Sarasota Wins Free City Mail Delivery
Mayor Harry L. Higel reports Sarasota will receive free mail delivery after months of correspondence with the post office. The city has met requirements for street names house numbers and paved frontages and will file reports in Washington after July. Hon. S. M. Sparkman aided the effort, and residents credit the mayor for the achievement.
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Higel
Post-Office
Sarasota
S. M. Sparkman
Sarasotans
Post-Office Department
Washington
Harry L. Higel
Battle Cry of Peace booked at Virginian Theatre
Local manager Mr. Koons announces the nine act feature The Battle Cry of Peace will show Monday July 3 at the Virginian Theatre Sarasota. Mayor T L Church of Toronto endorses the film urging Canadians to view it for preparedness and national duty. Seats go on sale Thursday. admission is 25 cents.
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Koons
Virginian Theatre
Sarasota
T. L. Church
Toronto
Canada
Church
United States
Belgium
Mrs Crawford Captures 105-Pound Tarpon
Monday night after midnight a tarpon fishing trip ended with Mrs. Crawford landing a 105 pound fish. The group included Mr. and Mrs. J C Crawford Mr and Mrs J F Burker and Mr and Mrs H N Hall. Mrs Crawford, on her first try, fought the tarpon and brought it to the boat without assistance. The party rolled in to four o'clock.
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Moore
J. C. Crawford
J. F. Burker
H. N. Hall
Marriage at Boca Grande Joins Miss Onnie Grigsby and Mr Her schel Youmans
A June 11 wedding at Boca Grande united former Sarasota girl Miss Onnie Grigsby with Mr Her schel Youmans. The Grigsby family moved to Boca Grande years ago and Onnie, the last daughter to marry, will live in Brooksville with her husband.
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Boca Grande
Sarasota
Onnie Grigsby
Herschel Youmans
Grigsby
Onnie
Brooksville
Manatee County Board of Trade Elects Officers for Year
The Manatee County Board of Trade met at the County Court House on June 14 and elected E. B. Rood as President J. W. Jackson as 1st Vice President A B Edwards as 2nd Vice President Chas J Majory as Secretary and F P Hubbell as Treasurer. They urged through sleeper service on the Seaboard Railway and longer visits for visitors to Manatee River points, supported an Agricultural Demonstration Agent, and set the next meeting for July 12 at Palmetto with Jackson forming a committee for special features.
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Manatee
Seaboard Railway
Manatee County
Tampa
St. Petersburg
Manatee River
Palmetto
Jackson
For Sale Second Hand Auto Cheap
Small automobile offered for sale at a bargain price. See High smith and Bright or Geo B Prime for details and particulars.
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Highsmith &Bright
Geo. B. Prime
Fifty-One Pound Melon Sent to The Times by Mr. Sawyer
The Times received a large watermelon weighing 51 pounds with a 30 inch circumference from Mr. R. J. Sawyer of Bee Ridge. The melon was deep red and enjoyed by the entire staff. Sawyer has a productive melon crop and favorable market pricing.
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the Times
R. J. Sawyer
Bee Ridge
Sawyer
Bride Clara Tillis Weds Jefferson Gaines at Boca Grande
Miss Clara Tillis married Jefferson Gaines on June 11 in Boca Grande. The bride, formerly of Sarasota, receives many warm wishes from friends as the couple plans to reside in Boca Grande.
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Clara Tillis
Boca Grande
Jefferson Gaines
Clara
Sarasota
Broadway Couple Complete Hundred Mile Auto Trip
Mr and Mrs D C Broadway returned to Sarasota from a forty day trip visiting Georgia Tennessee North and South Carolina and Florida They camped four nights each way and noted Florida road work The 2534 mile journey cost 19 dollars in Florida and 1454 miles were driven by Mrs Broadway with Orlando praised as the prettiest city they passed through The couple believes the auto is the best vacation choice.
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Mrs. D. C. Broadway
Sarasota
Georgia
Tennessee
North
South Carolina
Florida
Times Man
Broadway
Union
Mr. Broadway
Orlando
Fla
Stores Close July Fourth Holiday
Principal business houses will close for the Fourth of July. The list includes Highsmith and Bright, G B Prime, P H Levy, The Turner Co, Kennedy Furniture Co, Geo L Thacker, Wm M Taylor, A E Goethe, Ralph Mc Queen, Calhoun and McCall, J A Clark, Spot Cash Grocery, L C McKeehan, J H Walker, The City Barber Shop, Archibald Hardware Co, and D W Smith.
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Highsmith & Bright
G. B. Prime
P. H. Levy
the Turner Co
Kennedy Furniture Co
Geo. L. Thacker
Wm. M. Taylor
A. E. Goethe
Ralph McQueen
Calhoun & McCall
J. A. Clark
Spot Cash Grocery
L. C. McKeehan
J. H. Walker
the City
Archibald Hardware Co
D. W. Smith
The Kitty Sets Sail On Weeklong Coastal Cruise
Captain Ernest Bright departs Saturday night on the ship The Kitty for about ten days. Admiral Dewey Maus will be second in command. They plan ports including Punta Gorda Boca Grande and likely Fort Myers. The galley is stocked with food and eight life preservers sit atop the cabin. Concurrently local notices list milk deliveries, poultry for sale, and real estate ads in Venice Florida with a Black Addition lot offered at sixty dollars.
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Ernest Bright
Punta Gorda
Boca Grandt
Ft. Myers
Dewey Maus
Bay front furnished bungalow for rent and poultry sale
For rent on bay front a furnished six room bungalow with bath wide screened porch and private dock at a low summer rate. Also for sale nine Cornish Indian Game pullets and a rooster all laying at ten dollars. seven small chickens twenty cents each. ten three month old chickens fifty cents each. Mrs. Crisp Box 328 Sarasota.
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P. O
Crisp
Sarasota
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Sarasota Times
Priory Farm
J. S. Parker
Venice
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