors and windows
A farmer, brushing flies from his table, says he regrets not building screen doors and windows last winter, reflecting on missed preparations and nuisance.
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Vinice
Times
Gener
W. E. Stephens
Stephenville
U. S
W. B. Surls
Tampa
W. B
Claude T. Curry
Nokomis
Osprey
Nemo
Mrs.Graham
Oneco
Ernest A. Johnson
Charles W. Webb
Myres
Mr. Batch
R. J. Reynolds Tobacco CO
Winston-Salem, N. G
Hunt
THE
Badghr Pharmacy
Alex Browning
Municipal
M. L. Wread
Sarasota, Florida
NEW York Life
A. L. Joiner
First National Bank
E. A. Kartack
Bank of
W. Y. Perry
Bank of Sarasota Building
C. B. Wilson
M. D
Bank Po” Sarasota
P. B. Foley
Green Day
Braden
Flantown
Co. J. Knighton
F.H. Helveston
Sarasota. Fla
Jack Halton
Sarasota Bank
Joseph Halton
R. H. Edwards
Firstational Bank
Manatee County
Main Street
Goodrich
Firestone
Gars
Manatee Trucker
Seminole Vegetable Grower
Seminole Trucker
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