The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-03-04
LOCAL ITEMS

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their home in Kalamazoo, Mich
The Lcnten season is now on. Get
your supply of nice salt mullet at
Smiths place.--ady.
G. w. Tongue will cave this week .
for Lemon Bay, where ne will visit
Clifford Rowland for a few days.
Don't sacrifice your town or sub
urban property before writing to-
Box 800. Punta Gorda.-adv. If.
You can save money by trading at
Caldwell's market. See his ad Of
fering specials for Saturday only
adv
Mrs. Mary L. Sardlin returned
Thursday night from prolonged
aud pleasant visit to kindred and
friends in Miami.
J. 3. Straughan left in his car
Tuesday for his home in Eminence'
Ky. Mrs, Straughan will remain
hela a few weeks longer.
FOR SALE-Seven thousand gal
Ions finest pure Florida cane syrup,
in large or small quantities. A. }.
KINSEL & CO.-adv loft.
To the delight of her many friends,
Mrs. ]. Z. Beside, who has spent an
extended visit in the North, return
ed home Thursday Of last week.
Have your coffee ground in our
new electric mill while you wait. get
Ting the full strength and aroma. II.
W. Smith, grocer-baker.-ady.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jonathan Prathcr
left Tuesday morning for their home
in Rossville, his, having been here
since the latter part of November.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. H. FenStern-
macher and children, of Sargent
Neb., are among those who are
spending few days here as members
of the tent colony.
Messrs. Lloyd Smay and Alvin
Palmer and Misses Lena and Eifie
Goulding, chaperoned by Mr.. and
Mrs, A. F. Hurst, formed party
going to Fort Myers Friday.
DR., and Mrs. T. S. Willis and
daughter, Pauline, left Thursday
morning for Harbor View, where
they will spend few days before
returning to their home in Michigan
f. Oldfeld, daughter and sister-in-
low Nrs Kaplan. of Philadelphia,
ARRIVED in Punta Gorda last Saturday
and are located at the Blazer cottage
lThey will spend several weeks here
A suitable reward will be paid fol
line arrest and conviction of the per
son who stole the bicycle last Sun
day night from the north side o.
Seminole Pharmacy. Reward also
Ifcr return Of the bike,
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D. Smith, Mr. ant
Mrs. J. c. Fits and son, Otto, and }
IA. Smith, all of Robinson, HIS, ar
rived Sunday and expect to aDen'
several months in Punta Gorda
THEY are located in the Gouldini
Ieottage on Sullivan street.
Mrs. Lizzie Meredith, kindly re
nembcred as a winter visitor herr
.wo wears ago, writes from LongyieW
Texas, that her father, Mr.. Wade, i
.speoding the winter there with nj
DAUGHTER. Mrs. Thos. A. Hardins
and hopes to 20 out to the noun
tof1q 80 miles distant from a rail
road to. hunt and fish. Mrs. Wilkes
another daughter, of Nashville, WIN
was q visits here last year and yer
popular among the tourists, IS nov
in Washington City, the guest OF he
son. John, who is superintendent o
Ithe Washington terminal railways.
Mr. Woods, one of the Atlanta me-
who visited mis- friead, DR.. Aschef
here. is one of the leading real estat
men of Atlanta, and he is very favor
ab1v i'm pressed with Punta Gorda an
saws that no Florida town has tn
opportunity to become one OF tn
states beauty spots such as is befor
this town. According to Mr.. WOODS
Nature has done 80 per cent of tn
work and it only remains for man I
do the remaining 10 per cent to max
this the city ideal. While here MI
Woods and a number of friend
formed a party to the banks OF on
of the nearby creeks, where the
Jaw and appreciated the beauties o
nature such as they had never dream
, cd Of A fire was built under tn
giant oaks, and the light Of the hr
rising to the moss hung tops, castln
IFS reflection in the waters Of IN
creek and throwing shadows OF IN
: conceivable shapes, conjured pic
ture that recalled the fairy tales o
childhood and fascinated these Wh
= saw. According to one Of the party
he had read of such things in tancl
fuI books, but never thoubht they eN
listed except in the imaginative oral
of the writer; but they are righ
here in Florida" he concluded JUS