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Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

Xix Greene; essay, Listers Gift
Humanity" Basil B, Gordon Blackstone
music, Crimson Bushes; violin solo
by DR.. J. B. Robinson; essay, value o
Good Reading, " Mary Comfort Houston
essay, Man." Frank Daniel Rupert
music, Enchantment Waltz, Peters
essay, The History of Women S Suffer
age. " Georgia Rebecca Williams; essay
Growth of the Univeral Peace Move
ment, Benjamin Ableman; music, 80
Gillian Chimes; essay, Historical Accur
acy of the Characters of Macbeth, Han
nah Marian Green; annual address 10
graduates, DR.. George Edward Reed,
pastor of Grace NJ. +. Church, Whining
ton; music, Violoncello solo, Evening
Star, Wagner; presentation of diplo
mas; music, Charge to Victory" Nc
Fall; benediction. The hall was taste
fully decorated with the school colors,
yellow and black, while the stage was
banked with potted plants, evergreens
and flowers of all descriptions. Seated
upon the stage with the graduates was
the Georgetown Board of Education.
After the exercises were concluded, the
Young people of the town with their
friends from other towns held a dance in
the hall, the Lewes Orchestra which had
furnished music for the commencement
exercises, rendering music for the affair.
a reception was given to Or. Reed by
the graduates of Dickinson College, who
reside in this town, at Wesley NJ. +.
Church at the conclusion of the conf
mencement. Among those who attend
ed the reception were Thomas p. Pep
per, Howard J. Cooke, Andrew J. Lynch,
J. Otis Warrington, DR.. G. Frank Jones.
Tuesday was believed to have been the
banner day for the shipment of berries
from this section of the county. Accord
ing to railroad officials there were 13O
passed through here Tues
lay, making the largest number of cars
ever sent off this division in any one day
IN the history of the berry industry in
his section of the county.
Farmers are complaining of the dry
weather cutting their berry crop short.
rhe highest price paid for fruit Tuesday
1t the local station was S2.20 per 32-quart
rate, and the packages purchased at
hese figures were of exceptionally fine
lavor, color and size.
At a meeting of the Sussex County
4evy Court Tuesday the bond of Geo. f.
learn, Collector for the Fifth District, /
vas approved. VIM. II. Thorne, of Sea- |
ord, who was recently appointed con-
table for that town aud failed to qualify |
t the proper time, was reelected and
lis bond approved. Levy Courtmen Han
y, Furman and James were appointed a
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

committee 10 view a certain bridge IN
| Cedar Greek Hundred, known as the Ce-
| dar Creek Bridge and make report on
it as to the necessary repairs, ETC., to be
made thereto. A contract was awarded
to Rocco DeGregory to place concrete
pavements around the county buildings
at 10 cents per square foot. Thos. Graves
was allowed a sum of Sl7.l8 for furnish
ing poles for the court. The Clerk OF
the Pace was authorized and directed to
have more notices placed about the pit
forwarning people from securing the
gravel
Heroic work on the part of the local
fire department about 80 o clock Tues
dav morning is all that saved the busi-
ness section of this town from being
swept from the map when a fire broke
out in a close in the store of the Hallam
& Davis Piano Company next door to
the postofice in Odd Fellows Building.
Smoke and flames were seen issuing from
the building by some pedestrians who
happened to be passing by Oh their way
home after closing their places Of busi-
ness, and they fastened to the tre-aIarms
and within a few minutes had the whole
CITY aroused, and the blaze was success
fully extinguished by the heroic work
of the firemen ably assisted by the peo-
pie. An examination Of the burned por-
ton of the building revealed the fact that
the flames had eaten their way through
the flight of the stairs leading to the
Opera House, which is located on the
second floor of the building, to the rear,
and it was there that it was first dis
covered. The loss sustained by the piano
firm is estimated bv their representative,
P. NJ. Banning to be between $1,000 and
$1,000 the damage having been caused
by the large amount of water thrown on
the building and some falling debris.
The loss to the owners of the building is
placed at about $1,000. Had the firemen
been twenty minutes later i'll arriving, it
is believed that the entire business section
would have fallen a prey to flames be-
cause of still breeze which was blow
ing at the time.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

SIS Library Table IN An
Genuine quartered 4
and polished oak, IU' III
beautifully grained wood; As
inch top; g inch pedestal; ex-
tends to s feet; deep cut claw
feet. Now special at S1O.45.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

the injury. The young man was assist
ing in making shifts in the yard at the
time of the accident He is said to have
been in the employ of the company only
a short time.
Jacob NJ Sammons, foreman of The
Sussex Republican, is the first person in
this town to announce that he has eaten
homegrown white potatoes this season.
The potatoes were grown in his garden
and were the size of hen-eggs.
/ Two men from Selbyville came here
Tuesday morning and made an effort to
hire some men in this town to go to Sell
byville and assist in icing up the refrig-
orator cars. It is said that much diff
Guilty is being experienced in getting the
cars in which to ship berries iced properly.
Ninety-fve refrigerator carloads of
strawberries passed through this town
last Saturday off tile two branches of the
railroad south of here. This is said to
be the greatest amount of the luscious
fruit that has ever been shipped through
here i'll any one dGy.
George Cannon, colored, of Seaford,
who according to information obtained
from the authorities, has served time in
the Sussex County Jail, was brought here
last Sunday night by Constable Curtis
Steen of Seaford, after having been ar
raigned before Justice Of the Peace George
E. NJ. Stengle, and held in 800 bail for
eifecting an entrance to the store Of Isaac
S. Giles and taking therefrom some goods,
and turned over to the custody of Sheriff
Buell. to await the charge at the June
term of court which convenes the 25th.
While out in the field with her father
watching him spread manure Saturday,
Mary, the six-year-old child of Mr.. and
Mrs. John w. Lambden, residing near
the Old Furnace, stepped upon a pitch
fork and ran one of the tines through her
left foot. The father, hearing her screams,
hastened to ascertain the trouble, and
upon finding what had happened, geared
a team and came to this town with the
child at break -neckspeed. She was taken to I
the office of Dr. G. Frank Jones who gave
her medical attention. She is getting
along as well as could be expected.
Horace J. Williams, of this town, is
one of the graduates of the Jefferson
Medical College, Philadelphia, this year.
The seventeenth annual commence .
ment of the Georgetown High School
was held in the New Opera House Tues
night, and persons from all parts of the
county were present. The following pro-
gram was given Overture, Dance of
he Shepherds" Fenimore invocation,
Rev. J. W. Colona, NJ. E. pastor music,
Kiss of Spring, Rolfe; ESSAY, Uses
and Responsibilities of Leisure, Hazel
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the berry fields to the extent of hundred!
of dollars. For the last two days berrie:
have been showing the effects of dry
weather and growers are much alarmed
The residence of Charles H. wilkins
near Gravelly Hill, four miles east o.
this town, was struck by lightning during
the heavy electrical storm which swept
this section of the county last Wednesday
afternoon a week and damaged consider
ably. Fortunately none of the occupants
were injured.
Stockholders of the Delaware, Mary
land and Virginia Railroad Company met
here at the passenger station on Wednes-
day of last week at noon and elected the
following directors for the ensuing year
John ?. Green, Philadelphia Ebe w.
Tunnel, Lewes Rowland G. Paynter,
Georgetown Henry Tatnall, Philadel-
phia J. P Moore, Snow Hill, Md; w.
w. Atterbury, Philadelphia Henry A.
Houston, NIillsboro; Samuel Rea, Phila-
delphia George II. Hall, Milford F. F..
Waters, Baltimore George +. Pierce,
Milford; Edward Hart, Townsend; Daniel
J. Fooks, Laurel; George NJ. Upshur,
Snow Hill, Md. J. NJ. c. Moore, Bethel.
The directors organized by electing John
P. Green, president; Ebe w. Tunnel,
vice-president Lewis Nelson, secretary.
The Delaware, Maryland and Virginia
Railroad is one Of the greatest feeders of
the PENNSYLVANIA System on the PENN
sula Although a branch of the main
line which traverses the State it is a close
second to that division in the hauling of
freight. 1t serves as the outlet for the
numerous quantities of berries grown i'll
the eastern section of Sussex County.
The First Quarterly Conference of Wes-
ley NJ. +. Church will be held next Fri
day night.
Charles {. Phillips, proprietor of the
Indian River House at Oak Orchard, the
popular resort on Indian River, has
opened for the season.
The barn of J. H. Williams near Phil
lips Hill, was destroyed by fire a few
lays ago.
Court of Chancery and Orphans Court
vas in session here Monday and Tuesday.
Presiding Elder J. L. H. Watkins and
Rev. Holland, pastor of Burton 5 Chapel,
lear Overlook, dedicated the church on
sunday. The corner stone to the church /
vas not laid until about month ago, al /
hough the church has been built for |
bout forty-two years.
While using a push pole in the railroad 4.
ard Tuesday night, a young man whose (
ame could not be learned and whose
ome is said to be at Laurel, mashed his
eft hand severely. He was piloted to
he Office Of DR.. R. G. Payner who dressed
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

East Laurel Street The three CANNES
sprang upon the boy a short distance
from the Bailey home, and hearing his
screams the owner hastened to his rescue
but did not reach the lad until he had
been severely bitten in several places on
the leg and hip. With his clothing badly
tattered and blood issuing copiously from
his wounds, the child was taken to his
home and DR.. Joseph B. NAPLES, Jr.,
summoned, who cauterized the larcera-
tions on his body.
Teachers for the next scholastic year
will be elected by the Georgetown Board
of Education on the evening of June 9TH.
There will be some change III the present
faculty
Conclusive evidence was shown to the
people of Lewes and RehobOth Hundred
this week as to what can be done in the
way of shipping fruit and vegetables from
Ocean View and other points in the south
ern part of the county to Rehoboth Beach
by way of the Lewes and Rehoboth Canal,
when enough berries were towed up the
canal to RehOboth Beach to load three
refrigerators. The fruit after being
brought by boat a distance of about fif-
teen miles is landed near track recently
built by the railroad company and loaded
i'll the cars by means of a steam derrick.
Poultry culture is being engaged in at
the Experimental Farm at Bacons, owned
by the Pennsylvania Railroad Co., and
already nearly 1000 laying hens have been
placed on the farm. About 5000 young
chickens are being raised on the farm.
Many of the farmers of lower Delaware
are beginning to entertain fears that this
section of the country will experience an
other drought like that of last spring and
summer and cut all of the crops short
Some of the berry-growers believe that
heir patches have been effected on ac-
count of the dry weather within the last |
wo days.
William Burton, colored, was lodged |
II the Sussex County jail last Wednesday |
lpon a charge preferred by his wife be-
ore Justice of the Peace William A. War
ington with non-support. He was re-
eased upon a promise that he would con
ribute to the support of his wife and pay
he bills contracted by her during his alb
ence from home.
Parsonsburg Camp, located near the
Delaware Maryland line, will be con-
ucted this year from August 2nd to 10th.
Realizing that unless there was rain
'ithin the next few days that the berry
rOp in Sussex County would be cut one
lird less than they anticipated, growers
ere jubiliant last Wednesday afternoon
week when this section of the county
as swept by rain which has benefited
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
GEORGETOWN BOY
BITTEN BY DOG.
Savage Animal Badly Maimss Boy.
Potatoes Bring Fine Prices. Heavy
Shipments of Strawberries. De-
mand For Men To Ice Cars.

The first person of this town and prob
ably the first person of the county to take
a bathe at Rehoboth this year was Deputy
Sheriff J. Rowland Buell. who leaped into
the waters of the Atlantic while on a
visit there.
Ten freight crews are now stationed
here for the purpose of handling the large
amount of freight business caused by the
shipments of berries off the lower road
A worm is said to be badly cutting the
Cautaloupes in some of the patches in the
county and many of the growers are
much alarmed, fearing that their crops
will be ruined.
A freak in the form of a one-day-old
chick in possession of Mrs. Annie How
ard, residing near Lewes, created much
comment at Lewes recently when placed
on exhibition. The freak had two per
feet bodies, one head, four feet and one
pair of wings.
Twenty cents per gallon is the prevail
ing price for white potatoes at present,
and the high cost at this time is due to
the failure of the crop last fall. A few
days since the tubers were retailing in
some of the local stores at twenty-five
cents per gallon or at the rate of $500
per bushel which is one of the highest
prices reached in lowerD delaware for years.
Many of the residents of the county
are protesting against the sending of the
Sussex criminals to the New Castle County
Workhouse and paying forty cents day
for boarding each. For the twenty-one |
prisoners from this county at the work |
house the board for April was S25360. Itl
IS claimed that the county is losing from
twenty-five to thirty cents each dav OH /
her criminals, and it is the desire of
many that steps be taken to retain the
criminals here and keep them confined
in the Sussex Jail and work them on the
roads of the county under a superinten-
dent BY this method it is believed Sus-
sex County would have better roads,
fewer convicts, and save considerable
money not only in board but for labor on
lhe roads
Myer, small son of Samuel Ableman, a
clothier of this town, was
BADLY mangled about the leg and hip on
afternoon of last week by y
hree dogs belonging to Wesley Bailey,
while the little fellow was passing down !
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

The estimated covering capacity for two
coat work is as follows:
Lead and Oil Hand Mixed Paint,
about $50 square feet per gallon.
High Grade Ready Mixed Paint,
about 800 square feet per gallon,
DAVIS 100 PER CENT PURE PAINT,
mors than 400 square feet per gallon.
FOR SALE BY RED STAR DRUG
CO., Milford. Del.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
Clothing Dept.

zoe Mems Undershirts, On Wed 1Oc
SOC Boys Dress Shirts, full cut,
On Wed. for 24c
25c Boys Brownies" Overalls. 3 colors
On Wed. for 19c
SOC Mems Work Shirts, full size and
good patterns, On Wed. for 35c
4 pair Mems good Black Hose,
On Wed. for 2Sc
81 90 Suit Cases, strong made, with
leather ends, On Wed for 74c
2Sc and 35c Mems Silk Hose, Black
and Tan, On Wed for 19c
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
c. D. ABBOTT & co. c D. ABBOTT & co.
Porch Rockers.

Now is the time to
think a bout your
porch rockers. We
have the largest line
ever in Milford, and
the prices are sur
prisingly low. Come
look them them over.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
Sc. and 1Oc. Dept.

15c II ct. Milk Bucket, On Wed. for 1oc
10c Child's Drawer Waists, On Wed. Sc
zoe sgt. Enamel Bake Pans, with side
handles, On Wed for 1Oc
zoe Extra Big Steel Drip Pans, I2xl8,
On Wed. for 1Oc
10c China Plates, neat decorations,
On Wed. for Sc
1Oc Large Size Wash Basins,
On Wed. for Sc
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07

We prepay Freight
on all purchases. to
any Railroad Station
within 100 miles of
Milford.
Milford chronicle., 1912-06-07
OUR 156th WEDNESDAY
BARGAIN DAY
Shoe Dept. Specials.

Women's $500 and S2.5O Gun Metal
Oxfords, For Wed. 81 .48
Child's S1.25 strap Pump, Gun Metal
and Patent Colt, For Wed 89c
Boys $3.50 Pat. Colt and Tan Oxfords,
For Wed. at S1.79
Women's $500 Pat. Colt, 2 strap Pump,
a For Wed $1.4S
Child's 75c wedge heel lace shoes,
sizes 8, and 8, Special at soc.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23

where he visited the past week with
friends and relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. Evan Cheever spent
Sunday in Burt.
f Mrs. o. Ostrem, Nell and Martha,
spent Monday in Story City.
Tom Gillespie, of the Dow & Co.
drug store, spent Sunday with his
parents in Algona.
Lloyd Billings was home over
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan E. Clark, who
have been visiting with their broth
er, Professor Clark, left Monday for
their home in Iowa City.
Geo. Pearson of Webster City was
in town Monday on business.
Mrs. Lon House of Webster City
visited in Jewell Friday.
w. S. Hoon and family have gone
to Big Lake, Wis, for visit with
the Holly Christianson family.
July %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
Mulberry Center.

The Leisure Hour club met with
Mrs. j. A. Berleen Thursday.
The heavy rain of Friday checked
haying and harvesting for a few
days.
Milton Segar of north Webster
City is helping P. E. Gerard with
his harvesting.
Leonard Trees of Stanhope has
been out overhauling e. E. Ashpole's
engine preparatory to threshing.
Harry Finch is erecting new
double corn crib and granary on his
farm
Miss Bertha Hoffman returned
home Saturday after a three weeks
visit with her sister, Mrs. Chris Lin
der Of Hartley, Ia.
Floyd Berleen is confined to the
house with an attack of the measles.
Robert Moore has been assisting
Geo. Hoffman through haying.
Miss Bessie Segar of Webster City
is spending a few days with her sis
ter, Mrs. P. E. Gerard.
E. E. Ashpole has traded his Ford
car for an Overland model 60 T.
July %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
Fremont.

Mrs. Barnes and children of Chi
cago are visiting at the home of her
mother, Mrs. Peter Nellis.
Joe Lang, Jr., and sister Mary
were Fort Dodge visitors Tuesday
evening going overland in their au-
tomoble.
Mr.. Mike Mcdonald and family
from Omaha are here visiting with
his sisters and brothers.
Miss Cora Stark, who has been
studying art at Mt. st. Joseph's
Seminary in Hartford, Connecticut
arrived home Saturday.
Mrs Chas. Nellis, who has been
in the hospital in Fort Dodge for an
operation for appendicitis, is get
ting along nicely and is at home
again.
Esther Burns spent Sunday at hel
home in Judd.
Mr.. Gregg had the misfortune tc
lose two fine working horses last
week.
Mrs. S. Hill of Fort Dodge spent 8
few days of last week with hel
brother, ]. Simonson, and family.
Max Stark has bought the G. D.
Thompson farm of thirty acres. Con-
sideration $50 per acre.
July %.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23

Bunker, late of Hamilton county,
Iowa, deceased, by virtue of an or
der made by the clerk Of the district
court of Iowa, in and for Hamilton
county, on the 14th day of June,
1912, for the sale. Of the following
described personal property belong
ing to said estate, to-wit: One ce-
ment block building 80 by 60; one
boiler room, concrete, IL by %;
lumber sheds and leantos and one
out house, all situated on lots one
Cd. and two f2), block eighteen
(1S), Wilson, Funk & Co.'S addition
to Webster City, Iowa, two circular
saws and frames complete. one band
saw and frame complete, one PLAN
er and frame complete, and hand
drill, one hand punch; one boring
machine, one engine, one roll top
desk, one chemical fire extinguish-
er, one lot of hand tools, one boil
er, stock of lumber in leantos, shop
and lumber on yard, one barrel
prim. tar.
will proceed to sell said proper
ty at public auction to the highest
and best bidder for cash in hand on
the 18th day of August, 1912. in
front of the plant on the premises
above described in Webster City.
Hamilton county, Iowa, at the hour
of two o'clock p. m. of said day.
when and where due attendance
will be given by the undersigned.
Dated this Goth day of July, A.
D. 1912.
S. w. Meadow,
Administrator of the estate Of L.
S. Bunker. late of Hamilton county.
Iowa, deceased. 1914
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
NORTHWEST
FEARS SHORT.
AGE OF men.
Thousands of Harvest Hands
Are Needed at
Once.
MANY TOWNS ARE SHORT
From $500 to $3.50 and Board
offered for $4,000
Laborers.
MANY TOWNS ARE SHORT

Des Moines, July 23.--Fear is
spreading spector-like over the great
northwest. The fear is that there
will not be help enough to harvest
the crops.
Thousands of harvest hands are
wanted in Minnesota, North Dakota,
Montana and other northerly states.
I Wages run from 81 to $3.50 per
day with board. At these wages help
is scarce.
The Great Northern railway pub
fishes list of 100 towns in North
Dakota alone where harvest help is
badly needed. Most of the towns
want from 100 to 800 hands. A few
of the towns need only from twen-
ty-five to fifty hands. Never in the
history of the northwest has harvest
help been so scarce. The great
shadow which hangs over the crop
fields Of the north is not that there
will not be enormous crops, but that
there will not be hands enough to
harvest them.
The Great Northern is publishing
the list only of the towns reached
by it's own lines. The same trouble
exists, however, along every line en-
tering the Dakotas and the adjoin-
ing states.
An idea of the great demand for
labor is gained from the fact that
at Maynard and Green Valley,
Mimi, where only forty hands are
needed, the wages offered are SO
with board. Red Lake Falls, Mimi,
needs 200 men and will pay $3.50
per day with board. Ruthon will
pay $3.50. Climax needs seventy
Eve men and will pay SO with
board. In thirty other Minnesota
Gowns the wages run from 50 to
$2.75 with board.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
Neighborhood Notes.
West Independence

) H. R. Busing and family visited
with his brother, E. D. Busing, Sun
day.
Misses Maree and Roneia Hammit
and brother Bruce visited with their
brother Ed at Webster City Sunday.
3 Kelly brothers delivered cattle at
Webster City Saturday.
The rain of Friday and Saturday
caught the farmers with lots of hay
moved down.
July g.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
Jewell.

Miss Julia Espe, who has been
employed as stenographer in Chi.
cage, is home for a few weeks vaca-
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Knox spent
Saturday night at the home Of the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c,
X. Brill.
Miss Nina Harris OF Alden spent
Sunday with friends here.
John Barkema, who had the mis-
fortune to break his leg in two
places, is improving slowly.
Frank Mckay returned Saturday
from st. Paul and Minneapolis
f.
Webster City freeman. [volume] (Webster City, Hamilton County, Iowa) 1884-1946, 1912-07-23
Dies Of Ptomaine Poison.

Knoxville. July 23.-Lewis Mich
OILS, aged So, a farmer residing near
the Marion-Warren county line, two
miles west Of Swan. died OF ptomaine
poisoning at o'clock yesterday ev-
ening. His son, aged 6, is also in a
dying condition from the same
cause. They ate Ice cream cones at
restaurant in Swan Saturday, July
10. and toqk. sick almost immediate
" after.