The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1906-03-23
ocALA. The BEAUTIFUL


enc side and part into tne SoA y
Mexico On the other.
Marvellous silver Springs - mOE'
hezuIifUl than the Blue GrOtO
Italy, and famous in local Scf-g an
>fOry-ls only I'VE miles distant
Biue gDrings. little less wonderful
ard lovely, Il only eighteen miles dis
tzuf 70 the westward and Lake HeiE
more charming than Lake Como
tust eighteen miles 70 the Eoutnwarc
OcaIz Is wonderfully lOcated-ln
weanfnZ ia the Indian tongue 10 lat
zud sizuff1es the land OF plenty.
The finest stock farms in the stat
sre near Ocaia, and the most pro.
~reseiye and up TO date farmers, witf
unerring judgment, have located tneii
farms near here
Here the farmer lives at home, nii
smoke house and his corn crib, nj
potato banks and his dairy, bulge witt
plenty and In his barnyard are seer
ems and guiness.
speakfng specifically and coming
6oWn 70 a plain statement Of facts, We
nention that:
oesis Has
Golf links
One florist,
Two diaries,
Five saloons,
One gaTacbe,
One foundry,
Three banks,
Seven hotel.
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 silyersmiths.
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 abstIae 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-
monds,
The largest number Of paved street.
and side walks of any city in the in
terror OF the state
Carpenters, masons, plasterers, pain.
tiers, printers. machinests and labor.
ing men galore.
Ocala has two Of the finest hotel.
in the interior and her smaller one.
are well kept and tidy. Her bushes.
blocks are built OF brick and ston,
and some are three stories in height.
Plans have been submitted for &
sixty-five thousand dollar court house
and a hundred thousand dollar gov.
eminent building.
The Atlantic Coast Line operate,
the finest Of Pullman Buffet Cars or
its day trains and Pullman Buffet
Cars on its night trains be.