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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe d. Woodland
OF Barlow, and Mr.. and Mrs. Oak
ley Hickman of Arcadia, have
been visiting the parents of Mr..
Hickman and Mrs. Woodland, Mr..
and Mrs. P. O. Hickman, on Pine
apple river.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

G. A. Page now has the agency
for The Lakeland Steam Laundry.
Leave your package at his Shop
and he will see that you get the
very best service. (adv.) If
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Fresh fruits of all kinds in their
seasons; a nice line of candies,
CONNECTIONS and fancy groceries at
r. M. Kings If. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

R. A. Wilkins of Tampa, was in
the city Tuesday in the interest of
the Turner Marble and Granite
Co. He is optimistic about bust
ness conditions, saying that in his
line everything is very satisfac
tory.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

dan, and will spend several weeks
at her place in Solana, having re-
pairs and alterations made for
tenants who will occupy it this
coming winter.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Sophia Jermain arrived
Monday noon from Tarpon
Springs, where she had been visit
ng her daughter, Mrs. j. W. Jor-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Best business location in town
large store room equipped with
shelves and counters for dry
goods, for rent-Apply to THE
HERALD.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Frank Lawrence and in
FAINT, after a visit to the formers
mother, Mrs. W. Y. Everton, in
this city, returned home to Noca.
tee yesterday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
That Depends.

Faddist-Don't you think skipping
the rope Is highly dangerous prac-
tice?
Lawyer-Not always. I'm trying to
have 1t put in practice for client of
mine now.-Baltimore American.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

l.. 0. Harvey and wife, after
living here several years and
making many friends, left last
Saturday for Charleston, w. Va.
where they will hereafter reside,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Miss Anna Mae Horrell return
ed to her home in Arcadia yester-
day after visiting her sister. Mrs
M. I Willis, here for a week.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Miss Hattie Heusted of the First
National Bank, went over to Tam.
pa this morning, to spend the
weekend with friends and rela.
tives.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Mr.. and Mrs. G. A, Page, Mr..
and Mrs. Chas. Cochran and Mrs.
Gordon Page are enjoying ten
days outing at Captiva.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Born, last night, 25th inst, to
DR.. and Mrs. d. N. Mcqueen, a.
son.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

5-tooth cultivators, hand plows,
rakes, potato rakes, fishing tackle,
eft. show case, high grade Stand
ard and New Home sewing ma
chimes at less than COST. f.
CORBETT, at residence, Olympia
Ave. and Sullivan st. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Ice cream freezers at cost. 7.
+. CoRBETT, at residence, Olym-
pia and Sullivan St.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Mrs. Drew Green of Acadia.
visited Mrs. j. Mizell in this city
one day the past week. Mrs.
Green is a sister of Mr.. MiLell
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

| The Presbyterian Church-Sab-
bath services preaching at IL 100
a. m. and 1880 p. m. Sabbath
School meets at 9:45 a. m. The
Young Peoples Society Of Christ
ain Endeavor meets at 6 AS D M
Mld-week meeting Wednesday at
1880 p. m. The Woman IS Mission
airy Society meets after last Fri
day at 3p. m. of each month The
Children s Mission Band meets at
4 p. M, the first Friday Of the
month. We shall be pleased to
have visitors in the city make this
their church home wheile here.
Persons living in town, having no
church home, we shall be glad to
have join us in any or all these
H. Albert, Pastor.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

The Frank lynching, the war in
Europe and the warm weather
have been the chief topics of con-
versation here for the past week.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

W L.
Methodist church Preaching,
morning and evening, every Sun
day. Sunday school 10 a. m.
Preaching II a. m. and 7:3O D. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday at
1880 p. m. Epworth League
Sundays at 6 80 p. m. Woman s
Missionary meeting Ord Monday
IN every month. Woman's Aid
Society meeting LIST Monday in ev-
cry month. Communion every
first Sunday. Every body is well
come to come and worship with us.
II. II. Sistrunk, Pastor. -
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
Punta Gorda Fish Co.

If a young man has money to
burn it is easy to induce some girl
to strike a match.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

A full line of staple and fancy
groceries, fresh and reliable, at
A. P. Hatch's If. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
At the Churches

Church of the Good Shepherd
(Episcopal) = Lay services Sun
day evening at $50 o clock.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Oscar Kahl of the Bairdville
section, was transacting business
in the city Tuesday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Don't forget the new Exploits
of Elaine in Dixie Theatre tomor-
row night. (adv.)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

w. R. Love of Brandon, spent
several days of last week with his
sister, Mrs. f. D. Robinson, In
this city.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

Eggs are very scarce IN tins
market hard to get at 35c. a doz-
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26

The latest in mems wear at r.
G. Blount. (advt)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1915-08-26
INTERESTING
HAPPENINGS
Events Transporting in and About
Punfa GoYda---Personal
Mention

Patronize HERALD advertisers
Evening star., 1915-05-09
GNoREs SUMMONS TO WRRHr
ONLY THREE MEN ESCAPE FROM
RUINS"

Ten minutes later the extras" ap-
peared and were whirled through the
town. They passed with the speed al
most OF the wind, for men passed them
from hand to hand. They shouted the
news to people looking from windows.
in a delirium half of dismay, half of
exultation. The newspaper man had
brought in such tale as would live in
American history.
He had been writing his story dur
ing the nights bombardments while the
mortar pits around him quaked with
the eruptions of their steel volcanoes.
He told how, In the morning, there had
come suddenly from the shore, the en-
filading fire that caught the works in
the back.
The men at the mortars. unable to
turn their ordnance against these as
sailants, continued to fire at the ships.
T. These are points lying south Of the south
ern defenses OF Boston harbor. and so near them
that modern siege guns planted there could fire
into them at short range.
49, The primary harbor defense batteries
twelve-inch mortars) not emplaced for any
thing except seaward FIRE, nor should they he.
To use them against land attack would he only
q matter Of desperation, as in the case here de
scribed. As matter of fact, they would be
rather inedicient against smaller guns that are
more mobile and durable.
a. Firing at speed the shots from dozen
guns shooting at successive intervals would not
have I'VE seconds between them."
Evening star., 1915-05-09

town. whose whole possessions lay in
real estate. in homes. in shops-where
could they turn?
They stayed. They even tried. DULY.
was no business. Mail was still coming
in and going out, but in q vastly cir
cuitous way. as it had to go around by
way OF Burlington and SO through Yer
mont and New Hampshire to Its desti-
nation. Boston could communicate still
by telegraph and telephone with the
United States, outside of southern and
western New England: but this. too.
was in an equally cirouitous way. and
even such service as existed was con-
stantly in danger Of being severed.
Motor traffic had almost ceased on
the streets. The trolley and train serv
ices were cut down to the merest ne
cessity. Gasoline and coal shortage al
ready had begun to make itself felt.
Prices had gone up for flour and for
meat. The fish wharyes held none ex-
cept empty vessels.
There was an unreasoning fear Of the
waterfront streets. People shrank
from them and used tho side streets as
If the tiny difference of q block or two
could save them should shells begin to
fall.
There was a fear, less unreasoning.
of tall buildings. Most of the upper
serted, except for daring ones who
went in temporarily to look toward
the harbor.
A renewed fear of aeroplanes also
had seized the city. For days they had
passed and repassed, till tho people had
become almost accustomed to them.
since they threw no bombs nor made
other demonstrations. Now, with the
steady cannonading. the old fear re-
turned. There were wild flights when
the whirring roar was heard. More
than once men and women were tram
pied in those sudden dumb panios.
Hypnotized by the impending Of
greater tragedy. the citizens scarcely
noted those episodes that. in any other
time, would have shocked the town.
A rumor went through the streets
that the fleet had been driven OF. Sur
vivors from Winthrop appeared in the
city. They clutched at strangers and
told with quivering mouths how tho
shells had crashed into their town, and
how they and theirs In night clothes
had ned between falling walls through
a night ruddy with fire.
Refugees from Breeds Island told
how the ground was all plowed by
shells falling wild. They told of the
water tower. flung far down the hill.
Hull was destroyed utterly. There
was nothing left of 1t. All gay Nan
tasket had vanished. Between 1t and
Point Allerton the houses along shore
Evening star., 1915-05-09
FULL WAS DESTROYED UTTERLY THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT
III or IT. ALL: :6Kr NANTA5KET HAD VANISHED. WV

great guns and laughing at all tho ma
vies of the world.
Haggard and pale. Boston's people
looked toward the sea and the dawn.
there. but slowly now. and far off. The
fleet was using only its heaviest guns
and firing deliberately. though steadily.
Having failed to destroy the effective
itself with long-range FIRE. simply to
wear the defenders out till the army
should arrive.
All night long Boston people. moved
to uncomfortable terror by the lombard
ment, had tried to fee from the city;
All night long other crowds had tried
to enter 1t. On all the roads these op-
posing crowds had met and 5ostled:
They warned each other. and tried TO
turn each other back. Shells were fall
ing into Boston town, said the people
who were fleeing from the city. Crazed
by fear. they invented the most mon
strous tales and believed them.
The incoming refugees, too, invented
tales. They told of soldiers who had
appeared in nearby towns. and who were
burning and killing. Nothing SO we'll
illustrated the effect of terror on the
faculty of reason as the fact that al
ways, after this wild interchange of
news. the city people continued to
press toward the country. fearing SOL
diers less than the cannon shots that
had rung in their ears all night; and
the country people pushed INTO tne
city. so panic driven by what they had
heard of the soldiers and their bloody
day of vengeance that they cared moth
ing for the heavy thunder that was
shaking all the air.
:. X
Though the roads out of Boston were
thus crowded, the fugitives were only
a small proportion of the population.
Never before had humanity realized
how firmly men are chained TO their
habitat. Here was a city. terribly be-
set by land and sea with unknown. ter
rible fate closing steadily around 1t.
Beyond lay the United States. where
there was complete freedom still. and
safety. Yet who could seek 1T?
There were none who could go. ex-
cept those temporarily mad with fear,
or those so abjectly poor that 1t mat
tered nothing to them whore they
trudged The workers could not go.
They had to cling to the places that
they knew, to the scanty foothold that
was all the more precious to them for
its scantiness. The rich could not go.
Money had stopped. All that they own
ed had become suddenly valueless for
producing cash; and without cash they
could not nee. The merely well to do.
whose whole life depended on the
Evening star., 1915-05-09
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Hill centered on them. The reckless
craft, the hussars of the sea, dashed
in to q 400-yard range, and, steaming
parallel with the beach at full speed,
sent in a heavy broadside fire from all
their guns. More than 800 shells were
directed against the Strawberry Hill
light in those few minutes. They
swung and fled to the sea as the bat
teries Of the fort opened on them-9
"Searchlight intact" reported Straw
berry Hill.
Men have landed on Marblehead
Neck. according to reports from
Swampscott." reported Fort Heath.
Three hundred men at least taking
Push forward and occupy Lynn
Beach at narrowest part" telegraphed
the battle commander to the force at
Nahant will send 100 re-enforce-
ments by boat to Lynn
At Nantasket second attempt at a
landing was being made. 1t was de-
feated and the boats withdrew. Two
suspicious vessels were sighted almost
within Hull bay and were destroyed by
fire from shore battery. A landing
party struck at Strawberry hill An
other, probably the same that had at
tempted the second landing at Nantasket,
tried to haul three boats over into the
Weir river.i'
All were repulsed. There was hot
fighting going on near Lynn. 1t was
difficult for the battle commander 10
Judge what it's result would be. Once his
forces sent to Fort Heath for more men.
Later, they telegraphed that they were
holding their ground.
The enemy struck again and again. He
made an attempt on Winthrop. and lost
two destroyers In the mine fields. The
fleet opened heavy fire at short intervals.
to mask the attack of the landing parties.
But the telegraph and telephone system
of the forts sent word everywhere. to all
the outlying posts. of the uniform success
of the defense. with the result OF making
their fight constantly more effective.
The defenses were holding out When
word came at last that the raiders
who had landed at Marblehead Neck.
were retreating to their boats. the end of
the nights fighting had arrived. The
aboard.
1t was near dawn. Once more, for the
last time. the ships ran in. passing the
batteries at full speed. and fred from
every gun that would bear In the instant
Evening star., 1915-05-09

Of their passing. Every huge turret gun.
every broadsde battery. opened up at
once.
For many miles inland the air trem-
with rolling echoes Windows in distant
places blew inward and walls trembled
But the defenses held.
Ship after ship swung in that fierce
circle and passed. 1t was the climax OF
the nights bombardment. When the
da wn spread far on the ocean horizon: the
defenders saw the enemy feet lying back
against it. far out of the zone Of fire.
The sea was bare between them and
the FORTS except for a rent ruin hang
shattered destroyer was aground on
Cohasset lay another. sprawling on the
rocks. called the Grampuses half out
of the sea as IL it were the torn body
of a weird monster that had thrown
itself ashore In a dying agony.
No damage" said Fort Revere. mo
damage, except dismounted search
light" said Fort Strong. "One six-inoh
gun dismantled." said Standish. mo
damage" reported Andrews and Banks.
In Fort Warren two three-inch quick
flrers were destroyed.
I'VE could hold them Off forever"
said the battle commander. "ff we were
protected from the land"
The successful fight of his defenses
had made 1t only the more bitter for
him. He knew that this was the last
fight. He knew that the army that was
sweeping northward would take him
in the back before night
He looked at one of his twelve-inch
rifles. He walked over to it and pat
ted the beautiful thing. so shapely. so
graceful that 1t seemed impossible that
1t should weigh thirty-f1ve tons. "If
they had just given you that little ex-
ira elevation" he murmured Then
yonder ships wouldn't dare lie within
10000 yards of us."11
But they" had not given the rifles
that little extra elevation. They" had
found time enough and money enough
to pay for bridges over muddy creeks.
for printing millions Of words of ora
tory. for hundreds of private bills.
They" had been able to find money to
pay themselves for constructive re-
cesses of Congress and mileage for
Journeys they had not made. But they
had not been able to fnd money for
defense
Just a little foresight and Boston.
that now was trembling. might be sit
ting behind that charmed circle of it's
II. Mr.. Garrison. Secretary Of War, again
represented to Congress- at its last session that
changes In the twelvs-inch gun carriages are
Evening star., 1915-05-09

Q. From an actual maneuver performed success
fully by q destroyer divtsion attempting to de-
stsoy q base station during mock battle on the
Atlantic coast.
10 The Weir river would enable assailants to
reach the inner harbor and take the defenssa
In the rear.
Evening star., 1915-05-09

Done Much Toward Max
Modern Defense-lhe Deadly Blind
Mans BuAm Denses With Only About Half the Searchgt Installation
Observation-Disclosures Game WThe Secret Attack the Shore
"Fars -Opposng Streams of Fugv Boston Helpless Fea-C
Destroyed Taken-he Newspaper Man StoFm Threat and Surrender
Evening star., 1915-05-09

IL. Mr.. Garrison. Secretary Of War, again
represented to congress at its last session that
absolutely necessary to give them an elevation
Of nfteen degrees. This matter has been 20 we'll
established that all military engineers are
unanimous both as to the urgent need for the
change and the excellent result that will follow.
Evening star., 1915-05-09

10. The tremendous air compression in fertfs-
cations during gun action almost always tears
parts Of the general installation even In mere
target practice. If ire control installation, wiz
ing, telephone system. ETC.. efficient only
to the minimum degree. and there 10 no adequate
certain to break down in any attack that Il
pressed with vigor. An attacked harbor works 10
subjected to the most terrible destructive at
tempts that humanity has been able TO devise.
49, Long range Investment with modern artil-
lery serves the double purpose of commanding
the ultimate target and commanding all the ter
ritory In between. thus giving the artillerist
possession OF many miles Of area.
Copyright 1918. by ]. w. Muller. AL rights
rsserved)
Next Sundays installment, of '.The In.
vasiou Of America" will tell of the de-
fense of Connecticut and the movement
toward New York.
Evening star., 1915-05-09

their charts, plotted with diagrams OF
the shore in sections. They calculated
the range. A dropping shot from a
6-inch gun fell among the enemy ves-
sells one minute later. The next went
over. The third struck a destroyer.
Before II disappeared shells were fall
ing among the division too fast to
count. Three guns were firing. They
were throwing twelve shells in one
minutes
Two destroyers were towed away.
CRIPPLED. Another escaped from tho fire
zone but sank at sea.
Undeterred. the boat parties tried to
run tho surf and rush the defenders.
But the sea was heavy, breaking with
a sharp overfall- Unprotected by fire
from the sea. unable to work their own
machine guns in tho rough water. the
sailors were pounded in the breakers.
The field artillery blew their boats
apart. The machine guns slashed them.
Rife fire hammered them
Attack beaten off," reported the
militiamen. In the surf there were a
few drifting pieces of wood. tossing
oars and bodies pitching to and fro
as the undertow played with them.
Destroyer division off this point" 1t
was a report from Strawberry Hill
south from Fort Revere. Point Aller-
tons searchlight swung down the
beach. the searchlight from Strawberry
7. Estimated number Of shots required at nigh,
from ships anoat at 5000 yards: 70 destroy po
sition- finding tower. which is visible. % twelve
inch shells. $50 fourinch shells or $500 three
inch shells; to destroy invisible station without
tower. 400 twelve-inch shells. 5000 four Incl
SHELLS; I. destroy sesrchlisht. - twelve incl
shells, 800 four-inch shells or 1000 three Inch
shells. This fact makes IL feasible TO protec
ou,lying and secondary stations perfectly Il
snfhrient troops can guard each station TO figh
OF landing parties An enemy will surely lsnt
are well defended
g Actual records Of American harbor batteries
Threr sh. guns on disappearing carriages
fifteen shots in one minute twenty seven seconds
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-10-08
Jonathan Wild.

Nothing I'm the way of thieving is
likely TO disturb the record Of iona
than Wild. thief taker and receiver OF
stolen goods, who did such flourish
ing business with his lost property Of
fee in the Old Bailey two centuries
ago. He organized his thieves into
gangs. allotting them to the different
main roads to London. to churches,
theaters and pubic functions, while
a special brigade was trained for do
nestle service. Wild's practice when
receiving stolen goods was. II possible.
to inform the person who had been
robbed that they had been detained by
a dealer and would be restored on pay
ment of commission. Other stolen
property was warehoused. and n staff
Of mechanics was kept for altering
watches and jewelry. which We're con-
veyed to the continent by his own YES
sell A trihing matter of the restora-
ton Of some stolen lace proved his
downfall. and he was hanged at Ty-
burn on May "a. 1T25.-London Taller.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-10-08
Life of a Turkish Woman.

The Turkish women are to be count
ed among the most industrious women
Of the earth. They certainly do vast
amount Of work. They make carpets,
screens for doors, workbags, horse
clothing and blankets. A Turkish girl
makes all the kibltka. or tent domes-
tic carpets. and other household requi-
sites before she Is married. If she
gets married without completing this
task II Is expected that she will by
her own labor refund the money which
her parents have given as her dowry.
This dowry usually consists of 100
sheep and certain amount Of money.
which a bridegroom either pays down
In ltnnp sum to the parents of the
bride TO collect his friends for u sue
cession Of horse races and other sports
An important part is to decorate a
camel with the handsomest trappings.
which are sent to the brides tent. On
this she goes forth to receive congrat-
ulations Of her relatives and friends Ii
Is on this she il carried away by the
female relatives Of the bridegroom
She and her attendants feign to resist
the act by throwing raw oats at the
other women.-Indianapolis News.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-10-08
Henderson.

Mr and Mrs l. Williams are enter
tanning the lstters parents Mr. and Mrs
Joseph Addison of Charlottesville. In.
diana-Mrs Minnie Nessel of San
Bernardino, California, and Mrs Edwin
Brown of Grass Lake, are visiting at
the home Of their brother, Fred Fable
The regular business meeting of the
Christian Endeavor was held at the
home of Miss May Hewitt, Saturday
evening-Mrs L Bingham of North
Dakota, arrived here the last of the
week. called by the serious illness of
her mother Mrs b Skinner-Mr and
Mrs Roe johnson are happy parents of
a boy who arrived Sunday--Rev Star
has accepted call to the pastorate Of
the Church of Christ-Fridsy even.
ing at the business meeting of the Ep.
worth League the delegates elected to
attend the district convention at David.
son were Mrs Minnie Epton and Mrs
Jane Collins-As delegates Of the M
E 8 to attend the county convention
to be held at Bancroft this month. Mrs
J w Epton and F E Medicine were
elected, Sunday.