The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1922-05-19

Forest fires last week destroyed
the dwellings near Woodrow of c.
A. Sercomb and d. A. Paige, which
at the time, were not occupied. This
week, similar fire burned a tenant
house and barn and damaged the
dwelling and fruit trees on the place
south of town formerly owned by Joe
c. Falcon. The origin of these fires
is unknown.
Walter A. Kaler, progressive and
popular owner of Pine Ridge Farm
in the southeastern part of the coun-
! ty was here Wednesday morning,
with another wagon-load of delicious
| Tom Watson watermelons, which
commanded ready sale. He said that
Mrs. kaler and their little daughter
were i'll and that he himself was suf-
fering from the after-effects of the
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Braxton B. Blount, jr., of Jackson
Vile, arrived here in a car, Sunday.
and visited his parents, DR.. and Mrs.
B, B. Bloun: till Monoay morning.
when he left on his return trip to
the metropolis. While here, he ex-
changed cars with his father. Many
of his local friends were disappointed
at his short stay which prevented
them from having the pleasure of
meeting him.
Mrs. Leon f. Mizell, wife of the
local postmaster, left, Tuesday after
noon, for her former home in Cleve-
land Ohio. where she will spend the
summer as the guest of her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. William Gehrke. At
Jacksonville, she was Joined by Mis-
Elizabeth Mcneil, and the two went
by steamship to Baltimore, whence
they departed by rail to their individ-
ual destinations.
Many friends were at the depot,
Tuesday morning, to bid farewell to
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Frederick. who
were leaving for their former home
in Louisville, Kentucky, where their
property interests will require their
personal attention for an indefinite
period of the future On this ac-
count, Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick may
not return here for several years to
come. Meantime, they will be great
ly missed by numerous friends
A wag went around town, Tuesday
and told lot of men and women that
he would not vote in the primary of
June 9Th for John Hagan for tax as
SCISSOR; and. Furthermore, that he had
good reason for believing that the
county commissioners would not put
Hagans name on the ballot. This
caused surprise and some indigna-
ton, which was allayed by the infor-
nation that, under the primary law.
when candidate has no opposition.
name does not go on the ballot.
Remedy for chicken mites repeat
ed for the one hundred billionth time:
Put a teaspoonful of powdered nux
vomica into pint of corn-meal
dough, stir it well. and feed to the
q
Continue for week. This will kill
all insects that infest chickens. Sup
plement this treatment with an appli-
cation of insect powder to setting
hens and of lime to coops and roosts.
Clip this out and paste il on your
dresser mirror. Twenty-Five thou
sand newspapers and periodicals in
the United States are tired of print
ing this.
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Harry Dreggors thinks that the
Punta Gorda Fish Company, of which
he is senior member, is pursued by
hoodoo. Whenever any marine dis
aster happens in these waters, he
says, his company is sure to get the
biggest part of it. Their latest mis- I
fortunes occurred this week, when .
two accidents befell their large run
boat Harris Brothers. The first was
the breaking of the crank-shaft of the
engine, which happened on Monday
and will cost fully two thousand dol
lars for replacement; and the second
occurred Wednesday night, when the
gale drove the boat against the rail
road dock, which ripped a big hole
in her side. The same gale drove a
box car off the dock and clear out
TO the old depot, a distance of half
a mile.