The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1920-01-09
NEWS OF THE WEEK TOLD IN PARAGRAPHS

Boston Giants it is reported for
price ranging somewhere between
$3.50 to $4,000. 1t has not been
so long ago when $4,000 for profes-
sional was regarded as somewhat stag
gering.
Crystal River Fire Swept
Early Monday morning a fire broke
out in Crystal River which soon be-
came uncomfortable and it was not
checked until four of the principal
business blocks of the little city were
swept away.
The buildings destroyed and the
LOSSES are as follows:
J. w. Willis, hotel, loss $4,000; H.
w. Edwards. $4,000; P. L. Turner, $2,.
900; ]. E. Stevens. $4,000; H. G. Miller,
$4,000; w. B. Moon. $4,000; A. d. Viii
liams, $4,000 E. T. Owmen, $1,000; AL
/ len estate. $4,000. No insurance on
buildings. Stocks of goods; j. B. Gas.
ton, $4,000, insurance $500; Norman
Williams, $4,000 no insurance: L. S.
Sparkman, 1880, no insurance; j. E.
Lewis, $500, no insurance: j. Hood.
$4,000, insurance $4,000; A. D. Tim.
mons and W. Smith, $500 each, no in
surance.
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Sanford is to have airplane service.
Austria is appealing to the United
States for help. Save us or we die"
is the cry.
The kaiser now sees that he must
face the inevitable and is busy pre-
pairing his defense before the powers.
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Immigrants are beseiging Castle
Garden in their efforts to become citi
gems of the United States.
France faces 1920 hopefully. Her
elections are such as to stabalize con-
litions.
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Texas democrats in convention as.
sembled endorsed the administration
of Woodrow Wilson with enthusiasm.
The democrats in the Lone Star"
state stands for the league of nations.
Pierre D'A. Pratt, for long time
associated with journalism in this
state, crossed over the great divide
with the passing of the old year.
Berger's appeal is set for February
18th.
The house of representatives of
Rhode Island has ratified the Woman
suffrage amendment by a vote of SO to
3, and the lower house of the Ken.
lucky general assembly by a vote of
~ to 25.
The Farmers National Council, rep
resenting 100000 organized farmers,
has addressed an open letter to Con.
gress, suggesting that Government
control of railways be extended for, at
least, two years and supplemented the
proposition by recommending that "the |
Government retain the railroads dur
ing the period of reconstruction and
hold freight rates where they are"
The Miami Herald reports heavy
frost in that vicinity on the 30th, and |
a temperature of % degrees was re-
ported from the Allapattah section, |
where heavy frost occurred, while truck |
farmers to the west and south of the |
city reported that slight damage had
been done to crops. South Florida i
was the coolest part Of the State, the |
minimum temperature of Al degrees
being recorded at the weather bureau.
while at Tampa and Pensacola the
mercury only fell to so degrees.
Germany must reduce her army of |
100000 to 100000 by March 81.
Col. Dan Morgan Smith fired the |
first shot in the Florida Educational |
and Temperance League drive Sun |
day when he delivered three stirring |
addresses in the churches of Jackson
vile. Col. Smith plead for American
ism of an unquestioned variety and |
called upon the public to stand square
ly behind the Constitution of the Unit
ed States and to fight with all of our