Middletown transcript., 1918-01-19
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STATE AND PENINSULA


The Berge sisters, well-known singing
cvangelists, are at Berlin, Md.
Thirty apartment houses are planned
in Harve de Grace for the accommodation
of new families coming in.
The payroll of the fighting forces Of
the United states is now nearly S1U0,
100000 month.
Robert Hartman, of Milton, caught a
hawk which measured 81 inches from
tip to tip.
Miss Jennie NJ. Weaver, supervisor of
Wilmington Fairgrounds, reports the at
tendance last year as 50, 403. E.
Negotiations are in progress for the
sale of the Wilmington Institute Free
Library property at $4,000 front foot.
Major Edmund Mitchell of Whining
ton, has been appointed food admins
traror for Delaware by President Will
son.
Examinations by shoe experts at army
camp show that more than nalf the SOL
diers are wearing shoes TOO short. No
wonder they have sore feet.
Dr. James T. Thompson was reelected
Mayor of Lewes. at the town election
on Saturday, for the sixteenth consecu-
tive time.
Rev. Charles I. Stengle of Brooklyn
N. Y, son of Rev. Adam otengle, was
appointed Secretary Of the Civil Ser
vice Commission of New York City on
Jan. LIST, at a salary Of S., 900 year.
Former Judge George Gray will be
the honor guest and chief speaker at
the annual banquet of the Alumni Asso-
citation of Delaware College, at the Will
mington City Club January 26.
Charles II. LeFevre of Smyrna who
has had a law office in Dover for several
years, has been appointed custodian Of
alien property in Delaware and will have
his headquarters in Washington.
The report of T. G. Dunn & Co shows
chat the past year has been the most
prosperous for the Delmarvia Peninsula
siuce the Wilmins ton office was estab-
lished, but Is business failures beng re-
ported.
Hebrews Of Delaware last week sue
ceeded IN raising the last :l5, 600 of the
s45, 900 pledged by the Jews of the State
toward the National Jewish Committee
Fu..I to be used IN relieving the distress
of Jewish sufferers abroad.
The Cecil County Board of Education
has authorized teachers of county schools
to organic cubs among The pupils for
purchasing Was saving stamps and carry
ins on Junior Red Cross work.
During the year 1917 Lester German
Of Aberdeen, the champion target shot
of alaryland and one of the best in the
country, shot at 62S5 targets, breaking
6l37, with an average Of 1854 out OF
every hundred
Free mail delivery is to extended to
the powder villages by making the Car
ney's Point postCffioe sibstation OF
the Pennsgrove office. The change will
become effective next Wednesday.
Early Saturday morning thieves forced
the rear door to Louis Handouts fur
nisi,n- S store in Newark and stole many
articles, including eight pair Of shoes,
two suitcases. hand bags. sho ping bag. |
trousers, and number Of rings.
ssistant Professor Harold E. Tiffany |
wiao FOR l2 years has been an instructor
in chemistry at Delaware College, has
resigned to enter the service of the du !
Pont Powder Company as chemist and |
vii; be located at Deep Water after Jen-
uary q, when his resign ton takes |
effect.
Thousands Of bushels of potatoes were |
frozen Throughout Kent county during
the recent zero weather. The cellars
ana barns Of the farmers being unheated
and unaccustomed to such severe w*'ath-
er. We're not safe places for potatoes.
Considerable canned fruit was also froz-
en- and the cracked jars were quite
loss to many Housewives.
No definite conclusion has been reach
ed as yet regarding the rebuilding of the
wall paper plant burned at Newark last
Friday. The officials Of the company
were in Newark Saturday and held con-
ferences with G. NJ Brown and Jacob
Thomas. These men, however, stated
that nothing definite had been decided
upon. The heavy rain and wind storm
Of Friday night blew down large for-
ton of the walls and Only few portions
tower above the ruins.