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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1910
Page
2
The snippet lists The Sarasota Times masthead with location Sarasota Manatee County and editor publisher C V Wilson, noting postal matter and communications address. It appears as a newspaper header from Sarasota Florida.
The council met in special session to canvass the vote and on Tuesday the new mayor Mr Smith took the oath of office. The mayor then presided at the mayor's court on Monday. Editor Heatherington plans a 1911 edition of the Takeland News as a strong advertisement vehicle.
The J Y West Citizen booster edition shows enterprise and energy from editors Darnell and Marcy. The 32 page edition prints in two-page signatures with hand set type and many cuts of buildings and citizens.
The publication announces an all home print operation due to Ready Print service halting outside page printing. Editors admit current paper misses standard and request prompt payment of all outstanding bills while new material and equipment are arranged.
About fifty Sarasotas pleasure seekers attended a Thursday masquerade for school grounds fundraising. The event featured a variety of costumes led by Dr Rebuls with Bob Franklin among the notable partners. Prizes were awarded for best costumes and the evening raised $80 for school improvement from receipts.
The issue presents fiction titles including The Wishing Ring by Vied Jackson and That Cavanaugh Campbell Affair by Frederick White. Claudia Cranston contributes Jave, with Fred Jackson continuing The Curved Door serial. The magazine highlights holiday fashions, games, entertainments, and table room decor.
Prince and Princess Cantacuzene and their St. Petersburg suite visit the Belle Haven Inn in Sarasota. The Princess, a granddaughter of the late President U.S. Grant, is staying with her aunt Mrs. Petter Palmer and relatives. The visitors express delight with the inn and the area.
The Sarasota Hotel hosted a Thanksgiving dinner last Thursday with fifty four guests at tables laden with New England fare. Mrs. Hart prepared turkey, plum pudding and other dishes from 1 to 4 pm, joined by local families including R. I. Kennedy H. B. Smith Dr. and Mrs. G. L. Thompson and Charley Swain, plus guests from Bradenton.
Madison & Co. holdings in Groveland are being improved with farming and harrowing. Dr Waterbury, from New York, settles in the Hagan bungalow awaiting the Shipyard house. Mrs. Albrecht of Merrill Wis. near Sarasota recovers, while Miss Hattie Wrede reports good progress at Phillippi Creek school. Mr Adams from Joliet Ill. buys property near Knighton and plans more improvements. Thanksgiving morning crowds gather at a Shipyard area on Little Sarasota Bay for oysters and fish, ending with services at Philippi Creek Chapel, praising the day’s gifts.
A Long list of arrivals at a Sarasota hotel includes L. B. Shelton and wife from Birmingham, F. R. Whitcomb of Tampa, H. H. Paulling of Charlotte, C. Vanderhoof of Chicago, and many others from Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Florida, and Georgia. The roster also notes families and couples such as Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Griffin and J. Cahoon of Scranton among the guests.
The Sarasota Board of Trade met November 25, 1910 at 7 30 p m in Council Chambers. They formed a secretary search committee, set a six member board of governors, adopted Monday meetings, and approved dues totaling 22 00 before adjourning.
A long list of arrivals at Belle Haven Inn includes Ogden Codman Harold L H Blackspear N Y C H None maker New Fredonia Pa James J Dumese and son New Condo J O Toole Jacksonville J R Feilding Tampa J C Wilson Pensacola Fla J J Nelson Jacksonville L W Rogers Tampa Mr and Mrs Geo H Matheny C Woodburn Matheny Willow Oaks Fla G W Franklin and wife City Mr and Mrs E N Swain Mancle Ind Mr and Mrs Wa Steer Saxby City M Glison N ., J W Hightower Georgia Mr and Mrs H B Smith City L M Blackburn Cincinnati C3 Mr and Mrs Murry Stewart C W Small Savannah Ga L R Craig Dillon 8 C C B Oakley Tampa Capt D Mc Lewis and wife Mrs John A Graham Miss Palmer Mr and Mrs T J Bachman Bradenton D Shine Jacksonville R E McCormis O N Sessions Tampa J H Watson St Petersboro Dock Thornton St Louis J B Taggert Philadelph Prince and Princess Cantacnzen and suite St Petersburg Russia
Legal notice lists parties including Dr. E A Savage La Alla Savage and Louis E Weiss from Illinois and Michigan figures H King in Tampa and Mrs J H Johns with Miss Myrtle Johns of Chicago, detailing a dispute or filing among multiple named individuals and locales.
C E Land from Bradentown and Frank Schumacher from Chicago arrive at the Central Hotel along with Wm Gaeta of Wisconsin Mac Ringo from Manatee Wm Adams from Illinois and Merril Collins from Bradentown listed among guests.
French aviators claim air flights will soon rival trains in safety prompting calls to improve airship safety. Ohio and Nebraska papers note railroads facing competition as airships bid for mass mail and passenger contracts, with observers warning IC C to brace for upcoming challenges.
A compact metaphor compares marriage to a two stockholder corporation with one preferred and one common share. It notes occasional minority holders and ongoing power struggles between the two main parties.
A collection of historic snippets notes Sousa’s circus start, Maxim’s roulette proposal for England, and aging Confederate officers in Congress. It highlights Washington Gordon’s status, Brownlow and Austin in congressional roles, Lord Tredegar and Sir George Wombwell as remaining veterans, Paul J Rainey’s Arctic voyage, and J B Ralph’s currency washing plan to save a billion.
A. Lehingeck of Buffalo Io asserts Dr King’s New Life Pills cured his chronic constipation when others failed. He claims relief from biliousness jaundice indigestion headaches chills malaria and debility. Sold for 25c at all druggists.
A collection notes global death rates and life expectancy, stating 33 million deaths yearly, about 38 years average life, and odds reaching extreme ages. interleaved with light humor and a legal citation from Manatee County Florida announcing estate letters of administration for James D. Pingree with a December 29 1910 objection deadline.
A candidate runs on personal merit opposing Ring influence and factional politics. He campaigns against the perpetuation of United See Senate seats in Jackson Ville.
A home science tip explains using a water filled tea tray as a reflection to double the angle from a distant summit. By observing the reflected image through a sextant and halving the angle, one can determine the height of hills or steeples. Boils and their causes are also discussed, noting staphylococcus aureus as the source and associations with diseases and epidemics in institutions. A real estate ad promotes a winter home on Sarasota Bay with frontage and fruit, signed J H Bissell.
The page mixes ads for Ballard's Snow Liniment promising relief from rheumatism with a Baltimore family tale about work and vacation. It also notes a Dublin Cork Hill gunsmith showing a breechloading rifle offered to the British war office late in the eighteenth century and rejected for needing too much ammunition.
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