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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-24
Fish STORIES EQUAL TO
JONAH AND THE WHALE
Fishing for Both Pleasure and
Profit is Good
THREE HOURS NET $500

| NASAAS Az ~'NOo
THREE HOURS NET $500
Oklahoma Man Vindicated and
Doubling Thomases Should be
Convinced Punta Gorda is Fish
erman's Paradise.
when j. j. Haslett was spend
ing the past summer in Oklahoma
and Indiana, his old friends in
those states frequently asked him
about the fishing at Punta Gorda /;
and when he told them the truth
about it, they laughed in derision
and charged him with being a pis-
catorial Munchausen of the first
class. Mr. Haslett was much
chagrined by their want of faith
in his veracity and he is still wor-
rying about it. This caused him
to come to The Herald office, Sat
urday, and ask us to relate a story
or two to confirm the reports he
gave to his friends abroad.
We do not know that this will
relieve their incredulity, for many
people believe that editors and
lawyers are natural born" liars
and commit constant mendacity
simply because they cannot help
it. However, we will give a few
really truthful incidents which
can be easily verified by inquiring
of the men mentioned.
The first is this: Leslie Lewis,
familiarly known as Lee" got
into a skiff with a gill-net last
Saturday morning, at IL o'clock,
went down the bay about two
miles, caught 1,005 pounds of null
let and, at l AS pm, delivered the
| fish at the shipping dock and got
$500 for them. He had no help (;
otherwise, he could have done
much better. Besides having no
help, he was hampered by the wa
ter being eight feet deep, which
prevented him from standing on
the bottom and thoroughly work
ing with his net.
In August, Harry Dreggors, Of
the. Punta Gorda Fish Co., paid j.
j. Jones and his three sons $4,000
for the mullet which they caught
with gill nets in one week.
Recently, John T. Rose and his
crew of five men, fishing with gill
nets for three weeks, made 81, 200
In July, August and Septembe
Of this year, /. Kenny, B. Jones
and j. j. Howard, fishing each
with a single hook and line,
caught sea trout and sold them
to the wholesalers, and each of
the three made from $4,000 to
$4,000 a week. Recently, owing
to change in weather conditions,
the three men have made only
$500 a week apiece.
Two weeks ago, Joe Goulding
and his crew of five men took
Il 200 pounds of mullet at one
haul and got $4,000 for them.
A correspondent whose commu-
nication appears elsewhere in this
paper reports that, week before
last, a crew of six colored men
fishing at Matlacha Pass caught
10000 pounds of mullet at one
haul. Multiply this by 4c, the
price per pound paid them, and
you have $4,000 which the black
men made in less than a day.
Hundreds Of instances like the |
foregoing might be given, but it |
is unnecessary. The truth of |
these stories car be learned by |
any one who will take the trouble |
to come here and stand on the |
railroad dock for a few hours and |
witness the unloading of cargoes
of all kinds of fish coming here
from the waters just south of
town.
For several years, this writer
kept record taken from the rail
Concluded on fast page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-24
ABOUT INFLUENZA
Questions Clearly Answered by
the State Board of Health

IL is PROBABLY Sa1e TO say tnal
the thing uppermost in the minds
of the people in Florida today is
the epidemic of so called "Span-
ish Influenza" and a multitude
of questions come up to which
they often obtain no satisfactory
answers. What causes the dis
eaSeP What are the symptoms
How can | protect myself against
lit? What shall | do if | have the
disease? What are my chances
for recovery? If some member
of my household or office force is
a sufferer, what shall | do to pro-
tect the others?
Briefly, the answers are as fol-
lows: We do not know exactly
what causes the disease. The in
fluenza bacillus has been found in
the spit Of small number and ex-
animation of the lungs after au-
topsy has revealed it in compar-
atively small number of cases. 1t
is probably due to an organism
not yet isolated.
The symptoms vary in severity,
but in well marked case there is
severe headache and backache,
usually following a chill or chilly
sensation. Almost Immediately
the whole body aches and the tenn
perature rises to 102 and some
times to los, and there is marked
prostration. II he temperature
ranges from 102 to 104 for about
five days, when it drops to normal,
often rising again slightly after a
few hours and remaining so for
one or two days, when it falls to
normal and remains so. Soreness
in the chest with cough, sneezing,
and moderate reddening of the
eyes are usually present at begin
ming of the attack.
The best way to prevent it is to
avoid crowds and any individual
who shows signs"of a cold. Eat
wholesome food, sleep and rest as
much as possible and keep the
body warm. There is no specific
preventive.
If you have these symptoms, go
to bed at once and send for your
and follow his advice to
the letter. 1t is often serious,
and this may save your life.
The chances of recovery are
good, very few uncomplicated
cases fail to get well. Usually
one should remain in bed at least
three days with normal tempera-
ture; to get up earlier invites an
attack of pneumonia. The death
rate is high when this complica-
ton occurs.
To protect your household,
strict isolation is necessary. The
disease is spread by contact. The
nose discharges and spit should
be collected on gauze or pieces of
cloth and burned. When patient
recovers, the bedding should be
placed in the sun for several days
and the windows of the room kept
wide open. No fumigation is
necessary.
Many eases do not show the Sc
we're symptoms just mentioned.
The aching, catarrhal symptoms
and fever may be more mild but
5he danger of complications, es-
oecially pneumonia, is very near,
and the patient should remain
just as long in bed and, in either
case, the patient is rarely perfect
y well in less than two weeks
STATE BOARD OF HEALTH. |
NOTE.-The editor has taken
he liberty of changing two tech
lical expressions in the above. |
Where the board uses the word
'sputum," he has substituted
spit" and for nasal secre-
ions" he has written in "nose
discharges. " When advising the
public, the very simplest kind Of
words should be used.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1918-10-24

S. d. Blazer was here Tuesday
on his way from the East Coast
where he had been after his sister
He helped kill a bear while there.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
TALK OF THE TOWN
Large line of wolfe smocks at AbbOtt'i

Large line Of wolfe smocks at Abbott's.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Ward Carver returned
last evening from a visit in Randolph
They were on the northbound train
which ran into an automobile at the
Riverton crossing, causing two men to
lose their lives. Mr. Carver was one Of
the fret passengers to reach the women
after the engineer had slowed down the
train sufficiently to permit anyone TO
alight. He states that people in the
train felt the impact as the tender
struck the car.
After the adjournment of the city
council session last evening the alder
manic committee Of the whole went to
Warren street to look over the Collins
property, so called, dwelling house
which was submerged from view when
the level of the street was raised some
years ago. The house Is in bad state
Of repair and to people who live in the
immediate vicinity continual eye sore.
The Collins family and the Capital City
Savings Bank & Trust Co. are trying
to collect from the city for damage al
legged to have been incurred when the
street grade was changed without legal
notice, Not long ago r. N. Normandeau,
who owns property on the Merchant
street corner, made o tender for the
house, but since that time, II is under
stood, he has withdrawn the offer.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
NAVY DEPT. ASKS BIDS.
On Machinery and Tools In Large Mum.
bers--Requirements on File.

New Haven, Conn, July 81. - The re-
quirements of the United States navy
department in the matter Of machinery
and tools in large numbers are set out in
81 requirements" for which the navy
department asks bids from the manufac.
turers of machine tools In this country
Colonel !. NJ. Ullman, regional commit
tee for the counties of New Haven and
Middlesex, received word to-day that the
navy department has filled one complete
set of these requirements in the regional
district office in the First National bank
building, Bridgeport, where bidders may
consult the papers and get the data on
which to base the bids. As the navy is
asking the machine tool builders of the
entire country to bid on it's requirements,
1t is possible to send only one set Of the
blue prints and specifications to each of
the 20 regional offices into which the
country Is divided.
By the method of informing prospec-
tive bidders adopted by the United
States government that the navy or the
army departments are in the market and
that the information Of what is wanted
may be consulted in the regional offices,
the manufacturers are spared the time
and expense of journeying to Washing
ton.
At the chamber of commerce office to-
day it was stated that on the present
requirement." list for current supplies
anyone interested in bidding should pro-
coed at once to the Bridgeport Office to
consult the data.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
Bingham Gowns are Popular.

Of late, gingham has advanced into
popular favor for many varied purposes.
Where once aprons and school dresses
were looked upon as almost the limit
Of IT'S possibilities, now 1t has none;
for dressy frocks and attractive collar
and cuff sets are among the up-to-the.
minute wearables which are made of this
attractive material.
Collar and cuff sets Of plain lawn or
bastiste edged with strips of bias ging-
ham are seen everywhere New silk ging-
hams in some of the oldest and most
familiar patterns are seen side by side
with taffetas and messalines in all the
shop windows. while one of the latest
combinations is bingham trimmed with
plain linen matching the prevailing coll
or Of the dress.
For little dark haired girl, blue and
white checked bingham with shawl col
lar and turn-back cuffs of blue linen--a
linen band at the hem-and narrow
belt of the same material--looked very
summary and sweet, and practical with
al; while washable blue linen hat
carried out her sensible mothers clev-
erIy planned color scheme.-In Woman's
World for July.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
VEST TOPSHAM

Lawrence 0'Mears, U. S. NJ, stationed
at Pelham Bay, N. Y, has been home OIL
short furlough.
Among those who were in Barre last
Thursday were Edwin and Jay Hood, Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Smith, Mrs. Jennie
Smith, Delma and Lloyd Hight, Luther
and George Hight, John Sanborn, FREQ
and David Bagley and Miss Sadie NJ
Bagley.
Mrs, X. G. Church and daughter, FL
eanor, who have been spending severa
days with Mr.. and Mrs Floran Church
have returned home to Woodsyille, N Fl
Miss Lucy Clarke spent Sunday at hel
home in Orange.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
All Connecticut Boards Must Contribute.

Hartford, Conn, July Sl.--Adjutant-
General George W. Cole announced to-day
that under the call for $50 Connecticut
draftees qualified for special or limited
service, promulgated by the war depart.
ment Tuesday, every local board in the
state must contribute. All men under
this call win entrain Aug for the camp
for special or limited service men at
Syracuse, N, Y. The board quotas fol-
low; Hartford, II; Bridgeport, 81; New
Haven, 20; Waterbury, II; New Britain,
8; Stamford, 4.
State boards: No. /, East Hartford
and vicinity, 5; No. 2, Pennington, 8.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31

Junior examiner, Margaret Roberts; Rut-
aminer, Mary Daley, The appointment
land, examiner, Frank Duffy; junior ex-
in Montpelier has not yet been made,
In the distribution of labor, men with
families will not be moved from their
present abodes at the beginning Of the
campaign, and single men viii be
changed first. The local community com
mittees will have to get busy when their
appointments are announced shortly aft
er the first of the month to ascertain
what non war work shall first contribute
to war work and the distribution that
shall be made.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
A Liberty Endowment.

Among the New England colleges, Mid.
dlebury now stands in an enyiable posi-
ton. Where they are annually calling
upon their alumni to make up deficits of
varying size, Middlebury is able to an
nounce that it is safe financially for the
duration of the war This announce
ment, which will be good news not mere
ly to the alumni of an institution with
more than a century Of honorable effort
behind it, but to the friends OF liberal
learning everywhere, is made possible by
the completion Of new 100000 endow.
ment fund
To raise 100000 for educational pur.
poses in times like these ia no mean
achievement, Colleges aplenty need as
much money, but few Of them have the
courage to compete with the many good
causes now making their demands on the
public pocketbook. The more honor. then.
to Middlebury for succeeding in an un.
dertal0ing which, as President Thomas
says, was considered impossible. Sue
cess, too, is proof that the college has A
loyal body of graduates and a consti-
tuency that recognizes the institutions
service and believes in the mission il has
ever striven to fulfill Sixty-one per
cent Of all the living alumni contributed
to the fund and four classes secured
pledges from every member. Because the
fund went under the name Of the Lib.
erty Endowment it was only fitting that
1873 Of the contributors should make their
gifts in the form Of Liberty bonds OF
various issues and denominations. Equal
~ interesting is the fact that the col
lege employed no agents and paid no
commissions. The whole amount was
raised at total expense Of less than
$4,000. Boston Transcript,
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31

Armour's, Libbeys or Van Camps Evaporated

Economy Jar Tops, per dozen ..................
Fitz-Em-All Rubbers .............3do dozen for
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
APPOINTMENTS MADE.

For U. S. Employment Service in Several
Towns.
Enos K. Sawyer of Franklin, N H..
who is the state director of the Z. s
employment service, on Tuesday after
noon released the following appoint
ments Of men who will handle the work
in Vermont and who will commence their
duties tomorrow, excepting In Bellows
Falls, where they have been operating
for few days.
Burlington, examiner, John Mc5arg
han; junior examiner, Agnes Leary; Bel
lows Falls, examiner, Arthur Shaugh.
messy; junior examiner, Katherine Con.
ners; Barre, examiner, George n. Tilden
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31
Montpelier Band Concert.

Program Of concert to be given by
the Montpelier Military band Thursday
evening, July |, at 1880 O'Clock:
"star Snanaled banner
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1918-07-31

See Abbott's display of wolfe smocks'
Good values in paint brushes at A. Y.
Beckley's.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
NEW inheritance
TAX FIXED BY SENATE
FINANCE COMMITTEE

Washington, Oct 25.-In lieu OF the
taxes on estates proposed in the house
war revenue bill, the senate finance
committee in its revision today aliopt-
ed a plan of taxing inheritances OF
$4,000 and more, at rates to be fixed
later.
The committee also decided to re-
duce to 500 a gallon the tax on dis
TILED spirits used for industrial. me-
dicinal and other nonbeverage pur.
poses.
The new law proposes that inner.
itances received by heirs instead of
estates left by deceased persons shall
be the subjects Of federal taxation
after state inheritance taxes are i'm
posed.
The revenue of the government
probably would be hall Of the S110.
100000 levy on estates proposed in
the house bill.
Returns from life insurance poll.
cies under $4,000 would not be taxed
under the committees plan.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
TAKE 1000 AUSTRIANS
IN THREE RAIDS ON
ITALIAN FRONT

Rome, Oct 25.-More than 1000
Austrians We're taken prisoners in
three successful attacks by the allies
on the Italian front, the war office
announced
To the east of Asiago, Italian ana
French troops captured the peak Of
Mont ISisemol, hot2y contested during
the last Austrian offensive and penc
trated deeply into the Austrian lines
Here 700 men and twentythree Off
GERS were captured
South Of Asiago British troops
stormed the Austrian trenches and
took 2l4 prisoners. In raids elsewhere
100 prisoners were taken.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
HAMMER GUNS, NOT
.TYPEWR|TERS TO GET
SAYS I. R.
COL. ROOSEVELT IN TELEGRAM
TO SENATOR LODGE LAST EVE.
MING URGES SENATE TO USE
BULGARIA AS A PRECEDENT IN
DEALING PEACE.

Oyster Bay. y. Y, Oc;. 25.-Col
Roosevelt last evening sent a tele-
gram to United States Senator Lodge
in which he embodied his comments
CT President Wilson's reply TO Ger
many.
The telegram follows in part:
As an American citizen most
earnestly hone that the Senate OF the
United States will take affirmative ac-
ton against a negotiated peace with
Germany AMI in favor of a peace
based on the unconditional surrender
of Germany also earnestly hope
that en- behalf OF tho American peO-
pie it will declare against the adop-
ton in their entirely OF the fourteen
principles OF thes Presidents address
of last January as Offering basis for
Il peace satisfactory to the United
States.
Says II Would Be U. S. Surrender.
Lei US dictate peace by the ham
mering guns and not chat about peace
to the accompaniment of the clicking
of typewriters. The language of the
fourteen principles and the subse'
quent statements explaining or quail.
flying them is neither straightforward
nor plain, but ii construed in its prob
able sense many and possibly most
of these fourteen points are thor,
oughly mischievoas. and il made che
basis of a peace such peace wouli
represent not the unconditional sur
render Of Germany but the conditional
surrender OF the United States.
lea Bulgaria as precNdant
Naturally they are entirely salts.
factory to Germany and equally natu.
rally they are in this country salts
factory TO every pro-German and paci-
fist and socialist AMI anti.American
,so-called internationalist. The only
peace offer which we should consider
form Germany at this time is an offer
to accept such terms as the allies
without air aid have imposed on Bull
garia.
We should find out what the Pres
ident means by continually referring
20 this country merely as the asso-
ciate instead of the ally of the ma
tons with whose troops our own
troops are actually brigai He'd in bat.
tie. If he means that we are Some
thing less than an ally Of France
England, Italy, Belgium and Serbia,
then he means that We are sOmeth ne
less than an enemy OF Germany and
Austria. .
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25

from the complaints and weaknesses
which are so common to women, should
take the right tonicfor the womanly system,
II o woman is borne down by pain
and sufferines at regular or irregular
intervals, by nervousness or dizzy spells,
by headache or backache, "Favorite
Prescription" should be taken. Favor,
ite Prescription" can now be had in
tablet form as well as liquid al most
drug stores. Send to Doctor Pierce's
Invalids' Hotel, Buffalo, N. Y, for o
ten-cent trial package Of tablets.
For fifty years DR.. Picrce's Pleasant
Pellets have been most satisfactory in
liver and bowel troubles.
Chieago, I'LL want TO say that DR.. Piercc's
medicines are the very best that have ever been
put before the public. | refer to the 'Fnvoritc
Prescription Golden Medical Discovery and
Pleasant Pellets. for thoy have done so much ior
me for twenty years past. At one time | was
troubled with woman's trouble and il terminated
In nervous prostTation. About that time heard
oil lady who was taking the Favoritc prcscrip-
ton and 80 thought woulu try and sec what IL
would do for me. ! went TO a drug store and
bought six bottles Of 'Favorite Prescription and
I've Of the Golden Medical Discovery and kept
rlyseli supplied with. the pheasant Pellets, and
.cday am tree from all Of that suffering"
Ais Auosrd Boyd, a50s N. WAsppis
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
MUST WEAR FLU MASKS
IN SAN FRANCISCO

San Francisco, Oct. 25-An ordi
nance compelling the wearing OF
gauze influenza masks by every per.
son in San Francisco was passed Yes
terday by the board OF supervisors
Penalties are fines ranging from SIS
to Sl00 or ten days Imprisonment. The
ordinance is Immediately effective
Masks may be discarded only il
homes or during meal times. The
total cases OF influenza in California
passed 10000 today.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25

Sept. "a, 1918, Mary Anderson ia
Andrew X. and Lura c. Patterson, pit
n. u $. W. Il n. e. VI, IS, 81, 3; $l,7O0.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS

Oct. 49, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Medill to Elizabeth Medill, pt. n W
"a, 81, 80, 2.
Oct 49, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Medin to Elizabeth Medill, pit. n. W.
a, 81, 80, 2; 81.
Oct 10, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Medill 10 Elizabeth Medill, 1t. II Dales
sub, etc, Oglesby; 81.
Oct. 10, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Mddil to Elizabeth Medill pit. n. W.
a, 81 SO, 2; 81.
Oct q, 1918, Jessie Fl. Harmon to
Herman G. Zimmerman, Its. 8 to TO-.
b. /, Strawn & Hammons add. OF
tawa; 81
Sept. "a, 1918, Mary Anderson ia
Andrew X. and Lura c. Patterson. pit
n. u S. W. 4 n. e. ", 35, 81, 3; $1,000
Oct. Is, 1918, Carrie e. Mears to J.
w Richardson, Its. 9, II, b. I, II. .,
b. 2, Dow & Tillson's sub. b. ~ Water
Power Company's add. Marseflles;
1926.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25

Oct 10, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Medin to Elizabeth Medill, pit. n. W.
a, 81 SO, 2; 81.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25

Oct 10, 1918, James and Elizabeth
Medill to Elizabeth Medll, pt. n. W
a, 81 SO, 2.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
GET RID OF THAT
PERSISTENT COUGH

If you are subject to weak lungs,
heed the cough as a warning. Eek.
MANS ALTERNATIVE may aid you
in stopping the cough. In addition.
1t is valuable tonic and health build
er in such cases No alcohol, narcotic
or habit forming drugs. Twenty
years successful use.
s0c and $3.50 Bottles at all druggists
or from manufacture, postpaid.
ECKMAN LABORATORY,
Philadelphia.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
CHILDREN CALLED TO
BEDSIDE OF KAISERlN

Amsterdam, Oct 25-The kaiserin
is seriously III, according to reports.
Her children are said to have been
summoned To Pots(lam.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25

Wounded Severely.
Corp. Albert II. BieSer, Chicago.
Corp. Glessie Grove. lawrenceyille
William T. Messersmlth, Chicago.
Corp. Valentine Wurmnest. Pontiac
Clarence A. Bernhardt Chicago.
Lawrence A. Frey. Bell Prairie,
Charles Andrew Godfrey, New Can.
ton.
Max Lewis, Chicago.
Edward w. Mahannah, Dwight.
Mathew Bohanich Joliet.
Wounded, Degree Undetermined.
Corp. Arthur W Carson. Cham
paign
Cook John NJ Benske, Chicago.
Fred arsr, Chicago.
George &. RailtOn Chicago.
Sergt. Harry r. Graham, Chicago
Corp. George Perpitka, Chicago.
Peter A. BagniewSki. Chicago.
Otto j. Boyer Steelyille,
Edmund X. Klaus. Chicago.
James J. O'Berile, Chicago.
William Romano. Chicago
John p. keane, Chicago.
William l-ehr Chicago.
John Pecules Chicago.
Fred Rosenbaum. Chicago.
Prisoner.
Steve Paumsiak, Chicago.
Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-10-25
RECEIVING WAR CROSS

The patriot tic
spirit and devotion
with which Ameri-
can women have
so far performed
war-service work
and made sacrifices
h as never been
equalled in the
history Of any
country. Mothers,
wives and sisters
support this burden
with strength and
fortitude. But
those who are al
ready miserable