Smyrna times., 1912-08-28
NEWS OF THE DELAWARE
MARYLAND PENINSULA
NEWSY ITEMS GATHERED FROM
OUR STATE EXCHANGES
Interesting Items From all Parts of the
Peninsula About Your Frienands d
Neighbors and Their Doings.

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Peninsula About Your Frienands
Neighbors and Their Doings.
Archie Cropper, of Ocean City,
Md, was thrown from an automobile
last Sunday and instantly killed.
The Atlantic City excursion train
killed William E. Blades, go years
old fagman at MiddetOwn, Tues
day morning.
About 1000 people participated |
in Big Thursday of the four-day |
Talbot County Fair and Race Meet
at EastOn.
For violating the Federal motor
boat laws, William lamar has been
fined $3.50 and Charles S. Smith of
Chestertown. S100.
Large catches of Holsters are be-
ing reported from the Breakwater,
one Lewes fisherman having shipped
three barrels to the Great White
Way.
Thieves stripped the peach or
chard of Isaac Kinder, between
Georgetown and Seaford of hum
dred baskets of fine Elbertas.
Congress has appropriated 81, 500.
0OO,toward caring for the federal and
confederate veterans at the ceIebra-
tion of the Battle of Gettysburg, in
1918.
:: Rather than sell his wheat and
then pay $24 ton for bran to feed
his cattle Charles ImswiIler, of near
Yorklyn, is grinding hi entire wheat
crop.
John Morris, of Lewes, has re-
signed as chief engineer of the
steamer Breskwater and taken a
position as assistant on the pilot
boat Philadelphia.
Residents of Arden, the single
tax colony. are planning to circu-
late among the leaseholders a petit
tion against the numerous dogs in the
village.
Thomas Morrison, aged GA years,
sustained broken leg when heavy
timber fell on him while erecting {
water tower on H. P. Scott's farm
at Christiana.
c. E. West, of the Woodside Pc
ultry Farm, who recently started
to raise Indian Runner ducks. ha
birds about four months old tina
produced eggs Wednesday.
Defeated by two votes for tn
Assembly at the last election, Will
liam Anderson has announced himsel
as a Progressive candidate in Re
Lion Hundred.
Representatives of the Delawar
Progressive party met in Dover
Thursday and decided to meet Sept
IL to nominate a full State ticket.
A company formed of Lewes citi
} zens have secured gas plant fran
chise in Lewes and has elected Wi
liam H. Bookhammer president.
Irving Tollen and family, c
Laurel, have sailed from New Yor
city for Sac PaulO, Brazil, wher
: Tollen has been appointed chief eleC
tristan fo the American Syndicat
Railway system.
While taking part in 2.25 pac
in Millsboro, Dale Lingo was throw
Z from his trotting sulky when he ra
into a carriage trespassing on tn
( track and was injured.
. When the house and furniture {
Thomas Luff were destroyed by fire
Z near Burrsville. a daughter We
9 seriously injured and Mrs. Luff ws
: also badly burned.
z Robert Walls and Miss Nett
: Biddle, both of Dover, were marie
: at the M. E. Parsonage, ChurC
= Hill, Md. by Rev. E. H. Derricksor
= Tuesday, August 9th.
: Lightning struck a barn on tt
2 farm of Louis Geiselberg, half
: mile west of Pennington, Monds
= afternoon of last week and burne
9 it to the ground. All the content
= including a valuable pair of mule
= were destroyed.
= Simon Brown, aged ga, al
9 Charles Crockett, aged 95, are tv
of nearly a score of voters who re-
9 istered. at Laurel on Saturday WI
= are over 80 years old. Laurel
~ noted for it's large percentage of o
people.
The worlds record for a 2-year-o
trotter on a half mile track W
broken Tuesday, when lilly Tipt,
l sEo0pad q rniIa in . 1874 m fha W