The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-07-15
Mr.. and Mrs. Rob't James will ar
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rive from New York tomorrow.
S. J, Kennerly, accompanied by
his daughter, Miss Maud, left on
Wednesday afternoon for DeKalb,
ILL.,, where Miss Maud will spend the
summer with friends. Mr.. Kennerly
will spend day or two in DeKalb,
and little time at the Wolds Fair
He expects to be back in Palatka the
latter part of next week.
Congressman Rob't w. Davis has
purchased of Chas. E. Rowton the
old Wore place. three miles out of the
city on the Peniel road. 1t is Mr..
Davis purpose to set the entire tract
III fruit and pecan tires. The old
residence on the place will be put in
shape and fences rebuilt and the
place generally improved and cult
waited.
Yesterday afternoon a party com
posed of Mr.. and Mrs. Walton, Mrs.
Jenkins and son Alfred and John q.
Nertrees Jr., left for Summer Haven
for an outing by the sea. Judge
John Nertrees and party will arrive
from Nashville today and proceed
to Summer Haven, where the Judge
has II pleasant summer honest.
Augustine Record,
Mrs. w. o. Holmes was summoned
to Denver, Colorado, Wednesday
owing to discouraging reports of Mr..
Holmes condition. For IL long time
Mr. Holmes seemed to be improving
but later reports indicated that he
was not so well, Early in the week
his condition became such that it
was deemed best for Mrs Holmes to
be with him.
Mr.. and Mrs, Chas Kupperbusch
and the children will leave for the
Seabreeze beach Monday where
they will open the Ocean House for
the summer. The Ocean House is
one of the most popular resorts at
this popular beach, and Palatkans
who contemplate visiting Seabreeze
and who want quarters there should
! make advance arrangements.
The father of Capt. w w. Ellis of
this city died at his home in South
Macon, Ga, last Saturday He was
John William Ellis, prominent cit
izen of that place, and Tuesday last
was to have been celebrated as his
golden wedding anniversary to which
uine of his own children and thirty
nine grandchildren had hoped to
participate. Deceased was 70 years
of age and Il gallant Confederate sol
dier in the Twelfth Georgia regiment.
NJ. o. Osteen Il prominent and pro
gressive farmer of Hollister, who
finds time between crops to mix up
in politics, was in the city last Tues
! day. Mr.. Osteen comes regularly
each week and supplies a large part
of the local demand for pork, which
he raises in his neighborhoOd. Mr.
Osteen brought to this office some
samples of late peaches which he
raises and which were large, juicy
and quite equal to the famed Cali
forniaspeach. He says they are scrub
Florida variety, but the best he even
saw.
Mrs. Katie Harrison Calhoun was
quietly married at $3.50 o'clock Sun
day evening to Mr.. Allen Winter, a
popular young clerk in Captain A.
o. MacDonnell's office of the Sea-
board Air Line railway. The cere-
mOny was performed by Rev. Striker,
pastor of St Mary's Guild Episco-
| pal church, at the home of the
! brides father, Mr.. l.. Harrison, on
Charles street. Only the immediate
! family and few personal friends
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Harrison played the wedding march.
Times Union.
| w. H. Mann of Meanwhile, writing
to the News from Gilman, ILL.,, says :
''When ! reached here a month ago
the corn was just up and large
enough to start the pillow. Now it is
being plowed for the last time. The
corn is worked with a pillow that
straddles the rows and cannot he
worked after it is waist high. The
whole country rs far as one can see
is a continuous corn field with only
an occasional patch of oats. Ny son
here has $50 acres in corn. The land
here is worth $50 Yer acre, whereas
40 years ago ! bought it for $3.50
1t has been quite cool, one morning
getting within four degrees of FROST
| was very sorry to hear of Mr.. Da-
Wis defeat. What was the matter
with the people?"
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