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The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
Lewis-Whidden.

L. L. Lewis, far,iliarly known as
'Leck" Lewis, slipped off to Arcadia,
Tuesday evening, and was married
there by County Judge Walden to
Miss Ruth Wh:ide1, a well known
lady of this pace. The happy
couple left next morning for South
Georgia, where they will make their
future home. They have many
friends here who wish them very
joyous life.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
RUMOR THAT BRIDGE FUND
IS EXHAUSTED SAID TO
Be ENTIRELY UNFOuNDED

Within the past few days rumor
to the effect that the money provided
for building the Charlotte harbor
bridge Rad all been spent has been,
heard. Where such a rumor could
have had its origin is not known, for
nothing could be further from the
truth Say men in poG,tiCn to know.
However. IN view OF the apparent
ignorance of the people generally
concerning conditions of the contract
under which the bridge is being con-
structed, no rumor, how ever wild,
should be surprising. For instance,
a great many people believe that the
bridge is being built on the cost-plus
plan. Nothing could be further from
the real facts
The bridge is being built for a
guaranteed price of SIS, 100000, The
contract stipulatcs, according to
those who are in position to know,
that if the cost is in excess of $751;
100000 the contractor, Mr.. Maloney, 4
will lave to pay 20 per cent of the !
amount in excess of the guaranteed
contract price. That is, if the final
cost is $9S,000.00O. or $20,000.00
more than the contract price, the con-
tractor must pay 20 per cent of $780,
100000, or 100000, and the county
would have to pay the remainder Of
the excess. On the other hand, II
the contractor builds the brif~a
cordirg to plans ard 81
for less than the guarap
price, he will get 20 y
amount less the contf .rSF
is, If the final cost Oh - g
$6S,OOOOO instead orr 8 e
the contractor will getP Z O +
of 100000, or $2,006S, p !.
diticn to his salary. =
Thus it will be seen that Z
tract amply protects the taxpayer,
providing an incentive for economy
rather than extravaganza in building
the bridge. In other words. If the
contractor Is careful and saves the
peoples money he shares in the saw
ing; If he is careless ard extravagent
he loses money.
Work on the bridge has been slow
ed up somewhat on account of the
difficulty in getting cement, and
cement is high in price, but the en-
gineer and superintendent of con-
struction report satisfactory headway
and seem not to be concerned as to
their ability to finish tho bridge.
even under present conditions. by
the first of February and within the
contract price.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
Hit by Hanticar.

What might have proved a bad ac-
cide-t happened Monday morning,
when J. T, Rose, IT,, driving his IA
ther's auto, was passing over the rail-
road crossing OH Taylor street. Tho
motor car used by the section hands
came along at me scme time and ran
into the auto; but, cs the former was
running slowly, oily slight damage
was do2e to the Rose car.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
TAXPAYER BLAMES ROAD
Dept. FOR DEPLORABLE
CONDITION OF HIGHWAYS

The following communication ap-
peared in last weeks issue Of the
Wauchula Advocate, and the inquiry
is answered by a local citizen Weii
qualified to discuss such matters:
"Fcrt Meade, Florida August, 4,
1J2O-Editor Advocatc:-A lew
davs since. | received an invitation
from a friend who also lives in this
county and town, to take a trip IN
his seven passenger Buick, a most
comfortable and easy riding car. or
course l anticipated most delignttui
ride, starting, in the first place that
the trip contemplated was from this
tow to yours, distance of about nj
te2n miles. The fist eight miles 10
B, wiling Green was accomplished in
record time, the Buick slipping a-ong
like ono of the Americas Cup racers,
AID almost as n)isele3sly. However
our enjoyment of cur smooth level
reads in this county was short lived.
for, alas, after leaving the last ramed
town, we encountered a piece OF So
called road, that is a disgrace to civil
ization. This abCmi.iation in the
shape of a road extended for about
five miles, and rcGcmblcd more con-
tinuous series of hog walIows, and
sloughs of mud and sticky clay, only
comparable to a section CT the Dismal
Swamp, a most emphatic dividing
line between the two thriving towns
oof Bowling Green and Wauchula. 1t
is pertinent to ask, nay, to demand.
who is responsible for this menace to
life and happiness, whether bent on
business or pleasure between these
two towns? II ii is the duty of the
county commissioners, Cas ic the
case in this county, to have the roads
kept in repair, ,hel, the long suffer
ing tax payers, should rise up in their
might, and see to 1t, tGat those ofil-
cialc do their full duty. for which
they are paid, By the aforesaid long
suffering public at the very earliest
possible moment, hat it-at once
Yours obediently, Polk County Tax
Payer"
Here is the answere supplied by
local citizen:
Editor Hearld-I notice in last
weeks issue of the Florida Advocate
a communication from an irate TAX
payer who wants &c know why cGr-
tain stretch of road is not kept In
passable condition by the county COM
mi3sioners. The answer to his Ques-
tion may be of local interest.
THE so-called road mentioned
ROAD NUMBER TWO, for the rA.in-
tenance of which the legislature has
granted to the State Road Depart
ment all State convict labor and all
State automobile tax and one-fifth
of general road tax, which the county
commissioners were formerly permit ,
ted to levy. but instead of keeping
this road in decent repair the depart I
ment is using said funds and labor
in opening the WILDERNESS road
and the PONTOON section of the
Dixie Highway; the chief beacfici-
t~l ISo vi tht tApt-lultuIC = vi odlu
and labcY being certain LAND SPEC
ULATORS.
And this department now wants
the voters of Polk and DeSoto count
les to vote in favor Of authorizing the
Legislature to grant it twenty mill
ions more, presumably to spend for
other favored sDecula, ors.-Voter of
DoSoto County
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
Monday morning, some repre-

Monday morning, some reprobate
who was evidently very hungry,
sneaked into Uncle" John Lewis
kitchen and swiped all the beef, three
pounds. which was cooked and being
saved for "Uncle" Johns dinner. A
dog could not possibly have commit
ted the outrage.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19

The Old Resldenter likes to Tell Of
the Days when the Town had only 70
People and there was a Cornfeld
where the First National Bank now
stands. Then there was no High Cost
Of Living and the Butcher threw in q
Chunk Of Liver with Dimes Worth
Of Steak. Them wuz The Daysl
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19

Mrs. John Rasch transacted bust
ness in Arcadia, Monday.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19

estate census 1915. Not liste
in 1910 federal ce.-cUs.
"*Not organized as city in 1915.
The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-08-19
POPULATION

Punta Gorda's population
increased % percent dur
ing 10 years. Population
1920, 1926
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

Only four motor vehicle law vio-
lators ware arrested By the police
over Sunday. All were arraigned
before Magistrate d. J. Cieland and
mad s.. william Holms was Aned
for driving ct night with bright
lights on. e. Riefe, Charles Love
md william Shawgo were fined for
speeding.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

Warrington. June THE census
bereau today announced the follow
Ing 1870 population results:
Bealingham, Wash, 26,570.
Waterbury town, co-extensive
With Waterbury city, Conn, s1,4lo.
z Rome, N. Y, 1881.
Burlington. VT, 21,77s.
Increases since 1910:
Belliugham, 1,372 or 81 per cent !;
Wa4orbury. 1890 or $50; Rome,
so Or as; Burlington. 2,311 OF
III.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

Germany purchased sphagnum
lnoss IN Scotland for many years
prior to the war.
0ne million rounds Of artillery
ammunition were used In -four
hours Il the battle Of st. Mihiel.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

Oak apples, used h u,an,,s s.
and tannin. are formed 49,
trees BY the action Of inseeis
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

Efnneos Haskell, daaghter q tho
llrse tosefncr q the state q Okla
homa makes her screen debut n
e1pport q William Fafnnm ID 'Ths
Advonturer.
Gloria Swanson wAs married
rocentiy TO Herbert Sonborn,
president e the Equity Pictures
cooperation.
Irane Castle, one Of tho best
dressed women Of the screen, hAa
signed . contract to design dresses
and WRAPS tor one OF Chicago'a
largest mail order houses.
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07
Gessipy Bits,

Harriet. Olive Thomas little sis
ter, makes her nrst appearance on
the screen. She supports her big
sister In The F1apper."
Maurice Costello returns to the
screen In THE wilderness Of Fear. !"
He Il to have . leading part In this
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

All the news al ths time-Ths
Argus. 4
The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1920-06-07

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, 1920-01-29
Oldest U. s. Soldier Dead.

washington.-Sergt. Joseph Dun
woody, aged 81, at the time Of his
death the Oldest former enlisted man
in the regular army, died at the Sol
diers' home of pneumonia, following
an attack of influenza. Born in Dub
lin in 1923, his first military service
was in the British army in India dur
ing the Sepoy rebellion. He came to
the United States just in time to en-
list in the Third United States artil-
lery at the outbreak of the Civil War
and was In many battles.
, 1920-01-29
NO NEED FOR INTERPRETER
squaw Evidently Had Not Always
Been One Of the Ordinary
"Blanket Variety"

We were honeymooning in Arizona.
OF ourse we had our ever-faithful
camera with us. On the principal
street corner of a small town I saw
an old Indian squa~ sitting on the
sidewalk with her pottery on exhibit
ton about her. I thought that would
be a dandy picture to take back home.
My wife and I stopped in front Of the
squaw. and. knowing an Indians su-
perstition about being photographed,
we hesitated. Just then the proprietor
of the store in front of which she was
squatting opened the door and 1 in
quired of him: do you think she
would object to our taking n snapshot
of herr" He said he didn't know, that
we might try 1t, and while we were
discussing the situation the squaw
spoke up in excellent English and
with decided gestures: mo. 1 don't
care to have my picture taken."-Ex
change.
, 1920-01-29
WASHINGTON

In order that schools may teach their
pupils something about the 1920 cen
sus, the Census Bureau has prepared
a special circular for the use of teach
ers.
over imports for the veal 1919
amounted to $4.017 100000, u new rec
ord, the Department of Commerce an
nounced in Washington.
Coinage of a 2-cent piece as a me-
mortal to former President Roosevelt
has been proposed in a bill introduced
by Chairman Mclean of the Senate
banking committee at the request of
the Women's National Roosevelt Me-
mortal Association.
Senator Phelan, California, intro
duced a resolution to amend the four
teenth amendment of the federal con-
stitution so that Japanese born in the
United States and Its possessions can
not obtain citizenship. Phelan pointed
out that within a few years, under
the present constitutional provision.
Japanese born in Hawaii will control
the territorial government. The high
birth rate of Japanese in California
is also a menace to the control Of land
by the whites, he said.
Suffragists are specializing which
state will give the Susan b. Anthony
amendments the vote necessary to rati-
fication. Twenty-six notifications have
been achieved, -four special sessions
have beer agreed upon-Wyoming,
New Mexico, Idaho and Arizona. Three
full suffrage states-Washington, Ne
vada and Oklahoma-and West Vir-
Einia, where the Legislature is pledged
and the governor has declared he will
call a session soone or INTERFERING
the number to thirty-four, leaving the
thirty-flfth and thirty-sixth to be won
from Delaware, New Jersey, Missls-
sippi, Maryland. Vermont and con-
necticut.
With much pork eliminated. the
annual rivers and harbor appropria-
ton bill carrying funds for the next
fiscal year has been reported to the
House by the ways and means com
mittee. The bill would appropriate
only $12,4O0,O 900, a slashing down OF
S3O,5O0,O0O from the total submitted
and considerable cut from the amounts
usually carried.
More than 100000 worth of
Vhisky and spirtuous liquors has been
u~onfiscated by the internal svenue Of
Ulcers in New York since the eight
zenith amendment went into effect.
, 1920-01-29
Mob Auto Thief.

Tulsa, Okla.--Joe Badgett, who was
at liberty under bond on a charge Of
automobile theft, and who was taken
from the city by a crowd declared to
have been bent upon l%ynching him,
was maltreated by the crowd but not
seriously injured. Badgett, according
to the authorities, is nov back In
Tulsa. Details of the affair are still
lacking, and the police are continuing
their investigation.
, 1920-01-29
Wealthy Ranehman Found Dead.

Casper, Wyo.-John Corbett, AZ
years old, a wealthy pioneer stock
mar of Natrona county, was found
murdered at his ranch home six miles
southeast of Casper when county Off
GERS made an investigation of his
premises. which had been deserted for
days. Robbery is believed to have
been the motive for the murder, ac-
cording to officers, but the identity of
the slayer is shrouded in mystery.
, 1920-01-29
SIMPLE MATTER TO DIAGNOSE
Collar SaIesman's Ailment Would
Probably Yield to Treatment Of
the Right Kind.

The collar salesman leaned his lin.
enlike face over the counter at me
and whispered: I'm getting collar
fits"
whats that?" / asked, twisting a
number fifteen choker around my six
teen neck.
"A disease peculiar to collar sales
men only. After one has sold these
linen and flannel circles for any
length of time he begins to think, walk
and dream in circles and splrals.
Mentally, ! can never arrive at any
conclusion. 1 start to think from a
thought which always seems to me to
he a bone collar button. and I inva-
riably arrive at the point where I be-
gar.
"When j take a walk I catch myself
describing circles which seem to be
made of collars. The streets. the
houses, the stars seem Mt times to be
a merry-go-round made up of linen OBJ
jects.
at night / dream OF mounting vast
circles up in the sky made up OF mil
lions of collars. at the top Of which
Is a giant collar box"
young man." j said, you brain
needs laundering."-Cartoon Maya
zine.
, 1920-01-29
Wants 900 900 for Navy.

Washington.-That the impairment
of national security is threatened by
the disorganized condition of the navy
was admitted by Secretary Daniels in
a letter urging Congress to appropri-
ate at ono more than S10,0O0,000
necessary to prosecute repair work on
vessels. Unless the money is forth
coming it will be necessary to dis
charge 1890 skilled artisans.
, 1920-01-29
A Cultured Quarter.

"We are now passing through a
neighborhood which has more culture
to the square foot than my other part
of town."
"WellI Well! Everybody about
here, I suppose. is a high-brow."
Eyes. Why, the people in this neigh
borhood talk about Shakespeare as If
he hadn't been dead more than a
week."
, 1920-01-29
LARGE Reward for Murder.

Dublin. - A proclamation posted
here contains an offer by the lord lieu
tenant Of a reward Of 10000 for in
formation within three months leading
to the conviction of any person guilty
of the murder of fourteen police Off
GERS whose names are given.
, 1920-01-29
Went Insane at Throttle.

Sioux Falls, s. D.-Driving into the
teeth of a blizzard, Engineer Stephen
Yorkshire, who suddenly went insane
while at the throttle, nearly caused
the wreck of a Milwaukee freight
train near Avon, s. ID. A catastrophe
was averted, it was declared, by the
trains conductor, who pulled the air
brakes.
, 1920-01-29
TERRIFYING
FROM SKIN DISEASES

you cannot find a blood remedy
that approaches S. S. S. for real
efficiency. S. S. s. has bees on the
market for fifty years, during
which time it has been giving uni
form satisfaction for ali disorders
for which it is recommended. IL
yGy wans g. sresn s. s. T FaT sx yeu s ga.
vice as to the treatment of your
t town ch 5n%a''i aedie si'e Ad Ef,.s 'ss, I;iKt
Specific Co, Dept, "A. Atlanta, Ga.
, 1920-01-29
RECIPE FOB GRAY lair.

. sman bpI of Rarho C"mnonnd ~ ~
OF. of glycerine. Apply to the hair twice a
week until it becomes the desired shade.
ANY druggist can put this up or you can
mix it at home at very little cost. 1t will
gradually darken streaked, faded gray hair,
and will make harsh hair soft and glossy.
1t will not co'or the scalp, is not sticky or
greasy, and does not rub of.-Adv.
, 1920-01-29
AMERICANS
ARE CAPTURED
REPORT SAYS COLONEL BLUNT
AND OTHERS TAKEN
BY REDS.
TAKE POLES IN DRIVE
DETAILS ARE LACKING IN WIRE
FROM RAY IN
SIBERIA.
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

"cstern newspaper Union news Service.
Chita, East Siberia. Jan. 26.-Colonel
Blunt and seven other American en-
gineers; Miss Ford, Captain Charette
and several other members of the
American Red Cross, and an entire Pol
ish army, composed of former prison
ers, have been captured by the Bolshe-
Wiki at Kliuchinskaya, according to a
garbled telegram received from Joseph
Fl. Wray, former American consul at
Irkptsk.
The dispatch from Mr.. Ray was sent
from somewhere beyond Nizhniudinsk,
Jan. IA. 1t was somewhat garbled in
transmission. Kliuchinskaya is on the
Trans-Siberian railroad, 100 miles west
of Nizhniudinsk.
The Czechs are fighting a rear guard
action with the Reds near Krasno-
yarsk. Bolshevism is gaining in Chita.
Ernest l.. Harris. former American
consul at Omsk, is still In Chita.
The British, Japanese and French
missions and many members of the
American Red Cross have arrived in
Hardin.
A BOlShevik wireless communication
Jan. 10, announced the capture by the
Bolshevik forces in the KrasnOyarsk re-
gion of seventeen columns of Polish le-
gionaries. together with sixteen guns
and 10000 rifles.
A dispatch received in London Jan.
20 said there was an unconfirmed re-
port at Hardin that the Bolsheviki had
destroyed n Polish division near Kras-
noyarsk.
The Poles captured undoubtedly are
prisoners taken by the Russian army
early in the war and sem to Siberia.
There, after the revolution and when
the Czechs gained the ascendancy, they
were armed and impressed into the an
ti-Bolshevik forces, as was done also
with large numbers of Serbians who
had been prisoners of the Russians.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Blunt, captured
by Bolsheviki, is Lieutenant Colonel
Blunt, district inspector of the trans
| Siberian railway, according to Col.
George Emerson of this city, formerly
in charge of American engineers in ST.
heria-
, 1920-01-29
Itching and Burning Eruption,
Torture Victims.

If your skin seems ablaze with
the fiery, burning and itching of
Eczema, real and lasting relief can
only come from treatment that
goes below the surface that
reaches down to the very source
of the trouble. Skin-diseases come
from a disordered condition of the
blood. and search far and near,
, 1920-01-29

One little hint is often worth more
than a ton of advice.
, 1920-01-29

The average man never casts his
bread upon the waters until 1t becomes
stale.
, 1920-01-29

Red Cross Bag Blue is the finest
product Of its kind in the world. Ev-
cry woman who has used 1t knows
this statement to be true.
, 1920-01-29
CAUGHT FROM THE NETWORK OF
WIRES ROUND ABOUT
THE WORLD.
DURING THE PAST week
RECORD OF IMPORTANT EVENTS
CONDENSED FOR BUSY
PEOPLE.
WESTERN
Western Newspaper Union News Service.

WESTERN
Nine Ernestine Schumann-Heink,
who has been seriously i'll at her home
at Grossmont, Calf, with pneumonia,
is reported improving slowly.
Simmons College dismissed classes
at Abilene, Texas, for the funeral of
Dammit, the schools white bulldog
mascot. A marble headstOne erected
over the grave carried the epitaph {:
Dammit, He's Dead"
Ed OStrangler) Lewis defeated
Ivan Kranloff, a Russian wrestler, at
ST. Louis In two straight falls, both
with the head lock. The first fall
took fifty-six minutes Twenty-Five
seconds, the second sixteen minutes
ten seconds.
Rather han serve a thirty-five day
sentence in the Oakland city jail, Pearl
Whitford, %, eluded the matron and
climbing through an open window on
he fourteenth floor of the city hall,
jumped 300 feet to her death. Hun
dreds of persons witnessed the trag-
edy.
Theodore Bell, counsel for California
wine interests, has announced that
some of his clients would submit to
prosecution in order to test the valid
ity of constitutional prohibition. Manu-
facture and sale OF wine for purposes
OF testing the law would take place
soon, he said.
Mrs. Marion A. Forrest, prominent
in Eastern Star circles in California
and New Mexico, was instantly killed
in Oakland, Calf, by an automobile
driven by Harold Craven, a Univer-
sity of California student. Craven is
charged with ~manslaughter. 1t is
charged that he was driving at Excess
sive speed.
First installation of wireless tele-
phones for commercial purposes in
Utah was completed when a cement
manufacturing company at Ogden
erected aerials above its offices and at
it's plant thirty miles north of Ogden.
Similar equipment is to be installed for
a oal company with a mine at Rock
Springs, Wyo.
Gov. William d. Stephens OF Cali
fornia has declined to grant an au-
dience to a committee appointed by
the Oriental Exclusion League n
other organizations to seek from him
an expression as to whether he pro-
posed to call a special session Of the
State Legislature to deal with exclu-
sion legislation.
, 1920-01-29

Very Much.
SIS there anything in that ciplie-
messenger" ~ am sure it was not sent
for naught."
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1920-05-22
THE \. NJ. &. A. NODES.

The members Of the Y. Al. C. A.
were out i'll good numbers last Pri
day night and Il great meeting WAS
Ecld. Special papers were read by
MIR. &. l.. Anderson and the ether
man.
Last Saturday p. NJ. at the Y. NJ.
{. n. the hour with the class for the
explanation. M the Sunday School
Lesson by DR.. w. IL. Stokes was n
live one.
The boys ad mon of the Building
used last Sunday to the good OF the
DINER man thus Il great day Of ser
vice
y. NJ. the Sabbath Glcc club me,
and went out to help tho other man
flnd another man. a successful er
fort. Oven 500 men were found.
$50 y. Nj. the workers hold spec
'ai services before going to work.
Thc committees for the jail and
city home found much to be done 10
a. NJ.
l.. Nj. Vice President John Ucr-
don gave the boys Il very timely ad
dress and every boy wus struck
Mothers we thank you
Rev. NJ. e. Gerst spoke to the men
$50 p. NJ. at the building. Subject:
Will a Man Rob God?
Do not forget the explanation on
the Sunday School Lesson teday
1. N. Mt tho Y. NJ. G. A. Come.
Men be Oh time Sunday ready for
hard work and the other man.
At the building $3.50 a. NJ. tho
workers will meet.
Every boy Is invited to the special
meeting for boys. President Robert
p. Daniel will be glad to meet you.
Be on time 4 p. NJ. at the building.
A great meeting for men at the Y.
NJ c. A. Third and Leigh streets
o.oo l. N. thS Ac" PAstoi VI 'aic NJ
Philip Episcopal church, Rev. Taylor
will deliver special address to men.
Subject: Sin. Live music. Only men
! May Sunday, 30th $3.50 p. M. at the
Hood Temple Zion A. M. e. Church
Il special meeting for only women.
Rev. Roy Flack, B. D., pastor Of The
church will speak to the women. Sub
jet: Some Things That Women
Ought to Know. Music by women. Men
will not he admitted. Tell tie other
woman. Adams and Clay streets :,
and Clay streets. Crowd the church.
Watch for the blue and red rally
ly the church and the friends.