The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-05-26

Many Punta Gorda friends OF Geo.
T. Brown of Tampa, are distressed to
hear that he and Mrs. Brown are both
i'll and confined to bed.
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The smiling countenance of Elmer
Oswald now beams across the coun-
ters of the Seminole Pharmacy, where
he began assisting, Monday.
C. c. Carleton, myaor Of the town,
went to Plant City yesterday,,to look
after his property interests there, ex-
pecting to return last night.
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Mr.. and Mrs. |. d. Atkinson OF
Tampa. arrived here in their car last
week, and are visiting the formers
mother, Mrs. G. r, Atkinson.
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Principal B. J. Baker of the local
school for colored children, having
finished a successful term, has gone
to Live Oak to spend the summer.
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Miss Sankie Williams, after a
pleasant visit of several weeks to her
parents and friends here, left, yester-
day afternoon, for Atlanta where she
is employed.
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The stockholders of the First Ma
tional Bank held a meeting, Tuesday
night, and took the necessary prelim-
mary steps towards increasing the
capital stock of the bank to $75,-
10000.
Misses Cora Stevens, 1rma Rhode
and Mabel May, accompanied by Ell
bert Stevens and chaperoned by Mr.
and Mrs. C. A. Stevens, enjoyed an ex
cursion, Saturday, on the launch
Sunday and had good time, notwith
standing the mosquitoes, which Ell
bert says were million to the square
inch
The best place in the world for {
girl is the home of her parents. She
may think that she has cause to rebe
against their control. but she should
realize that it is absolutely unselfsh
that her parents think only of heI
good and that nobody but they viii
take a similar interest in her. Theil
home is absolutely the best place fol
her, even though it may have some
disagreeable features.
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Thirteen persons were lucky, Sun.
day, when they were guests of Judge
William Fennimore Cooper on an ex.
cursion up Peace river. They went
in cars to Cleveland, where they
boarded the judges elegant new
launch and sailed up TO Liverpool
where they enjoyed picnic dinner
Besides the iovial host, the party in.
cluded Mr.. and Mrs. r. X. Seward
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wotitzky and two
little sons; Mr.. and Mrs. N. c. JIew.
lit; Mrs. S. j. Hewitt; Mr. and Mrs
&c. c. Carleton, and Captain Johnnie
Sands. builder and navigator of the
boat
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Responding to an invitation from
the Woman's Missionary Society OF
the Presbyterian church of Fort My.
ers, the following ladies belonging tC
the Woman's Missionary Society OF
this place, went to Fort Myers on
the noon train, Wednesday, and at
tended a very interesting meeting
held in that city: Mesdames M. K
Rankin, A. CASTOR, Jack Wilson, G
A. Waltmire, A. B. Tucker, A. A
Wyman, A. r. Slocum, F. j. Kerns
j. NJ. Weeks, c. w. Hewitt, ]. n
Skies, H. King, Misses Norma Pep
per and Maggie Holland. The presi-
dent of the Presbyterial was to be
present on that occasion.
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Mrs. f. Keen received, Saturday,
telegram saying that Noah Doug
lass, her brother-in-law, who was, car
ing for an orange grove between
Mulberry and Lakeland, was dying.
Accordingly, she and Mr.. Keen hast
ened in their car to the Douglas
home, arriving there late at night,
when they learned that Mr.. Douglas
was in a hospital at Lakeland. When
they got to Lakeland, which they did
as quickly as possible, they learned
Mr.. Douglas had died a few hours
before they arrived. His death was
caused by being caught in the ma
chinery of a gasoline pumping engine
and was horribly mangled He left
a, wife and six children.