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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1915
Page
4
The notice lists the Thursday publication from Sarasota Florida, with Mrs C V S Wilson as editor and proprietor. It notes subscription rates and that the paper is entered as second class matter at the Sarasota post office.
A. P. Jordan editor of the Punta Gorda Herald made an appreciated call at the Sarasota Times office on Wednesday. Jordan notes his paper was among the first to raise the yearly price to $1.50 and to hold it at that rate as neighboring papers charged only $1.00.
The publicity for William Jennings Bryan in recent weeks is strong but critical of his resignation from the Cabinet during a pivotal moment in the nation’s history, casting him in an unfavorable light with the country.
County commissioners stressed the importance of Manatee County on the Central highway corridor, a Dixie Highway tributary from Chicago to Miami. They sent a telegram to the Orlando meeting pledging road construction to connect with Hillsborough County to the north and extend east from Sarasota to DeSoto County.
Florida leaders push Dixie Highway extension with Paradise Loo linked lines, promising major road building incentives. Orlando meetings spark expected growth as counties consider bonds to cover indebtedness and a $10,000 vote to buy a county poor farm, debated amid public financing questions.
At the citrus exchange session 900 people heard speeches on grading and packing reforms. F L Skelly described moving from color grades blue red yellow to a unified trade name for all fruit picked packed and shipped. A meeting was set for Wednesday to adopt a trade name such as Sunkist Oranges to protect advertising claims.
The weekly citrus movement shows 47 cars of grapefruit and 82 of oranges last week, with 80 cars total the week before. It is the lightest since last fall as June shipments taper and the season ends around July 1. Demand remains strong in southern markets, with buyers scarce enough to strain supplies despite some late fruit continuing to move.
Florida has no unreclaimable land due to its flat topography and abundant rainfall. Deserts, swamps, and salt marshes can be drained or diked and pumped to turn them into productive farms. Hog palmetto lands require deep drainage and subsoiling, but with dynamite aided breaking and fertilization they yield crops such as Irish potatoes.
A Florida newspaper sketch argues that public opinion shaped by press coverage transformed the Dixie Highway idea into action. It credits extensive newspaper talk with rallying meetings in Kissimmee Chattanooga Orlando and statewide pledges to fund and build the road, promising improved travel with fewer bad roads and longer connections.
The editor provides significant free space to the town while other agencies do not. Support for the local paper is viewed as a sound investment, as it benefits the community more than other expenditures, even if the writing isn't flawless.
A playful quotation contrasts a man counting his fingers with the poet Dobbs counting his feet, as cited by the Boston Record. The exchange highlights observation and humor in a literary moment.
Hazel spent the day with her aunt when a bee sting led to a moral exchange. On returning home her father asked if she killed the bee and she replied it was Aunt Jane.
A five year old girl visited an aunt on a large farm and described a deep water well with sulphur water. On returning home she said the water tasted like cow or pig, reflecting her simple, sincere impression of the farm's improvements.
A terse home remedy notes alum melted in hot form best for mending broken dishes or a loose lamp collar, preferable to alternatives.
A Chicago Tribune passage describes a family scene with a buxom aunt dusting in a suffragist cap and a child's quip about going to war in that hat. Buddie, five, adds to the moment with a playful mispronunciation, reflecting wartime era humor.
The St. Cloud Tribune editor proposes that no candidate for the house or senate appear in the paper unless their name is in paid advertising and they pledge to support a bill restricting government competition with private printers. He urges state papers to join, predicting nationwide adoption.
A fragment recounts a child asked by Amma what he would say as head of the family. Howard replies with defiant humor about his past behavior and claiming he would boast about being already good as a child.
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