Middletown transcript., 1916-10-14

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The Democratic State candidates have
started on whirlwind finish to their
campaign.
The annual value of the farm wOodlOt
products of the United States is over
$l95, 900 600.
Mrs. Margaret Fitzgerald, aged IA, of
New Castle, was the fourth member of
her family to die within year.
William Peru, of Philadelphia, was
fined $25 and costs by Justice Coursey,
at Chesterto Rn, for automobile speed
ing.
The crank of a cappying machine
struck Cramer Henry, a Laurel mer-
chant, in the mouth, painfully ipjuring
him.
During the month of September, $50
marriage licenses were issued at the
office of the Clerk of the Court in
Elkton.
Four new cases of infantile paralysis
were reported two in Wilmington and
one each in rural New Castle county
and Kent.
After having been dormant for sew
eraI years, the Milford Cornet Band has
been revived, with Joseph T. Rodgers
as manager.
Sixty recruits left Fort dupont Nor
day to fill gaps in the Pennsylvania,
Delaware and Jersey regiments on the
Mexican border.
Both Democrats and Republicans will
start a more spirited campaign this
week, which is expected to continue
until election day.
Because certain specifications were
not considered, bids for the erection of
a bridge at Milford were rejected by
the Sussex Levy Court.
Because of the increase in the pri e
of bread, Polish residents of Whining
ton are considering the advisability of
starting community bakery.
While hunting chestnuts in woods
near Wilmington, Lottie and Elma
Temple, small girls. und the body of
baby, and Coroner Lattomus is inves-
tigating.
Edward G. Bradford. Jr., and ]. Hall
Anderson have filed with the Clerk of
the Peace for New Castle county the
Progressive State ticket named recently
at Dover.
The case against Samuel L. Burlis,
charged with violating the election law
at primary in ilmingtOn, has been
continued by the Court of General Ses-
sions until next term.
County Constable James Taylor, of
New Castle, was arrested in Whining
ton on a charge of driving an automo-
bile without proper license, and was
given ahearing Tuesday.
Falling from a scaffold at the plant
of the Harlan & Hollingsworth Corpor-
alton, in Wilmington, George Gross, of
RoseIle, is in the Delaware Hospital
with fractured skull and jaw.
A representative of the Board of
Health addressed the Ekton Improve
ment Association on the sanitary con-
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9, at p. M, in the Court House.
The Laurel Fire Company, at it's
recent carnival cleared more than $1,000.
The exact amount is not yet determined,
as all of the bills are not in but the
above amount and more is assured.
After having been postponed for a
month, the Harrington Public SchO Il
opened Monday with an enrolment of
about seventy in the high school grades
and 225 in the gram mar school grades
Woodrow Wilson Day" will be OBJ
served throughout the United Sta. .es
on Saturday, October %, according to
an announcement made by Chairman
Mccormick of the Democratic National
Committee.
Harry R. Boullen, who has been in
the plumbing business in ElktOl for
a number of years has sold the business
to Scott Wilson, of Rising Sun. Mr..
Boulben will be ass related with his son
- tho outonoohile hr1siness
Major William Marshall, chief sur
geon of the Delaware troops, who has
been in Delaware on recruiting duty for
several weeks, having been sent East
from Deming, left Milford Wednesday
to report back in Deming.
Miss Mary Anderson, formerly head
of The commercial department of the
Cecil County High School. but for the
past three years connected with New
ark schools, has taken similar position
in the high school at Mt. Pleasant, Pa.
The twenty-thiri anniversary of the
Delaware Baptist Union Association
and thirty-eighth anniversary Of the
Delaware Baptist Union will be held al
the First Baptist Church, Dover. or
Thursday and Friday, October IL and
Three thousand boys are ia the I91f
Virginia Corn Growing contest. Last
year % boys made over 100 bushels tc