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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1920
Page
3
A column extols farming and trades over higher education arguing universities spoil farmers and overfill professional schools. It cites Abraham Lincoln as self made scholar and challenges youth to learn trades. The piece mentions 666 as a medical tonic in an advertisement ending.
Bee Ridge residents report J. B. Taylor visiting Tampa and Ed Brown moving his family to Bee Ridge. Many neighbors travel to Crescent Beach and Tampa while Mrs. Jno Bond and Lois Frye visit. The community notes rain, church projects, new guitar purchases, a newborn boy for the Harris family, and a music gathering at H. Tatum’s home.
Our Special Correspondent reports damp conditions improving with rains. J D Ridgehill continues wandering while Capt James Y Harn holds the blue ribbon for local pugilistic stunts. J C Hayman assumes Seaboard Air Line agency duties as W B Surls resigns. Manasota Lumber adds a cutting crew as forests thin. Citrus growers smile after recent rains.
The writer reports unusually healthy groves and excellent crops in Venice with the claim of record breaking yields. Weather notes mention waterlogged woods and drains improving prospects, and a light aside on reading the Literary Digest. Also mentions Beresford Prior of Armour Fertilizer Co visiting the area. An advertising insert for RAT SNAP rat poison promotes its effectiveness and availability at Badger Pharmacy and Archibald Hardware Company.
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