The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-01-08
City happenings and
Personal Mention.
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Z the city on visit to friends.
4 DR.. II. Brannen of Seabreeze spent
( several days in the city this week on
! business.
! Mrs. w. H. Pingree of Jackson
!. Vile is visiting her sister, Mrs. II.
: Petermann.
! Miss Agnes Derby returned to Win
ter Park last Monday, where she will
Z resume her studies in Rollins Col
: lege.
! The January meeting of the board
of trade will be held in the council
Z chamber next Tuesday evening Jan.
! 18th.
Z The Ladies Memorial Society will
. meet at Mrs. Gray's on Oak street,
. Tuesday afternoon January 18th, at
!. 3:3O o'clock.
! Mrs. S. l.. Lyon and daughter,
: Blanch, returned home last Saturday
: from pleasant visit to relatives in
: Highg Springs.
! Rev. and Mrs. A. L. Woodward
I were rendered surprise pound party
2 by the members of st. James church
Z congregation on New Years night.
: DR.. and Mrs. Chas. A. McMurray
Z of DeKalb, H., have returned to the
7 city for the winter months, and are
: pleasantly located on the Heights.
Mr.. and Mrs. I b. Merrill are en-
tertaining Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs.
. Wells of Burlington, Iowa, who
have been making a tour of the
. state.
. Miss Sarah Bard of Norwalk stop
: ped over in Palatka several hours
: Tuesday enroute to Satsuma Nights,
,, at which place she is teaching the
: public school.
Quite II nice little dance was got
! ten up by the Guards on New Years
,, night and the young people had a
, pleasant evening. There were about
tWtlNc couples present.
The Ladies Aid Society of the
Presbyterian church will give its
annual bazaar and supper on Friday,
February l2th. The place of holding
the same and other details will be
announced later.
Miss Helen Fearnside, after
pleasant holiday vacation of two
weeks " it'll her parents in this city,
departed OH Monday for Gainesville,
Ga. where she resumes herstudies in
Brenau College.
Palatka business men should not
sleep on their opportunities, and one
of them which would bring the best
results is bridge across the st. Johns
connecting that city with this side of
the river. - Tasting Farmer and
Trucker.
The Arlington kotel and Kupper-
busch's European restaurant have
been filled with guests every day and
night for the past several weeks and
on many occasions have been obliged
to turn people away for lack of room.
Invitations have been issued by
DR.. and Mrs. II. r. Estes to the mar
rage of Miss Mary Helen Taylor and
/ Mr.. Samuel Irvine Merwin, which
event will be soleminized in st.
James Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, on Thursday evening at 1880
O'Clock. January l4th, 1904.
Mr.. and Mrs. J l.. Rankin have !
issue invitations to the marriage of
their daughter, Lettie. to Mr.. James
NJ. Pounds, on Wednesday evening,
January goth, 1904, at 1870 o'clock !
at the First Baptist Church in tn is
city.
Miss Bessie Davis, after pleasant !
visit of week or more in this city
to her cousin, Miss Nina Armistead,
and to relatives in Jacksonville, left !
for her home in Tampa last Saturday
accompanied by her grandmother,
Mrs. q. NJ. Davis, who will remain
for visit of several weeks.
Robert James left Wednesday for
GOodall, where he will open the pop
ular Ocean House for the winter sea-
son. Bob will arrive in time for the !
great international automobile meet |
on the Ormond-Daytona speedway, |
and it is likely he will go in for some |
records with his high-speed racing
machine.
DR.. Merritt CorthelI, an expert
enced oculist of New York City, who !
will make his home at Interlachen
will make regular visits to Palatka
to practice his profession. He will /
make his headquarters while here at
the Arlington Hotel. His next visit |
will be on Monday, Tuesday and |
Wednesday of next week. DR.. Cor
thell is a son of Hon. d. M. Corthell,
mayor of Interlachen.
Rev. w. F. Allen, son of County
Commissioner w. ID. Allen of Fruit
lard, was in the city lastSaturday on
his way to ST. Augustine, where he
was to preach by invitation of the
pastor at the Baptist church Sunday.
From st. Augustine Mr.. Allen goes
to Emory College, Oxford, Ga,
where he is passing his senior year.
Next winter he expects to return to
Florida and join the Florida Confer
ence of the Methodist Episcopal