Harrisburg Mayor Plans Winter Home in Sarasota Florida
Harrisburg mayor H J Berrier, after a long trip by car and boat, announces plans to build a palatial winter home in Sarasota Florida. He praises the town as hospitable with superb fishing and hunting and notes ties to Sarasota leaders who helped inspire his choice.
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Times
Harrisburg
H. J. Berrier
Sarasota
Fla
Harrisburg Telegraph
Telegraph
Sarasepta
Florida
Har‘wourg
Susquehanna ‘Basin
Arasota
E. J. Bacon
T. J. Campbell
Bacon
J. H. Lord
Palmer Corporation of Chicago
Campbell
All Florida Exposition January at Madison Square Garden
The Florida Exposition will run ten days in January at Madison Square Garden New York. John Ringling of Sarasota and New York promotes the event planning statewide county participation to display Florida assets to visitors during peak tourist season. Sarasota County will host an important exhibit in a central location.
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Madison Square Garden
New York
John Ringling
Sarasota
Times
Florida
Ringling
Sarasota County
City Pier Contract Delays Spark Local Concern
City progress on the recreation pier stalls with $21,000 paid of a $58,000 contract. Officials say completion may slip past next winter as contractors continue work and plans for the end-of-pier building await contracts. City Clerk Jo Gill notes two more months to finish.
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Jo Gill
S Pier
Property Deed Transfer Near Times Building Frontage
Deed filed transferring 25 feet of property opposite the Times building on Main Street from Mahala Worth and wife to Dean Alvord and wife of Clearwater for 500 dollars.
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Mahala Worth
Times
Maintreet
Dean Alvord
Clearwater
Legion Men Off to Pensacola for State Meeting
Sarasota delegation attends American Legion State Convention in Pensacola led by Doc Jack Halton and Paul C. Albritton from Sara sota Bay Post No. 30. Distance and cost prevent full group attendance, but hopes rise for Doc Halton to become state commander and Sarasota awaits news of victory.
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Sarasota
American Legion
Pensacola
Jack Halton
Florida
Paul C. Albritton
Sarasota Bay Post
Jacksonville
Jack
Legion
Doc
Victor
Edwin W Trask Dies in Aurora Illinois
Indian Beach winter resident Edwin W. Trask 84 died at home in Aurora Illinois after a long illness. A Sarasota acquaintance was George L. Thacker. He leaves daughter Lillian Trask Clark of Pasadena California two grandchildren two great grandchildren and sister Mrs C J Gentry of Galesburg.
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Edwin W. Trask
Aurora
Sarasotans
Indian Beach
Ill
George JL. Thacker
Sarasota
Mr. Trask
Lillian Trask Clark
Pasadena
Cal
C. J. Gentry
Galesburg
Tarpon Angler Reports Novel Sight of Shark After Large Catch
Paul Thompson during tarpon fishing with guide Paul Noble saw a twenty foot shark trailing a school of about fifty tarpon for two miles. The shark knocked prey into the air and devoured it while the boat trailed 100 yards behind. The piece advocates Sarasota as a tarpon fishing center and notes guides now carry high power rifles to protect the tarpon supply.
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Paul Thompson
Paul Noble
Sarasota
America
City Plans $50,000 Electric Plant Expansion for Sarasota
A Sarasota joint city council and public works board meeting outlines immediate relief for winter electricity shortages. Facing demand of 426 KW versus 365 KW supply, officials consider a 500 to 600 HP engine addition and a $50,000 unit financed with time payments from the Diesel Co. No bond issue. Mira Mar hotel expansion and new lines to Osprey and Edgar Keith Pierce add to the urgency. Immediate action promised. credit deemed first-class.
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Board of Public Works
Sarasota
K.w.s
K.W
Supt. Gd
Ranta
R. Horton
Mira-Mar
Deisel Co
Osprey
Edgar Keith
Theodore Roosevelt May Visit to Catch Tarpon in Pensacola Plan
The St Patrick s Day carnival in Sarasota hosts C P Plummer of Wyoming and Mrs Plummer who catch kingfish and plan tarpon fishing with Theodore Roosevelt invited to Pensacola. Plummer aims to attend the State convention and the American Legion meeting with Mr Roosevelt. Local telegrams rush to Pensacola as Sarasota eager for the Legion leaders shore fishing spectacle.
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St. Patrick’s
Chief of Police Responds to Critics on Light Laws
Sara sota chief of police S. T. Davis defends enforcing auto lighting rules citing over thirty arrests in one evening. He rejects claims of out of town arrests and notes fines were only three dollars to remind public safety.
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S. T. Davis
Sarasota
Sarasota druggist Calvin Hodges joins Walpole stores
Calvin Hodges, a popular Sarasota druggist and son of Sheriff L. D. Hodges, has accepted a position with Walpole drug stores and will work at the Red Cross Pharmacy in Sarasota.
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Calvin Hodges
Sarasota
Walpole Drug Stores
Red Cross Pharmacy
Calvin
L. D. Hodges
Miss Peggy Yohe Hosts Delightful Birthday Party
Miss Peggy Yohe entertained four teen of her young friends at a delightful birthday party Friday afternoon.
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Peggy Yohe
Realty Boom Fuels Sarasota Central Park Subdivision Growth
Realty activity soars with large land transfers in Sarasota area as Central Park Subdivision No. 1 drives investment. Transactions include W D Andrew Cornish et al conveying lands and trusts on Siesta Key, Elk BH plots, Siesta Key parcels, and Fruitville Road lots with values ranging from thousands to tens of thousands of dollars.
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Sarsaota
Central Park
W. D
Andrew Cornish
Clarence E. Hitchings
G. E. Shepard
William H. Schmidt
Elk
Sarasota
A. E. Faubel
Grace L. Elliott
Siesta Key
Franklin P. Dean
Edward Cowles
G. A. Randall
John W. Philip
Reuben Strother
Annie Edith Crisp
Henry H
Silas K. Montgomery
Jay G. Shmsen
Indian Beach
Hiram O. Gunter
J. A. Clark
Elk G
Arthur T. Phillips
J. H. Lord
Jdr
James L. Monaghan
W. R. Whitaker
Jennie D. Seidell
Guardian’s
Lillian S Thompson
Ida Klein
Grosvenor Park
William K. Wolfe
Henry A. Quickel
Edward Roth
J. I. Johnson
Edgar C. Davis
R. I. Kennedy
C. N. Payne
Fruitville Road
J. i Lord
Lord
Daxotista
William T. Caven
Thornton Combs
Haberdashery owner and Soutlands occupy cottage in Sunset Park
Mr. 8S. F. Floyd proprietor of the Haberdashery with Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Southard are occupying Mr. J. C. Brown's cottage in Sunset Park. Mrs. Floyd visiting relatives in Montreal is expected later.
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F. Floyd
The
Haberdashery
R. B. Southard
J. C. Brown
Sunset Park
Floyd
Montreal
Moonshiner Still Raided Near Sarasota Nets Fernie Dixon
Deputies with Cecil Bryant and Constable Reuben Hayes raided a moonshiner operation four miles northeast of Sarasota near Lockwood Ridge. Fernie Lesh Dixon, a local man, was arrested at the scene with a fifty-gallon still, worm piping, jugs, and a 100-pound bag of sugar. a barrel of mash was destroyed. Dixon, married with a family, remained in county jail with no bail set.
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Dalamore
Cecil Bryant
Reuben Hayes
W. J. Harvey
White
Sarasota
Lockwood Ridge
Fernie Lesh
Dixon
Downey
Harvey
American Legion Plans Big Fourth At Sarasota Beach
July 4 activity in Sarasota includes an American Legion program at Archibald's bathhouse with motorcycle races in the morning seeking to beat Daytona Beach records. Five dollar entry fees are due in advance, followed by evening fireworks and continuous amusements.
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Sarasotans
American Legion
Sarasota Beach
Archibald
Eeasion
Daytona Beach
Nokomis Considers Modern Auto Camp for Winter
Prominent parties discuss building a modern automobile camp near Nokomis modeled after western camps. It would feature fireplaces for cooking electric lights running water sanitary conveniences a filling station and a store. Nokomis offers fishing boating and bathing on bays or the Gulf of Mexico.
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Nokomis
Gulf of Mexico
Meeting of League of Women Voters June 16 at Woman's Club
A League of Women Voters meeting is called for 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon June 16 at the Woman's Club house. Mrs. Geo. Ross will chair as important matters are to be considered.
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League of Women Voters
Woman’s Club
Geo. Ross
Belle Bennett Bible Class bids farewell to Mrs Bowles
The Belle Bennet Bible class of the Methodist church met at the parsonage last Thursday. Members discussed plans for church work and gave a farewell shower to Mrs Bowles, an active member. The group adjourned to the Beach for supper with Mrs Sarasota joining later.
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Belle Bennet Bible Class
Methodist Church
Bowles
Seaboar Officials Clean Up Yards and Right of Way
Roadmaster Swindell of the Sea board Air Line praises the city for a recent clean up of yards and the railroad right of way. His crew has worked through the central city improving appearance and drawing attention for the better.
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Swindell
Seaboard Air Line
County Now Diversifying Its Farming
Nokomis notes more growers experiment with commercial grapes and the Florida Marvel Blackberry after grapefruit and orange groves pause. Two local farmers plant over two hundred banana plants along with Carmen Superior and Malaga grapes and many fir trees, signaling promising fruit diversification and growing industry potential.
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Nokomis
Tampa
Oldsmar
Orlando
Carmen
Superior
Malaga
Illinois
Iowa
Minnesota
Florida
Fast Motor Truck Freight Service For Sarasota Merchants
Rupert Courtey of Nokomis organizes a company and buys several high powered trucks to run a fast freight service linking Tampa Sarasota and Nokomis. The new highway improvements near Manatee and the boat line giving Sarasota the go by create opportunity for the service.
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Rupert Courtey
Nokomis
Tampa
Sarasota
Manatee
Bride Elect Honored At Tea Party Before Wedding
Mrs Kenneth Morton Hebb hosted a Saturday afternoon party at Seventh Street home for Miss Mabel Helveston who will marry Homer Hebb on the 15th. Tea towels were sewn as gifts, a blue bud vase won as a prize for best hemming, followed by a musical program with piano numbers and songs by local performers.
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Kenneth Morton Hebb
Seventh Street
Mabel Helveston
Homer Hebb
Helveston
Mrs. Richardson
Mrs. Ludwig
Miss Bridenbecker
Claude Hebb
Miss Helveston
Mary Jefferson
Josephine Bridenbecker
Louis Seale
Mesdames Thomas
Livermore
W. C. Latham
O. H. Cribbins
Jacob Ludwig
F. H. Helveston
L. L. Richardson
T. W. Yarbrough
Claude Hebb and
Smith
Local man to manage Wauchula garage after purchase
H A Batchleor formerly with Worth Grocery Co buys a half interest in a Wauchula garage with J C Walker. He and his son will move there this week where Batchleor will serve as bookkeeper and general manager of the business.
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Wauchula Garage
H. A. Batchleor
Worth Grocery Co
Wauchula
J. C. Walker
Kitchen Shower For Miss Lois Hayes Bride Elect
Miss Lois Hayes received a kitchen shower hosted by the B P U in her honor last Tuesday evening. Guests presented practical gifts including clothes pine and an aluminum roaster as the group joked about kitchen prowess and feathery biscuits.
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Miss Lois Hayes
Lois Hayes
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Florida Exposition
New York City
LA Cubia
Jack” Halton
Theo. Roosevelt
Walpole’s Stores
Fernie Dixon
Belle Bennett Bible Class
Sarasota Beachs
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