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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1910
Page
2
The Sarasota Board of Trade presents a high school auditorium program on Thursday December 29 at 7 30 p m. Home talent will perform music and literature to raise funds for an entertainment reading and writing room for visitors and locals alike. Admission is 50 cents.
A fragment notes markets worldwide with emphasis on a well equipped orderly system and a tenacious order department. It suggests buyers prefer in person dealings to verify values and solidify purchases.
Minutes from the Bradenton meeting record the November 1910 receipts and expenditures for Manatee County schools. Treasurer J B Wyatt presents the general fund balance and taxes while Superintendent Hines reports on school visits and conditions. The board approves desks for a new room, pays repairs to Gillette school, and adjourns to January 1911. A Democratic primary call sets January 10 1911 for U S Senator nomination with appointed inspectors clerks and deputy sheriffs for seven precincts.
The January issue features Maude Radford Warren’s gette love story Land of Tomorrow and other fiction. Juliet Wilbur Tompkins presents The Nine Brides while Fannie Heaslip LeGallie offers Pierrette and the Gray Monk and Kate Douglas Wiggin fires Part Three of The Admiral's Niece with collaborators.
An old golf tale recounts Cagliostro consulting a conspirator who gave Teton as mistress and led Surprise to answer what she desired. The exchange ends abruptly as the aging maid claims recognition, while the other woman remarks the maid is older than she appears, and the sentence trails off.
The gathering chaired by Senator Fletcher included St. Cloud representatives and others tied to large colonization efforts in Florida. Attendees stressed water transportation needs, and after Admiral Lucien Young proposed adjourning, the motion passed as more waterways were debated.
Local notes report cold weather days followed by busy cane grinding. Visitors include Mies Bessie Conyer of Christin 08 and Mrs Lee Johnson. Miss Rath Thorp, teacher, leaves for Auburndale. families gather with A Wilsons of Boyette and others. Camp outing yields two large turkeys. a pound party honored Miss Thorp with old fashioned candy delighting the children.
The text lists damaged entries about a winter home near Sarasota Bay, rental notices, and scattered remarks on real estate and transport. It mentions a private oyster park, J. H. Bissell, and a building address Blackburne Building, with brief city references and casual travel chatter about flying machines and Broadway.
A figure rejected a routine path of corporate guardrails after 26 years of devotion. The person chooses to avoid the expected service to the public and pursues a different, independent course.
County Judge of Manatee County Florida issues citation for Tina Adam to obtain Letters of Administration on the estate of James D. Pingree. Document dated December 1, 1910 with official seal note.
A 20 acre property located 13 miles from the new railroad station is offered for sale featuring 175 young trees at a price of 650 dollars.
The crescent, famed since ancient times, came to symbolize Constantinople through a moonlit siege in 840 B C. Philip of Macedon failed as night fell when a moon broke from clouds, prompting adoption as the city’s emblem celebrated by rulers and merchants alike.
The federal homestead laws begin with the 1862 act now part of the Revised Statues. They offer up to 160 acres to those who settle cultivate and establish a permanent home. A head of family or adult citizen may acquire land by five years occupancy and payment of moderate fees.
A brisk guide to modern business letter style argues for direct, concise writing. It rejects old formalities such as acknowledgments and pleasantries, urging writers to get to the point as if speaking to the recipient at his desk.
The text compares Texas size to Alaska and to the gulf and Atlantic oceans. It notes Ostrich farming near Phoenix as profitable and mentions New Mexico as the fourth largest state by area, with 122,580 miles, larger than Illinois at 56,650 square miles.
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