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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
6
The Florida statutes set state standards for weights and measures including bushel and gallon specifications and per bushel weights for crops such as corn oats beans and potatoes with measures in pounds. A closing line notes that white collar jobs are beginning to show blowholes under wartime strain.
A vintage advertisement touts a liver remedy with a guarantee of satisfaction and a prompt money refund. The ad mentions pricing at 650c and a seller reference “old by wadger” Pharmac.
The Lasky-Paramount Company created an elf forest for The Primrose Ring to feature Mae Murray in a fairy role at the Virginian next Monday. Production teams fetched four days of mountain trips to secure the required fallen leaves for the scene.
A Louisiana colored congregation sought a D D from a Kansas college for 50 dollars. They offered 25, asked the college to send the first D so the pastor could be called doctor, hoping this would help collect the fee. Strenuous efforts failed to raise more than half.
A compact, period tone note on public health and civic responsibility. It links disease prevention, personal hygiene, and preventive care to national strength, urging vigilance against eyewear and eye disease spread through towels and other simple risks.
A humorous cross talk vignette shows a Lady insisting the hose be kept ready for a Zeppelin raid while a Visitor doubts the danger, noting the craft’s height. The exchange captures wartime vigilance and comic banter about air raids.
A man asks about pawning his car for winter funds but finds lenders unwilling to provide a loan on the vehicle. He plans to attempt other options.
The quote suggests the initial move to cause a large party or display is to raise the wind as a metaphor for stirring excitement.
A lighthearted exchange presents a speaker in a bind described as a family jar. The brief dialogue hints at a domestic mishap or humorous jam with relatives.
Knicker-Smith proclaims himself steward of his wealth while Becker mocks the idea as a trap for tips. The exchange hints at prudence and arrogance in managing fortune.
A dialogue on marriage portrays it as a binding tie with playful banter about getting roped in. Singleton and Wedmore discuss social expectations and the humorous gravity of lifelong commitment.
Sunday school at 9:45 or 10 and worship times at 11 a m and 7 30 p m with various activities. Pastors Longacre and Latham invite strangers and visitors to all services and pledge a cordial welcome.
Lavinia Payton defies family expectations by sailing for Newfoundland seeking life away from her people's routine. A chance encounter on the ship with a mysterious man leads to growing trust as fog delays their journey toward Quidi Vidi and Labador. He reveals a shared connection through a college friend and hints at a future, while she weighs her own path.
Read like a period patriotic verse praising Columbia the United States flag and the army and navy. It extols liberty bravery and national unity with repeated refrains about the red white and blue and harboring victory under the banner.
Akira Toshima the Japanese representative of two major transport firms leaves Brazil for home to launch a Japan Brazil steamship line. The first ship sails next February with 900 emigrants plus freight. Plans call for 5000 Japanese annually to work in agriculture under government rules. The line aims to boost Brazilian use of Japanese manufactured goods beyond toys and novelties.
A storm last Thursday at the Barnum & Bailey show in Uniontown Pennsylvania tore the big top and killed two people while elephants ran loose. Spectators cut the tent to pieces to escape as cornetist Carl Frangkiser of Londonville Ohio fled unharmed with the band and sent word home about the panic.
At 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Sunday services and Wednesday prayer meeting at 7:30 p.m. are announced with invitations for strangers. Christian Scientists plan weekly meetings at the High School Auditorium every Sunday at 11 a.m. and extend a welcome to all individuals.
Meetings held on specific Tuesdays each month at 7:30 p.m. at Masonic Hall Blackburn and Sarasota venues. Z B Hayslip and E J Bright sign for Sarasota Chapter No 35 R A M with Hitchings Franklin as officers. I O O F Sarasota Ledge No 73 meets Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in Caples building. Visitors welcome.
A wife remarks on many men eager to leave home for war. The husband replies that some people never know when they have enough of anything.
A Federal Grand Jury indicted nine firms and sixteen individuals tied to the Chicago Butter and Egg Board for Sherman anti trust violations. The complaints allege fictitious egg trades and reports to mislead buyers into accepting inflated prices.
W. O. W Gillespie Lodge 119 meets Thursdays at 7 30 p m in Woodmen Hall Blackburn building Visitors welcome Weedman Circle meets the first and third Tuesdays at Woodman Hall Mrs Ruth guardian Mrs Pelot clerk Government officials listed include Woodrow Wilson era appointments United States Land Office Register Robert W Davis Receiver Perry M Colson Governor S J Catts Secretary H Clay Crawford Attorney General T F West Agriculture W A McRae Treasurer J L Superintendent William N Sheats Comptroller Ernest Amos Supreme Court Jefferson B Browne Chief Justice M H Mabry Clerk Railroad Board Hudson Burr chair R C Dunn clerk Judge O K Reaves Sixth Judicial Circuit Solicitor M A Len
The nineteen seventeen session of the Florida legislature, closing Friday evening, was the most expensive in the state's history and the probability is that the state millage will have to be increased, perhaps to ten mills to take care of the appropriations made.
Dr James J Walsh of New York discussed The Happiest Era in Human History describing the thirteenth century as advantageous for wages and prices, holidays, and leisure. He called it an era of architecture and literature and compared it with the twentieth century, which he sees as nearly the unhappiest in human history.
Copies of President Wilsons war message printed in German and dropped into German lines by airplane were reportedly destroyed by fire as officers gathered them. Any survivors could inflame sentiment with blistering language for years.
Green's August Flower is advertised as a remarkable cure for a sluggish liver and constipation. The claim positions it as an unfailing remedy for torpid liver and related digestive issues.
Badger Pharmacy advertises free sample bottles available in two sizes 25c and 75c. The offer highlights a limited promotion encouraging customers to try the product at no cost.
A roster of county officials including district representatives and board members for Manatee County Florida. Names listed cover district A M Wilson W M Taylor Cary B Fish Robt H Roesch J O Gates H S Clark T R Easterling W T Harrison B D Gullett M G Rushton D M Courtney W L Kirkhoff W P Frier J W Ponder Geo T Dickie F H Tucker Henry R Curry and Dr Joseph Halton as State Board of Health representative for Sarasota area with multiple districts and offices.
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