Middletown transcript., 1904-12-24

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store on West Main street to Mr.. Georgd
F. Lee, who only short time ago put
chased the drug store of Mr.. Al. M. Chal
berlaine DIR. Pearson's large practk e
made it impossible for him to continue
the drug business, and after January 1st,
1905, he will move to the Offices on South
Broad street now occupied by Mr.. Frank
L. Gates. Mr.. Lee will make many i'm
provements in his new purchase after
January 1st, next, when he will take pos
session Of the store.
Through its agent, William w. Myers,
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has
completed the purchase of several tracts
of land in Delaware and Maryland along
the peninsula roads for the purpose Of
growing trees for railroad ties. The land
of which the company now owns 100000
acres in these TWO states, in addition to
tracts in Pennsylvania, is bought at from
Sc to $40 per acre, none being purchased
except it adjoins the company's lines.
We are now on the holiday home
stretch. Only one more day and then all
will be over. What remains to be done
must be done quickly or not at all. The
time to act has come. All things are now
ready. The merchants and shopkeepers
are ready; the holiday goods are here in
quantities to suit every body and every
purse, right at your own doors. There
is no use in spending money to 60 to the
larger cities, and coming back dissatisfied
in the end. Buy at home. Perhaps you
are in business yourself; do you want
your neighbor to go abr3ard to buy !? No /!
Then don't do it yourself. Make good
use of the few hours left and make your
home merchants as wen as yourselves
happy.
On Wednesday afternoon, December
2Sth, at 2.30 o'clock ih the Century Club
room there will be an entertainment for
children given by Mis-. Harris Mcdowell,
the chairman of the Juvenile Committee
All members of the Club are invited to
attend, and bring their children with
them. In the saphe room on Friday
evening, Decembef 30th, the ladies Of the
New Century CluN will hold their Christ
mas Social at s O'Clock All members
are cordially inv tied with the privilege
of bringing friend. A program is in
progress, which comprises the following
instrumental sblo, Mrs. ]. G. Bragdon
dialogue, Mrs Nv. E. Barnard and Will
liam H. Brad t.; vocal solo, Mrs. Theo-
dore Leonhar4 humorous reading. Mrs.
J. H. Hardca9tle instrumental solo, Mrs.
Jesse L. shen| |herd.
Dear Old ris Kringle has made his ap-
pearance, arId hurrying crowds fill the
stores, buying here and looking there.
1t is the beautiful spirit of giving to our
loved ones land friends to make happy; to
have themI hurry to look under the tree
morning and receive a gift
presented with heart full of love. There
is indeed "a great variety in the crowds of
holiday shoppers. The woman who
knows what she wants and where to get it.
Then we have the meek man, to whom
ias shopping is anything but agree
able, who seurries about the stores, say
ing things religious man never thinks |
about, and always remembering that
there ts one more gift to buy. But the
season. is too glorious and happy to allow
The m1ind to become narrow with grum-
bling, and the gifts this year will doubt |
less, ,lbe more numerous than in the past.