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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1916
Page
6
Sarasota and Parrish played a baseball game with Byrd issuing two walks and Ethridge three. Franklin was hit by a pitch and had a passed ball by Will Franklin. The game lasted 1 hour 45 minutes with 300 in attendance. Umpire Doctor Waller and score keeper J Harry King.
Notes preview a Sarasota team game with Ruskin and Bradenton fixtures, details on lineups and benches, umpire praise, and pay-to-watch costs. Bill Franklin shines at bat while captain Strohmeyer sits out. Management eyes press box upgrades as concerns about attendance and expenses grow.
Sheriff Gates and Deputy Brown searched the city Sunday to find a woman described as insane. After a long hunt they found her at a Tallevast home and returned her to her residence. The sheriff noted she spoke rationally and attributed her departure to marital troubles with a quarrelsome husband.
The inaugural meeting of the men’s Bible class at the M. E. church selected the old church building as a union study site under the Sunday School and planned 9:30 AM sessions. G. L. Baumgardner named temporary teacher Clarence Hitching temporary president and Theodore Morgan temporary secretary. The group invites all men to join and notes plans to elect permanent officers after soon organizing with Bradenton attendees. Senator Bryan’s Senate tenure and qualification are discussed as President Wilson weighs an appointment, citing his legal practice and degrees from Emory and Washington and Lee.
Pensacola friends of Wathar P. Bryan push to secure appointment to the supreme court seat left vacant by Justice Hughes resignation to accept a presidential nomination. The movement collects support as the process unfolds.
A favorable report on the army appropriation bill carrying 157 123 099 was submitted to the House by Chairman Hay. The measure adds regular army increase federalization of the National Guard and civilian training camps and creates an executive council for mobilization of resources. It also permits army transports to carry commercial cargoes between the United States and insular possessions and provides a 600 annuity to Mrs Harriet Carroll mother of the late surgeon James Carroll who discovered the yellow fever germ at the cost of his life.
The article discusses Tampa preparing to use oil as fuel, Florida oil prospects, and a California angle with major oil firms and Los Angeles headquarters. It mentions an oil supply station in Tampa, a railway company using oil for locomotives, and a newly organized Florida oil bore project amid broader oil interest in the state.
Advice on ridding rats by lining holes with thin chips or shingles coated in molasses and sprinkled with dry lye. Place in every rat hole found to drive rodents away.
The second cattle dipping vat rises at Big Slough in the Sandy area forty miles from Sarasota. Concrete structure, 30 feet long, 6% feet deep, 30 inches top width, 125 foot drain, opened well water used. 1200 cattle per dip batch. Hayslip and Scott contracted. ox teams haul cement. dipping to start soon. more vats planned near Myakka flats.
Sheriff Gates conducted a business visit at the city hall on Saturday, meeting officials and discussing local matters.
The Methodist Church announces Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. and the men's Bible class at 9:30 a.m. in the old building. A weather note mentions heat and the need for bread.
The Missionary Society of the Methodist Church held an all day rally Tuesday with Mrs. Wetherell of Tampa as district secretary in charge. A large crowd attended and praised the event. Lunch in the church basement at noon was well patronized by husbands brothers and friends.
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