The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-11-21
LOCAL ITEMS
Buy War Savings Stamps.

Buy War Savings Stamps.
New meat cutter at Smith 5. "A
Going up in price---War Say
ing Stamps buy now.
A collection Of s1odds and
ends" of plates, dishes, cups, kerr
osene lamps etc, at half the fegu-
lar prices, at r. M. Kings 47-3t
All kinds of vegetables and
fruits fresh daily at r. N. King 5.
| (adv.)
DR.. Geo. S. Stone canie up from
Fort Myers, Monday morning. and
spent a few hours here shaking
hands with friends.
We carry a full line of quality
groceries. Give us a trial. III.
w. Smith. Aft
Mesdames E. A. Iowe$ s. +.
johnson and Finley enjoyed 9
short visit to Arcadia, Tuesday.
The local packing house. Is ship
ping each week from three ito four
carloads Of oranges and grape
fruit. 1t is likely that, after this
week, the packing house viii close
until after Thanksgiving
Miss Corinne Jackson LETT Tues
day evening, for New York city,
where she will pay visit of in
definite length to her father and
other relatives.
We have everything you will
want when you go optEfor a pic
mic. Come in and see our line.
Try "Sa n d wi h o la. 1H. w.
Smith. Att
Amongst other reliable Afca-
dams who are helping sustain The
Herald, attention is directed to
Appling & Co., large dealers in
ladies dress goods, and DR.. HI. |.
Turley, an osteopath of successful
experience. See their announce
ments in this paper.
|. Lloyd Mauck, Rupert Guthrie
and Neil Lanier, popular and
capable young men of Charlotte
Harbor, left yesterday morning,
| for New Orleans, whittier they
had been summoned to go aboard
a training ship to fit them fol-
service in the federal merchant
marine.
AS stated last week. DR.. w. M
Matthews, who came here recent.
| ly from Boca Grande to help dur
ing the prevalence of the infuen,
"a, has decided to locate and
practice medicine here. Accord
ingly, his card appears in the
proper column of this paper His
office is in the Cochran drug store
Mrs. j. G. Falcon Of the Willow
Pens section, was here in her car
Saturday She was accompanied
by her neighbor, Miss Lula Rosen
baum, whose sister, Miss Carrie
Rosenbaum, came up on the after
noon train from Fort Myers, ano
the three ladies went out togeth
err in Mrs. Falcon car.
Byron Rhode, on Tuesday
caught grey fox in trap. The
animal was caught by one of its
fore feet, which was not injured
This is nothing extraordinary
but the point in the story is the
fact that the fox Immediately
fraternized with Byron, becoming
his loyal friend, doubtless think
ing that Byron had saved its life
by getting it out Of the trap.
John Wendlocher, writing from
Cleveland, Ohio, to renew his sub
scription to The Herald, asks to
be remembered to all his Punta
Gorda friends. He will return in
January. He had just recovered
from influenza, which, from a
newspaper clipping he enclosed
must have been terrible in Cleve-
land. The clipping gives the to-
tai number of cases in that city
as IS, $50 and 1,45l deaths. In
view of this, Punta Gorda, which
had no death from this cause is
extremely fortunate.
Referring to the high price N
sweet potatoes here, our good
} friend George H. Seavey, writes
from HalIowell, Me-, "Come IL
Maine n,,d nnt q nnnk nf cuanf %