The Penn's Grove record., 1914-10-02
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Gasoline by the gallon or barrel at V
.. Homan's,3ll Delaware Avenue, Penn
Grove. Also batteries, oils and %electri,
supplies. adv If
HIGH CLASS Dental work by DR.. C. A
Church, 504 w. Ninth Street, Whining
ton, Del. adv. If. =
Chestnut posts for sale. H. S. Barber.
adv. 3-27-tf
An expert machinist is ready day and
night to doctor crippled antos at Homan's
Garage, opposite Penns Grove School
House. adv.
Agency for sharpening all kinds of
Safety Razor Blades also regular razors.
All work guaranteed. Special attention
to mail orders. Mack's Barber Shop, next
movies. adv.
George Strengthen began digging sweet
potatoes August 9th. The crop was nice.
the variety pink and the fertilizer used
was SCOTS. adv. 81, 3m
George j. Gaventa has a big crop of
peaches, many very fine, for sale at his
orchard near P~edricktown every week
day. On Wedesdays and Saturdays he
offers reduced prices for fancy fruits.
adv. S-l4-4t
At the Union Corner store, we have q
complete line of house dresses, especially
of our 81 assortment, extra sizss.
L. w. Cook. adv.
BIGGEST AND BEST STocK OF LATEST
STYLE HATS in Wilmington at Dubells
No 2 East Third St. Children's Hats q
specially. 9-26-3m.
The new time table of the steamer Long
Beach is in another column.
Shoats are worth SO a hundred pounds
live weight. Raise more hogs.
Mrs. Mary Diver has bought Wilbert
Dougllerty's corner OF Railroad Avenue
and State Street, occupied by Joseph s.
flanagan.
Mrs. Ella C. Ale has bought a building
lot on Penn Street of Capt. Samuel M.
Denny upon which she is having erecting |
a cottage by H. 5. Titus.
The late Tomato crop has been gathered
1t was about half a crop. The prices
ranged from Is to 20 cent a basket, an
average of about $40 a ton.
Joel Jenkins at Pennsyille, is the prize
pumpkin grower. He picked two which
weighed 100 and l08 pounds. A Salem
baker expects to make them into 2O8
pies.
The schooner Harriet from Chesapeake
bay loaded tomatoes at Penns Grove for
Baltimore last week. She was built at
Salem forty years ago by Samuel Towns
end. Vessels were built sitter and with
good oak years ago.
The shipment of white potatoes from
South Jersey the past season amounted
to 4lOO carloads. The crop was go light
and the prices so low that few farmers
had a profit. The prices ranged from
81 so to So a barrel.
Because of the death OF their active
members the Ladies' Guild of ST. Georges
Church, at Churchtown, has adjourned
their potpie and oyster supper for two
weeks from October l, to Thursday tile
10Th, in the parish building.
Concrete curbs on both sides of Main
have been completed from Della
Avenue to John Street. CURLING
has also been completed OH Oak Street.
The improvements to the streets and al
SO the properties is pleasing to behold.
Harmony Street will be completed this
The necessity of taking out many trees
III order to improve the side walks has
much shade which is appreciated
i'll summer. Where convenient sma II
trees should be planted along the side
walk are on the property two feet inside
the fence line. In a few years they will
make valuable shade trees. Make ready
to plant a tree either this fall or next
spring. The sugar maple and oriental
are the best.