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Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
MILLVILLE.

Mrs. Ward Richards is in Philadel-
phia looking for a house in which to
move for the winter.
Miss Lydia Evans left on Monday
to enter the Wesley Collegiate Insti-
tute at Dover.
[ Miss Irma Steele left on Saturday
to take her position as vice principal
of Delaware City Public School.
Miss Olive Steele was a guest OF
Mrs. A. P. Alills Of Princess Anne,
Nd, last week.
Miss Ollie Dukes left on Monday to
purchase her millinery goods in Phil
adefphia.
Miss Alice Townsend left for Phil
adelphia Friday.
Miss Eva Dale began teaching at
Blackwater on Monday, and Miss
Myrtle Powell at Ocean Vitw.
Miss Olive Steele left on Wednesday
for few days visit with her friends
ina Harrington, after which she will
go tc Suffolk, Va, where she has ac-
cepte1 a position as teacher in the
Hight School.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
LOVES x-RoADs.

Oscar Jones of New York spent last
week with relatives here.
Capt E. d. Taylor left Saturday
to take a position on a tug boat at
Philadelphia.
Miss Mary Short spent last week
with her daughter at MillsbOrO.
School opened Monday with Miss
Clara Holloway as principal and Miss
Sarah West assistant. A new heater
has been installed and other neces-
sary repairs made.
Mrs. Mildred COrdrey is staying
for some time with her mother. Mrs.
Lena Collins.
Owing to the rain last Sunday no
service was held at Bethany Church.
A few people went to James Camp in
the evening.
The farmers now are busy getting
in their fodder.
Quite a number of men will register
here Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. English have been
visiting their daughter, Mrs. Horace
Brasure. who was hurt in an auto
mobile accident last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Lewis were
recent visitors with the parents Of
the latter. Mr.. and Mrs. James Par
sons, at CannOns.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
PAUL PRY's ELLENDALE
LETTER.

The Democratic Primary at Lincoln
on Saturday drew out the politicians
from Glendale and vicinity in full
force. There was a spirited fight
among the Salisbury men and their
opponents, led by Thomas r. Wilson.
W. S. Dickerson was the presiding
officer, and Frank Dawson acted as
Secretary. W. W. Reynolds. Fred
Whitehead and George Clendaniel Of
T, were named delegates to go to
Dover on September 10th.
Our canneries are now running
night and day, and tomatoes are piled
| high around the factory. The farm
ers who contracted are being treated
/ fair and square, but the outsiders are
only receiving Is cents per basket.
The electric lights at the Ritter plant
make a magnificent display and light
/ the surrounding country for a great
distance. The tomatoes are ripening
very slow this year, but II they were
ripening as fast as in former years
the Gamers could never handle them.
On Thursday last the Malan factory
broke down, and half day Of valu-
able time was lost.
The family of William Ritter has
returned to their New Jersey home.
While riding down the DUPONT road
last Wednesday evening, a young man
going to Wilmington ran into Walter
Pettyiohn and both cars were wreck
ed, but no one was injured.
While Joseph r. Young was pick
ing tomatoes last week he was over
come by the heat and is now quite i'll
at his home.
Luther Warren, one of our boys Of
forty years ago. has returned to the
scenes Of his childhood, to find every
thing changed from what it was when
he left.
Mr.. and Mrs Charlie Deputy have
been spending a week with their
daughter Mrs. Anderson, at North
East. Nd. They also visited the Will
mington Fair and express much plea
sure in their trip.
William Smith, a railroad supervis-
or Of New York City, is spending his
vacation with Walter Shepherd on
Mr.. Smiths large farm here.
Rev. Beauchamp will preach in the
New Market Church on Sunday, Sep
tember 18th, at 1890 a. m, and in
McColley's Church at p. m. He
will hold evening service in Glendale
at p. m.
The second quarterly conference
for Glendale charge will be held on
Saturday, September 21st at 2:30 p.
m. DR.. Mowbray win preach in New
Market Church Sunday. September |
22nd at 1880 a. m, and at Union at
3 p. m.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
RoxANA.

Virgil McCabe and family of Mill
vile called on friends here Tuesday
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Ward of Will
mington have been visiting Mr.. and
Mrs. William Wilgus.
Russell Wilgus left for Wilmington
Sunday. where he expects to obtain
work.
Rev. and Mrs. o. H. Connolly
spent a few days last week at Gaiens,
Nd.
Samuel Lekites motored here Sun
lay from Philadelphia. He was ac-
eompaned home on Monday by his
wife and children.
E. ]. Derrickson has accepted a
position in Philadelphia.
B Public school opened here Monday
with the following teachers in charge:
Principal, Cleveland ] Evans; inter-
mediate. Miss Deliah Bunting, and
primary, Miss Hettie MeCabe.
Mrs. Myrtle TorbeTt returned to
her home in Philadelphia on Friday,
after spending sometime with her
parents here.
James Carey, Sr., has been i'll this
week.
Edward Rust and family have been
visiting Mr.. and Mrs. Harley Rayne.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
OVERLOOK.

While hauling tomatoes one day
last week, ROdell Card was kicked by
horse and severely injured. His
condition is very satisfactory at this
time.
Mr. and Mrs. William Butler Of
Philadelphia spent last week with
William Rust and family.
Miss Ida Harris Of Greenwood spent
the week end with her friend, MIR.
Rufus Mitchell
Mrs. John P. Holland and Mrs. r.
p. Warrington spent Sunday with
Mrs. Alfred H. White.
Elizabeth LittletOn spent Saturday
and Sunday with her grandmother,
Mrs Emma TomlinsOn, of Milton.
Miss Mildred W. Greene entertain
ed Miss Anna NJ. Foskey over the
week end.
The Whites Chapel Mite Society
will meet at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Elisha d. Campbell Saturday
evening, September 81.
Mrs. George Carpenter has purch-
-ased player-piano.
Mr.. and Mrs. William A. Greene
spent Saturday and Sunday with the
latter's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. N. ].
Wilson, near Georgetown.
Richard M. Greene called on Rob-
ert Burton, near Redden, over the
week end.
The Whites Chapel School of Dis
trict No. 10, opened on Monday, Sep
tember 9th. Miss Ida M. Campbell, as
teacher.
John NJ. Houston spent the week in
Philadelphia.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
DAGsBoRo.

Our public school opened Monday
with the following teachers: Principal
W. Poole Prettyman, of NillsbOro;
vice principal, Anna l.. Cannon; sec
Ond assistant, Dorothy G.. Sparklin,
of MillsbOro; third assistant, Helen
Walls of Frankfort; and primary
teacher, Lima West.
Announcement has been made of
the marriage of Frank Baker, son of
Mrs. Lucinda Baker, and Miss Bertha
Reese, of Philadelphia.
The stork visited the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Long of Whining
ton, Del, and left baby girl, which
has been named Loretta. Mr.. and
Mrs. Long are well known here.
The condition Of E. F. Reynolds.
who is in a Philadelphia hospital is
greatly improved.
The Red Cross Society met with
Mrs. Name Steen on Saturday even
ing.
William A. Hudson was home from
Wilmington over the week emu. ne
expects to move his family there in
the very near future. Many other
families are planning to leave this
vicinity also and the three children of
Mrs. John Gayhardt have returned to
Baltimore after a month in the coun-
try with relatives.
A. J TimmOns is on a business
trip to the city.
Miss Ruth Long Of Wilmington has
been visiting her uncle j H. Long
and wife.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. B Riggin Of Will
mingtOn, who have been visiting rel
atiVes and friends here, have return
ed home via Laurel.
Miss Florence Willin is clerking in
the store of A. J TimmOns, in the
place of Miss Eva Hickman.
Do not forget the festival next Sat
urday evening in the NJ P. Church
grove, also the treat for the NJ. P.
Sunday School scholars in the after
noon
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
FRANKFORT.

Our public school opened with the
following corps of teachers: Princi-
pal, G. r. Timmons; LIST assistant,
Miss Youngrnan of Pennsylvania; 2nd
assistant, Miss Lizzie Robinson; 3rd
assistant. Miss Etha Smith; primary,
Miss Elizabeth Carey. The school
building has undergone extensive re-
pairs and reflects great credit on the
school board, the members Of which
have labOred so earnestly to make it
success. Credit is also due the
workmen, for their efforts in having
the repairs completed in time.
Capt. Ebe T. Chandler has pur-
chased the Joshua c. Townsend pro-
perty on Main street and will make
extensive repairs to the house. Ii
will be occupied by Postmaster Nc
Cabe and family.
Asa Bennett is making extensive
repairs to his residence on Main
street.
Holly School, near town, opened on
September 9th, with Miss Lulu Hud-
son, as teacher.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Lilliston and
children, Of Suffolk, Va, who have
been visiting relatives here, have re-
turned home.
Rev. II. E. Gebhard, pastor of the
Presbyterian Church, has been grant
ed months vacation, and he and his
family are visiting Red Lion, Pa.
An extra meeting of the Frankford
Branch of the Red Cross was held in
Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday ev-
ening.
Miss Bertha Hudson, who has been
spending the summer with relatives
in Philadelphia and Atlantic City, has
returned home.
Mrs. William c. Robinson is max
ing an extended visit with friends in
Boston.
Mrs. James Hastings will move to
Wilmington in the near future.
The housewives of this community
are very busy canning fruits and veg
etables for winter use, and they CON !
slider each jar filled another blow to |
the Kaiser.
Milford chronicle., 1918-09-13
Save Coal by Opening the Stores at Later
Hour and Closing Them Earlier

Merchants all the country both in cities and small
changing the hours of opening and closing their
order coal In Philadelphia the rules
the o'clock in the morning and closing
them the In Wilmington the hours agreed
upon are $50 m to $50 p.
Mr. Ten Weeges. the Federal Fuel Administrator for the
State of Delaware has requested ALL Merchants shorten
the hours which they will keep their open. He fur
her that any Merchant who fails do help but
be looked upon unpaotc by the National Government
Mr. Ten Weeges' request is timely and reasonable
All merchants Throughout State should follow his advice
gladly Its well bear mind that should town be so
fortunate receive its full allotment of coal this winter
will be only thirds of the towns requirements this short
age of onehird be taken of in some way and
splendid beginning would be made by opening the
later hour and closing them earlier.
No Merchant need fear that this will loss of trade
him. the has floating population whose trade
might benefit some merchants keeping stores open more
hours We have just many people here whose
be looked after and will make little difference them at
what hours they will do their shopping when they take
consideration the serious coal conditions that confront both
people of our town and the farmers of this section.
You the broad mndedness and the patriotism Of
all intelligent Americans these trying
times they fully understand that all put aside our
personal and work together for the best interests of
all our people during these unusual times.
There may be much actual suffering this winter for lack Of
coal among farmers and others community and it's
duty all the coal that may be able to
help those in need if necessity should arise
Moreover, shorter hours for the will mean great
saving Of coal in the operation of the Light and Water
plant Not only will the money besaved the plant
be required its full capacity butthe will have
light all times and not be ujeced the threats of having
ghess nights the last winter Of short
age of coal
We trust that our Board Of Trade or some of our public
spirited citizens will get together promptly and in the mat
Respectfully submitted
THE MILFORD COMPANY
By E. P GeBhard.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Bachelor Employs Only Women on
His Farm.

Saltwater, Minn.-Curtis Hart
a young rancher who lives near here
has been laughing at the man power
bill and the shortage of farm labor.
There's reason.
He has corps of farm helpers.
Not one is man.
Miss Ida Blakely rides the mower
and the reaper and has charge of the
important machinery. She is an ex-
perienced horsewoman. Mrs. Lottie
Cell, young war bride, and Miss
Frances Hart, sister of the boss,
handle the rigs. Hart follows them
doing the starting. Meanwhile the
woman cook insists she has the
hardest job in the outfit.
BY the way, Hart is bachelor.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Butter at $27 a Pound.

A twenty-pound tub of butter made
at the Washington creamery went to
the Iowa State Buttermaker's con-
test at Cedar Rapids last week.
chaperoned by o. H. Buehrer, but
termaker of that creamery at Waiver
ly, Iowa.
That tub of butter scored SO, the
highest of the IS tubs in the contess.
Just before the convention ad-
journed, Buttermaker Buehrer's tub
of butter was sold at auction. The
bidding was like whirlwind from
the start, and it ended when $27 90
per pound was reached.
The highest bidder was New York
City man who paid $4,000 for that
twenty pounds of butter.
The association then felt so big
and ricn and potriotic that they turn
ed that $4,000 over to the Red
Cross.
Buttermaker Buehrer returned
home last Friday, smiling of course.
The Washington Farmers Co-opera-
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Orders Were go Like HeIl''---And
He Did

Philadelphia, Pa.-"One afternoon
was bringing in wounded soldiers
and when got to the top of hill
l saw the boches were Smelling the
valley where l had to cross bridge"
writes Geocrey T. Hawley, Three
Hundred and Fifty-fourth ambulance
corps, son of Warren Hawley of
Stoneleigh court.
Some American officers told me
to go on and wait 200 yards in front
of the bridge and then to go like hell
just after a shell burst. / waited and
then went like hell and just got over
in time. There are several holes in
my ambulance and some of the cars
are a wreck, but none of the boys got
hurt.
"One night Johnnie Moore and /
were in my car and the engine broke
down in the midst of some awful
Smelling and maybe l wasn't scared,
After getting word to the mechanics,
Johnnie and crawled into a ditch
and lay on our stomachs for an hour
with shells bursting all around US.
That was as near as they came to
getting me-"
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Runs 40 Rods With Clothes on Fire

Reuben Decker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Decker, died at his
home in Usage Saturday morning.
The cause of his death is self ex-
planatory in the following article
published in the Usage News:
Reuben Decker, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. George Decker was painfully
burned at the farm near Stacyville
Wednesday morning of last week.
The morning was cold and he was
warming up some Oil by the use of
a torch when it is thought spark
flew into a can of gasoline not far
away. The result was an explosion
and the burning gas covered Reuben.
J He tried to put out the flames by
rolling but was unable to do so and
ran forty rods to a spot in the field
where there was some water and
jumped into it. While running he
managed to get his jacket off which
saved the upper part of his body
and face from being seriously burn
ed. He was severely burned from
the waist line to the knees, all his
clothing being burned off and the
burns being very deep. A pair of
rubber boots saved his feet from
serious burns. Next morning Reuben
was brought to the home of his par
ents in this city and he is recover
ling as well as could be expected
though of course his injuries are ex-
cruiatingly painful.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
Boy Killed by Celebrators.

McGregor has offered reward OF
$50 for any information leading to
the arrest of parties who ran over
with their automobile and killed
eight year old Robert Mehsling the
night of the victory celebration a.
that place. The car was going zig
gag trail at high speed at the time
the child was killed. The parties
drove on without stopping. A fifteen
year-old girl, who was passing, pick
ed up the. child's crushed body and
ran with 1t three blocks to the hospi-
tai, where death occurred a few
hours later. 1t is believed that the
child unquestionably was the victih
of some ones drunken spree.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11

Little Willie, who for several
months had Invariably ended his
evening prayer with please send me
a baby brother" announced to his
mother that he was tired of praying
for what he did not get, and that
7he did not believe that God had any
more little boys to send.
Not long afterward he was car
ried into his mothers room very
early in the morning to see twin
boys, who had arrived during the
night. Willie looked at. the two bab-
les critically and then remarked:
It's a good thing stopped praying
when / did.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
RAINBOW TROOPS TO STAY.
Baker Says Veterans Will Not Come
Home Now.

Washington, d. c., Dec. 81
Secretary Baker gave it as his per-
sOnal opinion that none of the vet
eran divisions of the American army
in France will return home before
peace formally is declared. He in
dicated that the tried fighting men
would comprise the bulk of the force
to be kept in Europe for the present.
Heretofore the understanding has
been that the Rainbow division and
two or three other famous units
would be brought home soon, leav-
ing their places to be filled by some
of the newcomers.
Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1918-12-11
FLU" TAKES HEAVY TOLL.
Between 100000 and $50, 900 Civil.
ians i'm U. S. Killed by Epidemic.

Washington, ID. C.-Between 800. :
900 and 100000 deaths from in
fiuenza and pneumonia have occurred
among the civilian population of the
United States since Sept. Is, accord
ing to estimates of the public health
service. These calculations were
based on reports from cities and
states keeping accurate records, and
public health officials believe they are
conservative.
The epidemic still persists, bu
deaths are much less numerous, ae
cording to reports reaching here.
recrudescence Of the disease now i!
occurring in many communities, but
this is believed to be sporadic and no.
to indicate a general renewal o.
severe epidemic conditions.
Insurance companies have beer
hard hit by the epidemic, govern
ment reports indicate. The govern.
ment incurred liabilities Of more
than $4,000, 900 in connection
with life insurance carried by sol
diers in army camps, not including
those in Europe. About 1000 deaths
occurred in the camps in the United
States, war department records
show