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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1913-05-29

The japanese tea given by Mrs.
F. X. Adams last Thursday after
noon was very enjoyable affair.
There were many guests present
and the refreshments were novel
and delicious, ali being imported
from Japan. All expressed their
thanks to Mrs. Adams for grand
time. The next meeting will be
with Mrs. B. H. Mobley on June
5th. All members cordially in
vited. -Sec'y.
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Private Business School

All our citizens will be glad to
learn of the birth of a local bust
ness school. Whatever will large
ly aid our young people in the
practical application of their tai
ents to life at large will increase
Punta Gorda's growth.
A local school will mean that
three times as many as heretofore
of our young men and women can
be properly fitted for the long af-
ter-school contest with life
which is none too easy for some,
and for all needs every aid that
money and determination can
supply.
The name of this business en-.
terprise is the Walls Finishing
School, headed by Mrs. r. G.
Walls, an accomplished teacher of
considerable successful experience
both in public and private schools.
The curriculum will include be-
side general business course of
shorthand, typewriting, penman-
ship, etc., tho following branches:
art, expression and music.
What this school enterprise
asks of Punta Gorda we extend on
behalf of the public: Our utmost
willingness to be convinced of its
claim that now at home we can
find better instruction than else
where and at saving in expendi-
ture of time and money. adv.
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Notice for Publication

Department of the Interior, U. S. Land Office
at Gainesville, Florida, April 26, 1913
Notice is hereby given that Christian j, Schulz
tz, of Punta Gorda, Florida, who, on February
II, 1919, made Homestead Entry, Serial, No.
oo687, for SW14, Section 80, Township Al South
Range as K, Tallahassee Meridian. has fled
notice of intention to make commutatiyn Proof
to establish claim to the land above described,
before the Clerk of the Circuit Court at Arcadia
Florida, on the sth day of June, 1913.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Agnes Herzke, of Punta Gorda, Florida,
Tony Rubin, Of Punta Gorda, Florida,
M. v. Williams, of Punta Gorda, Florida,
II. @. Blount, of Punta Gorda, Florida.
HENRY S. CHUBB,
Register.
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Notice of Application for Tax Deed

Notice is hereby given that C. E. Lanier pur-
chaser of Tax Certificate 70 1880 dated June 4th,
has made application for tax deed to issue in ac-
cordance with law. Said certificate embraces
the following described property situated in
Avon Park, Section IS, TIP 81 Range 2S the
said land be assessed at the date of the issuance
of such certificate in the name of Jas. Dickinson
ing to law. tax deed will issue thereon on the Al
st day of May A. d. 1919.
Witness my official signature and seal this the
a day of April. A, ID. 1913. 49,
A.L.DURRANCE,
Clerk Circuit Court OF DeSoto County, Florida,
BY WILBUR WHITEHURST. d. G.
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interested:

interested.
You are hereby notified that the
said town of Punta Gorda, is now
proceeding to foreclose a tax lien on
your property, described as follows
Lots to Is inclusive in block B, also
lots. 1, 2, 10, and 20, block c, all in
Woods addition to Punta Gorda, Flor
ida, for taxes due said town for the
years 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909. 1910,
1911 and your are hereby required to
be and appear at my Office in the
town of Punta Gorda, Florida, on the
7th day of July, A. D., 1913, at 10
o'clock a. M, to answer said COM
plainant, and upon failure so to do,
judgment by default will be entered
against you.
Witness my hand and official seal
on this the goth day of May. A. D.,
1913. (Seal.) s, F. J. TRABUE,
J. P
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town for the years 1910 and 1911, and
you are hereby required to be and
appear at my Office in the town of
Punta Gorda, Florida, on the 7th day
of July, A. D., 1913, at 1Oo'clock a. m,
to answer said complainant, and upon
failure so to do, judgment by default
will be entered against you.
Witness my hand and official seal
on this the goth day of May, A. D.,
1913. (Seal.) S. F. J. TRABUE,
J. p.
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
n Justice Court, Seventh District
DeSOtO County. Florida.

Town of Punta Gorda. a municipal
ity created under the laws of the state
of Florida, VS.. Simon Thomas. Tax
Lien.
To Simon Thomas and all other per-
sons interested:
You are hereby notified that the
said town of Punta Gorda. is now
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NOTICE OF PUBLICATION.
In Justice Court, Seventh District
NJ H. III

Town Of Punta Gorda. municipal
ity created under the laws of the state
of Florida. VS.. Louisville Trust Co.
Tax Lien.
To Louisville Trust Co. and all other
persons interested
You are hereby notified that the
said town of Punta Gorda is now
proceeding to foreclose tax lien ON
your property, described as follows:
Lots and "a to 80 incl, Block /,
also Lot "a, Block @, Woods Add. of
said town, also tract. Block T. Woods
Add. of said town, for taxes due said
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Sallow complexion is due to a tor
pid liver. Herbine purifies and
strengthens the liver and bowels and
restores the rosy bloom of health to
the cheek. Price Soc. Sold by all
druggists.
ADVERTISEMENT
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Have you tried our ice cream
and cool drinks? It's time to have
another. -McClelland & Go. 1Stf
advertisement.
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Expert altering, cleaning and
pressing. Satisfaction guaranteed.
"A. H. Horn, McClelland bldg.
advertisement 1Stf.
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1t appearing by the affidavit of compla inant,s
solicitor filed in this cause that the defendants
side beyond the limits of the State of Florida
and that there is no one in the state of Florida
upon whom the service of process can be made
that would be binding upon the defendants, and
the Post Office address of the defendants having
been stated in said affidavit showing that they
reside beyond the limits of the State of Florida
therefore it is hereby considered and ordered
that J. Is. Straughan. and Matte Straughan his
wife, be and is hereby required to appear to
said bill of complaint at the Office of the clerk of
the Circuit Court in DeSoto county, Florida ON
the Ist Monday in June, 1913, the same being the
and day of said month, and that said notice or or
derbe published once week for the space of four
consecutive weeks prior to the rule day in June,
1913, in THE PUNTA GORDA HERALD, q
newspaper published weekly in DeSoto County,
Florida.
Given under my hand and seal at Arcadia
Florida, on this the sth day of May, 1913.
AL. DUKRANCE.
fSEALl Clerk of circuit court.
DeSoto County, Florida,
hereby certify that the above is a true and
correct copy of the original on file in my Office,
A, L. DURANGO,
SEAL Clerk Of Circuit Court.
tujne2
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In Circuit Court

In Circuit Court, roth Judicial Circuit, Desoto
County, Florida, in chancery.
The Punta Gorda Bank,
corporation, Foreclosure Of
VS.
]. B. Straughan and Mortgage
Matte Straughan.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-07-03

abandoned themselves to a childish.
almost fantastic enjoyment Of stu.
alton unique In their experience. 1t
was soon to end, 1t would never be
repeated. 1t was an adventure charged
with romance, accidental. unsought.
as all true adventures are. The world
was forgotten for these few days Of
Imprisonment against the mountains
mighty heart. 1t did not exist for
them. All that was real was their own
little party, the white-washed pas.
sages and walls Of Perleys. the din.
ing.room with Its board floor and
homely fare, and the parlor at night
with a semicircle OF faces round the
blazing logs.
On the afternoon Of the sixth day
Dominick made his first appearance
down stairs. He achieved the descent
with slow painfulness, hobbling be.
tween Perley and the doctor. The for.
mer's bath.robe had been cast aside
for dignified dark.brown dressing.
gown, contributed to his wardrobe by
Cannon, and which. cut to fit the burly
proportions Of the Bonanza King.
hung around the long. lank form Of
the young man In enyeloping folds.
The parlor was empty. save for Miss
Cannon sitting before the fire. Dom.
mick had ceased to feel bashfulness
and constraint In the presence OF this
girl, who had been pushed-against
his will II not against her own-into
the position OF his head attendant.
The afternoon when they had sat to.
gether In his room seemed to have
brushed away all his shyndss and self.
consciousness. He thought now that
It would be difficult to retain either in
intercourse with being who was so
candid. so spontaneous, SO freshly nat.
ural. He found himself treating her
ns II she were young boy with whom
he had been placed on sudden foot.
Ing Of careless, CHEEKY intimacy. But
her outward seemlng-what she pre-.
sented to the eye-was not In the
least boyish. Her pale. opaque blond.
ness. her fine. rich outlines. her soft.
ness OF mien. were things as complete
ly and graciously feminine as the
most epicurean admirer Of women
could have wished.
Now. at the sight Of her bending
over the fire. he experienced a sensa.
tion Of pleasure which vaguely sur.
prised him. He was hardly conscious
that all the time he had been dressing
and while he came down stairs he
had been hoping that she would be
] there. He sent q quick glance ahead
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Very Easy Money.

An Abilene tKan.) paper tells how
a crowd Of college boys. seeking work
In the harvest fields. were buncoed
In that town. The confidence man
was big. fine looking fellow and this
was the talk he gave the collegians:
I'm ]. ]. Jackson. I'm looking for
about twenty high grade harvesters
for the Jackson ranch, which my IA.
ther owns. We have several girls
from the east visiting US. and as the
women have to be alone q great deal,
we don't want to depend on the ordi.
nary class Of labor. You fellows are
college men. and you look all right
to me. II you'll let me have a dollar
rs a pledge Of good faith I'll take you
along" Twenty In one group paid
dollar apiece, and that Is the last any
one saw OF Mr.. Jackson.
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table which was covered with an ir.
regular scattering Of books.
Before you came down l was look.
Ing over these books. There are lots
of them. Mrs. Perley says they've
been accumulating for years. Mining
men have left them and some Of
them have the names of people know
written In them. ! thought perhaps
you might like to read some OF them"
Dominick sent a lazily disparaging
glance over the books. He was not
much Of reader at the best OF times.
What are they" he said, novels 2"
Mostly" She sat down by the
table and took up the volume nearest
to her. Here's Tale Of Two Cities.
That's fine one"
1--WE read 1t. Yes. It's splendid. It's
all about the French Revolution. The
hero's like real person and heroes
In books hardly ever are. only Id have
liked him better II he'd stopped drink.
Ing and married his girl"
II thought perhaps you might like
me TO read to you." she said. turning
tentative glance on him. That's
how was going to amuge and instruct
you"
I'm sure It would be much more
amusing and probably Just as instruc.
tive II you talked to me-"
You've got to stay down here two
hours. How could talk and be anus.
Ing and instructive for two hours!
You'd probably have a relapse and
I'm quite sure the doctor'd find me In
dead faint on the hearth when he
came In"
"All right. Let's try the books,
Don't let's risk relapses and dead
faints."
Very well. then. that's understood
Well go through the library now. ri
read the titles and you say II you like
any Of them"
Suppose dont?"
You'll surely have a preference"
"All right. I'll try to. Go on"
Here's Foul Play by Charles
Reade. It seems to have been good
deal read. Some Of the paragraphs
are marked with n pencil"
~ think I've read It. but I'm no,
sure. It sounds like a murder story
No. let's pass on that"
"Well. here's Mrs. Skaggs' Hus
bands. by Bret Harte. Docs that SOUND
rs II you'd like 1T"
"'Husbands!' No. We don't wan,
to read about woman who has hus
bands. Pass on that. too"
THE next 10 very nicely bound aut
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Antelope was as completely cut on
from 1t as though marooned on a
strip Of sand in an unknown sea. A
second storm had followed the crigi-
nal one, and the end Of the first week
saw them showed in deeper than ever.
Antelope trickle Of roofs and smoke.
stacks. in a white, crystal.clear will
derness, solemn in its stiffness and
loneliness as the primeval world.
The wires were down; the letter.
carrier could not break his way in
to them. They heard no news and re-
ceived no mail. Confined in group
OF rude buildings. crouched in hol.
low Of the Sierra's flank. they felt
for the first time what 1t was to be
outside that circle Of busy activity
In which their lives had heretofore
passed. They were face to face with
the nature they thought they had con.
quered and which now In its quiet
grandeur awed them with sense Of
their own small helplessness. Pressed
upon by that enormous silent indiffer-
ence. they drew nearer together, each
Individual unit gaining in Importance
from the contrasting lmmensIty with
out, each character unconsclously de.
clarlng itself, emerging from acquired
reticences and becoming bolder and
more open.
|
They accepted their captivity in a
spirit of gay good humor. The only
two members Of the party to whom It
seemed irksome were Bill Cannon and
the actor. both girding against con.
finement which kept them from their
several spheres Of action. The others
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made sudden haste to gather up the
coins.
"Oh. he's Just loahng about" she
said as easily as was consistent with
the disappointment and alarm that
gripped her. Hes Just wandering
round from place to place. He was
getting insomnia and wanted change
Of scene"
She snapped the clasp Of her purse
before the man could ask her further
questions, nodded her good.bys, and
turned from the window. Her face
changed as she emerged on the wide,
stone steps that led to the street. It
was pinched and pale. two lines drawn
between the eyebrows. She descend.
ed the steps slowly. the food Of mag.
nihoent sunshine having no warming
influence upon the chill that had
seized upon her. Many Of the pass.
Ing throng Of men looked at her-a
pretty woman In her modishly.made Q
dress Of tan.colored cloth and her
close-htting brown turban with q
bunch Of white paradise feathers at
one side Under her dotted veil her
carefully made.up complexion looked
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Of him. saw her. and looked away. The
pain Of his feet was violent, and with
out again regarding her he knew that
while he was gaining his chair and his
attendants were settling him, she had
not turned from her contemplation Of
the fire. He already knew her we'll
enough to have q comfortable assur.
ancs Of her invariable quick tact. It
was not till the two men we're leaving
the room that she turned to him and
said. as II resuming an interrupted
conversation:
"Well, how do you like the parlor?
Speak nicely Of 1t for feel as II 1t
belonged to me-"
ITS a flrst-rate parlor," he an.
swered. looking about him. Never
saw better one. Who's the gentle
man with the wreath Of wax flowers
round his head7"
"That's Jim Granger. He comes
from here. you know; and you mustn't
laugh at those flowers. they came OF
his coffin"
my father knew him." said the
young man indifferently. There were
lots Of queer stories about Jim Gran.
ger. He killed man once up at Bo-
die. You've fine fire here. haven't
you?"
Fine. It's never allowed to 90 out.
What do you think intend to do this
afternoon? I've plan for amusing
and instructing you"
What Is IT." he said somewhat un-
easily. II don't feel in the least as
II I wanted to be instructed"
She rose and moved to the center
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her nat and put on her gloves. When
she turned back to the table she had
regained possession Of herself. Her
veil was down and through 1t her
cheeks looked unusually flushed. and
her dark eyes. with their slanting out
er corners. brighter and harder than
ever. She hurried through her good.
bys on the plea that she had shopping
to do. and almost ran out Of the house.
leaving trail Of perfumery and high.
artificial laughter behind her.
For the next week she waited for
news from Dominick and none came.
1t was q trying seven days. Added
to her embarrassment Of mind. the
loneliness Of the fiat was almost un.
endurable. There was no one to speak
to. no one to share her anxietiss. Her
position was unusually friendless.
When her marriage had lifted her
from the ranks Of working women she
had shown so cold face to her old
companions that they had dropped
away from her. realizing that she
wished to cut all ties with the world
of her humble beginnings. New friends
had been hard to make. The wives
Of some Of the bank ofhcials. and odd.
aspiring applicants for such honors
as would accrue from even this re.
mote connection with the august name
of Ryan. were all she had found where
with to make a circle and q visiting
list.
But she was intimate with none Of
them and was now too worried to seek
the society Of mere acquaintances.
She ate her solitary meals in oppres.
sive silence. feeling the Chinaman's &
eyes fixed upon her in ironic disbe.
lief Of the story she had told him to
account for Dominick's absence. Eat
as slowly as she would, her dinner
could not be made to occupy more
than twenty minutes, and after that
there was the long evening. the in.
terminable evening, to be passed. She
was a great reader Of newspapers,
and when she returned from her after.
noon shopping she brought bundle
Of evening papers home In her hand.
She would read these slowly. at first
the important items, then 60 over
them for matters Of less moment. and
finally scan the advertisements.
At the end of the week she felt that
she must find out something, and went
to the bank. It was her intention tc
cash small check and over this
transaction see II the paying teller
would vouchsafe any information
about Domiuick. She pushed the
check through the opening and. as the
man counted out the money. said
glibly:
DO you hear anything Of my wan
dering husband?"
The teller pushed the little pile oil
silver and gold through the window
toward her and leaning forward, said
with the air Of one who intends to
have lelsurely moment Of talk:
mo. We haven't. Isn't It our place
to come to you for that? We were
wondering where he'd gone at such
season."
Berny's delicately.gloved fingers
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SYNOPSIS.

Bill Cannon, the bonanza king. and his
daughter. Rose, who had passed up Mrs
Cornelius Ryans ball at San Francisco to
accompany her father. arrive at Antelope.
Dominlck Ryan calls on his mother to
beg ball Invitation for his wife. and u
to recognize her daughter-in-law. Dom
inick had been trapped into q marriage
with Bernice lverson. stenographer.
several years his senior. She squanders his
money. they have frequent quarrels. and
he slips away. Cannon and his daughter
Ryan Is rescued from storm In uncon-
scious condition and brought to Antelope
hotel. Antelope Is cut of by storm. Rose
Cannon nurses Dominick back to life.
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-07-03
The Family rrouhlA.

"Why doesn't that house Of yours
rent?"
For the same reason myself don't
do lot Of things"
What reason Is that?"
my wife won't let me-"
The Raymer enterprise., 1913-07-03
CHAPTER WI.
snow.eound.

While the world went about Its af.
fairs. attended to Its business, read
its papers. sent Its kilograms and
wrote its letters, the little group at
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
SCANDINAVIAN SUFFRAGE
The International Council Of Women Rcjoiced
Over the Illinois and Norway Victories and
= Discussed Suffrage for Denmark.

occupy any military Office or any iu tho
state Church. This did not NOTIFY them.
but it was proposed boo Parliament with
out their initiative. that tines. restrictions
should be abolished ON the ground that
voters could not legally DC excluded from
any official position,
The proposal % admit women as clergy
mon in the state Church required Tho de-
Gliding vote OF the President of tine uUpc.
house To defeat 70. II viii Joe rcmeru-
bercd how in 1911. when the Rev. Anna
Shaw was on her way 10 the iuternauona:
congress i'm Stockholm. the women 81
Christiania invited her 10 stop Owe sun
day and preach The Cabinet Minister Of
Religion refused 10 allow her 90 90 so in
the Lutheran or state Church. ana one
Of another Denomination had 20 Doe See
cured The women raised q storm oi pro-
test. the minister was ccngured oy Par
Lament. and the same year Il ordered
the churches to be opened TO women
speakers \ month later Mrs Bramwei
Booth spoke from the pulpit Of the ca
thedral az Bergen
The situa ton is especially interesting "i
Norwav because it is the only indepe1-
dent government that has euirancnised
women. Australia New Zealand ana fIh-
land being dependencies.
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the Parliament OF 1911. but by 1913 new
situation had arisen and new party had
been formed. The old question Of secur-
ing greater independence from Denmark
had been reopened. and the revision OF the
constitution was postponed. The women
insisted that their measure should be con-
sdered by itself and have the necessary
sanction Of second Parliament, but the
men thought IL was much more impor-
tant that they should get increased rights
for themselves. In order to make some
amends to the women the government
paid all the expenses OF the president OF
the suffrage association and another dele
gate to the Congress OF International
Alliance at Budapest!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1913-08-24
MOTHER CATS NURsLINGs.

Anybody who spends an hour 81 the
infirmary has no lack OF proof that the
members OF the Horse Aid Drivers Club
are being good TO horses-yes. and good
10 dogs and cats, too. It's a duh hour
when some burly driver doesn't come in
with:
Say. Mrs Enrich there's a big litter
Of little kittens down NJ our stable. to-
many for the cat to take care Of. an
they're bein' kicked around bad"
Bring them up hero. but leave one
for the cat" says Mrs. Enrich. and
presently comes the driver. with his hat.
maybe. full Of little helpless kittens.
These are given over 70 Mother Cat TO
be washed and tended and given taste
of comfortable cat life before. as Mrs.
Ehrlich saws. we send them TO cat
heaven"
Mother Cat is one OF the institutions
al the infirmary A little furry creature
with big neart. she mothers every
homeless kit that is brought into the
place. And many a one is brought there
by drivers and by the children OF the
neighborhood. and many n little home
less dog, too. For some OF these homes
are found after they are cured: others
have TO be painlessly killed. Horses TOO.
which their owners think are done for,
find haven and kind care al the Horse
Aid Inhrmary, where the members OF
the drivers club can see daily object les
sons in the motto OF that club: Goodness
to every living creature"