Middletown transcript., 1902-09-20
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dence.
Mr.. Jacob I. shallcross visited Middle
town Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. Sheppard Morris were
in Chestertown on Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. spry visited
Middletown on Wednesday.
Our farmers here are very busy cutting
corn, and very fine corn it is.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick Robertson were
Middletown visitors Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph 7. Teams are at
the Chelsea" Atlantic City.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond's little child Is
very ill, we are sorry to report.
Mrs. Therza Shalleross visited Miss
Mollie Othoson on Wednesday.
Mr.. Thomas Stradley and daughters,
visited relatives in Galena on Sunday.
The Dover Free Library viii open to
the public on Tuesday, September 2Sd.
Mrs. Caroline Johns and daughter, Miss
Emma, were in Middletown on Tuesday
Miss Bessie Merritt, Of Warwick, isthe
guest of Miss Mamie Peafce near Cecil
ton.
Messrs. Clayton and James Johns were
guests of friends in lower Kent on Sun
day.
Mrs. Louis Dreka on left Monday for
Philadelphia where she will visit rela-
tiyes.
Mr.. Hopkins, of Philadelphia, spent
Sunday with his cousin, Mrs. Frank Syl-
vester.
The September term of Circuit Cour'
for Cecil County convened i'll Elkton on
Monday.
Miss Nora Boston was entertained by
Mrs. Tarbutton and Miss Effie Crouch on
Saturday.
The fall meeting Of the New Castle
Presbytery will be held in Elkton on Oc-
tober 7th.
The frost on Monday morning did con-
siderable damage to late fruit and toma-
toes here.
Mr.. and Mrs. William H. Spry were
guests of relatives in Baltimore several
days last week.
Miss Efie Crouch and brother, Walter,
of Baltimore, are visiting Mr.. and Mrs.
John Tarbutton.
Mr.. Stephen Boyer, of Middletown,
was the guest Of his nephew, Stephen
Boyer, Jr., last week.
Mr.. Alexander 7. Laws who has been
on business trip for the past ten days,
returned home on Wednesday.
Mrs. Herman B. Massey, of near Mas
seys, was the guest Of her aunt, Mrs.
Alexander T. Laws on Monday.
Mrs. Daniel Mitchell and children, Of
Matawan, N. J., are being entertained by
her sister, Mrs. John F. Ernest.
Mr.. Smith Burris, of Kennedyville, was
the guest of his daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank Sylvester Saturday and Sunday.
Rev. ]. McLain Brown and wife have
been entertaining Mrs. Busy and sister,
Miss Kate Searles, of Washington, D. G.
The Farmers Preserving Company, of
Rising Sun, Cecil County, packed about
l7O, 600 cans Of tomatoes during last week.
Rev. J. McLain Brown and Miss Kate
Searles were entertained for dinner On
Sunday by Mr.. and Mrs. William H.
Spry. ).
Mr.. and Mrs. R. Griffith Cliff and chill
dren, of Masseys, were entertained on
Sunday by his mother, Mrs. E. W.
Stats.
The seventy-ffth anniversary Of the
first Methodist Episcopal Church in
Christiana hundred was celebrated on
Sunday.
On next Wednesday the dance at
Dewey Park will be great event, the
fish fry will be one of the features Of
enjoyment.
Mrs. John F. Ernest and sister, Mrs.
D. Mitchell and children, were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Price, of Masseys,
on Tuesday.
Miss Truave, of Wilmington, who has
been making an extended visit to Mr..
and Mrs. James Davis left for her home
on Saturday.
We regret exceedingly to learn that
Mr.. George Stats, of Warwick, is lying
critically ill of typhoid fever, with no
hopes of recovery.
Mrs. Herman B. Massey, Of Masseys,
and sister, Miss Susie Ellison Ford, of
Ford's Landing, returned from Sea Girt,
N. j., on Saturday.
Miss Viola Lott, of Wilmington, is the
guest of her uncle, Mr.. Phemies Jones,
and is entertaining her friend, Miss Annie
Meyer, of Baltimore.
Mr.. James S. Ellison and family who
have spent the summer at the Chelsea"
Atlantic City, will return to their home
in Philadelphia this week.
For the first time in thirty-four years