Seaside town Sarasota gains fame as favored by nature
The piece lauds Sarasota on bay views described by Mrs. Potter Delmer and local boosters led by Sumner and Mrs. Palmer as poised to become a premier Florida resort. It notes Palmer land holdings, rail extensions, growing land values, and visitors from Chicago and Joliet attracted by coastal climate and hospitality.
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Joliet
Winnipeg
Tropics
Southland
W. J.‘Campbell
Atlanta
Sarasota
Campbell
Chicago
South
Candler ‘Lock
Terra Firma
Anniversary celebration details and Florida move describe Mrs
An anniversary gathering marks a couple's years of marriage with family from East Haddam Conn. and Jarasota, plus a narrative of a Florida move to Cedar Point near Sarasota Bay. Guests, prayers, recitations, and songs accompany well wishes for future happiness.
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S. Chapell
Albert Gresham
Oison
Chapell
East Haddam
Conn
Jarasota
New Seaboard Depot Plans Erected At Main and Seventh
Mayor Higel announces Seaboard officials will erect a new depot on Main and Seventh streets in Dians, with a back passage from Main to Seventh for freight access. The Moorish stone building is part of major improvements approved by the Board of Trade and Council. Other real estate moves include a Main street Methodist church site sale to West Virginia buyers for 450. corner Palm Avenue and Sun Street Bayview Hotel site sold for 5500 to Mrs Hone Palmer from Burton and Arbogast.
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Higel
Seaboard
Board of Trade and Council
J. H. Lord
Main Street
Methodist Church
West Virginia
Palm Avenue
Sun Street
Bayviis Hotel
Burton’ and Arbogast
Hone Palmer
Library Need Prompts Community Support in School
A Sarasota school advocates for a library urging donations to provide classic children’s books and adventure stories. Mrs. T. W. Yarbrough lists a $10 contribution and invites others to send name and amount, with weekly published totals.
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Daniel Boone
Uncle Remus
Howells
Mark Twain
Anna Alice Chapin
Chas
Mary Lamb
Kipling
Treasure Island
Stevenson
Sarasota
Wilson
T. W. Yarbrough
Hover Bros Plan Concrete Dock On Bay Front
The Hover brothers will build a modern concrete dock with new piling and repairs. They will team with Bay front property owners to construct a seawall along Gulf Stream Avenue.
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Hover Bros
Bay Front
Gulf Stream Avenue
Weather and memories of a seaside town and local land sales
The week brings cool weather as a Sarasota visit recalled by a man once proprietor of two newspapers and State senator. Four years ago he bought lots in the seaside town, now sold to Dr. I. V. Parker for a gain exceeding 700 dollars, while he hopes to settle there.
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Ona Vsitio
Midway Baptist Church mourns loss of pastor after long service
The Midway Baptist Church committee notes the sudden death of their pastor after fifteen years of service. They commend his noble, loving guidance and comfort to all, extend sympathy to the bereaved family, and order the resolution published in the Baptist Witness and recorded in the church book.
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Havine
Midway Baptist Dhec
Sarasota CoLumbis Letter From 1912 Investment Inquiry
A 1912 Sarasota letter from Bunji Gayman expresses gratitude for handling a property and cashier’s check of 182.57. The note extends ongoing investment interest and winter residence plans, praising Sarasota’s people and surroundings and signaling future dealings.
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Sarasota
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West Coast
Tampa
Seaboard Air Line
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Ful
Niversary
Swent
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Key
Island
Cedar Point
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Indian Beach Resort
Sarasota High School
Resol Dea
A. Redd
Midway Baptist
Providence of God
J.H. Haut
Llie Hall
CoLumbis
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Brnj
F. Groua
A. B. Sowsnus
Simnota, Fla
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Aps
Buns
Gayman
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