The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1919-10-02

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bring his daughter-in-law and
children back with him.
J. E. VanCamp spent Sunday
here visiting Mrs. VanCamn. He
is now working at Mulberry,
which is the center of the big
phosphate strike, but, like Phil
Sheridan, he "ain't skeered. +"
That bright and gentlem anly
boy, Joe Addison, celebrated his
birthday, Friday. His mother
treated him and few of his
friends to feast aud, at night,
Joe took party of his friends to
the picture show.
Chadwick Brothers brand new
power boat, Iris" built by 0. A.
Bell, is ready for service. On her
trial trip this week she gave fine
account Of herself. She will prove
a valuable addition to the already
large fleet of this firm.
Jack Pickford tonight at the
Plaza Theatre. (adv,)
After an absence of two months
in Colorado, giving attention to
the shipment of a big crop of can
taloupes which he had there, G. G.
Carleton came home Saturday
night, and is now preparing to
handle his big orange crop here.
Mrs. Emmett Adams has lately
bought an elegant automobile.
Saturday, she took Mrs. J. r,
Hurton and her children up to
Fort Ogden, where all enjoyed a
dinner at the home of Mrs. Tom
Daughtrey, daughter of Mrs.
Adams.
George Wood and family of
Grand Junction, Col.,' who were
on their way to Fort Myers, spent
Sunday and Monday in Punta Cor
de. They started on their jour
ney on August nth, since which
time they hye travelled over three
thousand miles in their two auto
mobiles.
The Punta Gorda Fish Co., is
making extensive preparations to
handle the big fruit crop from the
islands below, which will keep
their freight boats pretty busy for
season. This firm is to be com
mended for their enterprise and
for bringing this traffic to Punta
GOrda.
Viola Dana and a two-recl
Mack Sennett comedy, Saturday
night, at the Plaza Theatre. (adv. }
Elmer Oswald visited Carl
strom Field, Saturday contem-
plating entering a school of in
struction in one of the various
branches of the aviation service.
He has returned here to await in
formation that, may lead to his
entering the motor transport
corps of the army.
Work has been resumed on the
artesian well that is beng put
down at the intersection of Mar
ian avenue and Taylor street,
which when finished will serve the
conv enience of large number of
people who find it beneficial to
drink the mineral water obtained
from the flowing wells for which
this locality is famous.
J. NJ. Weeks is making exten-
sive improvements on his property
northeast of town, clearing up and
getting ready for cultivation an
enlarged acreage. Mr.. Weeks,
while still making a speciality OF
growing fancy pineapples, IS Civ
ing more and more attention to
truck farming, in which he has en-
ioyed good measure Of success.
Irwin Bell, a Puma Gorda boy
who is now located at Sarasota,
where until recently he was work
ing for the American Railway Elk
press Co., is now second engineer
on a fine yacht, the "Viadoffner
2nd," belonging to John Ringland
of circus fame, a position which
the young man finds lucrative and
from which he expecrs to step in
to something even better,
Mrs. A. s. Marshall of Tampa,
arrived here Tuesday, and with
Miss Clara Hobson of Cleveland
II Nice Tbo1ma White nf lack