City Council Minutes May 1920 Regular Meeting
Official minutes record a May 1920 Sarasota council session with roll call and approvals. Actions include Legion partition work at their expense, Palm Ave extension into Hudson Bayou, paving bids for Adelia St, and approval of power house extra costs totaling 2089.86 with supervisors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarland
Walker
Prime
Edwards
Frime
Commissioner of Public Works
American Legion
N. W
Palm Ave
Hudson Bayou
W. G. Selby
9Th St
Siade
Adelia St
Main St
J. W. Crawford
Sarasota City Council Backs Power House Completion
May 17 1920 meeting notes approving the Electric Powerhouse built by Southern Construction Co accepting the structure with contract No 4 excluded from city claims. Bond released from liability, bills of extras on Power House contract presented. Council members McFarland Walker and Prime vote yes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prime
McFarland
Power House
Southern Construction Co
Walker
A. B. Edwards
Sarasota
Fred A. Swain
Edwards
Peter Pirsch
Alex Browning
United States Fidelity and Guaranty Co
Still
State items note civic, industry and travel updates
J. E. Downing becomes secretary of Kissimmee Commercial Club. Osceola County issues a motorcycle cap for rider safety. West Palm Beach debates 250 000 bond issue for city improvements. Clearwater fund drives 7205 for Board of Trade. Santa Rosa County acquires three four ten government trucks for roads. Frank G. Heaton joins Fort Myers Press. Capt. C C Moseley sets altitude record at 26500 feet. Ames Goodblood of Tampa invents a combined planet saw and drill. Dunedin church invites men to service in shirt sleeves. Mr Roberts of Oklahoma plans large sugar cane project near St. Cloud. Bureau of Markets at Hastings ends as 2847 cars of potatoes shipped from the state.
Rice Stix considers Jacksonville for new branch
F. Massen, assistant export manager of Rice Stix Dry Goods Co. of St. Louis, visited Jacksonville last week to study the city as a potential location for a branch of the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Massen
Rice Stix Dry Goods Company
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Tampa executive arraigned in sugar profiteering case
Wiley B. Coarsey general manager of the Sub Tropical Fruit Products Company in Tampa was arraigned before U S Commissioner Crane and bound over on a $500 bond for the next federal term on charges of profiteering in sugar. West Palm Beach and Miami boards of trade sent cocoanuts to National Editorial Association delegates in Boston possibly influencing Miami as next meeting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiley B. Coarsey
Sub-Tropical Fruit Products Company
Tampa
U. S
Crane
Boards of Trade
West Palm Beach
Miami
National Editorial Association
Boston
Knowles Thanks Voters for Support in Prosecutor Bid
G B Knowles thanks friends for their support in the recent primary and thanks voters for honoring him as the choice for county prosecuting attorney. He accepts the nomination as a trust and pledges to show works worthy of their faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. B. Knowles
Box Supper at Nokomis Benefits Local Church
A box supper and social will be held Saturday evening June 12 in Nokomis Florida on the church yard to raise funds for painting the church building. A musical program features Hawaiian steel guitar by Prof. E G Sherley recently with the Chautauqua Circuit. Everyone is invited to attend and bring friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nokomis
Fla
E. G. Sherley
McClellan Park Club Opens For Dancing This Summer
Mr and Mrs E J Weed announce McClellan Park Club House is available for dancing and parties both afternoons and evenings. Reservations can be made by calling phone 41. Adv 6-10-2¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. J. Weed
McClellan Park Club
Classified ads list sale and rental offerings Sarasota area
Leghorn roosters, chickens for sale, 1917 Overland for sale, skiff for sale, ten room dwelling for sale near churches in Sarasota, furnished five room house for rent, grove land for sale near Winter Haven, 10 acres for farming near Sarasota, tenant farming near Orlando, news agents positions on trains in Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian and Episcopal
Sth Street
Gulf Or Bay
Winter Haven
Florida
Sarasota
E. Aulick
Hughey St
Orlando
Fla
Northwest drama stars Mitchell Lewis at Sarasota Theatre
A feature film about faith and a red blooded Northwest community follows an illiterate man who saves a Bible from a burning church, risking his life. The production blends suspense with striking photography and centers on a bold, generous hero. Show Friday at Sarasota Theatre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northwest
Mitchell Lewis
Paul la Rue
Northwest
Balance Sheet Fragment Shows Bank Figures 1919 to 1920
The document lists loans overdrafts furniture and fixtures stocks and bonds cash at banks totaling 125 472 75 115 98 2 635 00 10 414 31 63 206 97 with capital stock undivided profits circulation and deposits dated January 1 1919 and May 4 1919 and May 4 1920 showing amounts such as 79 000 60 107 000 00 181 000 090 for various categories.
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Columbia Batteries
Sherwin Williams
Mes Archibald Hardware Company
Sarasota, Fla
Franklin P. Dean
Étround
First National Bank
Sarasota, Florida
America
Legion
Commissioner
Maggie Smith
J. E. Downing
Kissimmee
Osceola County
Clearwater
Clearwater Board of Trade
Santa Rosa County
Frank G. Heaton
The
Washington Star
Fort Myers Press
C. C. Moseley
Carlstrom Field
Ames Goodblood
Dunedin Presbyterian Church
Bureau of Markets
Hastings
A. M. Wilson
Evelyn Allyn
White Rock
Ernest A. Johnson
Osprey, Fla
Overland
M. L. Townsend
Osprey
F. B. Ticknor
Sarasota Heights
van Noy Interstate Co
Sarasota Theatre
Adv
United States
Post Office
Burleson
San Francisco
Thorn
Palm Beach Post
First National Bank OF
C. B. Wilson
T. A. Albritton
A. L. Joiner
Alice BE. Howard
W. Y. Perry
G. B. Prime
F. Walton
M. J. We Walker
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