Bee Ridge Tomato Canning Plant Tours Reveal Growth Plans
A Times correspondent tours the Bee Ridge Canning Co. plant detailing tomato sorting washing peeling and canning into No 2 cans labeled Home Brand Tomatoes packed by the Bee Ridge Canning Co Bee Ridge Fla. About 84 cans per operation are cooked daily 250 cans per day currently with plans for a larger modern facility next year. The visit covers packing sheds crate sorting and shipment by refrigerator car with crates valued at about 1000 per car and notes on local agriculture and regional road improvements.
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Tesy
Bee Ridge
Dombaugh
Pettie DeShong
Tallahassee
Florida
Bee Ridge Canning Co
Fla
H. W. MacKintosh
Times
MacKintosh
J. A. Ingram
Mr. Ingram
the Times
Venice News Reflects on Rainless Days and Local Fires
Our community laments missing rains seen elsewhere while hoping for relief. Sunday services at Venice M E church followed Rev. McCall’s sermon on The Parable of the Good Samaritan. A S A L spark caused forest fires damaging L J Knight’s grave property in Bradenton, but local youths saved Mrs C O Curry’s home. Mrs Geo A Williams returned home last week surprised by the change.
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Venice M. E
McCall
L. J. Knight
Bradentown
C. O. Curry
Plant City
Geo. A. Williams
Local notes on waterfront life and farming in Venice
Articles describe Amer ican women advised to vacate Tampico due to conditions. Mr Williams stays with Texas Dredging Co and will join his wife later. Local stores show strong garden trade amid dry season. Prof Thomas Wrede yields best watermelon crop, onions in each hill, insect resistance noted. Judge Whitney and wife enjoy gulf bungalow life. Captain Higel to build power house with lumber from Bradenton. Venice visitors include Charles Stephens and family at Moss Oak House enjoying beaches. Hog shipment totals 6000 pounds though figures mislead by omitting the cypher. Captain Evans plans Wyoming trip to operate resort. Florida fever persists for a productive future.
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Tampico
Mexico
Williams
Texas Dredging Company
Thomas Wrede
Wrede
Gulf
W. K. Higel
Knight Lumber Co
Bradentown
M. L. T. Evans
Eagle Point
Charles Stephens
Bartow
Moss Oak House
Venice
M. T. L. Evans
Big Horn Mountains
Wyoming
Griffin Found After Disappearance From Plant City D
W V Griffin a Plant City druggist missing for about ten days after seeking treatment has been located in Denver Colorado. His wife received a telegram saying he plans to return via New Orleans and take a steamer to Tampa. Earlier incoherent letters misled relatives into thinking he was temporarily deranged. His business remains in good condition but he has suffered exhaustion and a nervous breakdown.
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Plant City
W. V. Griffin
Denver
Colo
Griffin
New Orleans
Tampa
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Manatee County
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Phillippi River
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WM. M. Taylor
Manasota
Lemon Bay
the Southern Investment Co
First National Bank Building
Sarasota, Florida
Evans
the Big4 Aetna Insurance Co
Hartford Fire Insurance Co
Home Insurance Co
Continental Insurance Co
Sige
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