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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1910
Page
3
Local items show daily life in Sarasota with notices of residents traveling to New York and Chicago, arrivals at inns, real estate agents briskly selling property, parish events, and businesses advertising cabbage plants, cars, and auction timing. A needed town hall is urged as the community contemplates Christmas and holiday closures.
Real estate notices and remarks from Sarasota area publications describe beachfront and inland parcels near Bradenton and Sarasota. The items include Cedar Hammock 40 acre plots with citrus orchards and 160 acre pine land south of Oneco, with prices and development possibilities, plus mentions of agents Madison & Co and local residents visiting or planning homes.
Palma Sola is bustling with ventures and residents. Mr. and Mrs. Allion plan stocking a store, Mrs. Pettigrew ships guava jelly, Lathrop and crew finish telephone poles to Ft. Dade, and Palma Sola Realty builds homes and rents land. The town hosts fishing, tourism prospects, and local notices on residents, travel, and goods.
Miss Hattie Wrede teachers a Christmas program at Crocker school with free entertainment. Sarasota Furniture Co shop hosts a sensible grown folks gathering. J W McCall sold Pine Street residence via Baxter agency. Mr P O Bacon bought property and plans to view others. Mrs Saviers and Don's Broadway Dock note firework sales and winter home plans. Bradenton Dramatic Club presents Charley's Aunt at Sarasota High auditorium. Friday’s performance well attended with strong audience reaction.
Last week C W Townsend and family returned to their old Horntown Virginia home after seven years while his wife and children stay in Sarasota for the winter. Mr J H Faubel of Robinson Illinois bought Bayfront property south of town and 100 acres on Phillippi Creek to develop with his family. Sarasota Furniture Co advertises blankets oil stoves and warm gear. Eva Fraser marries Thomas Frierson of Ft Myers. A winter home on Little Sarasota Bay near the town, with fruit and an oyster bar, is offered for sale. Lost: a grey lady’s jacket near Merrill’s Corner. A Ballard’s Snow Liniment ad promotes relief for rheumatic pains.
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