The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-02
FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1905.

Some of the sturgeon fishermen havt
arrived home from Bayside.
J. X. Duffy's dog prefers a river-batl
and a roll in the mud to a 81. so blanket
PENIS Grove and X Wilmington will
pay ball at Penn's Grove grounds at ;
O'Clock Saturday 3rd.
Benz. W. Hurff has sold his pleasure
launch Arbutus to the Electrical Worker:
Association of Philadelphia.
Witch hazel cream for chapped hands
at Johnson's drug store.
Supt. Raddicks finish laying watel
pipes on Harmony Street on Monday and
part of Pitman street this week.
Thursday will be Flower Mission day
All W. c. T. U. ladies are requested to
be present, bring flowers and to visit the
sick.
The farmers who received mail at
Courses Landing are now served by rural
delivery from Woodstown as their post.
office.
The warm rains made it most favorable
to set the late sweet potato plants, help
ed the grass crop and swelled the straw
berries.
Marshall Coombs made a good record
IN Memorial Day by arraigning four spir-
ituous disorderlies before the Mayor.
Keep it up Link"
Viola Council Band made a fine show
ing on Memorial Day in their new suits,
of light blue trousers, dark blue coats
with gold braid trimmings.
Penn's Grove streets was never SO well
lighted as on Thursday night. After the
oil lamps were lighted the gas lights were
turned on for the first time.
Mrs. Elias Dolbow lost $50 on South
Broad Street on Monday. Mrs. Andrew
Yourison found it and soon found the
wne who was much pleased.
A car was loaded with wheat at Penn's
Grove station on Monday for an Alloway
mill, at 81 .05 a bushel, the best price
paid for last years crop at this place.
The population of Upper Penns Neck
and Oldmans haa been increased by
about 1000 Italian berry pickers the past
two weeks, including. men and
children of all ages.
The dry weather in PENIS Grove was
ended by a fine shower last Sunday, but
it did not extend more than a mile from
the Borough. The more general rains on
Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons re-
vived thirsty vegetation.
The naptha freight launch Adelaide,
ownen by a Camden party has been sold
to ply on the Potomac river. Capt. Ed
ward Dougherty has been running her on
the Delaware for some years. Walter B.
Dougherty accompanies her on the new
rum.
For HATS go to Dubell, the halter,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmington.
Largest stock and lowest prices in that
city. 4
The full report of the public school
work in another column shows what is
studied and the advancement being made
in our public school. 1t should interest
every parent and give them an incentive
to have their children get a higher
education.
At the annual meeting of the Aims.
house trustees, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing yeaa; VIM. ].
Casper, President; John R. Keen, vice.
president; James Sweeten, ST., treasurer
Isaac Smick, secretary. DR.. E. E. De.
Croft was elected Almshouse physician.
Since the New Jersey automobile Law
went into effect there haye been issued
by the Secretary State of $500 automo
bile licenses. Probably a little more thai
one-half of these are held by residents O
New Jersey, the balance having beer
granted New York and Philadelphia mo
florists.
While some of the canning factories il
other parts of the county will be CLOSED
or operated on a smaller scale, Robert D
Hughes, of Woodbury., will operate hi
at the Cove as usual, Notwithstanding h,
has most of last years crop of tomatoe
on hand and cannot sell them for tn,
cost of packing them. The price thi
year will be about $751; so a ton.
More strawberries are grown in this re
gion this year than ever before. The
began to be sent to market last Saturda
in large quantities. While the last c
the Maryland berries sold from 8 to 5 cent
aquart the best Jersey berries sold for
and 10c. Some brought lie in Philade
phia. Wholesale prices have ranged a
the way from sc to SC, according to qua
ity, during the week.
The Palmyra Improvement Associatio
propose that the poplar trees now o
the streets be replaced with maple
Twenty years ago and later many popls
trees were set out in PENIS Grove, h
cause they were cheap, being grown fro
q limb set in the ground, and made quic
growth, but they have proved a nuisanc
As they grew tall they became ungani
and made little shade. The leaves fallir
early in September made a dirty nuisan
and left no shade when needed. If map
trees-sugar maple are the best-h,
been planted fifteen or twenty year a
there would be nice shade now where Il
poplars have been cut down.
White Pine Balsam the best for coug
and colds at Johnson's drug store.
Have your strawberry checks print
at the PENIS Grove RECORD office. {
der at once and be sure to have them
hand.