The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-23
ocALA. THE BEAUTIFUL.
n Few Facts About the City and Its
Surroundings.

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Mexico on the other.
Marvellous silver Springs = more
than the Blue Grotto o
Italy, and famous in local song ant
story-is only five miles distant.
Blue Springs, little less wonderful
and lovely, is only eighteen miles dis
tant to the westward and Lake Weir
more charming than Lake Como, Il
lust eighteen miles to the southwark
Ocala is wonderfully located-lts
meaning in the Indian tongue is rat,
and signifies the land OF plenty.
The finest stock farms in the state
are near Ocala, and the most pro.
gressive and up to date farmers, Wltr
merring judgment, have located thell
farms near here.
Here the farmer lives at home, his
smoke house and his corn crib, his
potato banks and his dairy, bulge with
plenty and in his barnyard are seen
turkeys, geese, ducks, chick
ems and guineas.
Speaking specifically and coming
down to. plain statement of facts, we
mention that:
Ocala Has
Golf links.
One florist,
Two diaries,
Five saloons,
One garache,
One foundry,
Three banks,
Seven hotels.
Water works,
One hospital,
Ten churches.
One architect,
One gunsmith,
Two tin shops.
One seed store,
One synagogue,
One gas plant.
Three bakeries,
One shoe store,
Six restaurants,
Twenty lawyers,
Board of Trade,
Six drug stores,
Four contractors,
One opera house,
Two cigar stores,
Four shoe shops,
One variety store,
One music house.
Eleven physicians,
Two paint shops,
Two ice factories,
Two planning mills,
One green house,
Two dental rooms,
Five barber shops,
Three art schools,
Three wood yards,
One public library.
One marble works,
Two bicycle shops,
Two lumber yards,
Two racket stores,
Three silversmiths,
Two public schools.
One barrel factory,
A telephone system.
One bottling works,
Two pressing clubs,
Two haberdasheries,
One dancing school,
Fifteen fruit stores,
Six boarding houses.
Two abstract Offices,
Three wagon works.
Two machine. shops,
A military company,
One Catholic church.
Three jewelry stores,
Two public libraries,
Two steam laundries,
Three music schools,
Ten dry goods stores
One Chinese laundrS,
Two daily newspapers.
Twelve grocery stores,
Four hardware stores,
Five Baptist churches,
One Christian church,
Three furniture stores,
Three millinery stores,
Four phosphate Offices,
A paid fire department.
Three railway systems,
Two cold storage plants,
Three blacksmith shops,
Eight benevolent orders,
Four realestate agencies,
One kindergarten school,
Two Episcopal churches,
Two cigar manufactures,
Thirteen Sunday schools,
Two electric light plants,
Two photograph galleries,
Three weekly newspapers,
, One Presbyterian church,
Two chemical laboratories,
Several lumber companies,
Three Methodist churches,
A brass band organization,
Two electric establishments,
One spoke and rim factory,
Washerwomen by the score,
Three fire insurance agencies,
One crate and basket factory,
Two tailoring establishments.
One Elks Club reading room,
Four life insurance agencies,
Three livery and feed stables,
Three plumbing establishments,
Numbers Of naval stores offices,
Three undertaking establishments,
Three job printing establishments,
Five dressmaking establishments,
One Epworth League reading room,
Two wholesale grain and feed stores,
One colOred domestic training
school,
Two wholesale grocery establish
nents,
One city market and several private
markets,
Fair grounds and base ball dia-
nonds,
The largest number of paved streets
and side walks of any city in the in
terror OF the state.
Carpenters, masons, plasterers, pain
lers, printers, machinests and labor
ng men galore,
Ocala has two of the finest hotels
m the interior and her smaller ones
Are we'll kept and tidy. Her business
blocks are built of brick and stone
and some are three stories in height.
Plans have been submitted for
,ixty-five thousand dollar court house
md a hundred thousand dollar gov
srnment building.
The Atlantic Coast Line operates
.he finest of Pullman Buffet Cars on
Is day trains and Pullman Buffet