Middletown transcript., 1916-03-04
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Rev. o. B. Rice has been invited to
continue as pastor of Delaware City M.
E. Church.
The U. T. C. Sewing Circle was de-
lightfully entertained by Mrs. Elwood
1. Banning, at her home, on Wednesday
evening.
The Ladies Aid Society of Summit
M. E. Church held sale of oysters and
coffee at the Dickinson sale and cleared
up about $50 Thursday.
John Heldmyer, Jr., Real Estate
Broker sold the double house belonging
to Miss Ella Stats, in Warwick, to Mr..
William j. Johns of that town.
E. H. Beck, Real Estate Broker, has
sold the house belonging to Mr.. Joshua
2 Grassland, on South Broad street, to
Mrs. John R. Crouch, price $4,000.
At the sale of the stock of William H.
Dickinson, near Mt. Pleasant, hay sold
at $22 per ton; chickens, q cents per
pound; horses, $12O to $I56; cows, $40
to $40.
Mr.. and Mrs. George L. Townsend,
of Odessa, are the happy grandparents
of Leap year boy, little son born to
Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. Townsend, of Will
mington, on February 29th.
Every farmer in this section should |
use printed stationery, as the cost is
very little compared to the many ad-
vantages of its use. Call at The Tran
script office and get our prices and see
samples.
Unclaimed Letters. The following
list of letters remaining unclaimed in
the post-office, February 24th, 1916:
Miss Elisa Smiler, William Redder,
Joe Eagle Eye, Eddie Phillips.
The Stubbs farm of II acres in the
Second district of Maryland, was sold
Thursday by Omar D. Crothers, ESQ.,,
attorney, of Elkton, to William D.
Evans, of Middletown, for $225O. Harold
Steele was the auctioneer.
The Farmers Institute held at Cecil
ton, on Thursday of last week, was well
in spite of the inclement
weather. The public school was closed,
the pupils and teachers attending.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. McCrone,
of near McDonough, have issued invita-
tons for the marriage of their daughter
Mary Elizabeth, to Mr.. Hyland Price
Bullen, of near Christiana, on Friday
5vening March 10th, at eight o'clock, at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. McCrone.
The Appoquinimink Tribe No. "a, I'm
proved Order of Red Men of Odessa,
celebrated their twenty-ninth anniver-
'ary Tuesday night, in their hall. The
Seneca Tribe A, of this town, and Mo-
lawk Tribe 55, of Townsend, were
present.
The regular monthly meetings of the C
Hebrew Charity Association and of the q
Hebrew Charity Relief Society will be {
leld on Sunday evening, March 5th, at
he home of the president, Joseph Berk-
nan.
Lester NJ. Shestack, of Philadelphia,
las been awarded the contract by Mrs. n
!. w. Naudain, to remodel the old n
rinting office, on North Broad street. s.
Mrs. Viola Smith fell down flight of v
tairs in her home Wednesday with her r
ably in her arms. The baby miracu- R
'uslX escaped injury, but Mrs. Smith
7as severely hurt. r.
Mr.. Walter S. Burris. proprietor of u
he Burris Garage, has sold Mr. Allan
!. Evans, five-passenger, 1916 Model,
'verland automobile, and Mr.. Joseph
!. Heldmyer five-passenger Ford auto. o.
Middletown Council, No. 2, Junior :,
rider American Mechanics, initiated =,
lrge class last week The degree -
cam of this council has received an in II
itation from Sassafras, Md, and will -
robably go there to initiate class of =,
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Some time early last Friday morning, -,
Yeggs" broke into the postofice at -,
hesapeake City. They failed to Sc :;
Ire any money but tore open letters in
earch of mail and ransacked things in
eneral. the postmaster had removed
lie money and stamps from the office
thursday evening. II
dy
The egg market reached the lowest M
oint of the present winter this week, IN
hen eggs sold as low as twenty cents K
er dozen. Even the cold weather of th
st week failed to boost the price to any al
'teworthy height, but the prospects pe
'e that they will mount steadily within TT
e next two weeks as farmers have be- W
IN to use their eggs for setting.
Local automobilists are beginning to
onder just where the price of gasoline
i'll stop. In Middleto En the oil is re- Sr
lling for twenty-five cents per gallon M
Id tits said that the price will go to tt
lrty cents within very few weeks. tr
everal persons have already abandoned W
Ie of their cars until the normal price PC
reached. Operators of jitney bus lines ell
e feeling the increase keenly, but so HI
II have made no change in their trans ia
)rtation rates. If the oil goes HIGHER. Sc