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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
2
The Sarasota Times announces its succession as Manatee County Advocate publication. Editor Mrs C V Wilson invites readers to address communications to the Times in Sarasota Florida. Subscription rates: one year in advance one dollar six months fifty cents three months. Copy price for single issues.
The 1911 Florida Legislature adjourned last week. A directors' meeting of the Sarasota Bank was held Tuesday afternoon. The bank will soon operate under a new charter. Col. John B. Singletary of Bradenton has been appointed States Attorney for the new 10th Judicial Circuit, including Manatee County.
Bradenton will host a large countywide Fourth of July event with auto races and a barbecue as the principal activities for the day.
The Times package for the Fruitville post office was returned this week after being lost in the mails, explaining why papers did not reach there last Friday.
The Sarasota Times marks its thirteenth year in Sarasota and twenty-fifth in Manatee county by revisiting its past coverage. The article compiles significant Sarasota events from the last thirteen years, offering a retrospective look at local history.
A Sarasota committee proposes moving the cemetery outside the city limits to a several acre tract to provide a sanitary, adequately sized burial ground for future growth. The current site is deemed unhealthy for nearby property and difficult to access, with little local interest in maintenance.
The town council directs streets and alleys to be opened to the public and requires Seaboard to move its depot platform from a town alley. Burnes deeds the alley between Palm and Pineapple avenues. City waterworks well drilling contract awarded to Lines and Helveston. Cemetery fencing contract goes to Hilton Rawls. August council session will consider tax equalization.
By request of the Board of Trade Mayor Smith proclaims Thursday June 15 a legal holiday to celebrate Tarpon Day. A committee including Jack Halton Geo Roberts H S Smith and Dr Schultz will arrange prizes for largest smallest and greatest number of tarpon. prizes to be announced next week.
At a Board of Trade meeting it was requested that Thursday June 15, 1911 be declared a holiday for Tarpon Day. Mayor H.8. Surra uses his authority to proclaim the date a legal city holiday inviting all citizens to participate.
The season’s largest tarpon weighed 120 pounds and was caught Tuesday night by W. F. Knight and E. Land.
The party reports sunny weather after a rainy cruise to Fort Myers. They visit J N Littleton's home with a grove and farmyard, note conch pea sales, then travel by boat up the Caloosahatchee River to LaBelle and Lake Okeechobee. They describe orange and grapefruit groves, hunting, ice-harvesting, and a stop in Fort Myers en route home.
Board of Trade minutes show Burns in chair with approvals for last meeting. Roberts reports Lines and Helveston will drive piling free if launch and piling provided. A Tarpon Day is proposed with mayor’s holiday and prize catches for advertising. Committees named for Tarpon Day and cemetery removal. Also discussed were deep water for Sarasota and express service, plus a souvenir book note and a health remedy ad.
From Venice Florida Mr George A Stephens of Tampa brother of Mrs J A Harv visited his sister to scout a home site. Hall and Harrison plan to buy land from L J Knight between Hatches and Shaker Creeks to build a still and turpentine buildings. The Times recalls Sarasota Venice growth, past travel by boat, and local trade led by Capt B F Blackburn and the Sea Turtle. Mention of salt and vegetable farming and orange groves expansion. NEMO note promotes Chamberlains Liniment for muscular rheumatism.
In the Revolutionary era a group called the cow boys acted as Tories in Westchester County New York known for brutal acts against neighbors. Whooping cough is not dangerous when the cough is kept loose with Chamberlains Cough Remedy. It has been used in many epidemics with perfect success. For sale by all druggists.
The text contrasts poetic themes with an advertisement claiming good health through Chamberlaining Stomach and Liver Tablets. It notes a modern woman with health and composure as admired, then markets the tablets as correcting faulty digestion, to be sold by dealers.
A simple safety device prevents sawdust in the eyes. Hang a celluloid window from a ceiling board above the saw, leaving about eight inches to the work bench. Cut a slit in the board, fit the window with a bolt and thumbscrew, and adjust the gap to fit the plank thickness being cut.
The uniform success of Chamberlain's colic cholera and diarrhoea remedy has made it a favorite. It can always be depended upon and is for sale by all druggists.
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