The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-01-27

&c answers ms purpose and make
Ia me gain in weight. have in pas
he twenty-five years tried almost ey
it cry place in Florida and this plac
y seems to me to be the best for el
y derby people, like myself, VIII,
d seek rest and quiet more thar
d gaiety and pleasure. The balm,
e iir, the beautiful bay in front, tn,
e boating, fishing, abundance o
e tropical fruit, and driving makes
e a combination which beats thu
G zero weather of Chicago all tt
e death r.. s. CRITCHELL.
r Asthma
: Punta Gorda, Feb. %, 1915-My
J, husband, Mr.. Geo. P. Davis, was
afflicted with asthma. The eli.
mate here benefited him much in
fact he was in better health here
r than elsewhere. He was Union
veteran, coming here from New
hampshire MRS. GEO. p.
, DAVIS.
Rheumatism
Punta Gorda, Feb. 10, 1915
! This is my sixth winter here. The
climate and the water agree with
me. By coming here / believe
that fully five years have been
added to my life. On Feb 25th
Will be 81 years old. I like the
climate, fishing, water and the
people. N.Y. daughter-in-law,
Mrs. }. w. Webb of Chicago, came
here Jan. |, 1913. She had been
troubled for years with rheuma-
tism; she had not walked for 100
yards at one time during two or
three years. When she arrived
here she had to be led and assisted
up the steps. She left here a.
bout the middle of February, 1913.
After being here for about one
month, all alone she walked sever
al miles at stretch. The water
and climate benefited her much. T |
have seen several come here using
canes and crutches and go away
without them. | spend five
months of the winter season here. /
| live in Chicago.-W. WEBB.
Nervousness, Etc.
Punta Gorda, Feb, 13, 1915
This is my sixth winter in Punta
Gorda. am in good health and
have been. | came here for the 1
water, climate and fishing. The
water benefits me considerably.
There is nothing wrong about my
health, except that which usually
attends elderly men. In Deem ]
Der, 1913, Mr.. Phil Adair off
Knoxville, Tenn, came here. He !
was practically a nervous wreck. :
having been unable on account of !
such to work for only three !
weeks during the preceding IL I,
He left here in Febru-
ary, 1914, so much improved that
he has been able to work ever
SINCE. He has written me that g
MS health has been so far improv- 4
ed that he will not come down v
ms winter. | have seen several n
persons come here walking ON q
'rutches or with canes on account G
u rheumatism. In a few weeks r.
hey threw them away, walking o
Ike a two-year-old. Mr.. Thur l
nan came here from the northern q
portion of Georgia about Deem e
'er, 1912, or January, 1913. He "
emalnded here about two months o.
II may be little over. When
e first came he could not walk
w feet without stopping and
estlng. After he had been here fl
month he would walk about m
alt a mile without stopping. At al
rst he carried camp stool on W
hitch to sit. He threw away his hi
amp stool. He left here much st
improved. He had asthma, and TO
ne OF the worst eases | ever saw. ia
never saw a man as weak as he Fl
as and be living. | live at dr
-ayesville, Mo. | spend five w,
onths of the winter season here. w,
j, 7. HUGHES. fly
Good for Domestic Animals do
Punta Gorda, Feb. 10, 1915-Be- no
re being brought to Punta Cor tn
/, the kidneys of one of. the coun- hu
s mules refused to act. For us
eeks it was necessary to give w
m small handful of salt petre.
n being brought here he was
hrst treated once this way. He cal
IS been here for five or six ins
eeks. His kidneys now work my
right. He drinks the Punta ed
'rda Well water. No medicine aft
used on him. [ came here an,
1m lndiana.-A. B. TUCKER tbi
dogs, horses, mules cattle ha,
We it. When cattle were aHow- fri
to run on streets, they would hes
me for miles to drink it. 1t is use
ted that it is tick eradicator am
t no one told that to the cattle enc
ese various cures are now being Der