The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS


Henry Quednau, local representa-
tive of the Standard Oil Company,
spent a few hours attending to bust
ness in Fort Myers, Wednesday.
You will find the most complete |
line Of groceries at the GrOcerter-
ia. adv. /
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The continual rains are greatly in
terfering with the work on four
dwellings and one business establish
Iment which are in course of construc-
ton here Farming operations are
at a dead stand-still.
\ Pay cash and get your groceries at
the Grocerteria and save the differ
ence. ndV'
Miss Naive Mccain, Wednesday
evening, went to Arcadia to visit
kindred for a few days prior to 60
ling to Jacksonville, where she Will
2 teach in one of the public schools
during the current term.
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, Try one of those splendid chuck
+ steaks at 15c the pound. Smiths
= Market adv
The contractor finished, Tuesday,
I Iputting down an artesian well in the
T. orange grove Of Chadwick Brothers
on the Allapatchee. 1t is six inches
l. in diameter. 1874 feet deep and gives
'e a bountiful flow of fine water.
Swift's Premium Hams (whole) 81
cents pound at Smiths. None bet
TX to,. you know adv
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During the week, floods of rail-
Is have fallen here and the ground II
at thoroughly saturated. But as th'
t. autumnal equinox and the new mool
are on hand now, there may be al
Iagrceable change in the weather
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". Genuine Mexican chilli con earn
prepared fresh on premises at Palac
w. Quick Lunch in Steele's place. adv
to m x
ef H. r. Montgomery & Son, who haV
bought the crops of oranges on c. [
Carleton's groves in this vicinity ar
on getting every thing, including the lc
lV' cal packing house, in readiness 10
shipping the crops, and may beSi
-" next week.
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'cK Mrs. Laura Reed, accompanied !
rs. her father. w. NJ. Whitten, went
Tampa. Monday, to have an ocuii
- treat her eyes, which, since an Il
-. +ock of dengue recently suffered !
/ Mrs. Reed, have been giving NJ
= much trouble.
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&: Since Miss Grace Laubach, assis
!. ant cashier of the Punta Gorda sta
!. Bank. has bedn disabled by an
: tack Of dengue, her duties have bee
!. efficiently discharged by Carl
= Wheeler, who recently removed iro
E: Pineland to this place.
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Z Mrs A. VI. Mathison returne
:: Sunday, from a two-months Visit
: relatives and friends in Griffin, Ga
&: and Ozark, Ala. She was accoi
!. panied home by her sister, MI
:IOzetta Powell of Ozark, who Will
!. her guest for several months.
!. Percy Bailey of South Jacksonvill
]: on route to Boca Grande with vie
= TO investing there, stopped over ne
!. Tuesday and spent the day as Il
!. guest of Mr.. and Mrs. Joshua Mize
i to the latter of whom, during h
J: pirlbood. he was valued friend.
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!. Mrs. Charles r. Swartz and tN
: little children, having enjoyed
g.: weeks visit here to the formers pi
: ents Mr.. and Mrs. f. l.. Laubac
= and other kindred, left, Saturday !
+: Gainesville, where they joined y
81" Swartz and will make their home
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= !. II is singular that there are
= +: genuine Parson Brown oranges
+ this locality; at any rate, none ha
!: made their appearance in this mi
I ket, though the genuine fruit Of Il
\ ! variety has been ripe for month
Z longer. So-called Parson Brow
: that are not ripe now, are not Pars
$3.50. Browns.