Legioners Will Beautify Rooms
A brief note describes legioners undertaking a project to beautify rooms and clean a stall table.
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23 Oct 1919
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Sarasota Times in Sarasota, Florida
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Newspaper
Sarasota Times
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1919
Page
1
Sarasota Bay Post American Legion eyes bigger membership
At a Sarasota Bay post meeting the American Legion planned sick and visibility benefits for members and a $15 fund with ongoing contributions. A gift loan of pictures for the post walls and a pool table installation were approved. The effort aims to affiliate every veteran in the district and distribute membership buttons at each meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay Post
American Sarassia AY v Legion
Arcade
Ction
Sean
Patie
Sarasota Bay
American Legion
Weida Cafe Opens in Sarasota Under Ex-Marine Chef
Waite C. Brye, former United States Army sergeant, opens the Weida Cafe at the Weida Hotel Sarasota. The dining room has a lunch counter, two private rooms, and modern design. Brye plans to run the kitchen personally and aims for a leading local establishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waite? C. Brye
Sin
United Amy
Q. M.C
Weida
Brye
Sarasota
Times
Mass Meeting Postponed to Wednesday After Power Outage
On recount of engine trouble at the Ae Electric Light Plant the town faced darkness. The mass meeting scheduled for Thursday October 23 was postponed to Wednesday October 29 to be a bigger and better gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ae Electric Light Plant
Judge Trate Tries First Inolsion Of School Law
A Sarasota citizen faced a Sarasota county school attendance charge for keeping a child from school. Judge Trate and attendance officer T. J. Mason stressed strict enforcement. A five dollar daily fine and possible imprisonment for the parent are outlined to deter violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judge Trate
UAW
Manatee County
Sarasota
T. J. Mason
Hodges
New Sarasota Furniture Company to Open Doors Soon
Sarasota residents hear of a new furniture firm opening in the Blackburn building at Main Street and Pineapple Avenue. Manager W. E. Franklin leads the operation with substantial capital from an out of town partner. Large stock has arrived and display setup is underway ahead of an opening day likely this Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarasota Furniture Company
Blackburn
Main Street
Pineapple Avenue
W. E. Franklin
Franklin
Sarasota
G. W. Franklin
Best
Grapefruit Shipments Rise Amid Green Fruit Complaints
Manager Gumprecht of the Manstos County Sub-Exchange notes increased grapefruit shipments to Oct 20, about 700 cars more than last year. He blames green, immature fruit for falling prices and advocates higher test standards to curb overproduction and under consumption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gumprecht
Manstos County
Vilaine
Gumpfrecht
Lewis
Sarasota May Get Automatic Phone Service Probe
In Sarasota the railroad commission hearing on the Peninsular Telephone Company rate increase prompts talk of an independent firm to install an automatic system. Mr Townsend from Osprey seeks city franchise to poles and would bring a full automatic network, aiming for similar or lower rates and no installation fee. Towns end partners with Leadbelt Telephone in Missouri, boosting prospects for Bee Ridge and other local delegations to travel to Tampa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sota
M. L. Pownasend
Osprey
Peninsular Company
Sarasota
Townsend
Leadbelt Telephone Company
Missouri
Times
Leadbelt
Missouri Public Service Commission
Victor Nettles Dies in Palmetto Office Chair
Vic Nettles, a leading truck and citrus grower and broker, died suddenly in his Palmetto office last Tuesday. The event stunned Sarasota and Manatee County, and Trinity Commandery No. 46 offered a guard of honor at his burial, reflecting his membership in Palmetto Lodge F and A M.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Nettles
Palmetto
Vic Nettles
Nettles
Ting
Whassle Nettles
Trinity Commandery No. 46
Sarasota
Palmetto Lodge
Tropical Fruit Tree to Open Offices in Sarasota
The Times reports that Mgr. Jesse Root Grant, president of Tropical Fruit Tree, Inc., will arrive in Sarasota in about 20 days to open company offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Times
Mgr
Jesse Root Grant
Tropical Fruit Tree, Inc
Sarasota
Death of Alfred Ringling Tuesday
The city learned Tuesday of the death of Alfred T. Ringling at his Oak Ridge New Jersey home. He was a Ringling Brother famed showman, survived by wife and son and two brothers Charles and John. interment planned in Oak Ridge after funeral. The city board of trade offered condolences to the Ringling family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ul Rors
Alfred T. Ringtine
Oak Ridge
New Jersey
Lancaster
Alfred ‘S. Ringling
Ringling Brothers
Mr. Ringling
Charles
John
Board of Governors
Board of Trade
Perry
John Ringling
Dr Mary Wolcott Green Returns From Washington
Dr Mary Wolcott Green of Manatee County High School travelled to Washington DC to attend the Society of Descendants of Henry Wolcott meeting where she serves as secretary treasurer. Western papers reported her participation with prominent notices and shared a feature on pioneer family history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Wolcott Green
Manatee County High School
Washington, D. C
Society of Descendants of
Henry Wolcott
Washington
Mary Wolcat
Enel
Henry
Seadas
Tae Wal
Welker
Red Cross Roll Call Set For Nov 2 To 11
Angements are being made for Red Cross Roll Call during the week of November 2 to 11. The drive is expected to be one of the most successful in the organization’s history. The effort invites all citizens to join and renew memberships and to cooperate with the cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Worl
Dr Jack Halton Opens Tampa Medical Office
Dr Jack Halton of Sarasota will begin practice in Tampa November 1 after leasing offices in Citizens Bank and Just Co. He returns from service and previously served at United States Health Hospital Camp Sevier Greenville South Carolina. He is well known across South Florida and expected to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Halton
Sarasota
Citizens Bank
Just Co
Halten
United States Health Hospital
Camp Sevier
Greenville
S. C
Halton
South Florida
Deserable Visited Citizen Faces Deportation Pressure
A Sarasota committee from the American Legion urged O. M. Dean to leave the city within 72 hours amid rumors about his moral character. Dean has faced past accusations of racial agitation and lending to Black residents, but he did not promise to move.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Dean
Sarasota
Dean
Groes
Frank A. Walpole
Walpole
Dea
Extension of Mains and Water Service Extension Moves Forward
The city council approved extending water service and extending mains with Southern Construction Co to begin work soon. A bond issue of 35000 to complete and equip the electric plant was voted to fund extensions and new meters, with election set for November 25. Delinquent tax collection amendment to charter approved for December 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse
Wreath
Gener
Times
Range Line
Sarasota
Manatee
Board of Trade For Action
Large tarpon hooks in bay on family fishing trip
Earl Keppler and his father fished in the bay near Big Pass when Earl hooked a tarpon about five feet long. The fish jumped and freed the line before the father could reach the pole, ending the striking catch attempt during their motorboat outing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Keppler
G. G. Keppler
Earl
Big Pass
Mr. Keppler
Gunby Dies In Tragic Tampa Accident
ER Gunby, a prominent Atlantan and former Tampa resident, was found dead at the foot of back stairs in Tampa while visiting Mr. T. C. Talliaferro. He appears to have mistaken a stairway door for an exit and fallen down stairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gunby
Tampa
E. R. Gunby
Sarasota
T. C. Talliaferro
Mr. Gunby
Fiji
Complimentary Dance for Miss Alice Halton Planned
Dr Joseph Halton will host a complimentary dance at the Woman's Club next Friday night to honor his niece visiting in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Halton
Clu
Nice
Alice Halton
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