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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT TWELFTH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF FLORIDA IN
AND FOR DE SOTO COUNTY. IN

CHANCGHf-
W. ". Whitehurst vs.. George Ander-
son, L. E. Altman, and all parties claim
ing interest under Charles F. Todd, de-
ceased, or otherwise.
Bill to quiet title. ,-.
To all parties claiming int@est under
Charles r. Todd. deceased, or other
wise. in the lands hereinafter described
You, and each of you are hereby hotl-
fed that a suit has been instituted
against yeu in the above styled court by
the above named complainant, on the
chancery side thereof; wherein IL Is
sought DO quiet the title of complainant
to the East half of the Southeast Quarter
Of Section 20, Township "a south Range
"a East, DeSoto county, FLORIDA ,,;.
1t further appearing from the affidavit
of the complainant filed in said cause
that it is his belief that there are persons
whose names are to COMPLAINANT ui
known, claiming interest under ChalIes
r. Todd, deceased, or otheTWISe, IN IlIe
piaint relief is sought against all SUCH
parties.
each of YOU to be and appear TO the So"
Bill of Complaint at the Once VI rc 90.
clerk of the above STYLED court. IN arc
1ia Florida on, or before MONDAY he
Bird dav of November. A. u. 1919. Az"
you are further notified that IN del3uii
of such appearance the nla'IerS r,v
things charged against YOU IN salu Din
viii be taken as confessed.
1t is further ordered that this Order Oh
Pubrcatio be published for period oil
twelve consecutive weeks next precaulit
| the 3rd dav of November. \. d. l9l9 N
the "Punta Gorda Herald. a newspaper
Of general circulation. ,,.
! Witness my hand and seal AT ArcauIn
! Florida, this 4th day of August A -
! 1919 l,,-,.
| (SeaD A. L. DURRANCE' CIeIH VI
rv CLARENCE J. CARLTON, D. c.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
NOTICE OF INSTITUTION OF SUIT
ea/ ATTnC HMENT


In the County Court, in ana Tor De9oIo
County, Florida, $3.50
Joseph Crews VS.. w. T. Rowland. :,
To w. IT. II owland, defendant, ana an
other persons interested:
You are hereby notified that suit by
attachment has been commenced against
you, w r. Rowland, in the county
Court of DeSoto county, FLORIDA; by az
tachment of the following DESCRIBED reai
estate in the county of DeSoto, ana state
Of Florida, to-wit: The South East quar-
ter OF the North East quarter OF the
North West quarter of Section Twenty
four. TOWNSHIP Thirty-four' Range
Twenty-Five East.
gainst you. w. T. Rowland, by Joseph
And you and each of you are hereby
required to appear to said action at the
Court House in the city of Arcadia, couh-
ty of DeSoto, and state of Florida, in the
office of the clerk of the said Court on
Monday. the 9Th day Of October A. D.
1919. and II you shah fail to appear judg-
ment will be given against you by de-
fault, and the said property sold TO satls-
fly plaintiffs claim and costs.
Witness my hand and official seal at
the Court House in the city OF Arcadia .
DeSoto county, Florida, this 2lst day OF
Of July A. D. 1919.
(SeaD A. L. DURANGO. Clerk of
the County Court, DeSoto
county, Florida.
By MARY A. MOVE. d c.
l. p. BARLOW, Attorney for Plaintiff.
WauchuJa Fla 31-9t.
I, A. L. Durrance. clerk Of the. county
court. DO HEREBY CERTIFY that the
above and foregoing is true and cor
rect copy of the Notice of Institution OF
Suit by Attachment. in the above cause,
now on file in my office.
Witness my hand and official seal at
Arcadia, Fla. this July goth, 1919.
(SeaD A. L. DURRANCE, Clerk CT CT.
BY MARY A. MOVE, Deputy Clerk
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS

Notice is hereby given, that sealed bids
will be received by the Clerk of the Town
Council of the Town of Punta Gorda
Florida, up to o'clock p. m. of the 10th
day of September 1919, for grading and
paving the roadway of Retta Esplanade
from Taylor street to Berry street
in accordance with plans and specifica-
now on file in the office of Clerk of said
Town.
The Council reserves the right to reject
any and all bids,
By order of the Town Council.
L. E. ROBINSON, Clerk of the IoWh
of Punta Gorda.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
PRESERVATION OF SHOES
To Make Articles of Leather
Last Longer

The rapidly increasing cost of
shoes, harness, and other articles
made of leather may be checked
and considerable saving effected
in the expenses of individuals by
the adoption of simple measures
for prolonging the life of leath-
er, say the leather specialists Of
the Bureau Of Chemistry, Unit
ed States Department Of Agri-
culture. Shoes and harness
properly treated will last twice
as long as when reasonable pre-
cautions for preserving tn c
leather are neglected.
Grease or oil should be applied
to the shoes whenever the leath.
er begins to get hard or dry
The shoes should be brushed
thoroughly and all dirt and mud
that remains washed off with
warm water, the excess water
being taken off with a dry cloth.
On dress shoes or polished
shoes use castor oil and apply
lightly at night to the dried shoes,
rubbing the oil into the leather
well, especially along the welt or
where the sole is sewed to the
upper. Polish the next morning.
Tan shoes are, of course, slightly
darknened by grease and even
polish. Do not apply any oil or
grease on rubber heels or com
position soles, since such applica-
ton is unnecessary and injur-
ious.
Work shoes which are not to
be polished may be creased with
neat 'S-foot oil, fish oil and tai
low, VaSeline, or petroleum..
The oil or grease should be about
as warm as the hand can comfor-
tably bear, and should be rub
bed well into the leather, espec-
tally along the welt.
If it is desired to secure great.
er water resistance than the a.
bove oils and greases will insure
"a heavy dressing or greasine
with either of the following mix.
lures has been found excellent
for this purpose:
70 pound of neutral WOO
grease (get from drug store),
"A pound of (heavy) dark PET
r rolatum (get from drug storey
"a pound Of (light) yellow
, parafiin wax; or
: $40 Of a pound of petrolatum
: 10 Of a pound of beeswax.
t Very good water resistance
E can be secured by adding bee
tallow to any one of the oils o.
e greaseS mentioned above fo
greaSing work shoes. In al
3 cases each mixture should b,
: melted together by warming
carefully and stirring thorough
i ly. Better penetration is secur
ed if the grease is applied warm
e but it should never be hottie
t than the hand can bear. TIL
:, creased shoes should be left Il
dry over night in a warm place
+ The edge Of the sole and the wei
g should be CREASED thoroughly, a
r too much grease can not be ap
!, piled to these parts. Any one 0
, the above mixtures should be ap
piled warm to the sole Of <h
shoe, thus increasing it's durabil
ity, pliability, and water resis
r lance
Harness leather should b
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
IN JUSTICE COURT, 7th JUSTICE
DISTRICT. DE SOTO COUNTY, FLA.

m ,ussTICE COURT, 7th JUSTICE
DISTRICT, DE SOTO COUNTY, FLA:
Town of Punta Gorda, municipal
corporation VS.. A. Symonette.
enforcement of tax lein.
70 the defendant and all persons in
terested- 3.,
Take notice that a suit has been insti-
tuted against you to enforce tax len
against all of Block 1eS less lots . 10 -
a fa Go % In Fla FIq for the taxes due for the
years 1915, 1916. 1917 and 1913 and you
are REQUIRED to appear in said cause at
the office Of said court in the ToWh OF
T+,,+o C1rrda Fla. on the rule day in
October 1919. the same being the 9Th day
Of said month or jud gment Will be given
against you by default and your property
sold to pay said taxes and all cost. .,.,-
Given under my hand and seal on this
the 25th dav of August 1919
s. F. ]. TRABUE, Justice OF Peace.
(SeaD
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

A clean, dry cloth should be used
to remove excess oil which the
leather is unable to take Wg4
Harness can be kept soft and
flexible for a long while and
made very much more attrac-
tive in appearance by the proper
application of oil.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION TO SELL

Notice is hereby given that on the lith
day of October 1919 l will apply to judge
Walden, County Judge of DeSoto county
Florida, for an order to sell al private
sale the undivided interest of Julia +:
Aikenhead widow Of James M Aikenhead
deceased, in the South East quarter OF
the south west quarter in Section C2)
in township (4D range (22).
This the Goth day OF August 1919.
Grace D. Aikenhead, Committee for
Julia p. Aikenhead.
j. II. Hancock, Attorney for Grace D.
Aikenhead.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04
IN JUSTICE COURT, 9TH DISTRICT
DE SOTO COUNTY, FLORIDA

DE SOTO COUNTY, FLORIDA
The Town of Punta Gorda, munic-
ipai corporation VS.. c. II. stewart
Enforcement of Tax Lem.
To the defendant and all other persons
interested:
Take notice that a suit has been insti-
tuted against you to enforce tax lem
against Lot "a of Block 81 in the Town OF
p,,nto T;orda Fla. for the taxes due for
the wear 1918 and you are required to ap-
pear in said cause at the office Of said
court in the Town of Purra Gorda. Fla,
on the rule day in october 1918, the same
being the 9Th day of safd month or
iudcment will be given against you by
default and your property sold to pay
said taxes and all costs.
Given under my hand and sosl on this
goth day of August 1913.
$. r. j. TRABUE, Justice OF Peace
(SeaD
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

FOR sALE-Tho borrowing cards on tor
sale at this office: House TOT nen for
Rent, "Unfurnished Rooms for Rent t.
Rooms and Board, "Autom9 3pnea f FOR
Hire. Price 10 cents each or three O iTl
% cents. Call at THE HERALD ia I'd
FICE.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

Constipation is the starting point for
many serious diseases. To be healthy
keep the bowels active and regular Her
bine will remove all Accommodations in
the bowels and put the system IN prime
condition. Price SIC Sold by all drug
gists (adV)
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

j. w. Harper, one Of our tom
serial artists, went over to Tampa
last week, and brought home an
elegant 5-passcnger automobile.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

A VOlusia county road district
has voted 100000 of bonds, Which
are being offered for sale.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

WEDDING INVITATICNS-f you are
gong TO get married, let us talk WIN you
about the invitations or announcements
viii compare fayorably with the most eX-
oensiye engraved ones and they VIII not
cost near so much-THE HERALD
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THE FLORIDA TIMEs-UNIoN

wants a responsible travelling represent
tatlve for subscription and advertising
departments in this county and adjoining
territory. All or part time required.
Salary or commission. Give full partic-
uIars as to territory you can cover, ex-
perience and reference.
Address THE FLORIDA TIMES UNION
Jacksonville, Fla. 36-2t
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-09-04

VISITING CARDS-Visiting caros
printed from appropriate type faces z Hn-
en- or yelIum finish. 25 for SOC. 6O Tor 'oc''
100 for S1OO.-THE HERALD.
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FOR SALE-Eight acres of fine truck
ing land. partly cleared; two-stoory pack pack,
ing house and about 500 good pineffy
posts with shed. Titles, perfect; T. ,,e Af
Street, Baltimore, Maryland '0
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Earn $500 a Day or More
Man or Woman.

Call on those in your own locality. NO
samples or supplies, no money required
Address p. o. Box 527, Jacksonville, "a
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FOR RENTAL eight-acre truck la no nj
cr saIe.-D. COLCLASURE, Acllne' fl&''
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CLASSIFIED

sz7 Advertisements inserted unGer -t iorS
head for cents per me edci
six words counting line
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FOR SALE Solitaire DIAMOND lj ia
"a bargain for quick sale.-Adui COS
u, Punta Gorda.-35-2t.
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FOR SALE-On account OF such Le,srn
Thos Sheridan wishes TO sen l'''
place in LaVlla. 5ltf.
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE World Beater peppei
q M HARDEE, Wauchula, Fla. 3O-4I'
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MiSCELLAN EOUS

HEMSTITCHING-Let us DO your
Hemstitching and Picoting. Mail ORDERS 1IIr,
given prompt attentiOn.-THE ELL M -
SHOP, Madame Blaise, Fort Myers Pt%
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
,IEW BLOOMFIELD

New Bloomfield, Pa. Oct. 10
William Messimer, of Harrisburg, is
spending the weekend at his home
here.
Mr. and Mrs. Clark B. Kistler and
little daughter, and Miss Mary Dun
bar, of Pittsburgh, came to their old
home here Saturday for a short
visit. Miss Dunbar and Mr.. Kistler
returned Sunday. Mrs. Kistler will
remain for a week.
Mrs. S. B. Shumaker, of Loysville
visited her sister, Mrs. G. w. CARRIER
Mrs r. r. McKahar, of Washing
ton, d. c., is the guest of Mrs. Henry
Riegel.
Mrs. Chas. o. Davis is visiting her
brother, A. b. Clarke, and family
in Altoona.
]. Rankin Martin. of Beaver
Falls, Pa, visited here this week
Mr.. and Mrs. A. j. Riegel, who
spent the summer here as guests o
their son, Henry, and wife, have
gone to Cleveland, o., to visit theiI
| daughter. Mrs. Donna Rich.
Samuel Lupfer, of Kissimee. Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Heppenstal
and Mrs. Aurand, of Wrightsville
Pa; Mrs. Rice and daughter Anna
OF Los Angeles. Calf, and Mrs. Elva
Pugh Kaufman, of Richmond, Va.
We're guests at the home of Mrs
Elizabeth Darlington.
Ed. Heston, employed by the P
r. r. at Pittsburgh, is home help
ing his mother to move.
The Rev. George II. Heiss anG
George w. Keller, of the Shermans.
, dale Bloomfield United Brethren
charge, are at Hanover, Pa, attend.
ing conference.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
MANY SICK AND
WOUNDED FLEE
IN FREIGHT CARS
Refugees From West of Omsk
Are in a Pitiable
Condition

Omsls, Oct. 10.-Almost unim-
aginable suffering, illness and great
loss of life has attended the hurried
evacuation of vast territory west of
| Omsk owing to the recent advance
! of the Bolshevik armies. Refugees
from the territory menaced by Boil
sheviki invasion We're herded into
boXcars with the wounded and i'll
| from the fighting front and started
eastward into Siberia with a pitiful
lack of doctors and nurses.
Conditions prevailing at Koulom-
zinc, a station across the river from
Omsk. probably are typical of doz-
ems of other places along the ST.
berian railway as far east as Kras-
noyarsk.
Like Living Skeletons
In this auxiliary freight yard at
Koulomzino, the Associated Press
correspondent saw trainloads of ill
and wounded men wasted with dys-
entery. typhus and typhoid, lying on
bare plank floors under filthy over
coats or blankets, too weak to move.
There were men with wounds that
had not been dressed for days and
whose bodies were so shrunken
from disease and lack of food that
they resembled skeletons or rather
dying skeletons.
In some instances the dead had
lain for days in the midst of the liv-
ing and dying who were so dulled
by suffering as not to know or care.
Among these refugees the Inter-
Allied anti-typhus train in charge of
| Captain Conner, of the American
Red Cross refugee section, endeav-
fn ertt fs,yN ii
to the evacuation of the Red Cross
personnel on orders of Ambassador
Roland S. Morris, of Toxic, Miss
Williams had little aid in distribu-
ton of medical supplies and cloth
/ ing furnished by the Red Cross.
Upon arrival of trainload of SOL
diers the occupants are transferred,
car by car to the bath train while a
locomotive passes down the line
pumping steam into the vacated
cars to kill vermin. Meantime the
patients are given a steam bath and
their clothing and effects sterilized.
On emerging each is given a new
suit of cotton underwear, furnished
by the American Red Cross.
Makes Fifth Flight
The refugees passing eastward in
endless strings of trains are in bet
Most of them regard their fate phil
osophically. One old woman in a
family party with several babies and
two bright girls of seven or eight
years said she was now making her
fifth enforced fight since the Ger
mans occupied Wilma, her home
town before the revolution.
Miss Margaret Matthews, of the
Red Cross refugee section has fol-
lowed the train eastward to Kras-
noyarsk to give aid there and DR..
Manget, head of the Red Cross in
Western Siberia, is preparing to
| open a 2,000-bed hospital in Omsk.
An example showing the lack of
int elligent cooperation in the care
of sick and wounded soldiers was
shown in the fact that while hun
dreds offthem were passing through
Koulomzino, a splendidly equipped
| Russian sanitary train with bath
car and operating and dressing cars,
lay unused in the Koulomzino yard
waiting to go to the front.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
London Discusses
Skyscraper Question

London, Oct. 10.-The old ques-
ton of whether London is to have
skyscrapers is being revived because
of the high price of property in the
business section and the lack of
space in office buildings.
The government buildings in
Whitehall are four stories high, but
it has been found necessary to add
a story to the War Office to meet
the demands of the department.
One well-known architect in touch
with the governments plans eX-
pressed the opinion that unless the
new and the lod ministries were
content to do their work outside of
the area devoted to governmental
activities skyscrapers were inevitable
in Whitehall.
Generally speaking, however, Lon
don does not like tall buildings.
Percy Tubbs, past president of the
Soc ETY. of Architects, declared that
if the skyscraper was to come it
would be necessary to widen the
streets.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
WOMEN TO MAKE
A BIG OFFERING
Episcopal Mission Tribute,
Counted at Convention,
Will Exceed $350,000

Detroit, Oct 10.-Women from all
over the United States and from
lands beyond the seas are here in
thousands at the general convention
of the Episcopal Church.
Each of the 6S dloceses have theii
branches to the women's auxiliary
to the Board of Missions repre-
sented by five delegates to the Mis-
sionary conferences and meetings
connected with the convention.
Delegates also are present from
China, Japan, Africa, Cuba, Porto
Rico, the Philippines and Honolulu.
Meetings of the auxiliary will be
held in the First Presbyterian Church
House, where everyday mission
study classes will be followed by con-
ferences to be addressed by mission
workers from all parts of the world.
At the noon hour all work viii be
suspended for the offering of the spe-
cial prayers for missions.
The climax will be the great cor
porate communion service to be held
in st. Paul's Cathedral for the pres
entation of the women'S united Of
fering to the support of the mission
work of the church throughout the
world. The Offering of the women
at the last triennial convention in
1916 at st. Louis amounted to 1888,
900. The Offering this year proba bly,
will exceed that amount by many
! thousand dollars.
During the past three years the
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
MISSING SOLDIER BEING
HUNTED BY WAR DEPT.

In an effort to locate Charles
Butts Titus. a missing soldier who
was attached to the Field Artillery
in the September replacement draft,
circular and poster bearing his
photograph have been sent to Army
hospitals.
Titus is 26 years old. 5 feet s
inches tall, weights 144 pounds,
wears a No. Z hat, a No. Z shoe and
a IA 1-2 collar. He is of medium
fair complexion, heavy black eye
brows, brown eyes, prominent fore
head. The end of his fourth finger
on the right hand was cut off and
put back on, causing the nail to be
deformed.
Titus left for overseas service with
a Camp Jackson replacement draft,
Fourth Battery, Field Artillery, in
September. His serial number was
4123789. He was reported lost when
the Ticonderoga was sunk Septem-
Der 80, 1918, but later reported to
be in hospital in France.
1t is requested that anyone who
can give information concerning this
soldier will communicate with his
wife, Mrs. Irene Titus, Box 81, R.
F. d. No. L. Gallon, Ohio.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
To Relieve Catarrh, Catarrhal
Deafness and Head Noises

Persons suffering from catarrhal
deafness, or who are growing hard of
hearing and have head noises will be
glad to know that this distressing af-
Fiction can usually be successfully
treated at home by an internal medi-
cine that in many instances has ef-
fected complete relief after other
treatments have failed. Sufferers who
could scarcely hear have had their
hearing restored to such an extent
that the tick of a watch was plainly
audible seven or eight inches away
from either ear. Therefore, IL you
know of someone who is troubled
with head noises or catarrhal deaf.
ness. cut out this formula and hand it
to them and you may have been tho
means of saving some poor sufferer
perhaps from total deafness. The pre-
scription can be prepared at home and
is made as follows:
Secure from your druggist l o.
Parmint Double Strength). Take this
ter and little granulated sugar; stir
until dissolved. Take one tablespoons
full four times a day.
Parmint is used in this way NOT
! only to reduce by tonic action the in
| flammation ard swelling in the Eus-
| tachian Tubes, and thus to equalize
| the air pressure on the drum, but to
| correct any excess of secretions in
| the middle ear, and the results IL
| gives are nearly always quick and
| effective.
Every person who has catarrh in
! any form, or distressing rumbling
! kissing sounds in their ears, Should
! give this recipe trial.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1919-10-10
SOLDIERS URGED TO
HOLD INSURANCE

Many men who have dropped
their war risk insurance, give as
their reason for so doing, their dis
like of the so-called red tape" in
volved. Upon further questioning,
they Immediately cite personal or
hearsay cases of endless correspon-
dence resulting from a seemingly
hopeless tangle. Invariably these
cases are found to have resulted
from incorrect or incomplete accom-
lishment of the necessary applica-
tion forms; or carelessness in the
matter of payments.
The business, although over
whelmed for a time by the great
volume of business, has made but
few errors, if one considers them on
a percentage basis; and that is the
only fair basis. Moreover, it has
constantly eliminated confusion and
error of past cases; and made pro-
visions against the future; and made
efforts to avoid so-called "red tape"
The latest move in this direction.
comes through the provision that
men now entering the service may.
within 120 days after enlistment or
enter into the active military or ma
val service, apply for permanent
government insurance without first
applying for term insurance.