The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1896-12-26
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commit suicide Or desert their families.
Some women have good husbands and
never awaken to that fact until their bet,
ter half has been laid away in the cold
cold ground.
TO keep up a fifty dollar appearance on
a ten-dollar weekly salary is often at
tempted by foolish couples, only to fad
that debt and shame is the result. On in
curing around amongst the trade In our
city the following few pert remarks were
scrubbed down by one Of tho enterprising,
wldeawake merchants, who handed it to
the writer of this article with request
that it be given IL place in the columns of
the REPUBLICANS:
Wilmington jewellers reported large
trade in empty boxes for this Christmas
The numerous auction sales are presumed
to have had something to do with it,"
Never before was there such brisk
Trade in empty boxes with reputable
jewellers names upon them as this Christ
mas. Articles were purchased at public
auction for presents, and the sendcrs
wished to make those who were the re-
cipients OF their gifts believe they had
been purchased from some Of the jcwelry
stores that have built up reputation for
selling good jcwelry. They tried every
subLerfuso to yet the exact sizo and iclt III
most insultrd when told that the jcwclry
s,ld from their store only WAS put IN
blxe5 with their names upon thrn'
THE killing of William Doughcrty, who
WAS riding on the rear Of the Water Witch
hose cart, by being struck by ono Of he
Royal Blue cyptess trains on The Is. y u
Railroad, makes the third fireman. killed
within the last three months in our city.
The first was William McNeal, who WAS
killed in the morocco fire at Second and
Walnut streets, followed by the dralh Of
On Eyer Courtney, who drove into the cX;a-
walton over tho Brnndywlnc bridge, aud
now comes the death Of tho last victim,
William Duughcrty. There should be a
relief fund raised among the different COLI
panies for the benefit ut the widows and
orphans Of the lircmen who meet death
while on duty or by accident in going 10
md from alarms Of lire.
TIE hearts of Thousands of c1ll len
were made happy on Christmas mora hg
by presents brought To their hOElrA hy thA
much talked Of AMI t.rcaMcl Of X.
Kriurlo, Turkey dinners and good r.-ur
md Xmas greetings were til" o.'!lt Il e.
erci.a, for the lay which. ly tho WAY. MAS
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an ideal one IL was ie%u'E "-@'1''iA-
Toned CHRISTMAS A IL" cA"!F7 were "A'
singing ChrISV'll'a eatul9 curry !" '"1
mornlng Early services were h'"I IL t"'
various eh"ltut7 eAtl| ms "I-.ts '-.S
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WAR with Spain by tn" United State
would be followed by a. much Il uGt m@r1
suffering than followed the war Of the
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