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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15
s.---.-rpe, MEETING

The annual meeting Of the stock E,1, q.
ers Of the Punta Gorda Bank viii be
held at its banking house in Punta Cor q.
da. Florida, at 10 o'clock a. nm M r on ene
18Th day Of January 49, i4 fra Ims y
such busisa osi as may be legal and prop
erly brourbt before said meeting
CHAS. L. FRIES, Cashier
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15
Never Failing Attraction

1T is eight years since came to Pun.
ia Gorda looking for place to get OUT
of the cold" said Mr.. E. A. Low I found
it right here. / like Punta Gorda and
nothing could get me back to Kentucky
to live all the year round. Punta Corda
has now become my home. guess my
investments show what l think Of its
future If didn't believe in its develone
ment / shouln't be putting the money
into it, would i? No sir, Punta C.orda
is fine town and now we have voted
bonds for sewerage and water systems
1t is going to grow
Mr.. Low has been discriminating
consistent investor in Pulta Go-da pro-
perty since he became familiar with ito
peculiar chances for growth an1 ,odav l.
one of the largest properly wne.s in the
city.
Last winter Mr. j. F. Gleason Of
Seattle, State of Washington, was in the
city and has now returned accommodates
by Mrs. Gleason for the season. Mr..
Gleason's belief in Punta Gorda holds
promises for the future.
"A business proposition" was his first
excuse for coming last winter This
winter the attraction was lust Punta
Gorda's climate and physical attractions
But even behind those is a very good
reason which Mr.. Gleason tersely words
the many ungrasped business open
ings."
Mr. M e. Klein, from Louisville. XIV
a prominent real estate operator and in
weston, has been a figure for several
weeks enjoying the hunting and fishing
around the city. Last year Mr.. Klein's
brother was here. He Is expected again
within a few days when it will soon be
decided whether they will acquire inter-
ests in and around Punta Gorda of suffi-
cient Importance for one of them to per-
manently locate here Mr.. Klein said
II came here through the reports of my
brother as to the general climate and the
many undeveloped business openings in
the city and surrounding section. That
is what will hold me, too.
A cherry couple may be seen almost
any evening about shutdown driving along
the hard road returning from their farm
about a mile and half out Mr.. Has
lett came here from Oklahoma. Game
for my health" he said. Found 1t too.
Then ! came back because / was sure
Punta Gorda was the place for me, that
could make better living here than
anywhere / had been. And l stay be-
cause like, the place too well to go
away. Punta Gorda is going to draw
lot of people for the same reasons very
soon. 1t can't help it"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15

Lame back may come from over-work,
cold settles in the muscles Of the back,
or from disease In the two former
cases the right remedy is BALLAhD ,
SNOW LINIMENT. 1t should be rubbed
In thoroughly over the affected part.
the relief will be prompt and satisfactory;
Price csc, soc and s1.00 per bottles Sold
by all druggists.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15
NorlcE oE sunscRIeERs, MEETINc

NOrTcEs a. barahv given that meeting
Of the s,,h y nsaT' to the capital stock
Of P pr su Gorda Tanning and Preserving
Company viii be held at the Beard oar Of Of
Trade Rooms in Punta Go GSrd dax p ~ Jap a.
:sOp. on Saturday the 24tn uay o such
1914, for the purpose OF tralS bafore said
subscribers o,,ur,J
Temporary President.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15

Don't neglect to order several copies
of the regular Weekly Booster HERALD
sent to the home folks, 1t VIII save iet-
ter writing and show them just what sort
of city you compliment with your pres
ence this winter
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15
ADVERTISEMENT

Heartburn, indigestion or distress of
the stomach Is Instantly relieved by
HERBINE. 1T forces the badly di-
gested food out of the body and restores
tone in the stomach and bowels. Price
SOC. Sold by all druggists.
fAdyorti omnp+N
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15

Mail today copy of this issue Of the
HERALD to some friend who is not en-
joying your good fortune in being in the
cleanest, finest, most f1ospitable city in
South Florida. The HERALD is a truly
truthful booster
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1914-01-15

The HERALD will be running a. special
edition every week See that some
friend receives it. The HERALD will
save you the trouble of directing the
wrapper. Tell the HERALD.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
breaches GOSPEL
TO BEACH CROWDS
Brighton Pleasure Seekers See
Unique Experiment in Evan
geIistiC Work.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Brightor
Beach is a cosmopolitan resort. There
is little of everything going on there
Bathing in the ocean. tangoing on the
beach, roller skating in the rink. dane
ing in the music hall, lobster eating on
the hotel verandas and gospel services
on the boardwalk. one would think this
would be the last place in the world to
hold revival services. yet right in the
midst of the great throng of pleasure
seekers, many of them non-churchgoers.
the work of gospel preaching is being
done.
W. E. Stephens is the director Of the
movement. He is a layman. He has:
With his band of speakers, singers and
workers, attracted great crowds to the
gospel services. He obtained permits
sion from the president of the Brooklyn
Rapid Transit Company to occupy the
irregular triangle in the far right hand
corner of the lawn of the Brighton
Beach Hotel for the purpose of carry
ing on his evangelistic campaign. He
eected a stand in this public place, and
with a small organ undertook to read
the Bible and conduct services on Satur-
days and Sundays between the hours
of and o'clock
Here, where three throngs of people
sist of singing, scripture exposition and
short gospel talks. Everyone said II
was doomed to failure; a chimereal
scheme that scarcely any sane person
would attempt At first the crowds
turned their backs on the attempt
Later a few stopped to listen: a few
more tarried to hear. until the audi
ence reached the thousands. Last year
the audiences reached 5,005 on June -
$3.50 on June %, S,4S on July Is, l0,750
on August 3, 14.233 on August "a, and
1853 on August 81. The attendance up
to this date has exceeded last year by
nearly $1,000 The largest attendance
this year was on July T. when it reached
l440S The attendance last Sunday was
1880. and there was a number of con-
versions.
The work is not under the auspices
of any church society or denomination.
but is supported by the free will offer
ings of Christian people. No collections
have so far been taken up.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
WOMAN HOLDS WHEEL
THROUGH BIG STORMS
Pilots Leaky Schooner as Mas
ter and Crew Labor to Keep
Vessel AfI0at.

HONOLULU, H. l., Aug. sit was
the hand of a brave woman that for
many weary hours in each watch guided
the distressed and leaking schooner
Tampa through a succession of gales
and tempestuous seas to haven of
refuge at Honolulu.
Mrs. John Jansen, wife of the master
of the Tampa, who months ago sailed
from Seattle. Wash, signing the ships
articles as cook, figured in a soul try
ing experience during the twenty-five
days the little vessel labored at the
mercy of the storm king in the South
Seas.
With a crew of four men before the
mast the Tampa was brought off the
harbor with decks awash. Day and
night the seamen devoted their entire
energies to keeping afioat the craft,
laden with so tons of phosphate rock
from Makateo Island. With every move
ment of the schooner in the trough or
the seas a number of gaping seams
were opened through which quantities
Of water found their way.
More dead than alive, the little COM
pany, including Captain Jansen, his
wife and the four seamen, hailed the
sight of a calm harbor with express
sions of thankfulness.
From the time OF leaving Makateo
Island, a French possession in the
South Seas, behind. the weather proved
unfavorable to the heavily laden vcssel.
Putting into Tahiti. one member of the
crew was taken ashore, suffering from
illness. Short handed. Captain Jansen
decided to battle with the elements.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
CLEVER MAID TRAPS
ALLEGED BURGLARS
Alone, She Locks Two Youths
in Basement and Calls the
Police to Get Them.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5.-Two Beau
Brummels," who. the police say. are
members of a gang OF "scuttle thieves
who have broken into sixteen houses,
were captured by the cleverness of a
maid. Anna Truefheim. in the employ
Of Charles Voght. tr., at 5s4 McDonoush
street.
+ The family was out of town and the
maid was alone in the house, dressing
herself. when she heard fumbling at
the scuttle. She permitted the intruders
to descend into the basement. When
she heard the burglars moving about
on the basement floor she closed and
locked the door. She telephoned to the
Ralph avenue station. and Lieutenant
Edwards and Officers Mulvey, Ruhling,
and Cavanaugh arrived and expressed
themselves as tickled with the find"
The two alleged burglars, Arthur Belts,
sixteen, a6s Pulaski street, and Michael
Karzer, sixteen. Of 1873 Ralph avenue,
at first resisted arrest, refusing to
walk a step unless they were allowed
to tidy up, wash and brush their hair.
When arraigned in the station house
they were identified by Mrs. Kate
Jacobson, who lives in 1873 Ralph avenue.
as the young men whom she had sur
prised while in the act of robbing her
home on July 5. Kramer, who lives in
the same house, had come presumably
to her assistance, routing" the thieves
and apologized that he could not do
more"
The Washington times., 1914-08-05

ttnuous curative tendency. Where the gem
cral health is fairly good the rapidity with
which $. 5. S. clears the skin OF unsightly
eruptions banshes the pains of rheuna =
tism has been commented upon by physicians
chemists and overjoyed patients truly
remark able. And even in those severe types
OF blood disease where its ravages have
been torture for years the improvement
that has taken place after short of
S. s. S. has long been wonder that ma
ture should have given us remarkable and
perfect an antidote.
You will find S S. s sale at all drug
stores. but carefully avoid all substitutes.
Wrapped around the bottle is a descriptive
folder that tells you about the famous free
medical department that has been the nope
the inspiration and the successful guidance
OF a host OF sufferers. For a special treatise
on blood troubles written by a skilled doctor
write The Swift Specihc Co.. 30 Swift Bldg
Atlanta. Ga.-Advt.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
ST. PAUL ONCE AGAIN
A BUSY RIVER PORT
Freight Congestion on Railroads
Forces Shippers to Take
Water Route.

ST. PAUL. MIMI. Aug. 5.-High water
on the upper Mississippi river and the
Increasing congestion of freight on
railroads has once more brought st.
Paul into the limelight as the terminal
Mississippi river port. River traffic
is increasing. To the steamboat men
IL looks very much as If the good old
days were coming back.
As a result Of the spring floods the
channel of the upper Mississippi has
been swept clear of many sneGs and
sandbars.
True. there have been a few sand
bars formed also as result of the
spring flood. but the only one which
amounts to anything, river pilots say.
is located near Prescott Landing
On the whole the river for navigation
purposes Is in better condition this
year than 1t has been for many years.
Technically the head of navigation on
tho Mississippi Is above st. Paul. and
the passage of boats to the high dam
between the Twin Cities soon will be
a reality.
A Government dredge with its scows
and boarding boat is at work now at
nesota rivers, SO that the channel up
TO the dam win be navigable.
Just below the dam there is a ire
mendous rush of water due to the
breaking of the cofferdam and two
sections of the dam proper in the spring
floods. Repair work is in progress.
All the dredging. stump and snag pull
ing and the removal of "deadheads,"
which Is under the care OF the engi-
neering corps of the army. has been
temporarily because of the fight in
Congress over the rivers and harbors
bill appropriating $53 000o 600 for river
improvements throughout the country.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
THIS GOVERNOR IS
ON THE STUMP DAILY
Chief Executive of Minnesota Is
Said to Have Made $500
Speeches in Five Years.

MINNEAPOLIS. Mimi, Aug. 5-Min-
esota has had her share of statesmen
E.th oratorical inclinations, but Gov
nor Eberhart has surpassed them all
as speechmaker. When he quits Of
'Ce. January 5, next, the governor will
ave served five years. three months
nd fourteen days-l,932 days in all. He
ok office September q, 1909 the day
I'M 4. johnson died. Governor Eber-
art will have travelled 5000 miles and
lade more than one speech a day.
hose who are familiar with the COVER
"T history estimate the total number
addresses he has made since taking
flee at 200 to $500. No one really
lows. however, not even the governor
'msef. Suffice to say that he has
zen burning up the roads during the
st i've years at a rate which probably
All defy competition for years to
ONE.
The present lecture tour is perhaps
ne hardest the governor has ever un-
ertaken. He began July l, and his it.
1erary called for speeches every day
nth September l. Each day he is in
different town. He started out in
-entucky and Tennessee, and has now
lTaded Indiana. From there he goes
- Illinois. Wisconsin. Michigan. and
en- back through Illinois on his way
ONE. When he finishes this trip he
rooao!y will accept an invitation ex-
" nded by the Republican national COM
ittee to speak for the Republican
ate ticket in Maine during September.
is not thought likely that he will
Re the stump in Minnesota for his
"torious opponent at the recent pri-
zrles. William Z. Lee, although he
s promised TO support the ticket
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
OYSTERS ARE MADE
TOPRODUCE PEARLS
Japanese Savant TickIes MoIusc
by Scientific Method and
Precious Stone Is Found.

or the many strange farms to be
found in various parts of the world, the
most extraordinary. says the Christian
Herald, are the pearl oyster farms OF
japan. Here the pearl oyster is made
to produce the precious gems in a re-
lible and methodical manner. while an
other interesting feature of the centure
Is that the oyster containing them are
brought to the surface by women divers.
1t was DR.. Mikimoto. a wealthy Ja-
panese scientist, who discovered how
the pearl oyster could be made to work
for man and produce the much priced
stones at his will. 1t took years of
costly experiment to produce this result
The farm where these precious stones
are produced has a water area of some
fifty nautical square miles, varying IN
depth from five to fifteen fathoms. Small
pieces of stone are placed where the
larvae OF the oysters have been found
spat are found attached t othem. These
are then taken and removed to
special beds, where they lie till their
third year.
Now an oyster will not produce pearl
unless 1t Is irrtated inside the shell by
some foreign substance. 1t then pro-
ceeds at once to make good the defect
tiful layers of nacre. The oysters are
taken out of the water and surgical
operation Is performed on each one of
them, with consists in introducing a
foreign substance. and by the end Of
three to five years the animal has COW
cred the inserted nucleus with many
layers of nacre, or in other words has
up from thirty to fifty Of these a min
.Ifa
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
Hopper Got Even.

Not long ago De Wolf Hopper. the
actor. was selecting a hat in a well
known Filth avenue shop. His own
hat removed. he stood holding two
others trying to decide which to buy.
At this moment a Young man OF the
over-dressed. wouldbe swagGer type
entered the store. and. mistak!ng Mr..
Hopper for a salesman, drawled at
him in an affected and peculiarly irri-
tating tone:
"My hat doesn't Mt my good man y
Before replying Mr.. Hooper quite
deliberately inspected the speaker
from head to toe. Then, turning
away. he said swcetly:
Neither does your coat. my boy
Eve rybody's Magazine.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
Won Race With Death.

In race across the continent 10
reach the bedside Of mis- mother. who
was dying at the Georgetown Univer-
sity Hospital. Rotert Murphy. of this
city, a baseball payer on the Oakland,
Cal, team of the Pacific Coast League,
just reached the hospital in time His
mother, Mrs Mary A. Murphy died
shortly after he arrived at her bed
side. Mrs. Murphy is survived by her
sons, Robert and James w. Murphy.
and her brother. owen Killiam. The
funeral will take place tomorrow after
noon at o'clock. Burial will be in
Arlington National Cemetery in charge
of the United Spanish War Veterans,
her late husband having served in the
war with Spain.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
Merit of Famous Rene


Not a day passes but what some one an
nounces his complete recovery from some
lingering blood malady. after using 5. S S.
the famous blood purifier. And these re-
coverics vary from severe forms Of eczema
and other skin diseases 10 those which at
tack the deeper tissues causing general
catarrh, chronic rheumatism. glanduIar
swellings and all sorts OF painful. distress
ing and eruptive conditions Of the blood.
The action of S s. s. is entirely in the
blood. as IL is not mere laxative, not a
dope for the nerves. contains no miner
ais Of any sort. is acceptable to the weak
est stomach and IL always the same force
full influence. Its properties are such that
unlike most remedies the system never re-
sIsts its action. but welcomes IL. Thus
from the time 1t is first used until COM
plete recovery IL is the same dominating
force in the blood and cannot produce any
other than a most beneficial effect and con-
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
WOman's Feather Causes
Man Getting Hard Beating

NEW YORK. Aug. 5.-The feather
projecting from woman's hat brushed
across the neck OF Mrs. Alice Tamraz,
of pa Somerville place. Yonkers. as she
stood waiting for street car in Getty
square, Yonkers, and she wheeled
around to see who had tickled her.
Peter Dovle. of a orchard street.
standing near by, thrust one hand into
his pocket, stroked his chin with the
other, and smiled. Mrs. Tamraz was
sure the hand Doyle held in his pocket
concealed a ticker. and that he was
laughing at her discomfort.
So she raised her umbrella and flog-
ged him until such crowd surged
around that Policeman Ryan had diff
ficulty elbowing his way through and
rescuing Doyle. The two made counter
charges of assault against each other
and went around to the station house
There Doyle persuaded Mrs. Tamraz
that passing woman's feather tickled
her neck and that he had nothing to do
with II.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
Only Winners Wanted

Lincoln Beachey, the aviator, had
just looped the loop at Santa Barbara.
But l don't know what will become
of aviation he said, IF the inventors
fight much harder. We poor flyers must
watch the inventors fight-we must
choose the winner-or we'll be left
badly.
It's like the show girl in the Broad
wav lobster palace
Waiter she said. this lobster OF
mine has only one claw. How about it,
Well, We see, madam said the
the" fight one another in the Kitchen
Please take this fellow away, then
said the show girl, and bring me a
winner Baltimore American.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
FOUR MONTHS At
SEA AND NO RAIN
The Crofton Hall Rounds the
Horn Twice Without Encoun-
tering Unpleasant Day.

NEW YORK, Aug. 5-Four months at
sea- including the rounding of Cape
Horn and the passages through the
roaring forties" twice. without a single
day of bad weather once she left New
York behind her until she made fast
yesterday TO the American piers at
TompkinsvilIe, is the amazing record
made by the Crofton Hall, of the New
York and South America line, Captain
Holster, commanding her. is very proud
OF the exceptional voyage, and says
that In all his sea experience, from
the time he was an apprentice on board
the old Crofton Hall of the same line.
a big four masted bark, he has never
seen such continuous fine weather.
The Crofton Hall left here on Wash
ingtons birthday, according to CAPTAIN
Holster. in blizzard weather, but once
the highlands of Navesink were lowered
the temperature ran I'D to Is degrees
and from that time she steamed in
snootn seas and under smiling skies.
Inc Crofton Halls itinerary took in rhe
West Indies, and both the eastern and
western coasts of South America, the
voyage ending at Callao. Going down
she carried thirty passengers. but
Drought no passengers back with her.
third round trip since she went into
commission in April. 1913 She was
Quilt especially for the Panama Canal
trade, and when the canal is opened
VIII make cruises around South Ameri-
ca, returning home wa the canal. She
was constructed to carry limited num-
Der of first class passengers On &C
count of the number of times she cross
es the equator, the ceremonies that take
place for the passengers delectation
when the vessel crosses the line" are
on a most elaborate scale, and Father
Neptune and his satellites who come
aboard to hold court and initiate the
are well rehearsed in their
parts.
The ceremonies always are accompa-
MED by melodies from the foo foo"
band, whose instruments range from a
jewsharp to a portable fog horn. Cap
tain Holster says that the volume and
character of noise produced by the
Crofton Halls band when in good fettle
beat anything he has ever heard.
The Washington times., 1914-08-05
Poor Father.

A gentleman. In a provincial towr
owns a row of houses, and in one Of
them lives a married son of his who II
noted for his misery habits.
This had got to such a pitch that fol-
several years his father had been un-
able to get a single penny Of the rent
due him.
AS he did not want to take harsh
measures he at last went round to his
son che morning and said:
Look here, Tom, it's plainly no use
my trying to get any rent out of you
for that house of mine, so I've decided
to give 1t to you"
No fear" inteposed the son. q
shan't have it."
why not, pray?" exclaimed the as
tonished parent.
Because them" replied the unabash-
ed son. I'D have to pay tn rates and
taxes; and goodness knows they are
heavy enough in this town-"-Tit- bits
sist her