Venice News Letter Reports Births War Views and Local Oddities
The Venice column notes a June 2 baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Nemo with Dr. C B Wilson in attendance. It discusses heat and drought, local residents including Col Schutt, Mrs M E Harn and Dewey Stephens, and war sentiment evolving to support America. A geography note explains Nokomis boundary signs linked to train slowdowns and the M T L Evans resort spanning Venice and Nokomis.
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Nemo
C. B. Wilson
Cutting of Fences Shocks Florida Land Tenancy
Ten miles of wire fencing on a seven thousand acre tract leased by cattleman Walter Bryan was cut between sunset and daylight last Friday. The fence loss ends Bryan’s pastured herd use, and speculation suggests motives tied to Mrs. Potter Palmer or a past dispute. Repair will cost time and labor, with the act constituting a crime in Florida.
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Walter Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Bryan
Florida
British franchise bill nudges voting age for women to thirty
The government introduces a franchise bill in Parliament setting the voting age for women at thirty. The measure aims to extend suffrage to married and single women meeting the age threshold, aligning with recent reform discussions.
Indiana Man Pensioned Goose After Twenty One Years
An Indiana man retired a goose after twenty one years of service. The bird served in various roles around the property and earned a ceremonial pension for its long tenure.
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Indiana
Indiana Woman Found In Potato Note From Farmer
Indiana woman found in potato note from a farmer claiming to have sold at 69 cents a bushel and asking purchaser to write how much was paid. She had given $4 a bushel.
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Indiana
Jersey policeman to return after rest from recruiting clash
After several days of recuperation a Jersey police officer who attempted to disperse a United States soldiers' recruiting meeting plans to resume duty.
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Jersey
United States Soldiers
Local Notables Make Short Trips and Home Visits
ENGLEWOOD reports Mr P E Buchan visited Bradenton last Friday for business. Mrs F W Tabor left Venice by train for Bradenton to visit her mother for about a month. Mrs Gottfried and family joined Mr and Mrs Lampp for a Sunday dinner at Pass View. Mrs A Stanley Lampp departed Venice on Friday for Washington with a Confederate Veterans excursion to stay with her mother in Jessup Maryland.
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F. W. Tabor
Venice
Bradentown
Gottfried
Anna
Archie Gottfried
Jerome W. Schirm
Pass View
A. S. Lampp
A. Stanley Lampp
Seaboard Air Line
Washington, D. C
Confederate Veterans
C. A. Anderson
Jessup
Misses and visitors in Tampa and Bradenton social notes
Long social column notes visits by Miss Mattie Walden Ernest Landrum and Gladys Martin, Miss Josephine Pearce joins the community, a grubbing party for a new schoolhouse and church is planned, plus a romance scene on a train as Aleen and Hart exchange vows of love in a 1916 McClure syndicated piece.
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Gladys Martin
Bradentown
Mattie and
Grace Walden
F. M. Pearce, Jr
Death by own action in Tampa woman identified as Mamie Carroll
The Tampa papers report an unknown woman who died by taking poison leaving a note about choosing death to end a burden on others. She is identified as Mamie Carroll a Sarasota resident and former pianist at the Palms Theatre for three years. She struggled with morphine addiction and an inability to obtain the drug hastened the end.
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Tampa
Mamie Carroll
Sarasota
Palms Theatre
Mrs Nettie Emerson A Leading Pacific Coast Executive
One of the region’s top earners is Mrs Nettie Emerson who manages several downtown San Francisco office buildings and large apartment houses.
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Pacific Coast
Nettie Emerson
San Francisco
Play the Game Be a Sport to Support Your Colorful Soldier
A wartime poem urges mothers to support their sons in military service. The speaker asks mothers to hide fear, show faith, and encourage their boys who have joined the colors to perform bravely. The message emphasizes national duty, solidarity, and the moral support of mothers as a public act.
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Jack Appleton
Tampa Tribune
Florida Commission Farmers Tour Show Strong Production Response
Florida Agricultural Preparedness Commission vice-president B. L. Hamner says farmers statewide are expanding production and varieties due to war needs. The group toured Brooksville and Brooksville area, heard speeches from Hamner and others, and inspected Hernando County fields with 2000 acres of cotton and a 400 percent rise in corn plantings versus last year.
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Florida
B. L. Hamner
Florida Agricultural Preparedness Commission
Hamner
Tampa
Clearwater
Brooksville
Board of Trade
Court House
Hernando County
St. Louis Woman Fills Brother’s Navy Driver Role
Miss Claudia Ellis of St. Louis who could not accompany her brother when he enlisted joined the service herself by taking his place as a motor truck driver to answer the call for men.
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Aleen
Hart
Clark Latshaw
New York
Clark
Claudia Ellis
St. Louis
Day frocks trend toward very short hemlines
Many of the day frocks are very short as the season shifts. Designers emphasized light fabrics and free movement while shoppers look for playful silhouettes suitable for warm afternoons.
Leonardi’s Liver-Aid Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Leonardi's Liver-Aid as a new liquid vegetable remedy for biliousness constipation chills and fever and liver sluggishness. It claims to replace calomel without distress and guarantees satisfaction or money back. Sold by Badgercy for 50c.
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Leonardi
Churches and Societies Sunday Schedule and Welcome
Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9 45 a m worship at 11 a m and 730 p m Epworth League at 630 p m prayer meeting Wednesday 7 p m Woman's Missionary Society first Tuesday 830 p m Mission Study Class first and third Tuesday evenings Junior League Friday afternoon Board of Stewards meets last Friday of each month Visitors are welcomed I W Longacre Pastor
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Epworth
Woman‘s Missionary Society
Board of Stewards
I. W. Longacre
Baptist Church Sunday Schedule and Welcome
The notice lists Sunday school at 10 a.m. preaching at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. B Y P U meets at 6 p.m. Prayer meeting is Wednesday at 7 30 p.m. The pastor J R Henry invites everyone to attend and mentions strangers are especially welcome.
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J. R. Henry
Sarasota Masonic Lodge and Chapter Meeting Notices
Sarasota Lodge No. 147 F and A M meets the first and eighth Tuesday each month at 7 30 p m at Masonic Hall Blackburn building Visitors welcome W M Z B Hayslip EK J Bright Secy Sarasota Chapter No 35 R A M meets the second and fourth Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the Masonic Hall H P C E Hitchings Frank Redd Secy WWII y 3 GSU WEEGe
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Blackburn
Z. B. Hayslip
W. M. EK. J. Bright
Sec’y
C. E. Hitchings
H. P. Frank Redd
Trinity Commandery
E. A. Kartack
F. Wm. Schultz
Sarasota
Odd Fellows Hall
Caples Building
Sarasota Rebekah Lodge
L. Cathern Moorhead
Augusta Whitaker
Odd Fellows 1
Caples A i
Iron Ross C. C. McGinty
Gillespie Lodge
Woodmen Hal Hall
Weedman Circle
Woodman Hall
Ruth Brye
Pelot
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Laurel
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J. D. Courtey
Nokomis
Addie Higel
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W. E. Stephens
Dewey
Manila Bay
L. J. Knight
Knight
America
Nokomis Station
Seaboard
Burg
M. T. L. Evans
Hiawatha
The
Sarasota Times
Englewood
P. E. Buchan
Tudor W. Donnell
Pine Island
New Pearce
J. D. Adams
Baer
Josephine Pearce
Frank Pearce
C. J. Knighton
Beryl Knighton
Grate
Kate Graves
Harry Sullivan
McClure
M. D
Bank of Sarasota
Sarasota, Florida
John Rensberger
First National Bank
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C. W. Latham
Christian Scientists
Adelia Street
Sarasota Lodge
R.A.M
O. E
Bertha Arnold
W. M
Alice Schults
John E. Baker, N. Lewis G. Ie Bary
K. M. Hebb
C. C. C. M. Biorseth
United States
Woodrow Wilson
T. R. Marshall
D. A. Fletcher
Parli Tative
H. J. Crane
United States Land Office Register
Robi. W. Davis
Perry M. Colson
Eenee
J. Catts
H. Je Crawford
T. F. West
Aumenity
W. A. McRae
J. Lanning
William N. Sheats
Ernest Amos
Supreme Court
Jefferson B. Browne
M. H. Mabry
Railroad Commission
R. Hudson Burr
R. C. Dunn
Sixth Judicial Circuit
O. K
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A. M. Wilson
Miaka
W. M. Taylor
Fla
Cary B. Fish
Robt
H. Roesch
J. O. Gates
H. S. Clark
Eo R. Easterling
Bradenwa
W. T. Harrison
Palmetto
B. D. Gullett
M. G. Rushton
Manatee
O M. Courtney
Kirkhoff
P. Frier
Parrish
J. W. Ponder
Sara
Officers
H. L. Higel
G. L. Roberts
E. J. Bacon
L. D. Hodges
Behrens
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Tries Tuttle
Jack Hal
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L. M. Noble
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