The Penn's Grove record., 1906-06-01
FRIDAY, JUNE /. 1906

N6lCOlll6, SOOU Olu SUMMER Gln6.
Cook with gas. Safer, quicker, cheaper*
The early cherries are swelling and tax
ing on a luscious blush.
Wrights Sunday School will hold their
annual festival on June 18th.
Howard Hewitt has sold his lot Oh
Penn Street to George Henry Morris. '
Benjamin Peacock moved into his new
house on South Broad Street Oh Tuesday.
Boone Ice Cream Company make their
seasonable announcement in another
column.
Edward S. Harris started his daily boat
from Barber's wharf to carry strawberries
to Chester last Tuesday.
E. B. Riley offers special inducements
to Penn's Grove customers who visit their
store Saturday and Monday.
Sweet potatoes and late tomatoes are
being set out in this region. The drought
delayed their being put out.
James Cook picked 100 quarts OF straw
berries on Friday Of last week. They were
the first Jersey berries shipped to Will
mington.
Eaton urlburt Stationery-Bisbee. \
The Epworth Choir OF Wilmington,
was greeted with a full house in Bethel
Church Oh Thursday evening. About SIS
were cleared.
A record breaking price was paid for
strawberries at Laurel, Del, Oh Friday of
last week. Reuben James sold six crates
for zoe a quart.
The steamer Ulrica began her early and
late trips on Wednesday. She now Ieav-
es PENIS Grove at 6 and 10 a. IN. and 5
p. M. leaves Wilmington at s a. m. 8 and
6.15 p. N.
Capt. William P. Wright started his
daily line OF scows, towed by the tug Gre
denda, from BARRIERS wharf on Thursday
to carry Strawberries to Philadelphia.
The Italian berry pickeis arrived this
week. About $50 adults came on the
steamer Reyblod on Monday about $50
on Tuesday and about rs on Wednesday
besides about half as many children.
The steamer Admiral Capts. Denny
Bros, made the last trip to carry shad
from the Bay to Philadelphia OIL Tuesday
The few caught for the Philadelphia mar
ket are being shipped by the Bridgeton
line.
Denny Bros. have the piling drive on
each side of the long railroad scow and
at the end for their new wharf. A large
scow load of asphalt refuse from Philadel-
phia, has been put on the scow to make
the wharf.
Buy a gas stove. Connections made
Tree. PENIS Grove Gas Co. X
After a drought for three weeks the
welcome rain came last Sunday to revive
vegetation and cheer the ia. mer's droop-
ing spirits, whose crops were suffering.
The all day rain on Monday was a soaker
and added thousands of dollars to the
armers' pocket.
Fine Writing Tablets-Bisbee. X
The shad fishing it nearly ended. Many
have quit because so few are being caught
On Monday Alfred F. Layton was high
est with 50, while most nets got from 25
on down. Occasionally a net will get
from 10 to 25 a day. The price has been
about $40 wholesale.
Fine toilet articles and fine stationery
at JohnsOn's drug store. \
a terrific thunder storm, accompanied
by a heavy gale and hail passed over
PENIS Grove on Thursday at 5 p. NJ. A
large limb was broken off the popular
tree at the foot of PENIS Grove pier and
one standing near could not see the end
of the wharf so heavy was the rain. The
1Rust lasted eight minutes. Some fisher
men on the river weathered the gale
which was the heaviest in years.
Try Bisbee the Jeweler-Optician. \
h strawberry season opened on Tues
day, altho a few were picked on Saturday
and Monday and sold readily in Will
mington for 12c to 15c a box wholesale.
On Tuesday, 10 O'Clock trip, twenty-five
crates OF berries were sent to Wilmington
At O'Clock seventy-four crates more
were sent. They brought 10c a quart.
The rain has made them luscious and
they are selling readily from Sets to 10c
a box. The dry weather damaged the crop
in Delaware and in Cumberland where
they ripen earlier and the prospect is
that, while the crop will not be so large,
good prices will be received this wear.
Repairs Anything-Bisbee the Watch
maker.
White Pine Balsam, the best for coughs
and colds at Johnson's drug store. n
A gasoline stove is dangerous and
troublesome. Buy your wife gas stove.
Tree connections. PENIS Grove Gas Co. 4
For HATs-Go to Dubell, the halter,
No. 2 East Third Street, Wilmington.
Largest sock and lowest prices in that
city. \
The Naturalist Union Coming.
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