New City Charter Defines Sarasota Governance Structure
The Times summarizes Sarasota's new charter which splits power among Mayor, Council, and ward based system. It outlines officers including city clerk assessor collector marshal attorney and physician, and details elections terms veto power taxation bond rules and ward division. The charter becomes fully operative after the forthcoming December election and governs municipal finances and public works.
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Times
Trammell
Sarasota
City of
Marshall
Eoial
Bestion
Board of
Millinery Business Sold In Sarasota To Mrs Newton
Mrs. C K Newton late of Brunswick Georgia has purchased the millinery business of Mrs Mary Knight in Sarasota. Newton learned trimming in Baltimore and ran a Brunswick shop for fifteen years. She will expand stock in spring and Miss Rath Seale will stay on briefly before a spring season. Also noted is a hunting trip by J W Baxter E J Bacon and party to Lee county with stops at Useppa Inn San Carlos and Estero.
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C. EK. Newton
Brunswick, Ga
Mary Knight
Newton
Sarasota
Baltimore
Brunswick
St.etersburg
J.W. Baxter
E. J. Bacon
Baxter Co
Mr. Farquar
Lee County
Useppa Inn
San Carlos
Estero
Park Day Moving Pictures At Palms Theatre
The Palms Theatre drew a full house for an evening program featuring moving pictures of a genuine People’s Park in progress. Manager Griffin presented a Park Day showcase with a Woman’s Club audience favorite, plus a strong film lineup and an orchestra. Gross receipts will exceed $80 with the club receiving half, raising funds for Sarasota improvements.
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Palms Theatre
Griffin
Sarasota
Mrs Palmer arrives in Sarasota for winter plans
Mrs Potter Palmer and party arrived in Sarasota yesterday and went to her Osprey home. She will stay a few days then return to Chicago to oversee extensive plans for a winter home at Osprey and other holdings. It is rumored she plans a magnificent mansion nearby.
Beebe Couple Registers in Town at Hart's Commercial
W H Beebe and wife of Chicago arrived in town for a few days to register their presence at Hart's Commercial establishment.
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W. H. Beebe
Chicago
Hart’s Commercial
Sunset Park taking shape along Sarasota bay
A large land reclamation project along Sarasota’s northwestern shore creates a deep yacht basin with a sixty foot channel. Owens Burns plans a gated residential district with paved drives, sewers, water, and electricity, offering waterfront lots with minimum home costs and a ten year free boat space at the basin.
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Sarasota
Owen Burns
Yacht Club
Gulf Stream Avenue
Sunset Park Yacht Basin
Gulf Stream
Yacht Basin
Keene Purchases Fourteen Lots at Osprey and Morrell
Geo W. Keene buys fourteen Ospray avenue Morrell street lots from J H Moore and plans a home and improvements, adding to Sarasota's attractions after returning from Greater New York last year.
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Sarasota
Traveler Promotes Sarasota Cigar Co. Across State
Mr. J. H. Hill journeys through the state in the interest of the Sarasota Cigar Company, advocating its products and aims.
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J. H. Hill
The
Sarasota Cigar Co
Noted lecturer Mrs Mabel Stevens to speak in Sarasota
The Sarasota Woman's Club hosts Mrs Mabel Hibbish Stevens at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Academy auditorium on Citizenship. Admission is free with a voluntary offering to cover expenses. She will also lead the eleven o'clock Baptist church service and give a temperance rally at 7 p.m. with a freewill offering to uplift moral and spiritual life.
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Mabel Hibbish Stevenns
Palms Theatre
Sarasota
Academy
Woman’s Club
Board of Trade
Business Men’s Association
Stevens
Baptist Church
Bermuda Lawns Improve Homes and City Pride
An article extols Bermuda grass as a low cost way to enhance homes, citing a school lawn planted in August that now appears like a green carpet. It urges water, weekly watering not enough, and notes children aid watering. It envisions Sarasota streets lined with Bermuda lawns, shade trees, hedges, and fruit and vegetable gardens to attract visitors and raise property values.
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Prof
Yarbrough
Florida
Sarasota
Bermuda
Augustine
Coast Line
Bayshore
Grove
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Milllinery
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C. E. Newton
St. Petersburg
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Mrs. Palmer
Sunset Park
Owen Burns and
Bay
Geo. W. Keene
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