The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-02
FRIDAY, AUGUST ,, 1901.

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Every club house and cabin along shore
is now full.
The school house is being treated to a
needed coat OF paint.
Farmers believe that there is an insect
pest for every one OF his crops.
Ice Cream Soda at Johnson's on Sat
urdays.
r. F. Willis q Co. have a very attrac-
lively painted new delivery wagon.
Don't forget that st. Paul's harvest
home will be Thursday, August 10Th.
Mrs. Hannah Ashcraft has broken
ground for a new double house on PitmaD
Street.
More wheat has been threshed from
the field this year than usual to avoid the
moth which did so much damage last
year.
The finest tavors in Soda at Johnson's. n
The Bethel Sunday School will make
an ~excurion to Brandywine Springs next
Thursday, Sth. Fare Soc. and zoe. for
children.
Henry Hates and family, who have
been living in PENIS Grove since last
March, returned to their home in Cam
den, on Monday.
There was a bread famine in PENIS
Grove last Saturday night, because OF the
big influx of the city visitors, especially
to the houses along the riyershore.
The rains a few weeks ago nearly ruin
the late tomato crops. The vines have
grown large, but the bloom was knocked
off and but few tomatoes are set on, and
they will be very late.
J.. W. Pratt's workmen resumed drilling
on the stone at the bottom OF the water
works pipe with a 500-pound drill on
Wednesday. They made a few inches
progress on Thursday.
The monthly business meeting OF En-
manuel Epworth League will be held
mex Tuesday evening at Miss Abbie L.
Kidd's and Mrs. Gilbert Elwells, A
pleasant time is anticipated.
Doctor William Ziesel, Dentist OF 1859
North Franklin Street, Philadelphia, Will
be at his PENIS Grove office, Delaware
Avenue and Pitman Streets, every Thurs
day. Crown and bridge work, filling,
extracting and artificial dentures. APP
pointments by mail or otherwise. =
Geo. III. Elkinton, assignee of Edw. &.
Brick has declared a dividend OF Il per
cent. There will be another small divi-
dend when bills are collected. He had
about $40, 900 to distribute.
Contractor James O'Neil, of Burlington,
began building the foundation for the
water works standpipe on Tuesday, 1t is
of solid granite and cement, s feet high
and II feet in circumference.
Joseph II. and Harry Dalbow have sold
their naptha launch Stephanie to Willis
Sculthrop, of Seabright, who will use her
to carry fish bait (moss -bunkers) from
purse nets to fishermen at Seabright.
Linford Denny, a fireman on the rail
road got a cinder in his eye two weeks
ago. 1t got to hurting him so bad that
he went to Wills Eye Hospital, Philadel-
phia, on Tuesday and had the cinder cut
out.
Cherry Ripe is fine, at Johnson's. \
PENIS Groves horse hat are trimmed
with flowers. Undoubtedly there will be
a rivalry in that line soo to increase the
millinery business and it will become
fashionable to have mirrors along the
street so horses can see if their hats are
on straight.
Capt. Harry Trout and d~eckhands,
John Checker and Bruce Beanchamp, on
the steamer Pokonoket are held for court
under bail, in Philadelphia, for dumping
ashes in the river. 1t was the crew OF
the Pokanoket who recently were involy-
ed in an inquest before Coroner Dugan,
where charges of inhumanity in not per-
forming a rescue were made.
Notwithstanding the cool wind and
threatening rain on Wednesday the after
noon and evening turned out most favor
able. for the harvest home of Emmanuel
Church. More persons were present than
on former occasions and about $50 We're
cleared. Rev. d. w. C. Mclntire was
not present owing to other engagements,
but Rev. Sanford NJ. Nichols, Phi. D., OF
Glassboro, gave a pleasing address and
some good points ON character building;
- =. A.