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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

on season of year, market, etc,
(Some farmers are better than
others and have more sense. He
quit talking.
Schools, Churches, Roads
1t has good High School, high
curriculum and a fine corps OF in
structors. Domestic arts and
sciences are taught, as well as the
usual courses. An agricultural
course has been added Baptist,
Episcopal, Methodist and Presby-
terian churches. Electric lights.
City water and sewerage. There
are several miles of good roads
built. The district has recently
bonded for 100000 for good
roads. Punta Gorda is a good
road to health, happiness and
prosperity, and it is not hard
road either.
Citrus Fruits, Guavas
There are many fine orange and
grapefruit groves within three,
five to six miles of Punta Gorda
The delicious guava grows every
where without care or attention
this will some day be a great in
dustry.
Board, Hotels, Boarding Houses
On account of the mineral water
and the climate, visitors should
come to Punta Gorda summer and
winter. A person can secure
fairly good board from Sc to 81
per week. If he wishes to econ.
omize, he can rent a room or bring
tent, eat fish, drink water and
air, eat fruits, etc. One can live
here and be a tourist cheaper
than he can live at home. There
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

in all the wells, it is claimed.
Well at the city hall 4S0 feet; at
old ice plant three wells, 4OS,4lO,
Ais feet deep; new city wells 245
feet, 24S feet deep; near Punta
GOrda point 1S5 feet deep; one
mile south of Punta Gorda approx
imately 600 feet deep.
A good opening for some one to
establish hot baths, as at Hot
Springs, Ark.
At Hot Springs, Arkansas,
some of the doctors hint at Radio
activity of the water, charging
you $3.50 to $500. We have got
to Sorter hint too, charging you
5000. About the only difference
in the hint is the price.-ALBERT
W. GILCHRIST.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

|speak for the winter climate.
Whilst hay, beggar weed, vel
vet beans and other forage crops
do well here, yet this is not a corn,
oat or wheat country. Some time
ago tourist from Illinois, in my
presence, was running down the
soil here. i asked him what was
principally raised in his country.
He said corn. / asked how many
bushels per acre. He said about
fifty, weighing about fifty-slx
pounds to the bushel, or about
one ton and a half (short tom to
the acre. ] said go down this
street to the nearest or fatherest
pinery. You will find that 10000
or more pineapples are planted to
the acre. Returning, stop at the ex-
press Office, where you will see
some crates of pineapples ready
for shipment. On each box the
number of apples is marked, the
crate weighing about eighty
pounds. You will find the aver
age to-day or any other day to be
about 16 to the crate, S pounds
each, about thirty short tons to
the acre-call it half. This land
will not raise much corn; your
Land will not raise any pineapples.
Your land will raise about one
and half tons of corn to the a.
ere; ours call it fifteen tons OF
pineapples. Your land will pro-
duce fifty bushels of corn to the
acre worth $40 to $50. The land
you are cursing out will produce
several hundred crates of pineap-
Piles to the acre worth from $3.50
to $3.50 per crate, depending up
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

are plenty of good hotels and
boarding houses where one can
get all the attention he wishes.
The population of Punta Gorda
is cosmopolitan, the people COM
ing from various portions of our
great nation. Several nationali-
ties are represented. Many good,
whole-souled people live in Punta
Gorda. Its population is about
1900 to 1000.
Read the testimonials regarding
the cures due to climate and to
our Mineral Water. If you know
of any one who is afflicted as these
have been, tell them to come to
Punta Gorda; come yourself.
A strong effort is being made to
secure golf links by the winter
season Of 1915-1916.
If you are sick, come to Punta
Gorda. If you are well, come to
Punta Gorda. No one can esti-
mate the benefit to the nation
from the climate and Mineral Wa
ter of Punta Gorda in prolonging
the lives Of many worthy people
for five, ten or fifteen years.
Punta Gorda is good place to
come to; other places are good to
come from.
If any one had an acre of corn
and it produced without fertilizer,
care, work or attention, $50 bush
els of corn, what would he care
for the analysis? If any one suf-
fering from a certain disease or
diseases was cured without medi-
cine. care, work, or attention,
what would he care for the analy-
sis of the water or climateY But
the analysis is given. The medl-
cal books tell what the minerals
cure. The analysis and the medl-
cal books bear testimony to the
testimonials. Come to Punta
Gorda all We that are afflicted,
weary and heavy laden through
disease, troubles from heart,
kidneys, bowels, stomach, indiges-
ton, insomnia, nervousness, asth-
ma. catarrh, constipation,
Bright Is disease, old age with its
attendant infirmities, or hay few
err. (See the testimonials for all
these diseases.) Come to ,Punta
Gorda for health, wealth, happi-
ness, sport, hunting, boating,
fishing, driving, amusements.
Our annual production of 5000
900 to 100000 pounds Of fish is
enough to supply the brain food
of a part Of the nation. 1t is the
cheapest thing we have. Come
to Punta Gorda for brain food all
We used-to-be's s, want-to-be's, 60
ing-to-be' S and be's, COME to
Punta Gorda.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12


On the northern coast OF Moio-
kai, west of the rocky peninsula
that extends seward from the foot
of a great precipice, there is pros
porous looking town with regular
streets and white cottages. Many
of the houses are surrounded by
bright green gardens, and severai
churches and larger buildings may
be seen. The leper settlement, es-
tablished in 1865, embraces S,OoO
acres, and within its borders i've
about 1000 unfortunates, isolated
by the great precipice, over which =. a
steep and somewhat dangerous tran
leads to the town.-Geological sur
vey Bulletin.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
LEpERs OF MoLoKAl.
t.ets About the Beautiful Island Where
They Are Isolated.

tneI ATe tootaho0s
Few travellers are familiar with
the island of Molokai, the fifth in
size of the Hawaiian Islands, and
to them probably the name signi-
fies little except as that Of United
States leper settlement. In the
more inaccessible parts of the IS
land. however, the, scenery Is Won
derful. and there are many inter-
etsing facts to be learned about this
small island, which was formed in
the Pacific ocean by two volcanoes.
Practically the whole southern
coast of Molokai is fringed by a
coral reef from half mile to a
mile vide. The parts of this reef
that lie near the main gulches are
gradually being filed with mud,
and thus the island is slowly grow
ing out southwark. The soil is
nearly everywhere fertile, but the
problem of obtaining water has not
vet been solved and the land is not
put to its greatest uses.
Sugar cane, cocoanuts, coffee, or
anges and rice are grown. Luxuri-
ant algaroba trees "a variety of mes
ouite) furnish excellent firewood
and the fiber of the lahale trees is
used for the manufacture of hats
The pasture lands are covered with
thick carpet of manania IA variety
of Bermuda grass or with delicate
tufted Pele grass up to an eleva
ton of about 500 feet on the west
| end of the island.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
An Approach to Perpetual Motion.

A clock is to be seen at Brussels
which comes about as near being a
perpetual motion machine as can be
invented, for the sun does the wind
ing. The following is the method
by which it works: A shaft exposed
to the solar rays causes an up draft
of air, which sets the fan in motion.
The fan actuates mechanism which
raises the weight of the clock until
it reaches the top and then puts a
brake on the fan till the weight has
gone down a little, when the fan is
again liberated and proceeds to act
as before. As long as the sun shines
frequently enough and the machin-
cry does not wear out the clock will
keep in motion.-Pearson's Weekly.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
And Figures Don't Lie.

Johnny came home the other
night in high glee, wearing the
arithmetic medal.
"What is that for?" asked his
mother.
CHATS the prize for doing ex-
amples," said Johnny. II did this
one: If our new baby weighs eleven
and half pounds and gains an
ounce each day'-'cause you told
Mrs. Smith she did yesterday
how much will she weigh when
she's twenty years old?' And the
answer was 466 pounds. And the
teacher said earned the prize. p
Exchange.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
A Long Felt Want.

An American once went to Wind
sor castle and insisted upon seeing
Queen Victoria. He was told that
it was quite impossible, as an audi
ence with the queen could be had
only by appointment. Still he per-
sisted, and then they told him fiat
footed that before seeing the queen
hemust state the object of his visit.
He said he wanted to show her new
piece of furniture, a throne bed-a
perfect throne. by day and perfect
bed by night.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
A story of Browning.

Browning himself couldn't always
explain his meaning at first reading
DR.. Furnivalli, founder of the English
Browning society, frequently consulted
the poet as to the meaning Of some pas
sage In his works. BLESS me-" Brown
ing would say, Il really have forgotten
what | dM mean. and rs ! haven't go.
a copy of my works by me l really
can't enlighten you. Just lend me the
book, there's good fellow. III look IT
over at my leisure and try to End OUT
what was In my mind ut the time
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

ger have been confirmed by Mick
witty and also by Rinet."
Calcium carbonate in its diff
ferent forms is used internally as
an antacid and a very mild as
tringent."
From Webster's New Intema-
tional Dictionary: Antacid. |
Med. a remedy for acidity of the
stomach, intestineS or urine as
an alkali or absorbent counterac-
tive of acidity.
at would appear that the local
action Of common salt upon the
stomach is that of a stimulant.
From The rp eu IT, S, Materia
Medica and Pharmacy, by Potter,
18th ed. calcium salts play an
important part in the circulation
and in most other functions of the
body. The heart or ANY other
muscles deprived of calcium will
no longer contract"
"These salts have a remarkable
influence ON the nutrition of plants
and animals. "
"They possess high coagulating
power in the blood. Their defci-
ency gives rise to Emphatic and
osseous diseases, and their abb
sence results in emaciation and
finally death"
"Their absence from water
renders the latter flat and inSipid
to the taste. +"
Calcium salts are believed to
prevent the formation Of uric
acid calculi, by binding the phoS,
plate of the food and blood and
thereby lessening the excretlon OF
phosphoric acid. The carbonate is
the salt preferred for this pur-
pose. +"
"Sodium chloride, common salt
is one of the most important and
abundant of the saline conStl-
tuents of the animal organism ex-
isting normally in the blood,
where it keeps the fiberS and al
bumen in solution. In very di-
lutte solutions it enables the water
to dissolve both albumenS ana
globulins and renders water non,
irritant to the animal tissues ana
harmless to the red corpuScleS'
1T is rapidly absorbed and rap
idly excreted and acts as a memo.
static, decreases the secretion OIL
mucous, is a vermifuge against
thread needles (worms), prevents
the absorption of pleuritic eXud-
atoms and dropsieS, and has con- con,
siderable power as an antiSeptlc'
"Magnesia and the carbonate
are used as antacids and laXatlV,
es, in acidity, sick headache anu
fatulent collie"
"The sulphate Epson oaltSJ
is one Of the most efficient Oh inc
saline cathartics and has VIDE
application. In acute lntiam5iia,
tory conditions, renal ana coruido
dropsy - from obstruction
of the postal circulation, increased
blood pressure within the cram
UNI, intestinal obstruction without
acute inflammation, the conStlPa-
ton of lead poisoning and haDl'ur
al constipation from detciehcy ~
the intestinal secretionS, II Is "'
excellent remedy" - j.,
These salts are chemically dis
solved in natures laboratory way
down there in the earth. However
this water produces good fGSui.9 s
See the testimonials as to hraI|
kidneys, stomach, indigestion con-
the TESTIMONIALS 40
to climate in asthma. No nay L0'
er ever known.
At present ice factory the big big
well is 4s2 feet deep, flowing I4oo
gallons per minute; tempera aLo,.o
so degrees. The other well Iny re
is 1876 feet deep; temperature ~
degrees.
The well in the centre OF Mar
an avenue is 26O feet deep; tenn
perature 70 degrees. oor,o
Temperature is Arrays &c S"i--'
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
Water Analysed


Punta Gorda, Feb. 20, 1916
Under date Of Feb. 10, Capt. R. E.
Rose, state chemist, sent me analy-
SEES of water from three of the ten
or twelve artesian wells here. ]
had sent him the water.
From the well in centre of Mari
an avenue: "Total dissolved SOL
ids, parts per million, 1888 parts "
of common salt, bicarbonate of
lime and magnesium sulphate.
Epson salts) "Organic matter
equal a trace. '"A highly mineral
water"
From new city well: Same
substances. Total dissolved
parts per million 1929 parts. A
very highly mineralized water. "
From old ice plant well: "Total
dissolved solids $3.50 parts per l.
100000" Same substances. "Ex-
tremely highly mineralned water.
"This combination of various
salts is more or less aperient,
hence has laxative effect upon
the kidneys and bowels. =
There is but little sulphur in
this water. This gas is tasted
and smelt while drinking at the
fountain. 1t escapes almost i'm
mediately. 1t escaped the state
chemist 1t should be called the
Punta Gorda Mineral Water.
The following is taken from
therapeutics and Practice by A.
Z. Wood, 18th ed.
1t is certain that lime salts are
required for the process of nutri
ton. "
The soluble salts of lime are
evidently not without phsyiologic-
al activity and have close relation
with the general bodily well being
w. II. Powell and K. Cook have
proved that the inorganic salts of
the blood, milk, gastric juice, etc.
are able to keep the isolated
frogs heart beating with force
and regularity for many hours
without other food, and accord
ing to the experiments Of Ringer,
among these salts, that of lime is
especially important. Further,
1t seems to be demonstrated that
small doses of soluble salts in
crease the energy of the hearts
act.sn, IS The experiments Of R.;;a-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
Where He Drew the Line.

~Bertie," said the fond mother,
show would you like to be banker
like Uncle Joseph when you grow
up?"
BERTHE looked critically at his
uncle's face and figure. Couldn't /
be banker" he asked anxiously,
without being like Uncle Joseph I"
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12
No Natural History Expert.

No Natural History Expert.
81 got up at daybreak and heard the
birds sing
THE idea" exclaimed the intensely
sympathetic woman, "of disturbing
the poor little birds just for your self
ish pleasure!'- Washington Star.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-12

Colonel Pepper died in 1908, age
80 wears When Col. Pepper
came here there was no arteslan
well.
Saved His Life
Punta Gorda, March 2, 1915-A
well known citizen OF Boston,
Mass, states he has been coming
here during the past twenty-seven
years, cruising in his yacht IN
these southern waters, hunt
ing and fishing, Usually
staying four to five mon
tbs in the winter. He stated to-
day that the climate of Southern
Florida had saved his life.
Stomach Trouble
Punta Gorda, Mar. 20, 1915-l
had stomach trouble for five years.
| could not eat any solid food. !
was treated by DR.. Coward, OF
Baird, Miss, and by DR.. Horton OF
DeRider, La. was also treated for
a short time in New Orleans, all
without apparent results. After
coming here, taking no medicine,
so far as / know i am now per-
fectly well. | can eat anything,
] drink Punta Gorda artesian well
water.--B. III. MOBLEY.
Indigestion
South Boca Grande, Fla, April
"a, 1915-I have lived for several
years in Punta Gorda. AT times
when there was a pressure from
indigestion on my heart and ]
could not sleep, good drink from
the Punta Gorda artesian mineral
water would relieve me in a very
short time.-MRS. VIM. III. JOHN
SON.
The leader-enterprise. [volume] (Fitzgerald, Ga.) 1912-1915, 1915-08-09

wv ~ Mills wv 80 =
The third voting period Enterprises
Club force The final close the
Nine o'clock Saturday night August
magnificent awarded
forward by their hopeful friends possible winners the
to the faith those who believed them ability
two districts today show list remind
at Irish wedding feast However there satisfaction
ent of
all his nothing
remaining.
will appear those that have
the right to called active members the Auto Club and these
activity Indifferent
The conditions might
folks will become again from the unfound from which they
suffering
estck maker and Ahm gonna live anyhow until All DE-
dons will extent that the ters s.
trouble with which
overwok that wonder their credit grocery
they will
eQn the front door of their butcher. &c
Knockers knock
the that will puddle
then cu the city which permits them within its limits Strange IS
the ynowest dog bowls the ou Perhaps the
through the Auto
ties when they find the evidenced by those
dsheaten ambition
member false motives
watching himself be continually harpg
evidence that he himself might be able to hide behind
Use the time hour or SO dav Use IT,
make tell ss the utilizing of time not how that
those of the lucky
because obtain the results think should all the
thing while time &c
self
8
Remember this the Auto Club will far better than
which
Judgment system absolutely your reward
from the campaign Do just much each day.
things, don't borrow trouble. rs
30 g
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16
e. Gano IS KiIos.
ELLA SEV0LVIOR OLLIzA YSEMPATICA
Por FIN SC ha dcscubicrto cl crcador dc
-erncs. Comalc una scmana gTatuItGrJcr!".

IT 'TrrT@Tr"o " MOI % NTNEN
ytgrslc1cdo' h. :C1dcsrrsrir:-
to. C1maio pDr uu1s DDS y
ob;cnas Nucya \ ida, Ssre'r
Rice. NcNius Tr,ncui0V g nc
,or Digestion ts;c CrKiONE
Z ur randcscubrm.rn;1 lbsv-
luJ4mculr sanu parf h0mAr-.
mu.cr o MO. PucGc prDyaTIp
gratis. Coma TN p14a.iu dc
.CERTONE mott ST. InmrdIc'l
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16
P0R QUE NO GOZAR De BUENA SALUD
4 MI PR07I0 C0STO?
p.,edo Probar!eE En- Uno CuanEo5 Dies, Enteramente Gratis
One m .-eaicica 10 Cu-a.

TcaEa presente que no ten
d-i I'd. que pagarme IN solo
ccntevo por Ia medicina cue
lie enviart. Todo 10 que !e em-
10 Is que tome Ia medicine,
siga mis- consejos ' cuando ma
Va scntido su marayilloso efec-
TO, que me recomiende entire
sus a,nistades. Nj Objeto es cl
IL arudar Ia humamiGad do
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16

me-orra. Ton,icucscr rcconsiliuvaS', lic"c 81
-rellg. hombre5. ccro y mlcmbros. DoctyT'>
salsrdo,cs. cn!crmrraE, homhg-s mue''r, d"
- rI.i.s c.-r,hrl .lmO CERLONE !cs b.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16

Eeutc = el dc dsrie a conocer a mum
90 entcro 5ris marawillosos remedies.
4 t0da persona euterma que me Is
c-.5a soIicitaudo esta gran mcdiciua,
ts.ua..a Ic cuyiarG del TODD gratis, una
Sopla IL mi libro medico ilustradU, el
clal Sc t,ula SALUD en- FL H0GAR. Este
libro d., una expiicaci6u detaiIada de
rsjas Intermediates : Is cl librO mis-
g-aude de 81 clase que st Ia publica-
do. Taubj5u le cscribirG una carta lar
=. d:.ndoIe consoles m5dicOs, etc, Pc
70 para poder hacer este teudrG phi
ra-rameute que conoccr suS siutomas.
- I'd. la fracasado con alsUna otra
medicine, entonccs mas raz6n tie e
para escrjbirme, Pues auui esta 81
~ssivsciJu.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16

E-..-l-ss, . a9rrczca mcior Ob.cnss Cs'nc7
Och. au-a4 = psrmaTrn.r sa.id.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16

Ell CORRESPGNSAL.
La prensa. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1913-1962, 1915-06-16

Pa>a 4 Ia ia. col. Ia.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-11
Y. v. c. A. OBSERVES
ITS TENTH BIRTHDAY

Eefore an audience that filed ST.
PauFs Lutheran Church, the local or
ganiEation of the Young Women'0 Chris
tan Association celebrated its tenth
birthday" last night. A pageant in
which more than 100 young women took
part. formed the main part OF, the pro-
gram.
Detailed reports of the work the asso-
citation is doing were read by the Of
ficers. Under the direction of the re-
liGious work depa rtInent. five Bible
classes are held each week in the asso-
citation rooms at Fourteenth, and. G
streets northwest. Four girls clubs
have been organized with tOtal mem
bership of ia. the leaders being Mrs.
Fred Wright. Miss Catherine Custis
Miss Mary Lamberton. and Mrs. Z. r.
Mirich. q,
Within the last FIVE months go persons
have been directed to rooms and board
inE houses through the association a.
rectory, which now has eiRhty-fiYs
houses listed. Two Travellers Aid
agents at the Union Station are SUD-
ported jointly by the Methodist Home
Mission Society ard the association.
The receipts for the lSst fiscal year
were $4,000. most of which came from
the cafetcrias at Fourteenth and q
streets and GIG Z street northwest.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1915-12-11
REPORT CONDEMNS
HIGH SCHOOL FRATS

Having debated the question for al
most a year, the Home and School As
ISOLATION of Eastern High School last
night went on record against Greek let
ter societies in high schools and with
out dissenting vote passed a reso-
luton that they should be abolished
or their management materially
The resolution was adopted after the
submission last night Of a second and
supplementary report of a committee
Of the association, of which III. A.
Hesse was the chairman. This commit
tee in a report last spring condemned
the secret societies, but as the claim
was made that the secret organizations
had not been given proper considera-
ton the matter went back to the com
mittee for further Investigation.
The report submitted last night COW
cred 200 pages and was signed by Mr.
Hesse. F. w. sweeney. Mrs. A. H. smith
c. j. Schwartz, and Mrs. II. May John
son, all members of the committee
A spirited debate preceded the pas
sage of the resolution, most Of the
speakers differentiating between high
school and college Greek letter socfe-
ties. and others condemning them
equally.