The Palatka news and advertiser., 1917-04-06
CRESCENT CITY NEWS

Ernest Jeal has sold to John Rev.
nolds the lot next north of the lattcr's
home on Main street. The lot is IT
feet front and runs back to the lake.
Fine piece of land for garden pur-
poses, which is likely the use John ex-
poets to put it to.
Hiram Wilson Brusie, former
well-known citizen of Crescent City
and who lived here many years, died
at his home, 226S Washington avenue,
New York city, on March 9th, aged
80 years. Mr.. Brusie lived the past
few years here in the residence now
occupied by ]. H. Mathis on Oak
wood avenue. Mrs. Brusie was a
sister of Hon. S. w. Goodale, whose
home it was. They were active men,
bers of the Episcopal church.
Friends of the family here will regret
the passing of this once cheerful and
kindly gentleman.
A copy of The Cuban American,
published at La Gloria, Cuba, under
date of March oath, has been received
at this office. The paper was sent
by l.. L. Ncwsom, formerly of Cres-
cent City, but now living with his
family at La Gloria. 1t appears from,
the paper that La Gloria has been
surrounded by insurgent troops in the
present Cuban revolution, and that
the town has been subjected to at
least one raid by these rebels. The
La Gloria Chamber of Commerce sent
a petition to President Mcnocal for
protection by a personal delegate,
who was received by tie president
end given every courtesy; also immc-
diate aid in the shape of government
troops, which arrived just in the ncl,
of time to save the neople Of La Clio
ria from another raid. The paper is
filled with news concerning the Gu
han rebellion.
Rev. j. d. Starr, D. D., secretary Of
the Retired Minister'S Association of
the West Ohio Conference, Methodist
Episcopal church, was in the city last
Monday as the guest Of the board of
trade and was shown over the place
with the view Of laying a proposition
before his association for the loca-
ton here of Home for Retired Min
ictnrc Pnv I w Coddic who hoc
hnnn q visitor hove this wintor is a
r1embar of tIo Was+ Ohio Cnnfo once =
and bo occomnoniod tho ho9rd Of
+rada cornn,ittnn in showino tba viei-
tor ohont NJ Cadd;s is most f.
loroLI,J irciinad to,vord Crnscont
City; he thinks that if a block of land
could be secured here that it would
for tbn Home 81 Paforsbnrp and
ofher towns in the State have already
nIaJo I,'J |omorons a' nc hids for tho Home hnt
"orn , of tbesn rontnmnIgto lorationS
i,V in Tho citiey ,nal,im% thn tonier hit
,,f1,"r ~, 9croanas i, t6a adiacont conn
+',,- NJ. C9Jdis saTs tbo+ - LIorI-
on S +bo Croscont HiIi section wnnld
G Gn ;Jner in fbaf IL would he within
,,.,li.;,,o. Ji.+onoo Of tbo cbnrrhns
M Tt'.'l,l lo,.J nf +rodo will do ali in is
a,,o,. IT D'str " oc,ro oL | tbo Hon1o for this
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P'.'o''
a tramp printer stroIIed INTO town
some three weeks ago and sized up
the place. He decided that real
plausible promoter OF publicity ought
to do well, therefore he decided to
promote the publication of local
newspaper-not with the view to per-
manency, but just to tide him over
one of his chronic periods of goneness
in the pit Of the stomach-he knew
what it was to be wanting a meal,
He talked with some of our citizens;
he promised them that he would pub
lish a paper that would soon place
Crescent City to the forefront among
Florida towns; that property values
would boom with the Boomer and
with the injection Of his personality
into the paper by liberal use of the
personal pronoun, with now and then
poem on the natural beauties OF
the place, his Boomer would be the
most talked about newspaper in the
State. 1t was to be cheap; only so
cents per year-"Let me have your
name and half dollar" They were
given him literally. Also some ad-
vertising. Then he came to Palatka
and to the News office and hired this
paper to print him $50 copies, which
we did. Then he went back to Cres-
cent City and spent a few days get