Record breaking Jewfish captured off Sarasota in ocean tale
A monster Jewfish caught in the Gulf near Sarasota Bay is featured in a Sporting Goods Career article by Wm. Lincoln. The piece details tarpon fishing, the fight to tire the Jewfish, securing it with a gaff and rope, and towing the fish back to the dock amid dramatic, old-time fishing lore.
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Sporting Goods
Sarasota Bay
Wm. Lincoln
Sporting Goods Cearer
St. Louis
Sarasota
Florida
Gulf
Nova Scotia
Dr Albee to Arrive On Tuesday to Spend Fourth of July Here
Dr F H Albee of Nokomis will arrive in the city Tuesday to spend the Fourth of July at his estate. He is a renowned bone grafting specialist known as the Father of Nokomis The White City. Also notes a large fish story with a 542 pound catch, weighed on site and claimed as a record for rod and reel.
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Dr. Albee
F. H. Albee
Nokomis
White City
New York City
Arasota County
Gulf of Mexico
Sarasota Fair
West Coast Cities Exploited by New Promotion Firm
Mrs Helen Brooks Smith of Indianola forms Helen Brooks Smith Inc to promote West Coast Florida cities to East Coast tourists and winter residents. Offices in Miami and Fort Lauderdale will display Florida Investments and West Coast Information to attract homeseekers and readers.
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Helen Brooks Smith, Inc
West Coast
East Coast
Helen Brooks Smith
Indianola
Magic City
Chambers of Commerce
Boards of Trade
Sarasota Drivers Authorized for 1292 Licenses by March First 1924
Sarasota County motorists have received 1292 automobile licenses through March 1 1924. Dr A H Smith of Milton visiting Tampa plans to open an office in Sarasota. Jacksonville lumber dealer J D Holmes notes Florida growth and predicts rapid rise in land values here. Russell Kay and Paul Noble tarpon fishing plans draw Florida Grower attention with Frank Whitman and Earl Brown joining efforts.
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A. H. Smith
Milton
Fla
Tampa
Sarasota
Smith
J. D. Holmes
Baker & Holmes
Jacksonville
Columbus
Miami
Russell Kay
Paul Noble
Russell
Florida
Frank Whitman
Name Paper
Earl Brown
DeLand
Tavo
Frank
Lighthouse to be erected as soon as title cleared
Congressman Herbert J Cr ane reports the Big Sarasota Pass Lighthouse site papers were sent to the attorney general for title opinion. Once approved, officials will move to erect the light promptly. The Chamber of Commerce prompted Drane to seek an early erection through the Bureau of Lighthouses after Powell’s letter.
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Herbert J. Crane
Washington
Big Sarasota Pass
Chamber of Commerce
Drane
Bureau of Lighthouses of
Department of Commerce
Powell
Dr and Mrs Nash Plan Minnesota Vacation Tour
Dr and Mrs F B Nash depart next Friday on a long planned trip visiting Nashua Minnesota and Itasca National Camp. P F Nash president of Nashua Bank will drive them through Minnesota’s lake country to Itasca and onward to Vancouver Shasta Route Yosemite and San Diego. They return by early October via Grand Canyon Pike’s Peak and New Orleans.
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F. B. Nash
Nashua
Minnesota
Dr. Nash
P. F. Nash
Powell Aims to Correct Golf History Claim
Willis B. Powell of the Sarasota Chamber of Commerce writes the New York Sun to dispute Yonkers as America's first golf site. He cites Sarasota's 1885 origin on Ringling land and notes Gillespie's involvement, challenging the 1888 Yonkers claim and detailing local link renovations and future plans.
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New York Sun
America
Sarasota
Willis B. Powell
Chamber of Commerce
the Sun
Yonkers
N. Y
Powell
A. P. W. Kinnan
Robert H. Davis
Col. J. Hamilton Gillespie
Charles Ringling
Long Boat Key
John Ringling
Col. Gillespie
Rise and Fall of the Confederacy Film Heads to Sarasota
Sarasota Theatre manager Mahoney announces the July 3 showings of The Rise and Fall of the Confederacy a $100000 production by Edward Cowles. The film depicts brother against brother with a central wholesome love story and will have matinee at 3 p.m. and evening shows at 7 50 and 9 15 p.m. Also a cattle pasture note appears in the copy.
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Sarasotans
Mahoney
Sarasota Theatre
Edward Cowles
Sarasota
Golf Games Among Early Scotch Colony Settlers
A land company manager with his father Sir John Gillespie of Moffat led a Scots settlement in 1885. Colonists, idle at times, turned to golf on cleared land, forming a foursome on Yonkers links three years later.
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John Gillespie
Moffat
Dumfrieshire
Scotland
Yonkers Links
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Real Estata
Coleman Realty CO
Sarasota, Florida
Sarasota County
Mrs. Nash
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Silver King
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H. B. Williams
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