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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03
LATEST ZEPPELIN
RAID ON LONDON
NOT A SUCCESS
English Report That No One Was
Killed by the Raiders
GERMANS ATTACK FRENCH
But Regain No Lost Ground-In
Galicia Said to Have Count Won
Bothmer's Army Almost Envel-
oped - Have Occupied Brody

London, England There were
no casualties whatever as the re-
suit of projectiles dropped by the
Zeppelin airships Monday night.
The raid on the eastern and
southeastern counties, of England
was carried out by seven or more
Zeppelins accompanied by aero
planes, according to the reports of
observers Independent accounts
say one Zeppelin, caught by
searchlights, was heavily fired u
pom. 1t was believed the airship
was hit as she appeared to stop,
tremble and then dive.
The Germans, reacting with
more than usual vigor north of the
Somme, have made counter at
tack after counter attack during
the last twenty-four hours with
out changing the positions of the
French. According to official re-
ports all attempts of the Germans
to regain lost ground have been
beaten off by the French rifle, ma
chine gun and artillery fire while
the work of Strengthening and a.
dapting the newly won trenches
is being carried on by the engin-
Ger corps.
The French commanders re-
gard the situation as excellent and
say the arrangements in the rear
of the attacking forces have
reached pitch of perfection new
er before seen. Materials of all
kinds is in abundance far exceed
ing the actual requirements and
everything is ready for an attempt
to push the advance further.
The fury of the German as
saults and the strength of the eff
fectives engaged shows the deter
mination of the emperor'S gener-
ais to spare no effort to prevent
the French from working their
way along the north bank of the
river from Clery to attack Peron-
ne from two sides. AviatorS report
that the Germans are making fe-
verish efforts to reinforce the al
ready strongly fortified positions
about Clery and are gathering re-
serves from several directions.
General Count Won Bothmer's
army is reported to be almost en-
veloped by the Russians in Gallo
ia, says dispatch from Rome to
the Wireless Press. Cossack di-
visions after the occupation of
Brody are said to have destroyed
the railways behind the Austrian
army.
The Germans are withdrawing
from Kovel their heavy artillery,
food and munition depots, says a
mother dispatch to the Wireless
Press. The city of Vladimir-Vol-
isky in Volhynia, is said to have
been completely evacuated by the
Germans.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03
Cleanliness And Disease

Be clean if you would be
healthy!
This is one of the command
mcnts of the Gospel of the modern
sanitarian. 1t is the basic founda-
ton on which rests all the laws
and rules under which the up-to-
date physician makes his
fight for the physical wei
fare of his patients. 1t is
the most often repeated and the
most emphasized of the orders
that he issues to his lients,for he
knows that recovery from disease
and from wounds and the preser-
walton of normal health conditions
are next to impossible in the pres
ence of uncleanliness.
In the fight against infantile pa
ralysis, which is occupying the
most strenuous attention of the
medical profession in the United
States, this law has assumed a
new and added significance. Adj
mittedly the disease is still very
much of mystery in its origin,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

The Arcadia News is very
much interested in keeping Peace
river from being polluted with the
washings of the phosphate mines.
It's something that is well worth
working for, but we do not know
what to do about it as long as we
continue to send men to Tallahas-
see that think more of the corpor-
atoms than they do of the people,
Our wise legislators pass laws
that make it a criminal offenSe for
a poor man to make a few dollars
by catching catfish, but the same
Lawmakers will let a few corpora
tions spoil one of the best game
fishing streams in the United Stat
es A dozen years ago, there was
not better fishing ground in the
country for black bass than Peace
river Today there is scarcely a
game fish in it, owing to the pol
luton by the phosphate compan-
les Wauchula Advocate.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03
FLORIDA WAS THE
HOME OF MAN IN
THE EARLY AGES
AS Shown by Recently Unearthed
Prehistoric Remains
HUMAN BONES WERE FOUND
Deposits Contain Also Fossils Of
Animals Different From Those
Living Now in this Country
Pleoistocene Geologic Period

By some very important dis
eoveries made during the past
year, an announcement of which
is made by DR.. L. III Sellards, state
geologist, in the July issue of the
American Journal of Science, it is
shown that Florida has been the
home of man for a much longer
geologic period than has hereto
fore been suspected.
These discoveries include the
finds of human bones and imple-
ments which are much older than
any such relics found in America.
The human relies were found at
Vero in st. Lucie county and came
to light as the result of the con-
struction of a drainage canal
made by the Indian River Farms
Company The fossils are found
in the banks of the canal and be-
long, according to the state geolo-
gist, to the geologic period known
as the Pleistocene.
The first human bones at VerQ
were found by Frank Ayers in
October 1915, and subsequent dis
coveries were made by Mr. Ayers,
Ossac M. Wells and DR.. E. H.
Sellards in April, 1916.
Not only are human bones found
at this place, but in addition the
deposits contain also the remains
of many of the animals living at
that time, which were very differ
ent from those living now in the
United States. Among the
strange animals then living in
Florida, as shown by their fossil
remains imbedded in this forma-
ton, were elephants, mastodons,
three different kinds Of horses,
extinct bison, camels, peccaries,
tapirs, very large sloths, wolves,
and saber- tooth tigers, With the
exception of the horses which
have been reintroduced into A
merica from Europe and bison
which are native to North Ameri-
ca, the nearest relatives of these
species are now found in Central
or South America, in Asia or in
Africa.
1t is the fortunate preservation
of the fossilized bones of these an
imals that enables the state gaolo-
gist to determine the age Of the
formation which contains the hui
man relics. The time interval
since these animals were living in
America is believed by geologists
to be not less than from 10000 to
$4,000 years. All the important
material that is necessary to prove
this discovery is in the state col
lection at Tallahassee.
The Importance that is attached
TO this discovery by scientists is
indicated by the fact that the A
merican Journal of Science, the
oldest and one Of the best estab-
lished scientific magazines in A
merica, uses DIR. Sellard's an
nouncement as the leading article
for the July issue. These discover
les in fact include the most valu-
liable addition to the history of
the human race that has been
made in the Western Hemisphere.
Several Exchanges.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

its progress and methods of deyel
opment and as to the most effec-
tive treatment, but from their OBJ.
servation, the medical men of the
country agree that its virulcnce is
greater in the midst of unhygienic
surroundings than under those
where care is taken to create and
preserve the proper conditions of
clean living.
In this respect the disease follows
exactly in line of all affections
that are known to be of germ ori-
gin, indeed, of all physical de-
rangements to which humans are
the legitimate heirs.
There is no better preventative
against disease than proper hy-
giene, none more essential, and
the temperature of summer,
whether in the North or the South,
calls for extraordinary precau-
tions in this direction. The reason
is that putrafaction and decay are
more rapid, as is all chemical re-
action, under heat than under the
lower temperatures of the cooler
season. The breeding Of flies and
mosquitoes, the carriers of disease
producing germs, is favored by
summer heat, whether it be in
Florida or in Maine.
1t is only natural that under the
stress of emergency particular at
tention should be given to clean
ing up the premises, to the prompt
and regular removal of refuse, but
here's something to remember
The influence of unclean physical
surroundings. like that of moral
uncleanliness, is not Immediately
cut off by sudden reformation. 1t
remains for a time to produce evil
results in spite of improved sur
roundings. Our bodies, like our
souls, must be rid of the poison Of
evil before they can absorb the
full value of heathful surround
ings
1t follows that we should al.
ways be in state of preparedness
against disease of every nature,
mainly by the preservation of nor
NAL hygienic conditions, by habits
of regular eating, bathing and
clothing adapted to the personal
occupation, by plenty of sleep and
by indulgence in no form of ex-
cess. Persons who acquire and
follow habits of regular normal
living, unpunctuated by even oc-
casional riots of excess, are best
armed against disease, even
though they may be surrounded
by unhygienic conditions, but e.
ven such are subject to the poison
of dirt, and no one is reasonably
safe unless he is armed by person
al cleanliness and by uncontami-
mated surroundings.
In the conditions that have a
possible menace for Florida dur
ing the present summer, the mat
ter of proper personal hygiene and
circumstances is of the utmost inn
portance, and by preserving such
conditions the people Of Florida
can most effectively aid the health
authorities in their fight against
invasion by infantile paralysis.
State Board of Health.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

Arcadia News, Saturday :-A.B.
Tucker, the good roads booster
from Punta Gorda, accompanied
by Mrs. Tucker and children, paid
us pleasant call yesterday after
noon. He is enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the eastern end of
district 3,where, in the neighbor-
hood Of Okeechobee, are located
some of the most fertile lands in
the world.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

west, IL, ,270 feet, then north 68 de.
grees, west 532 feet, to southeast
corner of section "a, township 49,
range 20, on Manatee county line.
Being road No. Of the Charlotte
Harbor special road and bridge
district.
Said road to be cleared of pines,
stumps, and palmettoes to a
depth of one foot, for a distance
of seven feet on each side of the
center, and to depth of two feet
for the remaining eight feet on
each side, so that work by grad
ing machine shall not be interfer-
ed with.
The successful bidder will be
required to enter into contract
with good and sufficient bond Of
81 900 for the completion of said
work.
The County Commissioners re-
serving the right to reject any and
all bids.
A. L. Durrance, Clerk.
Moved and carried, that the
contract and bond of Edwards
Construction Company for road
work in Special Road and Bridge
District No. S be accepted and APP
proved, with the proviso that the
bond be so amended as to read
Special Road and Bridge District
No. S, as obligee.
There being no further business,
the board adjourned to meet in
regular session on August 7th
The clerk was instructed to
publish the following:
Notice is hereby given that the
Board of County Commissioners
will receive proposals up to 2 p. m.
of August 7, 1916, for furnishing
approximately 3, 300 cubic yards
of hard surfacing material to be
delivered on road No.2 of The
Charlotte Harbor Special Road
and Bridge District, DeSoto Coun-
ty, Florida, as per specifications
on file in the clerk s office in said
county.
A check for $4,000 will be re-
quired with each bid as evidence
of good faith. Reserving the
right to reject any and all bids.
Moved and carried, the budget
was adopted for the year 1916
1917
The hour having arrived, bids
as advertised for were opened.
The bid of the Mine and Mill
Supply Company, Of Mulberry,
Fla, for 5000 pounds Of dyna-
mite Ga per cent straight nitro
glycerine, at $21.75 per hundred
pounds, for Special Road and
Bridge District No. 5,was by mo-
ton adopted. AM
By notion " bid of Russell
Grader Mff Co., to furnish one
Russell NJ 4 Grader at $675.00
and one .dssel Mogul Grader at
$750,0g for Special Road and
Bridfs District No. S, was accept
ed. 2
By motion, the bid of w. B.
West and j. N. Butler for clearing
and grubbing in Special Road and
Bridge District No. S, were laid o.
yer for consideration at the regu-
lar meeting of the Board in Au-
gust.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

Deserved sarcasm from Times
Union Reading about the mil
lions that at this time are rolling
INTO the big colleges and univers-
ities makes some people wonder
II ever the educational institu-
tons will become wealthy enough
to have a department to teach
reading, writing and arithmetic,
beng three accomplishments prac-
cally unknown to the average col
lege graduate.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

While the people Of other states,
and particularly those of the large
cities are sweltering and suffering
and many are dying as result Of
the excessive heat @wave that is
sweeping over the country, we of
South Florida are enjoying a peri
cd Of unusually delightful wealth
er, with moderate temperatures
during the day time and fall like
bfeezes in the night. The best OF
it all is that in this region we are
not affected by the humidity that
is pravelent elsewhere during the
summer season, the reason we are
not affected being because we do
not have the humidity. We can
not help regrctting to learn Of the
deaths that follow those terrific
heat waves, but we can do no more
than point the havens of safety
from such conditions and invite
the people to come here where
such things do not occur.-Fort
Myers Press.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

1t is felicitous rhyme, but it
appears to some of US that Cor
der" as a mate for Border" has
been overlooofed
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

While the people in the cities of
the north swelter, blister and siA-
zle Floridians are comfortable G.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

May, June and july three
months of summer in Florida,
have been delightfully."- pleasant,
especially on the coast, and no suf-
fering from heat has been heard
from any part of the state. Resi-
dents are congratulating them
selves upon their escape from the
torrid wave that has taken such a
heavy toll of life in the northern
and middle western states. Flor
ida knows no extremes of temper
ature. The summer migration
from here is simply a fad, and not
influenced by the desire to find a
more comfortable summer resort
Here the cooling breezes sweep in
from the ocean and fan Florida
throughout the summer season,
permitting work of the heaviest
character, but prostrations never
result from exposure to the sun.
Those who have no labor to per-
form can enjoy their leisure here
by boating, bathing and motoring.
They can enjoy life to the utmost
and without being forced to obey
the conventions which are de-
manded in the pleasure resorts
where fashion dictates The
+" can getaways haze 10 occa-
sion to envy their less fortunate
neighbors who have the rrrans
and leisure to travel in summer.
st Augustine Record.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03

Zolfo was favored Saturday
with a visit from our w. L. Koon
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1916-08-03
Pleasant Summer
Climate of Florida

ven though their electric fans be
out of commission. In the north
ern cities summer nights are
nightmares. In Florida the weary
workman lays him down to pleas
ant dreams and wakens refreshed.
The native Floridian knows
nothing of the horror Of northern
people who are tortured out of
their rest by sweltering heat as
the weary hours of the night drag
on.
The cool inshore breezas from
the gulf not only make the eli
mate of Florida one of its great
est drawing cards in the winter
but prevents extremes of heat in
the summer. Simply to read the
reports of the suffering of north
ern people from cold in the winter
and heat in the summer should
forcibly remind all Floridians of
the blessing they enjoy in climate.
In Chicago Friday twenty-three
people were killed by the heat and
more than fifty were prostrated.
In Florida such a thing as heat
prostration is unknown.
1t is strange but true that NEST
northern people entertain the o.
pinion that it is extremely hot III
Florida during the summer
months. Without consulting tenn
perature records of the weather
bureau they simply jump at the
conclusion that it must be hot as
blazes in Florida because Florida
is nearer the equator than their
home states.
Florida boosters in the north
can always put in to good advan
tage any time they have to spare
in talking by correcting the false
impression of high temperatures
in this state in the summer-Pen-
sacola News.
Hurrah for Florida for a sum-
mer resort! The dispatches are
stating that the whole of the o.
nited States, excepting the Pacific
coast, is in the grip of torrid
wave almost unprecedented. Flor
idiapc who arc in Now York have
been Fastening home the past
week because of the extreme heat
of the city. In Chicago deaths by
the half hundred have occurred in
one day. From other sections of
the great Mississippi and Ohio
valleys come similar reports.
But here in Florida the tempera-
ture is as comfortable as it could
be wished to be at this season Of
the year.-Gainesville Sun.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24

the Russian government, and OF my
duty to avenge him. The Russian
government had not the least sUspi-
cion of my activities.
81 went to the garrison town of
Krujevatz, and there, posing as a
Russian countess, engaged in hos
pital work. l had no difficulty in
scraping acquaintance with Col. Rep
Ovitch, whom it was my mission to
fascinate. We became friends. Be
fore l had wormed out of him the
secret-and he trusted me implicitly
and believed me to be a CountrywOm-
an of his realized that loved him
as he loved me. l had never loved
before. l had been too hard, too sell
fish and too much engrossed in my
sordid occupation.
81 spent a terrible hour when
found myself face to face with my
destiny. At last, summoning all my
pride to my assistance, l won.
thought of my martyred father and
and of the hundred thousand ru-
bles then waiting for me in the peck
ct of the military spy-COunt N.
81 knew where Col Repovitch kept
his keys. I took them, opened his
safe and extracted the model of the
gun. Col Repovitch was on duty for
week in a distant town. When he
came back the model repOsed safely
in his safe again and the hundred
thousand rUbles were in my pocket.
THE news soon leaked out. Col.
Repovitch was placed on trial Even
then nobody suspected me, except
the colonel. He knew-and he would
not betTay me. Instead, he simply
sent me a message, by a trusted or
derby, to leave the country.
81 went to Vienna, where I learned
he had been condemned to death as
a spy and was to be shot as soon as
the car confirmed the sentence.
Why did I place my head within the
y
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-06-24

but first must see Colonel Repo-
witch.
81 reached Krujevatz-yOu know
how these journeys can be arranged
even in time Of war. The colonel had
not been put to death, but the cars
order was expected hourly By
means Of my infuence-fOr he had
not denounced mel managed to Sc
cure an interview with him in his
cell.
when he saw me his face seemed
to light up. In that hour of imminent
death the husk of the man had fallen
away, revealing only the goodness Of
the spirit. He took my hands In his
and babe me sit down.
Tell me how you came to do it,
he said, as if he had been a father
speaking to a child.
81 burst into tears. Something
hard in me melted also, and con-
fessed everything. told him Of my
fathers occupation and his death;
how l had come to take up the work
Of espionage; there was nothing that
l did not reveal When l had ended
speaking he said, gently:
AT least my death will not have
been in vain if have saved Russia
the services of one of her enemies
most trusted agents.
Then he spoke solemnly, because
the time was very short and the war
den was growing impatient
81 told you that loved you, Vera
he said. 81 had no suspicion of your
occupation. When I discovered that
you had forced the safe I felt that
death would have been preferable to
the knowledge of the dishonor Of the
one woman whom 1 had loved and
believed in. You took away my faith.
Can you give it back to me?"
Yes, would if it were possible
I answered, weeping.
1t is possible, Vera he answer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
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ADVERTISEMENT
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18
OAKLAND NOTES
Items for this department may be
phoned to 1918 or State Journal office.l

Miss Edith Zadnek entertained the
following girls last Saturday afternoon
at her home in Winfield avenue in
honor of Miss Mildred Wright, who
leaves soon with her parents for Bev-
erly. Kan, to make their home: Miss
Wright, Miss Marguerite Bower, Miss
Verna King. Miss Helen Newbold
Miss Oakie Johnson, Miss Helen Car
uthers, Miss Alice Stachelbach Miss
Mary Gordon, Miss Lennie Donald
son, Miss Gertrude Folk. A taffy pull
during the afternoon was thoroughly
enjoyed.
Mrs. J. L. Spickelmier will enter
tain the members of the Sunflower
Art club Wednesday afternoon at her
home in Winfield avenue
The sixty-ninth birthday anniver-
sary of Chas. r. Cole will be ceIe-
brated at the Cole home, 23O Oakland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1916-01-18

A noteworthy attraction of the mu-
steal season in Topeka will be offered
at the First Methodist church
Wednesday night when Minard Lo-
zier, the tenor. will render a concert
He will be assisted on the organ by
Horace Whitehouse as accompanist
Miss Helen Phipps is to play several
violin selections. Lozier is the holder
of such attractive notices as the fol-
lowing: Mr.. Lozier sang artisticaI-
ly."-New York World He is the
possessor of a voice of great beauty
and richness, and his enunciation is
remarkable for its clearness. New
York Evening Telegram.