Manatee Exhibited After Large Catch Off New Pass
A 410 pound manatee was caught a mile offshore at New Pass and kept for exhibition at Cedar Point after securing a scientific permit. The Vickers brothers from Atlanta charged ten cents to view the creature, which is the first seen in these waters in seventeen years.
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New Pass
A.J
Henry Vickers
Atlanta
Saran
Sarasota
Vickers Brothers
Cedar Point
St. Lucie
County school building contracts awarded to Bartow bidder
The county awarded all school building contracts to Mr. Jones of Bartow with bids about 50% lower than rivals. Each building will cost $13 350 upon completion, using pressed brick walls. Mr RK Kennedy won the Sarasota project for the present building on Main Street for temporary school use until the new structure is finished, then converted into a rental property.
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Jones
Bartow
Lita
RK. I Kennedy
Bniding
Sarasota
Opea
Main Street
Rube Allen to Start New Sarasota Newspaper
Mr Rube Allen a veteran newspaper man from Palmetto will head a new Sarasota publication under a stock company. He has surveyed the field and plans to locate soon, signaling growth for Sarasota.
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Rube
Allen
Sarasota
Rube Allen
Palmetto
Air. Allen
Sarassta
Sarasota Seawall Progress and New Wharf Near Completion
Drew, a leading civil engineer, reports rapid Sarasota growth with hundreds of feet of seawall, a concrete wharf extending 250 feet, replacement docks, and ongoing construction including the Tonnelier building for motion picture and hotel use. Government aid promised to deepen the harbor as waterfront beautification continues.
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S. Drew
Saasota
Sarasota
St. Petersburg Independent
Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Holding Co Awards Contract
The Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Holding Co organized Friday night with 10000 capitalization and took over property of the Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Club. Board opened bids for a Gulf Stream Avenue building. H B Westbrook won the contract at 4000 dollars. foundations are now being laid.
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Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Holding Co
Sarasota Yacht and Automobile Club
Gulf Stream Avenue
H. B. Westbrook
City Builds Culverts to Relieve Flooding on Lemon Ave
The city installs two four foot culverts across Lemon Ave over Hog Creek and completes a culvert on Mais Street and Orange Avenue. The northeast drainage should handle rainwater with added ditches. County Commissioners extended the deadline to July 8 for bids on the new courthouse and jail and directed rest of district road work to proceed.
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Lemon Ave
Hog Creek
Mais Street
Orange Avenue
Rock and Hart
Stock Inakin Answeyers
Mioucy
Sarasota Fourth of July Celebration Planned
The Sarasota Board of Trade plans a big Fourth of July for Manatee County with land and water sports. Mayor H. W. J. Gige chairs the committee for drinks and treats. A Sarasota Bradenton baseball game, band music at the pavilion, fireworks, and eagle scream entertainment are on the program.
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Sarasota
HW. J. Gige
Harry
Bradentown
Eagie
Sarasota Plans Fourth of July Celebration
The Board of Trade set a July Fourth event with over $200 subscribed and $1 amusements. Ges L Roberts leads Bay sports, G W Franklin runs the baseball game, Mayor Higel chairs refreshments, J L Houle handles advertising, J B Chapline Jr leads auto racing, and P D Lacey oversees ladies’ entertainment as preparations continued into Monday morning.
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Board of Trade
Bay
Ges. L. Roberts
G. W. Franklin
H.L. Higel
Sarasota
J. L. Houle
J. B. Chapline, Jr
P. D. Lacey
Building On Main Street Near Depot Under Way
Contractor H. B. Weatbrook is constructing the Weida building on Main Street near the depot. A three story brick structure 100 by 50 feet with a first floor restaurant and two framing picture show rooms. Fifty eight rooms on the second and third floors to support the restaurant under owner Stanley Welda.
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H. B. Weatbrook
Weida
Main Street
Owrer
Stanley Welda
Ringling Brothers Plan Winter Homes at Shell Beach
Albert Ringling will join John Charles and Henry Ringling in Shell Beach for winter estates. The siblings already own homes and invest $200,000 in grounds to create what critics call the most beautiful bay. Nearby Mrs. Calvin S. Smith’s Chicago property is being transformed into a tropical waterside scene with a Petit Trianon style house and sunken gardens.
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Ringling Brothers
Circus
Sarasota
Albert Ringling
Shell Beach Colony
John
Charles Ringling
Henry
Gingling Gbrothers
Ringling Estates
Calvin S. Smith
Chicago
Petit Trianon
Tampa Times
Ball Grounds and Real Estate Jests In St Petersburg
In a June 20 item from the St Petersburg Daily Times players blame the Ball Ground condition for a lost game. The piece jokes about grass, pitch prowess, and misdirected land talk by “Real Estate” men, contrasting local ideas of muck lands with golf grounds in Sarasota.
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St. Petersburg
Sarasota
Underground Wiring Delays Slow Telephone System Progress
Report notes underground wiring work halted by delayed cable shipments. Mr Lathrop and associates in Palmetto prepare and coordinate efforts to install the subterranean lines once the stock arrives.
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Lathrop
Ihree
Palmetto
Iitia
Tewio
Sarasota gains noted Chicago investor in Bayfront deals
James B. Hobbs ex president of the Board of Trade and longtime Sarasota booster returns from Chicago to back two key land purchases. He buys 25 acres with 1000 feet of bay frontage on Banana avenue and the unsold portion of A B Edwards Hudson Bayou subdivision with 46 lots. Plans include inner harbor work, dredging, a bridge, street improvements, and shared agency with local brokers Burns Realty Co and R W Grinton. Hobbs aims to develop north and south bayfront sections and promote safe anchorage for pleasure craft. He will not sell lots until improvements materialize and remains active in Chicago property markets. Continued on 4th page.
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Sarasota
Chicago
James B. Hobbs
The
Board of Trade
Lake City
Hobbs
Abg
Bay
I. G. Yerby
Banana Avenue
Bradentown
Whitaker Homestead
Burns Realty Co
A.B. Edwards
Hudson Bayou
Yerby
Messrs
I. R. Burns
R. W. Grinton
Dayou
Grinton
Edwards
St. Petersburg
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Board of Trade Proceedings
Shell Beach
Eorror
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