The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1907-04-12

City Happenings and
Personal Mention.

| eral days this week with nome folK.
Miss Marguerite Bard of Norwalk
visited friends in the city on We'd
nesday.
Mrs. G. Fox has moved from south
9TH street, into the Frazee House on
| Orange street.
Mrs. A. V. Mount of Crescent
Beach, spent this week in the city
visiting friends.
Howell A. Davis made a business
trip to Atlanta last Saturday, return
ing on Monday.
Rev. VIM. Stones of Titusville was
shaking hands with old friends in
the city this week.
Miss Irene Edwards of Jackson
vile is in the city visiting her cousin,
Mrs. Allie NJ. Steen.
Hon. Robt. w. Davis and family
of Tampa visited Mr.. and Mrs A. S.
| Willard the past week.
For weeks the hen had been doing
the work, but on Easter the rabbit
got the credit. Such is life.
Tax Assessor q. F. Billiard of Nc
Meekin was in the city this week at
tending to official business.
Ernest Neck of Sanford spent Sun
day and Monday in the city with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. E. S. Neck.
Chas. Kupperbusch has purchased
the stock of f, n. and &. A. Maull in
the Maull Manufacturing company.
F. G.. Hafers, a former Palatka
groceryman, now living in Clay
county, was attending court in Pal
atka this week.
A. H. Holcomb & Son have sold
their grocery business to A. Merwin.
The business will be managed by
Mr.. Geo. Merwin.
John Register of Bostwick was
among the many visitors in Palatka
this week in attendance upon the
spring term of the circuit court.
Louis Kalbfield, the general mana
ger of the Arlington, was among the
passengers on the last trip of the Hi
awatha to Silver Springs last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter NJ. Davis and
two children of Jacksonville spent
several days this week with Mrs.
Davis mother, Mrs. F. D. Alderman.
w. d. Upshaw, editor of the Col
den Age, Atlanta, Ca, who had been
visiting friends at Rodman, was in
the city Tuesday on his way to At
lanta.
James & Varnes, the popular cater
ers, have just installed new and up.
to-date combination counter and
cigar stand in their European res
taurant.
From indications thus far the in
surance companies got little mixed
in their calendars for 1907 They
substituted May for March and
March for April.
Miss Emma Louise Olmstead of
I McMeekin attended the Easter dance
Friday evening. While in the city
Miss Olmstead was the guest of Miss
Minnie 9. Bulky.
Mrs. Joseph, Mr.. Harry, and Mrs.
Florence Mesmer desire to express
thanks to their many friends for
cent bereavement.
Miss Irene Caldwell of McMeekin
attended the Easter dance at the
Armory. Miss Caldwell remained
in the city until Wednesday morning
visiting Miss Clyde Estes.
The old buildings on the north Lem
street side of the court house square
are being removed. Wonder when
the old court house will likewise be
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Thos. Bingham and his friend, E.
B. Randall, of Sanford, came up last
Friday to attend the Easter dance,
and also to visit relatives and
friends. They returned to Sanford
Sunday evening.
The Home Mission society of the
Methodist church will hold moon
light festival on the vacant lot adj
joining the church, Thursday night,
April %. Ice cream and cake will be
on sale. Public invited.
E. E. Dodge the well-known mer-
chant who has been confined to his
home for the past two weeks with
fever, is reported much better, and
will soon be able to resume the
management of his business.
From now until the close of the
potato season the steamer Crescent
will make daily trips from Palatka to
| Jacksonville, leaving Palatka at
a. IN. The trip to Crescent CITY will
be made at the end of each week.
On Monday night the board of fire
commissioners met at central station
and elected officers for the ensuing
year as follows: Chief, G. H. Wigg:
LIST assistant chief, H. Gordon; I'd
assistant chief, l.. Bohlen; secretary,
Allie M. Steen.
Mrs. w. A. Walton will give a re-
ceptlon to the members of the Wo-
mans FOrtnightly Club next Friday
afternoon, April 10. from to 6 !
O'Clock. This reception is in lieu of
the meeting to have been held this
afternoon.
Our attention has been called to a |
great nuisance in Palatka. A num-
Der of the patrons Of the post office |
insist on standing directly in front of
their mail boxes to read their mail. |
thereby causing others, with boxes |
in the same locality, to stand around
and wait on them to move. The
best place to open ones mail is at
some place where it will not inter-
fere with the convenience and bust
ness of others. Move on.
Beginning tomorrow morning, Sat
urday, April 18th, the ladies of the
Episcopal church will have for sale,
in j. H. Haughton's drug store, fine
homemade cake by the pound or
( lire fresh bnplpDoada broud o,,1