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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1913
Page
4
Publication details show Sarasota Florida weekly edition edited by Mrs C V S Wilson with post office second class matter status indicating local newspaper operations in Manatee County.
The Tarpon Springs charter has cleared the city stage, gaining broader powers after legislative approval. The American Eagle in Estero, Fla., marks its seventh year of promoting clean politics and progressive reforms with its June 5 edition.
Broward County forms from northern Dade last week with 00 square miles and 2,000,000 of assessable property. It will include Dagia Hallendale Iona and Kert Kanderdale 2 towns.
Palatka civic groups push municipally owned docks to aid deeper water access and river improvements tied to the Tyane Florida ship canal concept. State land pol icy disputes and Everglades drainage funding are debated as Hillsborough County moves to a brick-road bond for 1 million dollars. W B Powell resigns Tampa Board of Trade post, and Sarasota advances a city beautification drive planting water oaks along streets and highways to create tree lined avenues.
Last Thursday evening the Methodist Church Philathea class hosted a "Trip Around the World" excursion. The party visited Holland Japan and America with Dutch treats kimonos chop sticks tea and Japanese costumes plus songs by Miss Sallie Mac Williams and Mrs E J Bacon and Professor and Mrs Yarbrough. About 20 dollars was added to building funds as the group thanked the excursionists for their generous patronage.
About twenty five girls met with Mrs. Bruce and the Educational Committee at the Board of Trade room Friday afternoon to organize Camp Fire girls. The meeting outlined the movement's aims of industry, helpfulness, courtesy, and cheerfulness teaching character in a girl friendly way. Three camps will form with ten to twenty girls each, guardians not yet fully chosen but interest shown is strong.
The three ministers of the Presbyterian Methodist and Baptist churches in Sarasota protest to the Assistant General Passenger Agent of the Atlantic Coast Line Railway in Jacksonville against Sunday excursions to Sarasota.
Capt. Geo. B. Printe spent several days in Tampa this week on business. His clerks awaited his return and one clerk reportedly went to Whitaker's Bayou Bridge to meet him. While waiting, the clerk napped and woke up the next morning in town.
Eight thousand crates of tomatoes were shipped from a twenty acre tract near Fortee netting owners about 5000 dollars in earnings.
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