Milford chronicle., 1913-08-01
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The sewer on Lake View Avenue has
been completed and the roadway put in
better shape than it was before
All dogs must have their license tags
on them when at large on the streets OF
Milford so say the Town Council.
The Alumni Association will meet with
Mrs. G. Marshall Townsend on Friday
evening, August lst, at 7.3O o'clock
Canteloupes were in evidence in the
markets here Tuesday morning and were
raised by farmers residing in this COM
munity. These are the first that have
been brought to town by our farmers.
The soldier boys arrived home last
Saturday brown as berries and looking
like real soldiers after a weeks camp
ing work at the State Range. Milford
has always been proud of Company B
of the National Guard.
The Millwood Sunday School, the
Houston Sunday School and the Lincoln
Sunday School went on their annual
picnic to Slaughter Beach on Wednes-
day. There were several wagon loads Of
the MillwoOd and Houston schools which
passed through Milford.
Yesterday about forty persons from
Milford and vicinity went to Berlin, Md,
to attend the meeting of the Maryland
Horticultural Society, which held its
annual session there. Orlando Harrison,
the nurseryman, entertained all who at
tended at a luncheon, and the number
fed was about six hundred.
On Monday evening of this week Fred
erick C. Windsor, liveryman, lost a
horse, the result of the intense heat
The horse was driven from Milford
over in Maryland, probably 20 miles dis
tance, and became suddenly i'll and died
before medical aid could be of any value.
The driver notified Mr.. Windsor and
came back home.
Town Council as a committee of the
whole, went over Charles Street, in
South Milford, last Monday morning
and had their surveyor mark the build
ing lines and the width of the street its
entire length. This was adopted by
Council at a special meeting held Tues
day night, and the plot was authorized
to be entered on the records by the sur
veyor.
The damage from the food to the
bridges of Milford when the dam broke
was greater than at first supposed, as
the large bridge of Railroad Avenue has
been found to be dangerous, and it will
have to be rebuilt entirely if it is to be
made safe. The ab9tments were under
mined and since have caved downward,
and the bridge and street have been
roped off for ten days.
Tuesday was one of the warmest days
of the season in this section. 1t was so
warm that great many people who
were labOring and exposed to the sun
were compelled to stop work about II
o'clock in the morning. Nearly all the
chicken buyers stopped their wagons
before noon, the sun being so warm that
several chickens died before they could
get them unioaded from their wagons
and in cool place.
On Tuesday afternoon of this week
the w. C. T. U. met on the handsome
lawn of the McColley farm, but owing
to an approaching storm, we very CRATE
fully accepted an invitation from one
of the members at porch party and
were royalty entertained by Mr. and
Mrs. Winfield Mayhew and daughter,
Miss Lillian. Quite large crowd came
out to enjoy the afternoon, and after a
very elaborate lunch several recitations
were enjoyed. Mrs. Mary NJ. Vinyard
read a very interesting paper, and Mrs.
N. L. Prettyman recited a beautiful
poem entitled. Is the Young Man
Safe. " After which we adjourned hop
ing to have many more justsueh socials.