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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
7
Listings describe furnished seven room two bath bay front home one block from Women’s Club with immediate occupancy and prices from five thousand dollars for a ready made home. Also bay front lots 50x200 feet and 240x100 feet with artesian water, plus two to five acre parcels offered at various bargain prices.
An advertisement extols Pepto Mangan as a tonic to lift health and blood, noting physicians endorse it and urging buyers to insist on the full product name Gude's Pepto Mangan. Separately a notice announces the state beekeepers meeting in Tampa on Friday, Dec. 3.
From Our Special Correspondent recalls a quiet holiday in Nokomis and Osprey with church events, family visits, and farm life. It highlights revival plans by Joe McLeod, education debates, and a shared gratitude amid farm labor shortages and malarial fever recovery. The piece ends with Thanksgiving outings, a ptomaine scare, and fishing trips near the Miakka.
The Nokomis Hawaiian Orchestra holds weekly rehearsals while the Nokomis saw mill reports strong orders to supply local construction. A Thanksgiving picnic at Casey's Pass feeds readers with abundant fare and village cheer. Notices include trips to Lake City, a Sarasota outing, and Bradenton visitors hunting for oysters amid scarce bars.
Englewood residents report a Thanksgiving picnic at Palm Ridge with 36 diners enjoying ample fare. A. Stanley Lampp acquires a new Fordson tractor and hosted visitors including Bill Cross and Freeman Huckstep. An auto party toured Three Ridges for fishing, while services were held at a schoolhouse with a Thanksgiving sermon.
Adv BEE RIDGE Mr. Taylor went to Bradentown last Friday. Mr. Fred Tubbs and family went to Tampa Monday to spend a few days. Mr. A. E. Taylor and family spent Thanksgiving at Mr. Eugene Albritton's. Messrs. Will Hawkins and Ebb.
OSPR W B Webb builds a rowboat for W H Conrad. O C Guess works at Immokalee Farms for a week. Charles W Webb rode to Romeo last week and returned Monday. Walter Blackburn fishes for mackerel with good luck. W A Saunders family and John White went to Bonnet Holes for Thanksgiving hunting and fishing. Mrs E A Johnson replaced Mrs Blackburn at W H Conrad’s then visited home. Shumards McAuleys Hands and others traveled to Cowpen Slough for Thanksgiving, reporting a fine day and plenty to eat. All of Osprey attended Circus.
A Venice column reflects on a wet winter signaling a warm season, growing grove interest, and strong fruit consignments despite missing earnings. The author reports orders for 50 boxes of oranges to South Carolina, shares family scenes with daughter Marie, and notes mackerel catches and nonchalant attitudes amid local commerce. The piece laments winter quarters for Venice while stores and post office thrive, and jokes about a failing Ford. Continued on Page Six.
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