Community Notes From Midway and Vicinity
Hon W F Hancock visited Sunday. Leslie Carlton made a quick Miakka trip last week. Mr and Mrs Orland Tatum and son spent Wednesday in the area. Geo Tatum Jr and son worked on the mid house. Jack Cook and Ed Durrance passed through horse hunting. Etta Cline and children of Bee Ridge visit friends here. Walter McDuffie of Venice waits for the water to recede. Mitchell Johnson Budd Albritton and Vernon Coker of Sandy visited. their saddlebags suggest peach hunting. Gee Tatum and son Marshall across the river after the rains. their boat is handy. Lucy Tatum returned after nursing a sick boy at F Worth’s. it was lockjaw but he’s up with Dr Wilson’s care.
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Mr. Gee
Tatum
Son
Marshall
Lucy Tatum
Mr. F. Worth’sa
Wilson
Manatee County Board Seeks Bids for Multiple High School Projects
The Board of Public Instruction of Manatee County Florida will receive sealed bids by adjourned meeting on June 28 1912 for constructing County High School in Bradenton Palmetto Sarasota Terra Ceia Palma Sola Cortez and Durham near Parrish plus heating plumbing and wiring work. Plans from Supt Bradenton Willis R Biggers Tampa St Petersburg or Atlanta with a $25 certified check. Board may reject any bid.
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Bradentown
Fla
Board of Public Instruction
Manatee County
Florida
Palmetto
Sarasota
Terra Ceia
Palma Sola Fla
Cortez
Durham
Parrish
Contracsjo
Willis R. Biggers
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Atlanta
Durham School
L. L. Hine
Notice for Sale of School Buildings in Manatee County
The Board of Public Instruction Manatee County Florida will receive sealed bids for sale of five school buildings Sarasota Palmetto Palma Sota Terra Ceia and Durham until noon June 25 1912. Bids opened noon June 25 1912. Buildings must be removed after bid acceptance. board may use for school purposes until new building is finished. Board reserves right to reject any or all bids. Sect and Supt Pub Instruction Manatee County Florida.
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Bradentown
Fla
Board of Public Instruction
Manaatee County
Florida
Sarasota
Palmetto
Palma Sota
Terra Ceia
Schoo
Durham
Fila
Manatee County
L. L. Hine
Sect. & Supt
Pub. Instruction
Benevolent Drunks Helped Home by Maddox Brown
Ford Madox Hueffer recalls poet Carey Brown famed for kindness and his habit of labeling drunks he aided. A cabman once delivered a drunken genius to Fitzroy Square and Brown's housemaid recounted the scene of carrying him to the bath. The anecdote appears in Memories and Impressions.
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Maddox Brown
Brown
Fitzroy Square
Charlotte
Ford Madox Hueffer
Sarasota Town Ordinance Amends Animals At Large Rule
An ordinance amends section five of ordinance 61 to clarify animal running at large rules. The Town Council of Sarasota enacts changes to strengthen enforcement and definitions within municipal animal control.
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Sarasota
Racing ace lauds underrated American car in witty roadside tale
Victor Hemery praises an American automobile as underrated and well suited to racing. He compares a domestic joke about Tommy to a moral quip about health, then references a policeman shooing crowds and promotes D King’s New Life Pills sold for 25 cents at Badger Pharmacy.
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Victor Hemery
Tommy
D King
Badger Pharmacy
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John W. Philip
C. E. City
Surveys
Iversen Bldg
Florida South Engineering Co
Turner Bldg
Fia
House Moving
South Florida
House Moving & Construction CO
Sarasota, Fila
W.C. Evans
Wells
Pope & Edwards
E. A. Kartack
Blackburn Building
Cary B. Fish
Gillespie Bldg
Sarasota, Fla
Joseph Halton
Gillespie
J. M. Seenrorr
spRick A
Rimegel
Schneider & Riegel
Barker, Mianus & Thrall
Best House and Boat Paints
G. L. Roberts
John Anderson
Tianer
Ee B. Hatch
Belle Haven Inn
Reasoner Bros
ONECO
Midway and Vicinity
W. F. Hancock
Leslie Carlton
Orland Tatum and Son
Mr. Geo, Tatum, Jr
Mr. Jack Cook
Ed. Durrance
Etta Cline
Bee Ridge
Walter McDuffie
Venice, Fla
Messrs
Mitchell Johnson
Budd Albritton
Vernon Coker
Sandy
A. D
J. Louis
Seal
Lerk
W. A. Chapell
Harky L. Hicen
Man
J. J. Stewart
Ola A. Bishop
Sarazeta
Bunans Avenue
John S. Bishop
Hall
Mhall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
All Pruszete
Gali
General Carpenter
J. W. Keener’s
J W. Keener
V. A. Saunders
General Merchandise
Venice
Osprey, Fla
Jack Halton
A. B. Edwards
Real Estate & Insurance
Sarasota Bay
Glenn-Reagin
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