The Punta Gorda herald., 1922-09-15


Mrs. Hoyt Carleton and two child !
rem, after enjoying a fortnight's visit !
here to the children's grandmother, !
Mrs. S. |. Huffman, returned to their
home in Arcadia, Saturday afternoon.
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Joseph G. Harrison. who is serving
in a lucrative position at Useppa,
came up Wednesday and visited his
fSmily till next day, when he return
ed. He was accompanied by Mr.
Reed.
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Unless the rains cease pretty soon
and stay ceased for thirty days, there
will be very little hunting done in
this region before the end of the year.
The forests are afoat, and miles of
public roads are covered with water.
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Professor and Mrs. H. ]. Stroude,
after a pleasant visit to the latter's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sam Knight
of Charlotte Harbor, left, Monday
morning, for Miami. where the for
mer will teach in one of the public
schools.
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Mrs. Charles r. Swartz and baby
arrived Saturday night, on a visit to
the formers parents. Mr.. and Mrs,
F. l.. Laubach, and other kindred.
The Swartz family will move this
week to Gainesville, where Mr..
Swartz has a fine position.
Many Punta Gorda friends will be
interested in knowing that Mrs. G.
l.. (Anna) Willis and Miss Sarah
Boyle. formerly popular, residents of
this town, have engaged to teach in
the Woodrow Wilson high school in
Tampa during the current term.
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These are the days which try the
patience of the good housewife who
wishes to feed her family well. On
ly a few kinds of fruits and vegetables
are found in the stores no peaches,
oranges or grapefruit,
and only string beans. cabbage and
onions for boiled dinner.
The following girls left, Monday
evening, for Tallahassee, where they
will resume their studies in the State
College for Women: Misses Irene
Riley. Elizabeth Cooper, Anna Mae
Skies and Lucy Muriel Ingram.
Many friends were at the depot to
bid them goodbye
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Many friends here of Ira Nelson, !
son of J. H. Nelson of Harbor View,
will be interested in knowing that, |
after completing a mechanical course |
in school in Kansas City, he has
gone to Hillyard, Washington, where
he is serving in a lucrative position
with the Great Northern Railway.
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During his visit to states west OF
the Mississippi river, w. l.. Koon
had the pleasure of visiting d. 3.
Jones and family at Moundridge,
and was delightfully."- enter
tanned by them. Mr.. Jones, who is
one of our regular winter visitors,
has a modern farm of large acreage,
which is equipped with all up-to-date
and produces splendid
crops.
Frank Rice. who is well known
here. having spent his boyhood in
Punta Gorda, is applying to the par
loning board this week to be pardon
ed for completely in the Homestead
bank robbery, which occurred some
seven or eight years ago. Four men
in that crime and, in
their attempt to escape, killed two
officers at a railway water tank a
short distance below Miami. The
robbers made their way to this coast,
where one of them was drowned and
another, Leland Rice, brother OF
Frank, was shot and killed. Frank,
when he boarded fishing boat at
Chocoloskee, was shot and desperate
Iy wounded. He and his surviving
pal, a man named Alderman, were
convicted in Dade county circuit
court and sentenced to life imprison-
ment.