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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1916
Page
3
The packing house at Ft Meade operates around the clock. Forty acres in Osceola county are planted to strawberries. The Seville packing house ships tangerines and oranges.
A junior civic league organizes in a school while Winter Haven citrus growers earn about 700000 dollars yearly. L B Sutton near Falmouth sold a carload of hogs for 1062.85 dollars. Fifty carloads of citrus have shipped from Winter Garden packing house in two weeks. Jacksonville expects a new daily newspaper soon described as Democratic to the core.
Geo. W. Waller purchased thirty five acres of land near Hastings and plans to begin improvements immediately. The move signals development activity in the Hastings area and potential new employment or economic impact.
The Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce urges issuing 25000 dollars in bonds to fund the construction of a sea wall at Lake Worth. The plan aims to protect the lakefront and nearby properties from erosion and high water, signaling strong local support for the project.
The Emporia packing house for the Florida Citrus Exchange began operations last week. A large nearby crop will be shipped northward.
About three hundred cars are to be shipped from the Everglade district this season. A regular boat line now operates between Ft. Lauderdale and Ft. Myers, linking the West Coast and the East Coast.
In Polk county near Homeland a new road layout signals increased road activity. Albert N Landis of Bath Pa buys 320 acres in Lake county and plans 100 acres cleared for groves. Seaboard Air Line to build a round house at Plant City due to rising business.
Local merchants reorganize the Seminole County Fair Association and set the fair for the week of January 29 to February 2, outlining plans for the event.
Oldham & Roberts shipped a carload of Irish potatoes to Tampa at two dollars per hamper. Florida Citrus Juice & Syrup Co opens a new Jacksonville plant costing fifty thousand dollars to save over-ripe fruit. Bates Steel Mules Tractor Company operates in DeSoto county, using mules that meet farmer expectations.
Shippers report shipments leaving Kissimmee daily exceed usual citrus levels for the season and command handsome prices. Skipper Bros. agreed to build a vat if the Okeechobee Company constructs yards near Fellsmere. Trask & Nash won the contract to build both yards and the vat. W. E. Rittenhouse bought a ten acre grove near Fellsmere adjacent to The Virginian theatre owner Murray E. Hall in Sarasota.
The Florida Educational Association will convene in its 30th annual session at Arcadia on Wednesday December 27 at 7 30 p m A program of unusual merit emphasizes every phase of educational work with most of the program presented by actual demonstration The Thursday and Friday afternoon exercises plan a practical demonstration of a rural school plant under the direction of specialists
A group led by Mr. and Mrs. J B Turner and others spent Thanksgiving at Uncle Ben Stickney’s on Little Sarasota. They picnic and boat, with meals prepared by the women, and a misstep at the city dock left J P Parker soaked after falling into an eight foot bay. Tomorrow is Post-card day.
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