The way we were....Tempers flare in Judge Blanton's courtroom in 1917

Dedication of the Dade County courthouse, July 28, 1914.



August 21, 1917: Summer in Miami and temperatures are hovering in the mid-eighties.

Inside the new Dade County Courthouse, Judge W.F. Blanton is hearing the cases of six "indignant" soda fountain owners charged with failing to wash and properly sterilize drinking glasses.

And even though it's still early morning, in Blanton's