The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-02-23
e.u Facts About the City and Its
Surroundings.


.,ory--is only I'VE miles distant.
niue Springs, little less wonderf
nd lovely, Is only eighteen miles di
mi 20 the westward and Lake We
more charming than Lake Como,
,,,sf eighteen miles to the southwar
Ocala is wonderfully located
,,eanIng in the Indian tongue is ''fat
.nd signifies the 'land of plenty"
THE finest stock farms in the sta
are near Ocala, and the most pr
~ressiye and up to date farmers, wi
,nerring Judgment, have located the
farms near here.
Here the farmer lives at home, h
.uoke house and his corn crib,
,otato banks and his dairy, bulge wi
olsnty and In his barnyard are sc,
.,eacocks, turkeys, geese, ducks, chic
Ems and guineas.
Speaking specifically and comil
down TO a plain statement of facts, '
that:
Oeaia Has
Golf links.
one florist,
Two dairies.
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 abstl act offices,
Three wagon works,
Two machine shops, .,
= military company
One Catholic church,
Three jewelry stores,
Two public libraries.
Two steam laundrieS,
Three music schools,
Ten dry goods stores,
One Chinese laundry,
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.
\ 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 roo
Two wholesale grain and feed store
One colOred domestic trainii
school,
Two wholesale grocery establis
ments,
One city market and several priva
Fair grounds and base ball di
monds,
The largest number of paved stree
and side walks of any city in the /
terror OF the state.
Carpenters, maSonS, plasterers. PAL
ters, printers, machinests and labo
ing men galore,
Ocala has two of the finest hott
IN the interior and her smaller on
are we'll Kept and tidy. Her buslne
blocks are built of brick and sto
and some are three stories in height
Plans have been submitted Tor
slxty-five thousand dollar court hou
and hundred thousand dollar go
eminent building.
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