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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

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I could not get any
thing to relieve me.
A physician treated
me, but it did no
good. I had been in
this condition for
three months when /
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

passing between the .shambling bug
gy's passenger and Peterson. A mo-
ment later Peterson was dead.
The slow brown horses pace did not
quicken but the man escaped.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
she should Worry.

SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 81
should worry about prohibition said
Mrs Maria Asers, bartender. It'll sell
soft drinks. They don't quench the
thirst and will sell better"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

Accept California" Syrup Of Figs
only-look for the name California
on the package, then you are sure
your. child is having the best and
most harmless laxative or physic for
the little stomach. liver and bowels.
Children love it's delicious frnity
taste. Full directions for child's
dose on each bottle. Give it without
fear.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

other questions before the confer
ence are of secondary Importance
to this fundamental ques-
ton of safeguard against wars in the
future"
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
Americas Share.

:. Americas Share.
:, Manila Bulletin: Judging from Mr.
ro Lovers program for feeding Eu-
i e americas share IN the victory
Is going to be the plowshare.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

examined by representative Of the
association before the selection was
made.
Puritan's price was $1,000.
Puritan, from the stables of Henri
Berthet, near Orthez. won first prize
in the Pau horse show last year.
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
Happiness Hunters Paradise.

indianapolis News: If a person is
interested merely in the pursuit OF
happiness, Berlin affords the best
opportunity for prolonged hunt
The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03
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SUFFER
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IS. Pinkhan's Vegeta-
bic Compound?
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The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-02-03

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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
PUNTA GORDA is TO HAVE
CLEANUP DAY NEXT Week

Councilman Golf, chairman OF
the street and sanitary committee
of the town council, has distribut-
ed circulars over town announc-
ing that Friday of next week
(July 25th) will be cleanup
day." and he urges every citizen
to get busy on. that day and put
his premises in good order. Clean
up front and back yards, streets,
alleys and vacant lots, he says,
and make our town attractive
to every visitor.
We hope every citizen will COM
ply with Alderman Goff's request
and do the job thoroughly. A
clean town not only makes a fav-
orable impression upon visiting
strangers, but it insures good
health amongst the people.
There are many vacant lots
about town that are grown up in
weeds and grass and present
very unsightly appearance. 1t
will take only a little while and
a reasonable cost to make these
presentable. To put these in or
der, a two-horse moving machine
should first be run over them, and
then rakes and fire should follow
and do the rest.
Amongst many other spots Of
the same kind, an unsightly, weed
covered lot adjoins The Herald Of
flee. This paper will pay a rea-
Sonable price for cleaning it off
and making it decent in appear
ance. Here is cash job for any
one wanting to work; and, if
there is any able-bodied man in
town who does not want to work |
and is living on his kindred, the |
town marshal is requested to send |
him to Arcadia, where the county |
Judge can make proper provision
for him.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
TAXES WILL BE HIGHER
IN DE SOTO COUNTY Y

Notwithstanding that the mill
age levied by the county commits
sioners of DeSoto county this year
is one-half mill less than a year
ago, and that this millage has
been steadily reduced each year
since 1913, the taxpayers Of the
county will be compelled to pay a
higher rate of taxes than ever be-
fore.
This increase in tax rate will
be due to the fact that the state
and school millage is the highest
in the history of the state.
The millage levied by the
school board for school purposes
is IS IL mills; by the county com
missioners, Is mills; for road and
bridge purposes, 13 mills; levied
by the state IL mills, making a
total of 5S IL mills for all pur-
poses.
The levy for school purposes is
greater than for all other county
purposes, except road and bridge
bonds.
The entire millage for state,
school and county purposes in
1898 was II mills. This millage
gradually increased until 1913,
when the total for these purposes
was 35 IL mills. Since 1913
there has been a gradual reduc-
tion in the county millage, but
the increase for other purposes
has more than offset the saving in |
this regard.
The figures here given were
compiled by B. Vance, clerk of
the county commissioners, and are
given with a view to breaking
gently to the mind of the taxpay-
9r what he may expect to meet
when he next visits the tax col
ector to square his accounts with
he county.-Arcadia News.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
BASE BALL PROGRAM HAS
RECENTLY Been ARRANGED

From now on, we are going to
have some base ball, real base
ball. Our Punta Gorda boys, un-
der the management of r. G.
Blount, with James G. Cooper as
captain, have perfected plans for
a lively season. There will be
plenty doing until the close Of the
summer.
Every body in Punta Gorda
should "root" for our home boys
and do all that is right and posi-
bic to encourage them to do their
utmost to win the championship
banner.
The contest for the champion
ship began Tuesday afternoon at
Dorr Field with an exciting game
between our boys and a team of
aviators. Details Of the game
came too late for publication in
today's paper, but Punta GOrda
lost
Yesterday afternoon. the Wau-
chula team came down in autos
and gave thc home boys very
lively contest.
This afternoon, our boys are at
Fort Myers, and we are sure
they will redeem their defeat of
last week.
Saturday afternoon, they will
again play Dorr Field, this time
on the Punta Gorda diamond. |
Bet on the home boys, yell for
Eheml
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
Freezing at Arcadia

The thermometer marked five
degrees below freezing up at Ar
cadia, Friday. But it was up
above Arcadia nearly four miles,
and was discovered by two ambi-
tious aviators. Possibly they were
desirous of establishing a reputa-
ton for the Arcadian village as
an ideal summer resort. Any
temperature desired down to zero
can be had at Arcadia by simply
going up in the air, Tampa
Times.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
Tax redemptions $20O.O(
A. l.. DURRANCE,

Clerk Circuit Court
The clerk was instructed t.
draw warrant to the holder of th'
past due bond of the Fort Ogder
Drainage District for $500, il
payment of the due interest OIL
same.
The bond of N. P. Yantis, con
tractor in the Moore Haven Spec
iaI Road and Bridge District
with B. F. Welles and f. E. Plat
as sureties, was approved, and the
clerk was instructed to return the
check filed with the Yantis bid.
The following resolution was
offered:
Whereas, there has been pend
ing in the Supreme Court OF Flor
ida for about one year the case OF
Charlotte Harbor and Northern
Railway Co., a corporation, appel
liant, against the county commits
SlOnefS OI DCDOJO OouIibyJ oppNl-
lees, in which the appellant is at
tacking the validity Of Charlotte
Harbor Road and Bridge District; /;
and, whereas, a large part of the
work in said Road and Bridge
District had been done before the
filing of said suit, and approx
mately 100000 of warrants issued
on account Of the work so done;
and, whereas, upon the filing OF
said suit, the contractors who
were prosecuting said work sus-
pended the work and refused to
proceed herewith; and whereas,
on account of pendency of said
litigation, the county commission
ers have been unable to finance
said work or further prosecute it;
and, whereas, the work already
done in said Road and Bridge
District because of said abandon
ment has greatly deteriorated in
Continued on last page)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
FLORIDA MAY BECOME
OIL PRODUCING STATE

Miami Metropolis: Nature is
both bounteous and wise. She has
richly endowed Florida with
wealth-producing resources, phos
phate beds, citrus and other
fruits, iron deposits, winter vege.
tables, its fisheries and the won.
derful Everglades that are DIES.
tined to feed the world and pos.
sibly become the sugar bowl OF
the United States. Even the dan
gerous and useless denizens of the
sea, the sharks, dolphins, sting
rays ct al, are being converted in
to leather to help reduce the high
cost Of footwear-an ally to the
lessened demand for officers put
tees, each leg-mark Of rank repro
scnI;ng two pairs of 'uppers."
Now come the scientists aad 'el'
us that crude oil underlies the
state in limitless quantities. Frank
Bruen, Tampa man, claims Flor
ida will eventually lead all the
states in oil producing, basing his
statement on remarks made by
eminent geologists and leading oil
men. Mr. Bruen claims that the
great S. 0. company has had for
some time intimate knowledge Of
this underlying wealth, and that
when the time comes to tap this
great reservoir of hidden wealth, |
the big corporation will be on
hand tc do the tapping.
And why notY Only gulf
this land from Texas
and Oklahoma to the northwest
IF us, and Mexico with it's great
Tampico fields to the southwest.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
FLORIDA--TAE LAND or
FRUITS and FLOWERS

Florida is known as the estate
OF Flowers, D." says the State Mar
keting Bureau, but our people are
not taking advantage of their OBJ
portunities. Flowers can be made
to brighten the out-of-doors in ev-
cry month. Nowhere do roses
and lilies make the early spring
radient with more color and
beauty. Nowhere does the wis
tarla vine give more generously
its gorgeous blooms. Every Flori-
ola farm and town home yard and
CITY park can. be made a regular
all -the-year procession of beauty.
Anent this subject Clarence Poe,
in the Progressive Farmtr, deals
with it in a practical way and
careful reading of what he says is
urged. This is his opinion of
what is possible:
eff the heavenly aroma of
rlpenlng scuppernongs doesn't
greet your nostrils as dew falls on
the autumn evenings, resolve that
your family shall have this privi-
lege in future years; for it is GER
talnly privilege just to smell
their matchless fragrance, to say
of actually tasting of the
liquid nectar, and then tasting on
until the palate is satisfied.
"A southern farm home with
'ut a cluster of Grape myrtles to
ylorify and pecan to dignity the
'ront yard, a scuppernong vine
in the back yard, wa
patch to gladden. the
ummer and a sweet potato patch
o furnish juicy sweetness for ev-
ry meal in winte"-well, such
ome simply isn't southern. It's
n the south but not of it; denying
0 itself the real glories and priv
-eges of our southern climate. All
t these things-crape myrtles,
ecans, watermelons, cupper-
ongs and sweet potatoes-belong
0 the south and will not come to
ERECTION outside of Dixie, and
ertainly none of us in the Sunny
outh ought to neglect the special
pportunity that Providence Of
ers us in allowing us to grow
lem here.
"ln speaking of Grape myrtles
-e may note that the President of
le United States has Grape myr-
e growing both in the front yard
nd the back yard Of the White
ouse. Go past the Capitol of
le United States at this season
the year and the first flash of
,lor you see in the Botanical
ardens is that of blossoming
ape myrtles; then go on up
ennsylvania avenue to the White
ouse grounds, either front or
ar, and the same thing is true.
Though situated in land cut out
ON Maryland, Washington is
o far north for the Grape myrtle
do its best, but it is utilized
lyhow. And in its imperfect
rms it is so recognized and util-
ed on the White House grounds;
1T it still more worth while for
oh and poor in the real south,
mere it fourishes best, to grow
ore generally this king of all
wering shrubs?" - Florida
'ower.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
Erecting Additional School Build


Contractor T. B. Stephenson,
assisted by j. f. Corbett, B. A.
Wachob and G. A. McLane, is put
ting up a single story wooden
building adjacent to the high
school building. This new struc-
ture is "a by 80 feet and contains
three rooms,-one for the domes-
tic science department, one for
kitchen and one for the music de-
partment of the high school. 1t
will be ready for use by the end of
this month.
The great increase IN the school
attendance made this new build
ing an imperative necessity.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
FLORIDA'S SUMMER
CLIMATE is ideal

they had to seek a higher lititud,
every summer for several months
or else suffer in health. This be
lief was largely the handed dowr
tradition that it is unhealthy il
; the South, and that in tropic OF
sub-tropical climes there is @al
ways danger of fevers because Of
the heat.
We have learned to know that
this belief was not grounded in
reason or on fact; that even in
Cuba, where yellow fever ragged
1t was but matter Of cleanliness
and doing away with the germ-
bearing mosquito. Research and
personal test showed that even in
the swamps of middle Africa,
South America and the isles of
the seas, man could, and did, live
in perfect health and comfort,
provided he exercised the caution
and common sense that he would
exercise in any other thing.
Then, too, with regard to Flori-
da and its summer heat, we began
to take note that the mercury did
not register quite so high here as
in other places much higher in
latitude, that the wind movement
was more steady and regular and
showed more miles per hour in
Florida than almost anywhere
else, and that the humidity in
Florida was only sufficient to
make life and the heat bearable.
We began to stay at home, as
an experiment, in the summer. We
persuaded others to do so. We
a few friends of the BRAY
er sort to spend a month in Flor
ida during the summer. We be-
gan to find that each year our
winter visitors stayed longer and |
longer, until many of them were
staying into June, and presently
some were staying all summer.
The story of Florida's summer
resort climate spread and today
we are getting such fine acEnowl-
as the following from
the Christian Science Monitor:
"The progressive people of
Florida have awakened to the
fact that they have delightful
summer, as well as a delightful
winter climate, to offer the people
If the states and provinces to the
north Visitors who have spent
he summer in the beautiful
peninsula, the Italy Of America,
lave been reporting complete
abstraction with the experience
or the past years.
Every year more tourists from
he north have taken up summer
esidence in the winter resorts of
florida. AS they have returned
lomeward they have told hotel
,eepers in Tampa, Jacksonville or
n Tallahassee what a splendid .
ummer they have spent in Or !
ando, or St. Augustine, or Day :
ona, or West Palm Beach, or
1iami, or Clearwater, of st. Pet c
rsburg, or Punta Gorda, or Key a
Vest; but only recently have
hese hotel-keepers and others
rasped the possibilities that such I
estimonials open UP. t
"Those familiar with the trop- Ii
IS and the sub-tropics will tell
ou that the air in those climates a
always cool in the shade. This o
particularly true of Florida, B
hich catches the air currents Il
'om the Atlantic as well as those
'om the Gulf of Mexico. AS a
after of fact, breezes from the,I
,ean and Gulf cool every part Of d
lorida, and the temperature, on CT
4 average, is ten degrees lower al
ian it is through the more north al
n of the southern and central ii
ates. Tampa Tribune. d
4
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17

Government engineers have rec
commended an appropriation of
100000 to deepen the channel
at Boca Grande to 27 feet and
widen it to 500 feet.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17
COMMISSIONERS met
IN REGULAR SESSION

The county commissioners met
in regular session in Arcadia on
Monday, July 7th, with Chairman
G. E. McRae presiding and Com
missioners Coker, Duran &c e,
Whitehurst andNWhitten present.
Minutes of the previous meet
ings were read and approved.
County Judge j. Irwin Walden
rendered a bond with The Ameri-
can Surety Company of New York
as surety, to replace the personal
bond approved by the board at
the June meeting. Said bond was
approved and the substitution
authorized.
All legal formalities were COM
piled with for issuing $6O,O0O.OO
of bonds for the Moore Haven
road and bridge district, No. 6.
The First Bank of Moore Haven
having been selected as depository
for the funds of District No. 6,
rendered as security for the safe
keeping of said funds a surety
bond for $25,00000 and certif-
cate of deposit of $30,O0000 in a
Tampa bank to be held in es-
crow, which securities were ac-
cepted by the board.
The clerk presented the follow
ing estimate of revenues:
Gentlemen The following is
an estimate of the revenue and re-
ceip4s other than from taxes to be
levied, reasonably to be expected
from the 1st day Of October, 1919,
to the 30th day of September,
1920:
General Fund
Occupation license 100000
Tax redemptions $5,O0OOO
Total $6,OOO.O0
Fine and Forfeiture Fund
Fines and costs and
other sources except
taxes $5,OOO.OO
Tax redemptions 100000
Total 100000
Road Fund
Tax redemptions $5,OOOOO
Agricultural Fund
Tax redemptions $4,000
A. l.. DURRANCE,
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17

The Smithsonian Institute, at
Washington, D. c., contains more
than 1,500 kinds of shell collected
along Florida's s seacoast.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17

California orange crop is re-
ported short, owing to dropping.
In the Los Angeles region, it is
said that the crop will be only 60
per cent. of normal.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17

Cleanup day, Friday, July %.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-07-17

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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
TRAIN YOUR HAIR As AN
ACTRESS DOES

No class of people devotes as
much time to beauty as do actresses,
and no class must be more careful
to retain and develop their charms.
Inquiry develops the information
that in hair care they find it dan-
gerous to shampoo with any make-
shift hair cleanser. The majority
say that to have the best hair wash
and scalp stimulator at cost Of
about three cents, one need only
get a package Of canthrox from
your druggist; dissolve teaspoon
full in a cup Of hot water and your
shampoo is ready This makes
enough shampoo liquid to apply it
to all the hair instead Of just the top
of the head. After it's use the hair
dries rapidly, with uniform color.
Dandruff, excess oil and dirt are
quickly dissolved and entirely dis
appear when you rinse the hair.
After this your hair will be so fluffy
it will look much heavier than it is.
It's luster and softness will delight
you, while the stimulated scalp gains
the health which insures hair
growth.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11

Announcement has been made of
the engagement of Miss Madeline
Horton of Kimberly. Ida, to Mr.. F.
M. Watenpaugh of San Diego, Cal,
the wedding to take place in the
summer. Miss Horton spent the "a
years of her life in Omaha, being a
graduate of South High school and
Nebraska State University, where
she received the master degree. A
year ago she went to Kimberly,
where she was made superintendent
of schools. Mr.. Watenpaugh is a post
graduate of Berkeley, Cal, and is
now physical director of San Diego
high schools since his discharge
from the service in January. ..
The young couple will reside in
San Diego after their marriage.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
How to Wave Hair to
Appear Naturally Curly

You won't need to resort to the parch-
ing, scorching curling iron if you will
adopt the simple-plan l will mention. Isn't
that good news?
At night merely apply little liquid sill
n,erine with clean tooth brush, drawing
this through the hair from root to tip.
This will impart a delightful wavy appear
ance and a bright lustre suggestive Of
hidden sunshine" It will prove beneficial
to the hair, instead of making it brittle
and dead looking as the hot iron does. In
the morning, instead of your tresses being
mean and contrary. you will find them
quite easy to do up in any form, and
there will be no unpleasant odor, grease
or sickness about the hair. I would
suggest that you ask your druggist for
the liquid silmerine-four of five ounces
which will require no mixing and you can
pour little into a saucer when required
Emily Coulson in Hygiene.-Adv.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1919-05-11
'GiveMeEmotion or Give Me Death
Say the Frail Moths as They
SINCE Their Wings

ing her, I'd as soon try to keep
house in cabaret"
SO the poor young moths one sees
futtering about the lights in cabar-
cts and cafes have their dark mo-
ments, too, when they ponder over
the grim truth of that platitude re-
garding the inability to have ones
cake and also eat it.
Man is Helpless.
You see, a man is rather help
less, laundering creature, almost
wholly lacking in those finer intu-
itions that enable woman to see
beneath the surface and grasp at
the truth, while the man is consum-
ing time with logic and analysis.
And if woman labels herself cheap,
the man accepts the label and at the
same time has the sneaking con-
tempt we all cherish for something
intrinsically common.
So, quite apart from any of the
mid-Victorian virtues of modesty,
delicacy or decorum, it is bad policy
for girl to permit familiarities from
men. She takes herself out of the
inaccessible, fine, highly desirable
class-that collectors are always
looking for-and dumps herself into
the Take one please" heap. And
we all know how often we pass the
Take one, please collection by.
Besides, man always has a ire
nendous respect for girl who
keeps him in the traces; he is like a
horse who knows when a green
hand is on the reins and realizes the
time has come to kick up his heels
and have a wild time. But if the
green hand proves it knows how to
hold him in check, who so docile
as-"man or beast?"
So my young friend who wrote
that there appeared to be nothing
but "a choice between spinsterhood
or series of 'rushes that mean
nothing more on the part of the men
than the quest of a new girl and
good time" is mistaken. She is too
young, or not sufficiently worldwise
to play the game-you see | am
leaving out all questions of propri-
ETY., modesty, and the Victorian viz
tues-if you happen to be an ultra
modern young person who calls
them such.
Assume virtue if you have it
not" said Shakespeare in his wis
dom. And if you happen to be what
the brutally frank young man called
a "girl-urchin" who Graves excite
ment. jazzes, glitter, glare and to-
basco- drenched food, don't expect to
make good match out of such hec-
tic capital. You may have a good
time as long as your youth is able
to withstand the strain, but you
won't have good time long.
Just look at the moths scattered
abou. street lamp some fine morn
ing and apply the moral-it will
make an evening home and good
| book seem a whole lot better.