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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
6
A Venice special rounds the gulf climate, noting light mosquito activity and a summer cold epidemic. Local figures like Judge Whitney and Mr. Walpole visit, while B B Surls enters poultry farming. Community musings cover turtle hunting, war service plans, prices, and patriotism amid wartime strides and local commerce.
Visitors and residents move through Englewood with military calls, aviation work, and bridge progress. The Lemon Bay Mothers Club reports Red Cross work complete and plans a July 4 picnic while welcoming three new members. Local social events, schooling, aero displays, and family visits fill the week's scene.
Claud Ragan returns home from Norfolk for a few days. M C Jones receives fertilizer via S A L. B F Blackburn ships fertilizer on the Phantom. Ada Ragan moves back to The Shamrock. Capt Hamlin of the Phantom expects heavy freight. Ernest Shumard joins the khaki ranks June 24. George Williams and family head to Palmetto for a dredging job. E M Pake returns from Brunswick yards receiving care at The Shamrock. A E Blackburn buys a Jersey cow from Prof J B Roberts. Arch Williams buys a Ford, notes it balks in sand but pulls through with help.
Miakka recounts a Tuesday party for Miss Della Crowley who has left for the State College for Women in Tallahassee. The note speaks of loyal townsfolk, returning ministers, and optimistic farmers amid higher prices and looming freight rate hikes.
The article explains rising tire sales due to higher standards set by factories making United States Tires. It claims superior fabric and construction quality from rubber to finished tires, promising higher efficiency for any car and offering dealer assistance to choose suitable tires.
Sarasota readers are surprised by Adler i ka claimed instant relief from sour stomach gas and constipation. An ad cites buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients with a promise to flush the entire bowel tract and prevent appendicitis. The testimonial from S. E. Olsen Cruegist supports the claim.
NEW PEARCE reports Hugo Olson visiting Bradentown friends. Talmadge Stevens and family relocate to Verna. Miss Mary Locke stayed with friends at Cortez. Miss Munson of Sarasota visits Miss Mary Foy. Miss Gracie Walden visited Sarasota last Wednesday. Miss Mattie Walden improving after illness. Mr. Robert Pemberton of Oneco listed among locals.
Regular church and school notices from Bee Ridge. Rev Latham held services at the school house. Miss Jewell Jackson attends summer school in Tallahassee. Mr and Mrs J F Robie sponsor weekly hotel prayer service Tuesday evenings. News is scarce in the area.
Notice to taxpayers extends the tax due date in the Town of Sarasota Heights from April 1 to July 31. Unpaid properties will be advertised for sale per law. issued by Byron Olson, Tax Collector on June 18, 1918.
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