Middletown transcript., 1911-09-16
M1DDLETOwN, DEL, SIP. is, 1911
LOCAL NEWS

w. T. JOHNSON.
DR.. J. Allen johnson will examine you
teeth and give estimate without charge.
Wagons and Dearborns for sale.
]. G. GREEN.
HIDES WANTED.-The highes
cash prices paid for horse and COW hides.
W. G. JONES.
The best steak, roasts, lamb and veal, a
W. G. Jones'.
Our Shoe business growing. Late style
in good shoes for little money.
Mrs. G. W. PETERSON.
WANTED-$25OO at 5 per cent. OF
first mortage. Apply to
TRANSCRIPT OFFICE.
Soft-sheil crabs are more plentiful
along the shores of the Chesapeake Bay
and its tributaries than ever before
known.
Our Remnant Department is worth
seeing; great bargains in dress goods,
ginghams and all sorts of dry goods. Save
in buying here.
Mrs. G. W. PETERSON
Railroad employees are to be taught
how to give first aid to the injured. So
long as grade crossings exist, this know
ledge will be urgently needed.
After January LIST, next, the railroads
will not carry trunks over 40 inches IN.
less the passengers pay for ten pounds
excess baggage for each additional inch.
Several Pennsylvania farmers have
sold their belongings in that State and
are preparing to move to Delaware to
engage extensively in strawberry culture.
Fine display of Fall Millinery, Miss M.
R. Monshaur, of Philadelphia, will man.
age our millinery department this fall
season.
Mrs. G. W. PETERsoN.
1.-THE melancholy days are come the
saddest of the year" says thu poet Bryant
But " hat OF it since Fogel and Burstsn in
their Fall ad in this issue of The TRAN.
SCRIPT offer go many fine new things to
cheer and brighten-nay, that will glad
den all that read and heed.
The Jewish New Year. Rosh Ha.Shans
occurring on next Saturday, September %,
FCGEL and BURsTAN wish to announce to
their customers that their store will be
closed. But since the day begins on Fri.
dgY at 6 P. NJ. and ends Saturday 6 P. M.
their store will be open as usual aftes
6 O'Clock in the evening of Saturday the
23d.
Dover's palatial new railroad station,
being built by the Pennsylvania Rail.
road Company, will have a marble floor,
even to marble curved mouldings on the
side, and will therefore be one of the few
buildings on the entire peninsula equip
ped in this ornate and substantial man.
ner.
The tomato packing business all over
Delaware ia in full swing and great wagon
loads of red fruit from farm of every
roadside are appearing in the towns.
The large plant here has made a record
beginning, and singularly enough the
beginning of the canning season was
marked by splendid rains which greatly
benefited everything.
The passing summer hssT been re-.
markable for it's intense prol5naed heat
and violent storms. Rarely has the
lightning struck so often or with such
direful results, and heavy downpours Of
rain have played havoc With crops in
many parts of the country. Losses to
farmers have been heavy, and in many
ways the season has been abnormal.
Now is the time to have your Winter
clothing cleaned. Mems Suits $3.50,
trousers rs cents. Ladies skirts 81. so and
81 rs. Down quilts, 81 so and s.. 90. BIan.
kets SI.00 per pair, Lace curtains $l.OO
per pair, Vests so cents. Kid gloves, Is
cents per pair, all lengths. We also do the
very finest dyeing. r.
ROBERT B. JONES.
Unclaimed Letters-rhe following list
OF letters remains unclaimed in the post
office for the week ending Sept. 9TH:
Miss Mary BIackson. Misses Migaie Brown
Mrs. Martha Coverdel, Miss Hattie Colds.
borough, Mrs. Mary Jackson, Mrs. Mich
ael Reagon, Mrs. Sarah White, Mr.. Char
lie Athey ~, Mr.. Edward Counters,
Mr.. Normand Hare, Delbert Rhoades,
Thomas Wilson.
The grape growers OF Delaware are
highly elated over the results secured
this year when splendid fruit was grown
in beautiful and remarkable clusters
when other fruits were wilted down by
the long spells of dry weather. Grapes
well titled and cared for, have shown
unususl growth, even on places where
the attempts have been made hitherto
to raise this highly esteemed fruit.
The railroad company reports that up
to the end of August the following
quantities of fruit have been shipped.
this season: Apples, So, 1853 baskets;
peaches, SO. s05; pears, 81 SOY; tomatoes,
A, 765. The tomato season, however, ia
just at its height, while the lat apples
are still to come. OF canteloupes, PSI, OH
carriers have been shipped, against 244,.
693 last season.
Mrs. Martin B. Burris aud Miss Eliza
Hurn returned on Sunday from weeks
visit with friends and relatives in Will.
mington, they came down in Mr.. Stanley
M. Arthurs automobile together with Mrs
Joshua NJ. Arthurs, Mrs. Frank M. Virdin
Mr.. Arthurs himself, and Miss Marjorie
and Frank Virdin, all of whom spen t
Sunday with Mrs. Burris, returning to
Wilmington 10 the evening as they came.
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