Milford chronicle., 1917-09-28
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Died at the home of Captain Thos.
II Morris in this town John Carney
a Young man of thirty-fOur years on
Friday the 21st OF September, with
tuberculosis. He came from his
home in Philadelphia on the 25th day
of July to visit the Captains family
being a distant relative Of Mrs. Nor
ris and thinking that this place was
beneficial to him and that he was im-
proving somewhat, prolonged his stay
when on Friday morning he was TAX
en- very seriously i'll and his end came
very suddenly that day His brother,
Michael Gaffney, was notified by tele-
graph at his home in Philadelphia.
He came down and had the body pre-
pared for burial and took it to his
home on Sunday afternoon, Where
interment was made on Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. W. w. Moore Kept
and operated very successfully a
boarding house and restaurant on
Murderkill avenue during the past
season. have closed their place and
at the present are at Chester, Pa
engaged in business, where they ex-
meet TO remain until the spring OF
next year, at which time they Will
return here and open up for another
season. Their success this season
has been so satisfactory to them and
the public to which they have catered
that they feel like redOubling their
efforts in that direction another sea-
son.
Mrs. Lima Dare, OF Philadelphia,
10 visitinq her mother, Mrs. Mary
A. Short, and other relatives in town
this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood COsden and
daughter. Miss Catherine, of Smyrna,
were guests last week Of her sisters
Mrs. Blanche E. Hubbard and Mrs.
William o. Cubbage.
Henry Fisher. a lad Of about eight
cen wears, who has been living with
his parents in South Bowers, leIt ms
home on Thursday morning OF last
week very suddenly and rather mys-
teriously, and his whereabouts are
unknown to his parents. 1t is re-
ported that a love affair had sprung
up between he and a young miss who
had been sojOurning in a cottage IN
that section, and that it had culmln-
ated in an elopement.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Percetta and
daughter. Miss Mary Jane, and son
Louis. also Miss Catherine Murray
all of Chester, Pa, who have been
sojourning in South Bowers since the
middle of August, left for their home
on Tuesday of this week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Nelson. OF
Frankford, we're the guests last week
of Captain and Mrs. Richard Bucka-
loo. Olan Philips and Elden Buck
alOO and family, all OF wilmington
were week end guests at the same
place.
The strong northeasterly winds on
Monday caused a great disappoint-
ment to a large number of men who
came from a distance to enjoy the
hook and line fishing.
Ex-Sheriff Robert Rice OF Caroline
County, Nd, and friend, of near Den
ton, were the week end guests OF MS
sister, Mrs. L. G. Johnson, at the
johnson Hotel.
John Patterson of Philadelphia, is
visiting his family. who are staying
in the Annie V Cottage on the river
front. Joseph Swartzer, of Philadel-
phia, is at the present time being en-
tertained at the same cottage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leon Kelly left on
Monday of this week on the steamer
Frederick, for Philadelphia, where
they expect to spend the week shop
ping and visiting friends in that city.
Mrs. Clara J. Coles left on Monday
of this week on a business trip to
Philadelphia.
The cannery will wind up canning
tomatoes this week at this place, as
the tomatoes are about all in. While
there was a shortage of the crop in
this section, the fruit has never been
hstter, and the good prices that the
grower received for them make the
crop a very profitable one.