Electric Light Bonds Sold and City Cleanup Plan
The city sold an $85,000 issue of Electric Light Extension Bonds to Caldwell & Company of Nashville at par plus accrued interest and $2,800 expense. The funds will extend lighting service and finance improvements. The council urged daily street cleaning, removal of poles, and disposal of trash, and approved an incinerator if affordable. A two inch water main will serve Pineapple avenue, and Main street parking will be regulated with painted stalls to enforce uniform parking.
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Caldwell & Company
Nashville
J. W. Crawford
Board of Public Works
Commissioner of Public Works
Pineapple Avenue
Lemon Avenue
Williams Street
Main Street
Publc
Resignation of Geo B Prime from City Council
Mr Geo B Prime resigns from the City Council of the Third ward citing move to Sarasota Heights after a Supreme Court decision. A special election will follow to fill the vacancy with women now eligible to vote in the ward. No candidates are named yet.
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Geo. B. Prime
Prime
Theouncil
Supreme Court
Sarasota Heights
Cael
Sarasota Wins and Loses One in Winter League Action
Sarasota's West Coast Winter League team split a two game week with Tarpon Springs on the local diamond. Tuesday Sarasota lost 12 to 3 after a 9 run third inning flurry by Tarpon Springs while Wednesday's ten inning affair ended Tarpon Springs 7 Sarasota 4. Three home runs highlighted the Wednesday game. Manager Jim Moore led Sarasota with the hot bat. The league's future remains uncertain as Tampa has yet to decide on a fourth team, though local fans vow to keep pushing to sustain the league as a winter draw.
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Sarasota
Tarpon Springs
RHE
Peterson
Woodall
Wauble
Wilson
Quinn
DeHaney
Brady
Jim Moore
Tampa
Toledo man's plan to locate families in Sarasota district
Mr. Ganzz of Toledo associated with 30 families who consider building in the Sarasota district this winter. He visited Indianola and expressed interest in the area and its beauty.
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Sarasota
W. Ganzz
Toledo
Indianola
G“anzz
Mail Collection Boxes to Be Erected in City
Notice to bidders posted by the local post office seeks bids to erect five mail collection boxes in Sarasota in connection with village free delivery now in operation. Locations include Mango avenue and Twelfth street, Main street and Gulf Stream avenue, Main street and Rawls street, Alderman street and Orange avenue, Strawberry avenue and Fourth street. The boxes arriving will improve service and save trips to the office. The village delivery has boosted post office receipts and may lead to full city delivery next year if citizens and the chamber support the effort with Mrs Abbe.
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Mango Avenue
Twelfth Street
Main Street
Gulf Stream Avenue
Rawls Street
Alderman Street
Orange Avenue
Strawberry Avenue
Fourth Street
Free Village
Sarasota
Post Office Department
Citizens and Chamber of Commerce
Band Meeting Called For Wednesday Night
A Sarasota Bay Post American Legion band meeting is set for next Wednesday night December 15 at the Legion rooms to form a preliminary organization. Navy war veteran Guy Knighton may be chosen bandmaster indicating competent leadership for the project. players are urged to attend with an instrument to assist in the band's organization.
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Sarasota Bay
Three Negroes Arrested in Larceny and Moonshine Case
Andrew Hamilton, Arthur Wright, and John Wilson are jailed in Bradenton charged with possession of a still and intoxicants and with moonshine. The case arose after officers found a still and orange mash at Hamilton and Wright’s Sea board Air Line homes during a warrant sweep connected to orange thefts at Bee Ridge. Hamilton owned the still, Wright denied involvement, Wilson testified but incriminated himself, and all three were bound over to the next county court term on $250 bonds.
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Andrew Hamilton
Arthur Wright
John Wilson
Bradentown
C. O. Teate
Richard Grove
Bee Ridge
Palmer Trust
Chief Hodges
Hodges
Hamilton
Wright
Bradley Bright wed in quiet Iverson home ceremony
Miss Helen Myrtle Bradley and Mr Ernest F Bright married Wednesday afternoon in a small ceremony at the Iverson Apartments. Rev C W Latham officiated with a ring ceremony. The couple plans a brief bridal trip to St Petersburg and will reside at the Iverson Apartments after Friday.
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Helen Myrtle Bradley
Ernest F. Bright
Iverson
C. W. Latham
First Presbyterian Church
J. T. Bradley
Connecticut
E. J. Bright
United States Navy
Sarasota
Bright Grocery Co
St. Petersburg
the Times
Sarasota Urges Tampa Bay steamer line stock drive
A Sarasota citizen calls for a new steamer service between Sarasota and Tampa with intermediate stops. The letter promotes forming a stock company needing $15,000 to buy equip and man the vessel and urges citizens to invest, projecting profits from 1912 and 1913 as justification.
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Sarasota
Here
Tampa
Rip van Winkle
Sarasota Bay
Levy's New York Store Reports Holiday Sale Success
Levy's New York Store proprietors P H Levy reports his Holiday Sale to be the most successful ever. He promises fair dealing and price reductions aligned with lower wholesale costs, selling many items below wholesale, clearing stock bought at war prices and offering a new stock at prevailing prices with attractive bargains.
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The
Times
P. H. Levy
Levy
New York
Park Campers to Get Two Electric Lights in Sarasota
The board of public works orders the commissioner of public works to install two large electric lights at the Sarasota camping grounds used by auto tourists known as tin can tourists and to provide garbage cans for refuse.
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Sarasota
Board of Public Works
Commissioner of Public Works
Prominent Residents Escape Serious Injuries
Mr and Mrs Jesse Root Grant and Mrs Ida Hemingway narrowly avoided harm on their return from Tampa when their car struck a cow at night near Saras ota. The vehicle plunged into a three foot water-filled ditch but remained upright and all occupants escaped serious injury aside from shock and bruises. Grant, son of the late President Ulysses S Grant, winters in Sarasota. Hemingway owns a bayside home there.
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Jesse Root Grant
Ida Hemingway
Tampa
Victory Theatre
Sarasota
Grant
Mr. Grant
A.S. Grant
Beekeepers Hold Notable Meeting in Bradenton
The Manatee County Beekeepers gathered at the Bradenton board of trade rooms for an engaging session featuring W. A. Selser of Philadelphia on honey values, M. B. Root of Medina on beekeeping, and discussion by J. J. Wilder and others. The group voted to affiliate with the Florida State Beekeepers Association and discussed a proposed Florida Honey Week. The Hillsborough Pinellas Beekeepers Association formed nearby in Tampa, where the idea originated.
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Manatee County Beekeepers
Board of Trade Rooms
Bradentown
W. A. Selser
Philadelphia
RB. Root
Medina
Ohio
J. J. Wilder
Georgia
Pewett
Colorado
Messrs
Hafford Jones
D. M. McMichael
Hillsborough County
A. I. Root
American Beekeepers
Florida State Beekeepers Association
Florida
Hillsborough-Pinellas
Turner Company Announces Deep December Clearance Sales
The Turner Company maintains low retail prices in step with wholesale cuts and reports record sales over the past 30 days. Manager Mr Battle notes continued price reductions through December 24 to clear stock before January inventory. The firm emphasizes standard goods, fair dealings, and growing patronage as December clearance continues.
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Turner Company
Battle
Times
the Times
Wilsons annual message cites tax reform and Armenia loan
President Wilson outlines concrete recommendations to Congress including tax law revision and simplified income and profits taxes, independence for the Philippines, a loan to Armenia, government economy, a workable budget, cold storage laws, and support for rehabilitation of disabled veterans. He omits any direct reference to the League of Nations or peace treaty.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Philippines
Armenia
League of Nations
Abraham Lincoln
America
Hunt Agency Opens In Sarasota To Handle Real Estate Rentals And Insurance
Mr and Mrs Mason Hunt, long time Sarasota residents, enter business to form The Hunt Agency. The firm will handle real estate rentals and insurance with Mrs Hunt, a skilled law stenographer, in charge. Office located in the First National Bank Building.
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Mason Hunt
Sarasota
First National Bank
Senator Wilson elected Sarasota Heights mayor
Senator A. M. Wilson was elected mayor of Sarasota Heights in a recent election. F. W. Schultz, A. L. Joiner, F. A. Reigel, John Pelot and J. W. Harvey were chosen councilmen, Lewis Combs clerk assessor collector, and Myron Spencer marshal. This marks the first slate since incorporation validity was upheld by the supreme court.
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A. M. Wilson
Sarasota Heights
Messrs
F. W. Schultz
A. L. Joiner
F. A. Reigel
John Pelot
J. W. Harvey
Lewis Combs
Myron Spencer
Supreme Court
Ach
New m
Dr. C. B. Wilson Moves Offices to Walpole Building
Dr. C. B. Wilson recently moved his offices from the Bank of Sarratota building to the new Walpole building. He occupies a neat and convenient suite designed for attractiveness and ease of use, and neighbors commend the move.
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C. B. Wilson
Bank of Sarasota
Walpole
Dr. Wilson
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Caldwell & CO
G. B. Prime
Third Ward
Bradley—Bright
Mrs
Jesse Root
Mrs. Hemingway
Hunt Agency
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