Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1914-06-12
BOWERS

!, Obercbain & Boyor, Of Logansport
j. Indiana, who manufacture chemical FIRE
E. apparatus, has had their representative
d here for several days in the interest OF
their machines and soliciting and impor-
S tuning the Volunteer Fire Company to
u purchase one of their chemical FIRE ex-
tnguishers. The representative was cor
= daily received and from his explaua-
: tons and propositions which he pllaran-
teed 10 show and demonstrate to every
one before he would ask the fire company
to accept the machine that the company
has concluded to hold public meeting
next Saturday evening and make a strong
appeal TO all citizens and property holders
ior contributions 10 assist in the purchase
OF an up-to-date and modern fire fighting
| apparatus. Now this IS something that /
! IS OF interest to every man and woman |
that has a home, and il is to be hoped |
/ mat everybody will turn out and help
this most needed and protecting project
along.
Job Coverdale, one of our up-to-date
farmers near town. has purchased the
past week a new Hendricks car. and
the manner in which Mr. Coverdale de.
monstrates shows that he is no novice at
the business
ne Steamer Frederick certainly is
handling lots of freight at this season of
the year, especially small fruits and live 4
stocki from actual count there were nine I
hundred and eighty crates of strawberries
cherries and ffty-four calves.
The farmers in this vicinity that con I
tIacted to grow peas or getting them of Z
thls week, but at this writing the best
patches have not been cut vet and will +
report the yield in orr next letter.
The Emery Scotch property in town g
IS TO be sold now soon, and we do hope I
that the purchaser will not forget to re- y
move that eye sore along the road as this e
property IS one that can be made an ideal I
home with little expense. y
Parties have rented the concrete cot <
age along Hubbards Ave. and propose 1
Ieepng a sea-shore novelty store. Lett >
mem come, as we have only six stores in X
own now and am positive we can sup.
'ort an even dozen. y
When il comes to handling bread Bow y
rs can Jay them all out as we have ONLY T.
i've bake shops distributing bread in =
own al this time and we would like 70 r
'ear from the Milford dough risers for (.
We don't want any one TO wait for that =
tGple article II
Edward Davidson. our popular store Il
eeper on the corner of Main Street and -
hubbard Avenue, has had lightning rods -
ut on his store and dwelling this week
Mrs. B. Wilson Of Harrington, the for
Ter manager Of the Kent Cottage. has
pened this famous sea shore hostlerv to !
ie accommodation of the public the past son
eek clio
Herman Short, of Salem. n. T.. made are
visit to his parents, Mr. and Mrs Iohn 3 Se
mort, OF Bowers the past Sunday on his i 1Ii
otor cycle. ih'
Miss Jennie Coverdale has returned i the
me from an extended visit with friends t oeI
Philadelphia. lacI
Mrs. Howard Carey of near town was III :,
He'd to Philadelphia the past Tuesday
attend the funeral Of her mother. Mrs , poI
irry Horlacher. looF
The Delaware Product Co. has been We
hang their auto truck the past week t siia'
taking parties from our town 10 the ~. ~
'emen 5 Carnival at Dover ~. ma /
ST. PAUL /,