Middletown transcript., 1916-04-22
LOCAL HAPPENINGS
Many Condensed News Items Of
the Past Week
In THIS AND NEARBY POINTS

Rurn all the rubbish.
Cultivate the vacant lots.
Autos very much in evidence.
The music of the fish hauler's horn
is heard in the land.
For every fly you swat today you help
to keep disease away.
WhoOping cough annually kills over
ten thousand Americans.
The roads are drying fast and will
soon be in good condition.
Delaware City shadboats are report
ing catches from 10 to rs.
Mr.. John Price, an elderly gentle
man, living near here is suffering from
a stroke of paralysis.
The Delaware City Century Club will
hold its annual Easter dance in the fire
engine hall Monday evening.
Harry L. Davis has resigned as
director of the Citizens National Bank
here to devote his time to personal
business.
The Fox Club, of Townsend, gave a
fox chase there Saturday. About fifty
dogs was in the pack with as many more
witnesses.
Mr.. j. E. Lewis, who recently pur-
chased the Tatman property at the
corner of Broad and Crawford streets,
is making great improvements.
Owing to the high prices for phos-
phate and seed potatoes, only about
of the usual acreage of
white potatoes is being planted this
season.
The new home being built for the
ladies' of the New-Century Club is rap
idly nearing completion. The building
should be finished and furnished ready
for use in a month.
The Ladies' Guild of st. Anne's
Church will hold rummage sale and |
bake in the vacant room of Mr.. Henry |
D. Howell, on West Main street, on
Saturday, April 29th.
Jay Alfree, a farmer near Townsend, |
was surprised last week when he found |
n his hennery the most unusual chick, |
Just hatched, that he had ever seen. 1t
has three feet and three wings.
Mrs Lulu Loveland Shepard, presi-
lent of the Utah w. C. T. u, delivered |
4 lecture in the fire engine hall, of Del
aware City, Monday evening on tenn
under the auspices of the
Women's Christian Temperance Union.
Mrs. Henry D. Howell is ill with
scarlet fever at her home on Cass
street. This makes the fourth case of /
scarlet fever in Mr.. Howell's family
Turing the past few weeks. The other
ever patients in town have recovered.
Posters are out for the Annual Elec-
ion on Monday, May 1st, for one men,
'er of the Board of Light and Water
Commission for the term of five years.
The election will be held at the office of
G. Cox between the hours of 2 and
''clock P. M.
A demonstration was given last week
# gasoline tractor plow, on the farm
# Julian G. Cleaver, near town The
machine is 20-horse power Case engine
nd has three plows geared to it. Each
low cuts furrow Is inches wide, and
he plow seemed to give entire salts
action.
DR.. E. G. Clark, who has been at
ending Mr.. Prices daughter, Mrs.
larry P. Kelley, who is staying at the
rice home, was there on Saturday
lorning and had hardly returned to
is Office when he was called to attend
Ir. Price. The patient is somewhat
improved.
There will be an L. T. L. Demonstra-
ion in Blackbird Church, Friday even
lg, April 28th. A special program is
eing prepared. There will be speakers
, make the event instructive as we'll -,
S. interesting. Everyone is invited
nd will be made welcome. A silver :
fering will be taken.
Unclaimed Letters. The following T
st of letters remaining unclaimed in t
lie post-office, for the week ending \
pril 18th, 1916, Mrs. Louisa Show, v
iss Beatrice Jackson, Miss Ada G. s
IcAlpin, Alonza Dawes, Thomas T. c
rady, Maurice H. Young, Samuel
lilson, Frank Williams. +
The Child's Grocery Company have
orkmen busily engaged in erecting the
lelving, counters, bins, &C., for the
oening of the grocery business Gin Il
bout a week." in the room recently v
acated by THE NEW ERA. The fixtures g
rriyed on Tuesday and already put to- t
ether, are of light golden oak color, :
nd are very attractive. S
The Delaware City Gun Club has been {
Warded sterling silver trophy by the 6
lterstate Association for the Encour-
cement of Trapshooting The club is
le only one in this State which has re-
sived the trophy from the Association.
he club is one of sixteen which have U
cen ORGANIZED since the oneninO of the c