Heavy Rains Do Damage Across Sareota and City
The Sara sota region endures record wet weather with days of drizzles and downpours. City drainage struggles due to undersized openings at Main Street, the north and east sides, and culvert gaps on Hog Creek. Mayor Higel backs a large ditch along Hog Creek to Bay and larger laterals on north streets to restore flow.
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Tast
Sarasota
Main Street
Seaboard
Ceantry
Nature
Mr. Grantham
Orange Avenue
Higel
Florida compared to Italy how Florida mirrors Europe
The Jacksonville Metropolis likens Florida to Europe by mapping Florida cities to Italian counterparts. Pensacola to Genoa, Tampa to Naples, Miami to Brindisi, Jacksonville to Venice, Lakeland to Benevento, with St. Augustine as Ravenna and Rome unavailable. It praises Florida’s roses, hibiscus, pines, and orange groves while noting Italian walls guard groves, contrasting open Florida nature with Italian enclosure.
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Florida
Italy
New World
America
Europe
Pensacola
Gulf Coast
Genoa
Mediterranean
Tampa
Naples
Miami
Brindisi
St. Augustine
Ravenna
Jacksonville
Venice
Lakeland
Benevento
Rome
Brick School Building to Replace Old Structure
Enrollment has risen 25 percent for 1911 12 and trustees approve a new brick school building costing ten to twelve thousand dollars to be placed on the existing site. The old building will be sold and moved to serve until the new facilities are ready, including eight recitation rooms a library a principal’s office and space for manual training domestic science gymnasium and heating.
Burns Freeman Wedding in New York Home
A stylish New York wedding at 1381 West Eighty sixth Street unites Miss Vernona Hill Freeman daughter of Mrs Katherine Freeman with Owen Burns. The ceremony at 8 pm in the drawing room was led by Rev. Edgar Work. A shower bouquet featured lines of the valley and orchids.
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New York
Leonard L. Hill
West Eighty Sixth Street
Vernona Hill Freeman
Katherine Freeman
Owen Burns
Edgar Work
Hill
Lucy Young
Martha Burns
Dorothy Stokes
Florida Citrus Exchange Urges Universal Pooling Across Associations
A June 4 1912 Florida Citrus Exchange notice asks all Sub-Exchanges and affiliated associations to pool fruit for the coming season on equitable varieties sizes and grades. It warns non pooling may mark an association as not in harmony with the exchange and praises those pooling as showing cooperative spirit. The secretary is to distribute copies to all affiliates. The article also notes social wedding details involving Grindal Burns Ursula Burns and Owen Burns.
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Tampa
Fla
California
Florida
Florida Citrus Exchange
FLA. Citrus Exchange
W. C. Temple
Gen. Mgr
Regular Meeting of Council May 21 1912
Regular meeting of the council on May 21 1912 with Haston Chapel and Browning present. Chapell is appointed president pro tem. minutes from May 7 and 14 approved. Bills and salaries listed and approved for payment. Committee chair changes discussed and halton assumes street committee chair. city engineer to report on sewer and water for Ells 12 18 14. Water pipe on Cocoanut Ave contract approved. Palm Ave profile accepted. Chapell resigns as street committee chair. Halton named new chair.
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Haston
Chapel
Browning
Halton
Chapell
W. B. Williams
J.D. Jones
J. Paterson
Geo. Reed
J. W. Harvey
E. R. Plummer
O. K. Reaves
Gulf
Citizens Bank
Ells
Cocoanut Ave
Palm Ave
Manatee County to Spend Half Million on New Public Buildings
In coming months Manatee County plans about a half million dollars for public and commercial construction excluding private homes. Plans include a $100,000 Bradenton courthouse, six county school structures, and four brick high school buildings. Also listed is a Citrus packing house for the Sub-Exchange at Sarasota near 19th Street and Lemon Avenue, costing several thousand dollars beyond equipment. Mr. Taylor, the Music Man of Palmetto, visited town.
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Manatee County
Bradentown
Citrus
Sarasota
19Th St
Lemon Ave
Sarasota Plays Braden Town Today In Rain Delay
Weather forces Sarasota to move the baseball game to Braden Town while a band concert and prior last Thursday game were postponed due to rain. Players and fans urged to attend and support the team. train schedules note a 1 30 departure.
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Orange Ave
Udion Bayou
Burns-Freeman
Waltona Wilkins
Ursula Burns
Grindal Burns
J. Frederick Allen
William Cartwright
Mr. Taylor
Palmetto
Braden
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