Middletown transcript., 1916-09-30
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Oi
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Egg prices advancing.
Grapes are abundant.
Children back atschool.
Summer visitors hieing home.
Fall time flowers are in bloom.
Local gunners say that rabbits are
plentiful.
Some men look upon religion as a
sort of moral fire escape.
Rosh Hashanah the Jewish New
Year, falls this year on Thursday, Sep
tember 28th
The backbone of summer seems to be
broken for this year, and we have had
some very cool weather.
If the price of print paper keeps on
climbing we'll soon have to be printing
this sheet on ten dollar bills.
Fodder saving has now begun in
earnest, the crop ripening much sooner
than usual on account of the dry
weather.
Asbury NJ. E. Church, of Smyrna, has
extended the Rev. George c. Williams
a unanimous invitation to return next
Conference.
John Heldmyer. Jr., Rel Estate
Broker, has sold house on Anderson
street, Middletown, belonging to Mrs.
Annie Pennington, to Wesley Duhada-
way.
A dance was given last evening in the
New Century Club building. Music
was furnished by Dallas Manlove's Or
chestra of Ceciton, Md. Admission, 25
cents.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Hebrew Charity Association will be
held on tomorrow Sunday evening at
the home of the president, Joseph
Berkman.
The next legal holiday is Columbus
Day, October 18th, which this year falls
upon Thursday. The day is not gen.
orally observed but banks and the post
Office close on that date.
The amount of money being made in
the automobile business is enormous,
but it is not surprising when you con-
slider that automobiles are the best ad- |
vertised goods in the world.
After October 1st, the Public Library
will be open on Tuesday afternoon, from |
$50 to 5; Tuesday evening from Z to
$50; Friday evening from Z to $50;
Saturday afternoon from to 5.
Quite number from Smyrna took |
advantage of the ideal weather of Sun |
day to motor down near Frederick to
attend the 136th anniversary of Bar
rats Chapel, "Cradle of Methodism. "
The event attracted large number of |
persons.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edward G.. Walls, of |
Smyrna, have returned from delightful
trip to Pittsburg, Pa, where last week
Mr.. Walls received the 33d degree in
Scottish Rite Missionary. Vice-president
Marshall received the 33d degree at the
same time.
Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remain unclaimed in the
Post Office for the week ending Sept.
21st: Mrs. Besse Hamfat, Mrs. Annie
Reading, James H. Brooks, John Bal
Ger, (2); Thomas Clawson, Kirby En-
Thomas Jones, Charles A.
Johnson.
Good seasoned oak wood which a few
years ago was sold around Townsend at
from So to So. so cord is now very
scarce article, as many of the woods in
that section have been almost depleted
in recent years. The same grade of
wood is now selling as high as S. 90 per
cord and hard to get at that price.
Smyrna Town Council at its regular
meeting Friday night. with all present
but Councilman Fortner, passed an ordi-
nance offered by Councilman John P.
Hudson making it penalty of one
dollar fine and costs added for each and
every offense for operating a motor
vehicle on the streets of Smyrna with
the muffler-cut-out open.