This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 7 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1914
Page
5
Sarasota locals and visitors are featured in a bustling page of social news. Miss Edith Mae Reaves visits Bra dentown. families plan summer moves to Chicago and Bradenton. Archibald Hardware and Cash Grocery advertise goods. weddings, lodge activities, and a tarpon at the City Fish House highlight a lively community.
A Sarasota Cigar Co advertisement suggests taking cigars on tarpon fishing trips to ease the disappointment if a big fish gets away. The cheeky promo links pleasure of smoking with sport fishing.
Mr. Mullat representing Gulf Coast Fertilizer Co of Tampa visits the Sarasota Venice groves. He surveys each tree and prescribes treatment, aiming for fine, thrifty trees and healthy yields.
W G Jones and family of Auburndale Florida visit Mr and Mrs K M Hebb as Jones is elected Polk county treasurer. Crescent Pharmacy plans July move to Tennesier block occupying two rooms formerly A B Edwards office and Walpoles Pharmacy. L E Pope of Chicago visits Sarasota with sisters who bought forty acres north of town and plan future development.
A notice states that Mrs. Fish Mrs. Schultz Mrs. Bright Mrs. Arnold and Misses Lessy Thomas and Olive Olson left on Tuesday noon by train to Bra dentown and then took a steamer on the Favorite Line to St. Petersburg to attend the St. Petersburg Chapter that night representing the Sarasota Chapter No 66 O E S.
The Mixon thirty acre farm near the Petroutsa Bros. place north of town is purchased by Mr. Lacey and his three sons Charley Frank and John. They have a hired force preparing the land for a fall crop with seed beds laid and four acres set for eggplants and peppers.
The rumor that C W Chapman's dairy would close is unfounded. The dairy is profitable and management has invested hundreds of dollars to improve service and has no plan to abandon operations.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.