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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1910
Page
2
Meeting of the Board of Trade set for Monday evening December 12 in Council Chamber with important business on the agenda. Sarasota hosts tourists and developers as reasons to promote nurseries, lodging and rail agent visits in the florida town.
A Nov 1 entry lists H. B. Brown Julia Brown Ada M. Kenyon and others with assessed amounts and a total of $10.61 paid Dec 5 by J. Louis House. The notice includes collector Frank Higes contact and a local grocery ad by Highsmith & Prime.
The Sarasota Board of Trade met December 5 1910 in City Council Chambers. They deferred by laws, debated funding a public reading room, and discussed hall arrangements with the City Council. Adjourned after approving collection of 1.00.
The Democratic Executive Committee of Manatee county calls a primary in every precinct on January 10 1911 with a possible second on January 31. The committee lacks funds and asks precinct officials to volunteer without pay while urging citizens to fund ballot boxes and other needs estimated at about 140 dollars. Frank A Walpole signs as chairman.
Rumors claim Mrs. Potter Palmer has invested heavily in phosphate lands in the Bone Valley district about 35 miles from Sarasota. The investment fantasy includes a railroad from Wauehula or Furton to Sarasota via Bone Valley Jacksonville Metropolis.
Plans call for a three story brick bank and office building on the former Methodist church lot on Main Street in Sarasota. Reports indicate a second brick building will also be erected on Main Street in the near future.
A Pensacola figure named William A Blount emerges as a candidate seeking the United States Senate. The brief notice identifies Blount as a candidate, signaling a campaign entry and local interest in the statewide race.
For Rent or Sale Good Crown piano upright grand or exchange for real estate. Box 93 Sarasota. Milliner catching up on rush orders trimming hats priced 1.98 to 3.50. Order promptly for Christmas. For Sale beautifully located winter home on Little Sarasota Bay eight miles south of town at 808 J. H. Bissell.
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