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The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that Allan
Knowles has filed with me writ
ten request that the tax certificates
together with all subsequent omit
ted or levied taxes held by the
State OF Florida be advertised and
sold to the highest bidder for cash
as provided by House Bill 39s OF
the 1897 acts of the Legislature.
upon the following described real
eytate in the County of Monroe.
State OF Florida. to-wit:
Lot l. Blk. 3. Tr. Il. knights
Subdivision, as recorded in Monroe
County Records. Deed Book BIZ.
Page 329.
The taxes to be sold are evil
denced by certificate No. 393 of 1892
and represent taxes for the years
1881 to 1887. both inclusive
Said tax certificate together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold to the highest
bidder at the Court House Door IN
Key West on the 7th day of
January. 1888. at 200 o'clock p. II.
Dated this the 22nd day of De-
cember. 1897.
(SEALl Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County.
Florida
dec22-2s. 1897 jams. lsss-M15s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
LEGALS
NOTICE OF SALE OF TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice is hereby given that
Claude Albury has filed with me
written request that the tax certifi-
Gates together with all subsequent
omitted or levied ttxes held by the
State of Florida be advertised and
sold to the highest bidder for cash
as provided by House Bill $50 OF
the 1887 acts of the legislature,
upon the following described real
estate In the County Of Monroe,
State of Florida. to-wit:
PIT. Lot !. Blk. IS, as recorded in
Monroe County Records, Deed Book
CO. Page 5e8.
The taxes to ;5e sold are evil
deneed by certificate No 13S of 1929
and represent taxes for the years
1928 to 1897. both inclusive.
Also. Gov. Lots IL, Key Largo.
Sec. 80, Twp 50, Re. 80. Acres
County Records. Deed Book D-1.
Page $50. Deed Book G-1, Page l43.
The taxes 10 be sold are evil
deneed by certificate No rs Of 1927
and represent taxes for the years
1926 to 1887, both inclusive.
Also, Gov. Lot ), Key Largo, Sec.
2S TWP. G2, Re. 80, Acres 7 81, as
recorded in Monroe County Records,
Deed Book D-1. Page $50; Deed
BOOK I'll. Page I45.
The taxes to be sold are evil
denced by certificate No. III of 1927
and represent taxes for the years
1926 to 1897. both inclusive
Said tax certificates together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold TO the highest
bidder at the Court House Door in
Key West on the 7th day Of
January. 1888, at 800 o'clock p. II.
Dated this the 22nd day of De-
cember, 1897.
(SEALl Ross c Sawyer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County.
Florida.
dec22- 2s.Iss7:jan5. 1sss-M147
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
NOTICE or SALE or TAX
CERTIFICATES

Notice Is hereby given that Kath-
leen Wells has flied with me writ
ten request that the tax certificates
together With All subsequent emit
ted or lowed taxes held by the
state 81 Florida be advertised and
sold 90 the highest bidder fer cash
as provided by House Bin $50 OF
the 1857 acts 81 the IseesS'ature
upan the following described real
estate in tie County % Monroe.
state 81 Florida. to-wit:
lot s. Plantation Key. Randall
Adams suisdivislon. Plat Beck No. 1.
PAGE Tie, as recorded IN Monroe
Countx Records. Deed Beck FL.
FaZr -
The taxes 20 be sold are evI-
denesi BY certificate No SIS Of 1873
aid represent taxes for the years
1859 10 1852. both Inclusive.
Also. Let II. Plantation Key. Ran
dan Adams Subdivision. Plat Book
Ne. I. Fage lie. a. recorded in Mon-
zoe Caunty Records. Deed Book
c. PAGE -
The taxes 20 be sold are exI-
deaeed by certificate NJ. IS Of 1888
ard represent taxes fer The Years
1889 10 1857. beth inclusive
Also. Lot 81. Plantation Key. Ran
dali Adams SueaiFfstaH. pat Book
~. /. Page lie. as recorded In Men
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
NOTICE or SALE or TAX
EERTNE-Nf-A THe&


Setice is hereby given that YIN.
II. Dean has filed with me writ
ten request that the tax certificates
toEether with ali subsequent omit
ted OF levied taxes held hF the
State Of Florida be advertised and
sold 70 the highest bidder for cash
as provided by HOUSE Rin IS %
the 1887 acts Of the legislature.
upon the following described real
estate in the County OF Monroe.
State % Florida. to-wit.
Pr Lot I. Blk. s.. as recorded In
Monroe County Records. Deed Book
WY. Page fSA
The taxes 70 be sold are cxI-
denced by certificate No. Isl 81 1883
and represent taxes for the years
1889 20 1877. beth Inclusive.
Alse. ~. Lot :. Blk. :. TT. ie. as
recorded in Monroe County Records.
Deed Book. Pas
The taxes 70 BE sold are evf-
denced BY certiftcate Ne. so Of 1873
and represent taxes for the years
1883 T. 1887. both inclusive
said tax certificates toEether with
al subsequent omitted or levied
faxe< viii b sOfd 70 the hEghs<s
bidder AZ The Court House Door IN
KEY West On the TIL day og
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
LEGALS
1unty Records, Deed Book

roe County Records, Deed Book
FL. Page g.
The taxes to be sold are evi-
denced by certificate No. $40 of 1888
and represent taxes for the years
1890 to 1887, both inclusive
Said tax certificates together with
all subsequent omitted or levied
taxes will be sold TO the highest
bidder at the Court House Door
in Key West, on the 9Th day of
January. 1888, at 800 o'clock p ~
Dated this the 22nd day of De-
cember, 1897
(SEAL) Ross c SAWYER
Clerk Circuit Court. Monroe County,
dee22- g. 1887 :jan5.1sss-MI5s
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
NOTICE on SALE on TAX
CERTFWETMTR

Notice . herebY gfven thai yer
nando Il Cato has flied vita ne
wr1ttea requess that the tar certifl-
Gates tewstheF with ali subsequent
omsttsd ar levied taxes held ~ the
state % Florida be advertised and
sid 10 khe highest bidder for cash
As provided ~ House Bal rs %
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05
LEGALS

January, 1888. at 500 o'clock P. Il.
Dated this the 22nd day Of De-
eember, 1887.
(SEAL1 Ross c Saw yer
Clerk Circuit Court, Monroe County.
dec22- 2s.1ss7 jams, 1sss-Ml51
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-01-05

BASSETE. 49, $500
O. his CIR EluuG Ewa1 Ee E 4
San 0Wen &C ms CO. A-
zllT Snr1 So wE -
hospzrzl N1-e z 1
mat the niou1 rner~z E-4 ~
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remcwec IL ard $3.50 1 -1- -
VEINS
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
Count Basic Holds
Omahans ~SpellbOund

What is swing? The French call
il "Le Jazz Hot" the British call
it "Mah-velous-Fh2 The young
folks dane it, the air waves carry
it and, oh boy it is a cinch that
Count Basic plays it.
Sunday night and into the wee
hours of Monday morning, Count
Basic, the man of fascinating
swing rhthm and history making
swing ban daily assisted by the
talented ,Jami s Rushing at the
mike, hel dover 400 music loving
0mahans spell bound watching
those purvevors of broken notes,
led on by that red hot drummer,
Joe Jones, whom many in author
ity claims can play more than
Krupa, n of the sepia boys with
Bonnie Goodman.
Using the same technic as re.
nown DUKE" the Count" directs
his fascinating rhythm band from
the piano.
While the well groomed and
handsomely togced aggregation Of
artists made the beautifully de-
earated ballroom. known as the
'Dreamland." rafters shake with
red hot and blue dance tunes. time
after time a sepia ameraman, one
Of our own, in The nerson of Willie
Hall. snapped the gleeful crowd
and the big 1s-pieee swing band.
Prior to the playing of the
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
Determination vs. Ability

On the morning of October II,
1886, about the break of dawn,
to be exact Cos a. M, Mr.. I. c.
Galloway, while enrout to Iowa
City for the Homecoming game, a
pilgrimage he had made each year
since the death of his son, LeDrue
Galloway, who was a star member
of the Iowa university football
team of 1924-25, was seriously in
jured in an automobile wreck, suf-
fering five broken ribs, the dis
location of both knees, a closed
left eye, torn forehead, and a lac
Grated scalp Which required IL
stitches to close, resulting in his
spending three months and 20 day:
in the hospital at Atlantic, low
and at home. However despite thi'
narrow escape from being killeC
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

in a wreck that left the car in the
condition which may be seen in
tho ab1ve picture, taken by
Shames Body and Radiator Co.,
1905 Cunning street, who guaran-
q hat if you wreck 'em, they
y 81 f'x EN-. Mr.. Galloway is de-
termined to make the trip to Chi
eago, where he lad planned to go
following the witnessing of the
game at Iowa City, for a confer
ence with Congressman Mitchell
and Editor Abbott of the Chicago
Defender. Out of this wreck comes
the car which he may be seen driy-
ing about the streets of Omaha.
SO all ear owners be smart and do
as Mr.. Galloway did, when yol
wreck 'em turn what is left owe.
to Shames Body and Radiator Co
for they will surely fix 'em.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

theme song, which all were sorry
to hear, because it meant the end
f the evenings superb swing mu-
sic. Mr.. Jimmie Jewel, the p)pu-
lar dance promoter of Omaha. had
announced the coming of Andy
Kirk, another real band. All Oma-
ha is in high praise of Mr.. Jewell
for bringing such outstanding
bands to Omaha.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16
EolDEN BROWN CHEMICAL co.
Dept. Ga Memphis. Tenn.

49, ..s"s~s~s. z
y shingtou April 16 fC)-The
Washington Tribune carried two
full page ads. last week, me f ON
Gunther's beer and ON from, The
National Department store.
The Omaha guide., 1938-04-16

FREE LUCK BAel Soc Algerian NsiO
toeI Beg and samples Hair Dressing.
Powder. Ointment Free. Send Toe TO
cover mailing cost.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
eesseessaeeeeseessseasss
THE LOW DOWN
FROM HICKORY GROVE
ssssoeossssessessssss

Wonders, they don't ever seem
to cease. You take it here 3 or
4 years ago, and anybody who
would venture to say that the old
dilapidated Republican elephant
would ever be back on his feet
let alone trumpeting-they would
lock you up.
But boy, we been witnessing
something lately. The dead has
riz up.
The old COP, it has a CLINT in
its eye that makes it look like US
folks on the side-lines, we can
kinda dust off our specs and see
something. Hot ziggityl
Anybody who is gonna ride
this old resurrected COP, he bet
ter be ready to go places.
If l was a guy who has been
belitting and poking fun at old
Jumbo, l sure would hit out for
safe place. Elephants, they
don't forget.
Looks like fun for everybody,
next year.
Yours. with the low down,
10 SERA.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
A WALKING MENACE

The popular custom of arresting the
motorist for accidents to pedestrians hit
by cars as they walk across the roads and
streets, is being modified in some sections.
They are looking 20 the errors on the part
of the pedestrian who often is to blame
for accidents and auto mishaps. In order
to make your highways as safe as pos
sible, checking on the inconsiderate, in
consistent and careless pedestrian is as
necessary as checking on faulty brakes,
poorly marked crossings and drunken
drivers.
A case recently noted by this ex-
change was one in which a man was re-
covering in hospital when arrested. He
had been fortunate enough to suffer only
minor injuries when trying to dodge
through traffic when the autos had the
right of way If the motorist had not
been thoughtful and careful the injury
might have been fatal. A policeman who
saw the accident placed the entire blame
on the pedestrian. This is a worthwhile
example which each Key West person
should heed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
PARKING METERS

AS the winter season approaches its
height, the congestion on our streets is
becoming greater and the need for RENE
dial action becomes more pressing. Traf-
fic tie-ups in the Duval and Fleming street
business sections and in Simonton street at
the Federal building because of double
parking and the constant movement of
cars to and from the curbs are becoming
more frequent and more annoying.
Realizing the necessity for solution of
the problem, the city council is consider
ing the passage of an ordinance for the in
stallation of parking meters in Duval
street from Angela to Front; in Fleming
street from Whitehead to Simonton and
from William to Grinnell, and in Simon
ton from Caroline to Eaton. These appear
to be the most cOngested areas.
Parking meters may solve the prob
lem and give the shopper or visitor to the
Post Office chance to park his car for
nominal charge for a reasonable length of
time. In some blocks the time limit may
be fixed at Is minutes, while in others the
time allowance will range from 80 to so
minutes for a charge of five cents In
stallation of the devices will at once re-
move the all-day parkers in the business
district-if the lanes where the machines
are placed area properly and carefully
patrolled.
City council seems prepared to pass
the ordinance and to enter into contract
with a parking meter company whereby
the city would realize Is per cent of the
receipts until the machines are entirely
paid for from the remainder of receipts,
when they become the property of Key
West. The installing company proposes
to pay all charges and costs, so that the
city is not required to make an investment
of any kind Receipts would be collected
in sealed boxes by bonded employee and
opened by the city auditor or some other
responsible official.
On the surface this appears like
good arrangement because it would ease
the traffic situation and at the same time
give the city some needed revenue. How
ever, it has been suggested by the traffic
committee of the Chamber of Commerce,
and the city council seems to favor the
idea, to install from $50 to $40 of the
meters. This seems like a large order.
Perhaps it might be wiser to order fewer
of the machines and give them a trial be-
fore increasing the installations.
Further, The Citizen believes the pro-
posal of the one company bidding for the
contract might be checked against the pro-
posals of other meter companies, provided
that all would install high-class auto
matte devices. 1t may be possible for the
city to get better price or some other
concession if such a check were made.
This step need not delay passage of the
ordinance and can be taken within short
time to insure installation at the height of
the tourist season.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Economist Walter p. Fuller had the
following to say in his latest financial news
letter concerning Key West tag taxes: Key
West has city auto tag tax as one of the
devices to finance that city in view of the.
until recently. almost utter collapse of ad
valorem. Last year 1900 tags were sold ::
sales this year are 1880 compared with
500 same time last year due to the COM
pletion of the bridge the figure this year
is expected TO be 1900. Occupational
licenses have totaled so far S11,625 but
only $1,000 of this is in cash. Chronically
broke. the city frequently pays employees
and creditors in warrants. receivable for
taxes. Naturally. merchants get most of
this unhappy paper, hasten to clean the till
with early tax payments
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
T ES T Y GU r
KIN FOWL E ID G E
Can you answer seven OF these
test questions? Turn 10
Page 4 for the answers

l. Into what body of water
does the Gauges river
flow?
2. Is aluminium a conductor of
electricity?
3. With what sport is the name
of Bob Zuppke associated?
4. Which son of a minister,
succeeded the son of a
minister as President of
the United States?
5. Which of the arts is called
''the gentlest art?
6. What is the mode of eXecu-
ton for murder in Idaho?
z. In what year did Mussolini
become Dictator of Italy?
8. Which team will meet the
University of Southern
California in the coming
Rose Bowl game?
8. What word describes belief
in, and worship of one God
only?
10. Who is Dorothy Lamour?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
Pan-American Conference, ac-
cording to a government ruling.
WORKERS LOAN sss.ouu

WORCESTER, Mass. = EN-
ployes agreed to lend $4,000
from their wages to the new
owners of the Whittall Carpet
Mills in order that the mill might
be reopened and provide jobs for
LOO persons. When informed
by the prospective purchasers,
Max S. and Harry S. Warren,
that $4,000 was all that stood in
the way of Federal loan, the
workers decided to make the
loan.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

English statesmen say that Great Brit
ain is ready to negotiate settlement of
her war debts to the United States any
time we are ready to enter negotiations.
What is there to negotiate England
knows what is owing us: let her come
across as we did when she clamored for
help in the World War.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

The air at local Marine HoSpi-
tai is thoroughly saturated with
the spirit of good cheer today
and all is in readiness for the
visit of old Santa Claus this ev-
ening to gladden. the hearts of
the II patients now under
treatment at the institution. A
beautiful Christmas tree adornS
every ward while a very large
one will illuminate the pretty
front lawn. There will be gifts
without number to be distribut-
ed - the patients. The ward
trees were furnished by the Key
West Rotary Club. The large
tree on the lawn will be illumi-
mated each evening through the
season. Friends and relatives
have sent many gifts to be plac-
Ell on the tree for loved ones,
and many of the gifts were fur
nished by the American Legion
Post.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
NEWS NOTES
TOYS FOR CHILDREN

WASHINGTON. = More than
100000 toys either manufac-
tured or repaired by WPA work
ers, will be distributed among
under-privileged children this
Christmas, according to Ellen S.
Woodward, assistant WPA adj
ministrator. This toy service is
part of the year-round operations
of the WPA and accounts for full
time or part-time work by many
relief workers.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Maj. Gen. Charles E. Kilbourne,
U.S.A., retired, author, superin-
tendent of the Virginia Military
Institute, born at Fl. Whipple,
Va, &c years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
LAUNCHES FIRST CARRIER

KEEL, Germany.-Germany re-
Gently launched her first airplane
carrier, a 19,250-ton vessel with
space for forty planes. The YES
sci was named the Graf Zeppelin
and was christened by a daugh-
ter of the famous dirigible build
er.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

One trouble with the world is the tre-
mendous emphasis placed upon the acqui-
sition of money and the habit of men,
everywhere, to Judge a mans worth by the
amount of his bankroll
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

The Times-Union paragrapher say a
rattle-snake rattles first before it strikes !;
hit and run driver does not. If the noise
some of those woe-begoners make isn't rat
Ting, it is worse.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Beggars find it easier to fhm-flam
the public than to work for living When
you feel like giving money to charity, be
sure that you give wisely, and remember
that il begins at home.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
IMPROVEMENTS FOR KEY WEST
ADVOCATED BY THE CITIZEN

l. Water and Sewerage.
2 Comprehensive City Plan (Zoning).
3. Hotels and Apartments.
4. Bathing Pavilion.
s. Airports--Land and Sea-
g. Consolidation of County and City
Governments.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

peace, cut out all factional diff
ferences and personal feelings
and unite in one solid front and
unit to boost and build and bet
ter our City and community.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Prof. Earl w. Sheets of the
Mississippi State College, noted
professor of animal husbandry,
born at Lost Creek, w. Va, So
years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
NO CENSORSHIP

LIMA, Peru.-Cable and wire
less companies have been noti-
fled that there is to be no CEN
sorShip on news of the Eighth
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Harry B. Pulsifer of Cleveland,
noted metallurgist, born at Lee
banon, N. H., SO years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

One to two per cent of the country's
drivers are said to be completely blind in
one eye. A certain percentage seem to be
blind in both eyes.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
Today's Birthdays

James Roosevelt, son of the
President, movie executive, born
in New York, 81 years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

William A. Bryan, director of
the Los Angeles Museum, born at
New Sharon, Iowa, So years ago.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23
KEY WEST IN DAYS GONE BY
Happenings Here Just Ten Years Ago Today As Taken
From The Files Of The Citizen

With pleasurable pride and a
deep feeling or gratitude The
Citizen is delighted to send out
its message of good cheer and
compliments of the season thru
the columns of this 18 page edi-
ton, at Christmas. Forty nine
Merry ChristmaSses have passed
since The Citizen entered on it's
long career of faithful and loyal
service to Key West and Monroe
county and now there is every
indication that it will have the
good pleasure of seeing the 25th
of December come and go in
Key West as many times before.
This large Christmas edition
Of The Citizen was made posi-
BILE through the generous and
progressive spirit of the leading
merchants and businessmen and
professional men of the city.
Every page carries cordial holi-
day greetings with messages of
good cheer and very best wish
es, expressing at the same time
sincere appreciation of the pa
tronage accorded them in the
past. Each announcement car
ries with it the cordial and ideal
spirit of the holiday season.
And taken as a whole they form
one of the most pleasant and in
teresting editions of a newspaper
ever published anywhere. They
have an appeal that is cheerful
ly genuine and are worthy of
careful reading and considera-
ton. The countless good things
that The Citizen wishes for its
large family of readers could not
be enumerated in these IL pages,
but to all BUSINESS men and to
every reader and professional
man, it extends its heartiest
greetings with sincerest best
wishes for mighty Merry
Christmas and a Happy New
Year. good health and prosperi-
~ in all, the future days.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Sometimes genius consists Of being
able to cash in on other peoples ideas.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Pay as you go if you want TO keep on
going" says the Times Union philosopher.
That's a wise suggestion ard definite
warning that all should heed.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Latest developments in the lives of a
couple of former hooters is that Oracle is
rot so dumb after all; she let George
do it.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

We sometimes wonder if those an
noying chatterboxes are made of dust; if
they are. why don't they dry up occa-
sionally?
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

We had better stay on the good side
of England or she may catch the totali-
tartan fever and demand her colonies back
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

The way to make money, even in this
day of getting it from the government, is
to work hard and stick to your job.
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

From a review of a revue: @"They
advertised a chorus of 10, but some of
them didn't look day over 65.'
The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1938-12-23

Japan accuses Russia of breaking
like Japan does.