The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1902-1905, 1904-08-12
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City happenings and
Personal Mention.

Hon. Jno. p. Wall of Putnam Hall
was a visitor in the city Tuesday.
Miss Lucille Canova has returned
from a visit with friends in Jackson
Vile.
Miss Daisy Livingston is expected
to return from Jacksonville. on Sun
day.
Sheriff Turner of Voluisa county
was visitor in the city early in the
week.
Mr.. and Mrs. X. Borsen of Ores
cent City spent Tuesday at the Sara
tOga hotel.
Miss Buck, late of Madison, is the
new saleslady in the dry goods store
of A. w. Strange d Co.
X. M. White of Crescent City was
in the city yesterday en- route home
from an outing at Seabreeze.
Ralph Phillips, Hal Devereux and
Albert Mckenzie are at Summer
Haven for three weeks visit
Mrs. w. NJ. Curry and children
have gone to the Ocean House, Sea-
breeze for few weeks outing.
Miss Kate l.. Lucas will leave for
ii combined vacation and purchasing
trip to New York next Monday
The Misses Hessie and Constance
Cooper of Jacksonville are the guests
of the Misses Grill, on the Heights.
Miss Elsie Rifles, after a pleasant
visit with relatives and friend here
has returned to her home in Jack
sonville.
Congressman Rob't. w. Davis
came over from Seabreeze Thursday
for short time, returning the same
evening
Miss Pearl Bingham went to Po-
mona yesterday to visit friends and
attend the ball given last evening at
Pomona hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert James are
making preparations to go to house
keeping probably in the Graham
House fiat over Dodge's store.
Capt. H. Y. Snow is reported to be
landing sea bass from Keating's pier
every day now. On Wednesday he
landed one that weighed 81 pounds.
j. J. McTavish, superintendent of
the logging operations of the Wilson
Cypress Company, has gone for few
weeks of rest to his home in Sagi-
nav, Mich,
The Gem City Guards now number
81 enlisted men, and Capt. Calhoun
is putting the boys through some
hard drilling preparatory to the state
encampment
+. A. Gerber Il Sons have the ag-
ency of the Evansville Stove Com
pany's cooking stoves, and are dis
playing line of them at their. store
on Front street.
The Ocala base ball club which
had arranged to play return games
with the local team on Monday and
Tuesday of this week, failed to put
in an appearance.
Capt. Walter NJ. Davis and. family
returned to Jacksonville Tuesday,
after two weeks of pleasure at Day
tona beach. They spent Monday
night here with relatives.
Late reports from Colorado are to
the effect that MI. w. o. Holmes is
improving in health. With Mrs.
Holmes he is now at Boulder, Il short
distance from Denver.
Miss Flora Neubeck, of Palatka,
has accepted position at the store
of Kettle d Harris. Miss Neubeck is
very popular in Hastings where she
is well MISUNDERSTANDING Farmer.
Lieutenant Blanding and Private
Morris of the Gainesville military
company, passed through Palatka
Wednesday on their way to Fort Ri
ley, Kas., where, rs members of the
Florida rifle team, they will partici-
pat in the military target shoot.
Mrs. j. f. Lucas was still alarm
ingly ill at last reports received here
on Wednesday evening. She suffer
ed relapse and is now going over
the same serious ground she travers-
ed in her first fever. 1t will be nine !
weeks next Tuesday since she was
taken i'll. Her friends and relatives
can only hope for the best.
Mrs. Duncan Clinch Robertson
has issued invitations to the mar
riage of her daughter Miss Pamela
Lee to Mr.. John Capron BalcOmb,
The wedding is to take place at San !
ia Fe, n. NJ, Thursday August %.
Miss Robertson is the niece of Mrs.
ThOs. P. Hay, and spent the winter
here with her aunt two years ago.
Word comes from Goodallthat Mr..
T. V. Kinks the well-known and pop
ular merchant of Satsuma Heights
is very low with complication of
diseases at his summer home, Sea-
breeze, and that the gravest fears are
that he cannot recover.
Mr.. Kinks is one of the most promi-
nent Odd Fellows in Florida, having
held the highest office in
the gift of the order in this state.
His death would be regarded as little