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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03
GRADERS WORKING ON
THE X. & o. RAILROAD
LeMonniner Bros. Surfacing First
Two and Half Miles in
Liberal Sl.ship

With the track laid to the west line
Of the city, and the first two and a
half miles of grade being surfaced,
progress on the Kansas 4 Oklahoma
railroad is very satisfactory.
The steel and ties have been pur-
chased and are due to arrive almost
any day. A message to Walter Byers
from his father states that both the
steel and ties have been secured and
are on the way.
AS soon as the surfacing is finished
on the two and half mile stretch, the
crews will go on and grade another
stretch. Mr.. LeMonnier is fixing up
his grading machine and says when
he gets it on the grade dirt is going to
fly fast.
A visit to the grade reveals the fact
that the fellows are doing some nice
work and the track-laying crews will
have little difficulty in laying the
track. d,
Officials of the road say that every
thing points to an early completion of
the road, and the people of Liberal
township are anxious for it to be
finished
Over in Stevens county interest is
strong and it is likely that the road
will be across that county early in the
spring.
President o. p Byers has had lot
of obstacles to overcome, but it seems
that his efforts are about to be
crowned with success,
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03
HOLTKAMPa SAYS LIBERAL K
is A MIGHTY GOOD TOWN
Carnival Manager Pleased With City
and Will Return A"ain Ncy.
ear

The Holtkamp Exposition Shows
closed weeks engagement here last
Saturday night after having bucked
some of the worst weather of the sea-
son.
Mr.. Holtkamp visited the Democrat
office before leaving and expressed
his satisfaction with the treatment
accorded his exhibition here. He
spoke in pleasing terms of the city,
of the courteous people he met and
the hearty cooperation of the law en-
forcing officials in maintaining order.
Liberal is mighty good town"
said Mr.. Holtkamp "and while | had
some miserable weather during the
week am well pleased with the en-
gagement here. Tell the folks I am
coming back next year with bigger
and better carnival than ever and that
it will be run just a clean and or
derlv as it was this year"
II certainly met met some fine fell
lows here" continued Mr.. Holtkamp,
"and made number of friends it will
be pleasure to meet again. l expect
to come back during the winter with
a 3O-piece minstrel show that will be
worth the money"
Holtkamp made a record for con-
Quoting clean carnival, as he in
voked the assistance of the officers
and let it be known that he would
stand for nothing rough or uncIean.
We have heard no criticism of his
shows and on the other hand have
heard many words of praise.
Holtkamp says carnival can be
conducted just as orderly as any 9TH
er amusement enterprise if the man
ager so desires and that it is his aim
to do so.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03
T. L. GRAY AND SON START
A STORE AT SATANTA
To Engage in Furniture Business
in Good Town on The Santa Fe

Satanta is to have a new furniture
store, branch Of the T. L. Gray
and Son store of Liberal.
Mr.. Gray owns large tract of
land near Satanta and has put out
several hundred acres of wheat. His
son Jack is overseeing the work on
the ranch and now that the seeding
is done will take charge of the store
there.
The stock has been shipped from
the wholesale houses and the room
is in readiness. The people of Satan
to are fortunate in having this store,
for Gray win give them real store.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

Glen Warner of Bucklin, was here
today, looking up prospects for the
New York Life Insurance company.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

M. N. Burn of Fulton, Mo-, was in
Liberal this week on business.
Clyde Drake of Kansas City, was
a business visitor in the city this
week.
Miss Fern Schiller spent the week
end in the city visiting friends.
For Canon City Coal see Jim
Johnston.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

For Canon City Coal see Jim
Johnston.
Apples $1.75 per blu. basket at jim
.Johnston's.
p. L. Kennedy of Kansas City was
visiting in Liberal this week.
For Canon City Coal see Jim
Johnston.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

Mrs. Marion c. Hays of Hutchinson
arrived in the city Tuesday to attend
the Thomas Tegarden funeral and to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. W..
H. Feather.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

Some Smooth Sandy Buffalo quar-
tiers, very cheap and on unusual terms
Moore & Franklin. 20t2c
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

Chas. Deizell Of Hutchinson, was
looking after business interests in the
city this week.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03

Ethel and Alice Blevens and Lo-
rene and Pauline Hagle went to
Guymon Thursday to visit with rela-
tives.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1921-11-03
Ladies Oxfords

Splendid styles
and Big Values
characterize our
lines of Ladies Ok
fords. The la e
early winter mod
els are here in a
pleasing assort-
ment.
Oxfords are good
for winter wear,
and we have them.
First Floor
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
ANOTHER BUSINESS
A SYNDICATE BUYS PLAZA HOTEL AND
GROUNDS FROM MILFORD TRUST co.

The second of two deals looking to
the erection of modern theatres in
Milford was consumated on Tuesday
afternoon when the Milford Trust
Company sold the Plaza Hotel and
grounds to syndicate of capitalists.
This property fronts on the Plaza and
follows along Causey Avenue. The
present building will be moved to the
rear of the lot and made to face on
Cansey avenue. On the site of the old
building the new Opera House will be
constructed.
While final plans for the new play
house in Milford are not definitely de-
cided, those in a position to know state
that the new opera house and picture
theatre will seat not less than 1900
persons. It will be constructed of
steel and brick and will be fireproof
in every respect. Work on the struc-
ture will start in the near future. It
is the purpose of those interested in
the project to complete the work in
the early fall.
This transaction is a positive sale
and the statement is backed as cor
rect by the Milford Trust Company.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
NEW CENTURY CLUB

\ The meeting of the Milford New
Century Club on Monday, February
28th, 1921, was opened by the presi-
dent, Mrs. Julius Scott, Mrs. George
w. Marshall, Chairman of the Depart
ment of Social Service, took charge
of the program which was unique in
that it was something that had never
before been presented to the club. On
the stage were twelve of our trained
nurses, each wearing the uniform and
cap worn by the different hospitals
where they had received their diplo-
mas: Mrs. Herman Johnson, Miss
Annie Beswick, Miss Bessie Ratcliff,
Mrs. Harry Pettyjohn, Mrs. Winter
Moore, Miss Scott, Miss Herwig and
Miss R. Mabel Bowser, Miss Agnes
Stephenson, Mrs. Flammer, Mrs. Tom
Simpson and Mrs. George Simpson.
With the nurses was Mrs. James Da-
Wis who had been a dietetcian in a
hospital in Boston. Mrs. Davis sat at
a tea table where she later made tea
which the nurses served with waters
and candy to the ladies who were
present. The first on the program was
music, a piano solo by Miss Step
followed with very interest
ing paper. Miss Beswick told of her
work for the last twelve years as Tu-
nurse for Kent county.
Miss Herwig, the school nurse for
Sussex county, explained the work
they are doing in the schools by US
ing one of the little boys from the
school to demonstrate in an interest
ing and instructive way. Mrs. Petty
johns paper on Anesthetesia telling
of the use of anesthetics in the long
ago, and the wonderful use of it at
this time was full of interest.
Mrs. Flammer, who graduated at
Island Hospital some
years ago, told of how at that time
The nurses had to work with out all
-he modern improvements. Miss Bow
5er's paper on '"The Inspiration of
Nursing" given in her usual attrac-
i've way took us through the doors
loWn that wonderful road called "Our
Chosen Work" Mrs. James Davis
gave a talk on the work of a dieteti-
,ian and what it means to a well |
,quipped hospital. The Century Club |
quartet sang two songs in their usu-
Il way adding much to the success of |
he meeting. The Red Cross Chapter
trough Mrs. Bancroft allowed us to
AVE Miss Carson of the Bureau of
Hygiene to show moving picture en-
tiled ','In the Footsteps of Florence
A vote of thanks was
,iven the nurses and the Red Cross
nd Miss Carson as well as Mr.. Ban
ling of the electric light plant for
lis work for us. Next week will be
Iusic Day. Mrs. Harry Pettyjohn and
Trs. Postles Hammond as chairmen.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
WILLIAM c. SIPPLE KILLEl
RUN DOWs BY AN AUTOMOBILE IN ST
LOUIS WHILE CROSSING STREET.

William c. Sipple, aged 88 years,
vice-president of the Sipple Adjust
ment Co., insurance adjusters at st.
,LoHTs' Missouri, died in hospital in
that city or Sunday, February 6, 1921,
having been knocked down by an au-
tomobile on Monday, January 81. His
skull was fractured.
Mr.. Sipple for Is years had been as
sociated in the insurance adjustment
business with his son, William c..
Sipple, Jr His wife lives in St. Jo-
seph. Mo, where he was buried.
He vent to Missouri in 1851 from
Mlf0id, Delaware, and settled at a
trading post at Rockford Landing. In
1854 he established in st. Louis a
genera merchandise business under
the title Hickman-Sipple & Co., which
later was changed to Sipple-CrOw &
Co. He retired from business in 1875,
an@ moved to st. Joseph, remaining
OneTey Is years ago, when he went to
ST. TGouis and joined his son in the in
business. He was actively en-
gagged in this business until the time
of the accident.
Mr.. Sipple was the oldest son of
the late Eliza Masten of Milford, by
her first husband, the late Garrett
Sipple of Sussex county. He was a
cousin to Mrs. Caleb R. Layton of
Georgetown. John Davis Sipple of San
Antonio, Texas, is a brother. He was
a great-grandson of Jehu Davis, who
was President of Delaware in 1889
and great nephew of Judge Isaac
Davis of Smyrna.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
PERSONAL MENTION


Miss Minnie Stormer is the guest
of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Harring-
ton of Dover.
Sylvio Neri, formerly of this town,
has returned his old stand and is
ready for his customers to call.
Mrs. B. M. Gillespie has gone to
Chicago to visit her brother, R. P.
Small, who has been seriously ill.
Geo. L. Pleasanton from Brooklyn,
N. Y. is spending several days with
his mother, Mrs. H. ]. Pleasanton.
Joe L. Miller, operator at Block, D.
", is spending his relief days with his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Miller,
Milford.
Miss Emma Gillespie has finished
the course in training at the Jeffer-
son Hospital and accepted a position
at the Bryn Mawr Hospital, Bryn
Mawr, Pa.
Miss Helen Pleasanton accompan-
led by her school friend, Miss Mar
guerite White, from Richmond, Va,
spent the weekend with her mother,
Mrs. H. J. Pleasanton.
Mrs. H. G. Capehart has returned
home after spending five weeks with
her daughter, Mrs. Emma Jones of
Carney's Point, N. J., and other rel
atives of Philadelphia and Marcus
Hook.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. Hobson, who
have been away from Milford for three
months past have returned and are
occupying their home at corner of
Fourth and North Walnut streets. His
health is very much better.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
TOLD IN A FEW LINES

First Baptist Church-Pr Preaching at
1O:45 a. m. and 1880 p. m. Bible school
at $3.50 a. m.
Christ Church Guild is planning for
a rummage and exchange sale, March
II, Is and 10.
The Millwood Ladies Aid will meet
in the Community Hall Saturday ev-
ening, March 5th
Planting peas for cannery use is
general with growers in the vicinity
of Milford this week.
A box and shadow social will be
held at Postles school Friday evening,
March 4. Everybody is cordially in
vited.
The first days of Spring were GER
tainly balmy and beautiful. Many have
started to get ready for the spring
garden work in Milford.
Six cases of scarlet fever are quar-
antined at Glendale and the public
schools there are closed by direction
of the health authorities.
A tie and shadow social will be held
in Pennington school hall, March IL.
Girls please bring ties. If stormy will
be held following evening.
There will be a meeting of the
Kings Daughters at the home of Mrs.
James L. Davis on North Walnut St.,
Thursday afternoon, March 10, at 8
p. m.
There will be box and shadow So
cial at Denney's school, March II. If
that night should be stormy it will be
held following evening. Everybody
welcome.
There will be regular meeting of
Coolspring Grange No. A on Friday,
March 4. There will be a class of five
candidates for initiation. A full at
tendance is requested.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas G. Reynolds
have this week moved from their for
mer residence on East Front street. |
to their new residence on South Wal |
nut street, South Milford.
Ionic Council No. 1S, degree of Po-
will hold a supper in Grange
Hall, Wednesday evening, March 9.
Supper will consist of chicken salad,
oysters, ice cream and cake. Supper
served at five o'clock. Come and get
good supper and help the cause.
Milford seems to be assured of a
lew and modern moving picture thea
re in the near future, as two parties
ire interested and one party has COM
'leted a deal with the Milford Trust
company for $4,000 worth of proper
y on which to build. The other party
anticipates closing the deal for an
ther tract today with the Delaware
rust Co.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
RD TO HAVE
100000 THEATRE
REP NTATTVE OF NIXON INTERESTS
neg TIATES FOR DESIRABLE SITE
in BUSINESS SECTION.
new BANK BUILDING ALSO
CURTIS E. DAVIS CONFIRMS STATEMENT
THAT new BANK WILL Be ERECTED
AT FRONT AND WALNUT SITS.

Plans for the construction of two
new modern buildings in Milford's
business section have been announced
this week. The first announcement
was made by a gentleman who states
that he represents the Nixon inter
ests, which interests now control the
Nixon Opera House and the Odd Eel
lows Temple Theatres in Dover. Ac-
cording to his statement, he made
tnal arrangements on Tuesday while
IN Milford to buy lot on South Wal
nut street, on which he proposes to
erect a modern theatre. such as is
seen i'll the large cities, at at approx
innate cost of 100000.
The statement as made by this gen.
tleman said that the ground owned
by the Delaware Trust Company,
which includes the buildings south of
the property of the Pierce Hardware
company on Front street, has been
divided into two lots, and that the
corner lot would be used by the Trust
Company for building purposes. The
other lot IS the one to be used for
site of the new theatre. These are
the two best building sites in the bus
iness cecticn.
there IS no question but that the
town of Milford has long needed
modern theatre building; and the an
nouncement this week that a company
who conducts theatres of the ca1ibre
of the Nixon theatres was to locate
IN Milford, brought forth much favor
able comment. The Nixon interests
pave sufficient financial strength to
iSsure Milford worth while pictures
and the best of road shows. The rep
rresentat1ve said that a stage sufficient
ly large to accommodate the best
shows will be provided in the theatre.
He also stated that work of remov-
ing the present buildings will start
as soon as necessary arrangements
can be made.
Curtis E. Davis, of Laurel, who is
interested in the Delaware Trust
Company, was asked by a reporter
OF the Chronicle as to the correctness
OF the statement that the new theatre
would be erected. Mr.. Davis would
not confirm the statement, but did
say that negotiations were under way
tor the Sale-ef that lot which the |
Nixon interests had said they would
build on. He said that any announce
ment as to the plans should not come
from him, but from the theatrical in
Eerests. When asked whether the
Delaware Trust Company intended to
build banking building on the cor
ner of Front and Walnut streets.
South Milford, Mr.. Davis said without
hesitation that his company most as
iuredly will erect bank on that site
his year. Just when work will COM
nence he was unable to say, but he
emphasized the fact that the bank
will be constructed.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
VOCATIONAL AGRICULTURE
REPORT OF THIS DEPARTMENT OF MIL.
FORD HIGH SCHOOL FOR 1890.

Boys taking vocational agriculture
are required in addition to the regu-
lar school course, to conduct a home
project. The project to be taken up
is selected by the boy early in the
school year and may be crop, an or
chard an animal or farm management
project according to work taken dur
ing the year. AS an example of the
project work, a corn project should
start with the selection and care of
the seed corn in the Fall and end
with marketing the next Fall. Before
the project starts the pupil makes out
a project outline in which all prob
lens entering into the project are TAX
en- up. It includes such problems as
time and method of selecting seed, va
rieties best suited to locality, testing
seed, fertilizers for the crop, prepara-
tion of soil, rations for animals in
the case of an animal project, mark
citing, etc. This outline is carried
out as nearly as possible in the pro-
ject Careful records are kept of la
Dor, expenses and receipts from the
project.
A good project should put to practi-
cal application the many principles
taught during the year; it should be
carried out by the best business meth
DDS and the most successful practices
of farming. 1t should develop respon-
sibility in the boy, give him an op-
pOrtunity to do new jobs and incident
ally produce a profit. Each boy is
to bear all the expenses and
reap all the gains.
1t is one of the chief summer duties
Of the agricultural instructor to su-
Dervise these projects.
Last year, among Milford boys,
here were twenty-five projects start
ed. Eighteen of these were carried to
completion. The average
gross income being slightly better
han $4,000 each. For the year prev
GUS there were twenty-four projects
started, eighteen being carried to sue
,essful completion with an average
gross income of a little less than $50
Zach. This is not as high as it should
)e.
Among the best projects was a gar
len project with a net income Of SIT;
en- sweet potato projects with an av-
rage income of $4,000 and a poultry
DrOject which consisted in the con- |
truction of a poultry-house for 100
lens and the care of flock of chick
ms. Our project for this year has al.
eady been started and the others will
OOn start.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
NUPTIALS
BULLOCK-LYNCH

On Wednesday evening at seven
thirty o'clock Miss Georgia May Bull
lock and George Marshall Lynch.
both of this town were united in holly
wedlock in the Methodist Episcopal
Church by the pastor, Rev. R. K. Step
henson. The church was beautifully
decorated in green and white. A
large green arch made of laurel and
pine under which the bride and groom
stood, was arranged in the chancel
with white lilies on either side. While
waiting for the bridal party, Mrs. Ed
ward Hurley rendered a selection on
the organ and Mrs. Minnie Davies
sang "Oh Promie Me-" After this Sc
lection, the strains of Lohengrin's
wedding march were heard and the
bridal party entered at the two side
isles of the church. Down the left isle
came two ushers and two flower girls,
little Misses Rebecca and Margaret
Davies, dressed in little white dresses
and carrying baskets of pink roses
which they scattered in front of the
bride, who followed them accompan-
led by the maid of honor, Miss Elsie
Short, of Philadelphia. At the same
time two ushers followed by the
groom and best man, Jesse Legar, en-
tered by the left isle and met the
bride at the altar where the service
was performed, the ring being used.
The four ushers were Misses Lottie
Warren, Edith Carey, Alice Brown and
Ellen Hatfield who wore white dress
es with blue girdles and carried pink
and white carnations. The brides
TrTnd a fTT1 aT. .
white roses while the maid of honor
carried pink roses. After the cere-
mony small reception was held at
the home of the bride with only the
families of the couple, a
few friends and DR.. and Mrs. R. K.
present. Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynch will spent short time in Phil
adelphia, after which they will reside
in Milford where the groom is employ
ed at the L. D. Caulk Cos. Laborator-
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
sHINGLE COMMUNITY NEWS

Tuesday evening Mr. Martin the
State Club Leader showed lantern
slides what boys and girls are doing
in club work in Delaware Also gave
a general outline for this years work.
The Kent and Sussex County Fair
are offering large number of prizes
to boys and girls.
Also a chance to go the State Fair
and Eastern States exposition at
Springfield, Mass, and the boys and
girls club week at Delaware College.
Parents and children are invited to
attend the club meeting Wednesday
evening, March 9th at 7.30 p. M, at
Shingle. Miss Emerson the County
Club leader will help to organize a
boys and girls club.
Milford chronicle., 1921-03-04
MODERN EQUIPMENT
FOR new HOSPITAL
The new HOSPITAL In MILFORD WILL
BE EQUAL TO ANY FIFTY-BED HOS
PITAL in The COUNTRY.
GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS
A DRIVE CARRIED ON HERE BROUGHT
S2OOO,OO-T. COLEMAN DU POINT
MATCHED THIS sum.

The new hospital in Milford will
be equal to any other fifty-bed hos
pital in the country. The great
metropolitan hospitals must, of
course, have capacity enough to care
for the thousands of sick and injured
unfortunates that crowd their wards
every day. The new Milford Hos
pital will have a capacity of only fifty
beds, but it will be fully equipped in
every detail, just as completely as
any other modern hospital of equal
size.
The first Milford hospital was start
ed in 1907 when $500 was raized as
buy some hospital equipment which
was installed in two rented rooms in
the Masonic Temple, under the SUI
pervision of Mrs. William WeAsAn.
A number of emergency cases. lad
the benefit of prompt treatment in
this improvised hospital.
About a year later the equipment
was moved to the dance hall on the
fourth floor of the old Central Hotel,
and, through the kindness of the pro-
prietors and few other citizens, the
hospital was kept open there for a
considerable period. When it was
finally closed the equipment was kept
in storage until 1914 The cases treat
ed were practically all in the emer-
gency class.
In 1914 the State appropriated
$1,30000. This sum was used to buy
equipment and to obtain one room
and kitchen i'll the old Hammond
property. Other rooms were occu-
pied from time to time until the hos
pital reached its present capacity of
fifteen beds, with quarters for super
intendent and assistant (both grad
uate nurses), four pupil nurses and a
matron.
From 1914 until the summer of 1918
several hundred cases were treated
and many operations were perform
ed. Several patients who had also
been in city hospitals testified that
they received better attention in Mil
ford than anywhere else, probably
because the Milford hospital was
smaller, patients were known to the
nurses, and the patients were happy
to be near home.
Generous contributions and bequests
by friends, given from time to time,
provided additional equipment The
Board of Lady Managers was also
continually active; and their loyalty
was an essential factor in keeping
the hospital open. A drive for con-
tributions carried on in Milford
brought $2,0O0O0 Mr.. T. Coleman
DUPONT matched this sum with an
other 100000, and the total sum was
applied to the purchase of the new
hospital building, which is soon to be
opened.
During the period of 1914 to 1918.
The old hospital was open all the
lime. About fifty per cent of all cases
we're treated without any charge
whatever. Each year there was a
ieficit in the treasury, but this was
llways met with private donations.
In the summer of 1918, DR.. William
Marshall was called into the arnv
ervice, and DR.. S. M. D. Marshall
ollowed shortly afterward The hos
'ital had to be closed temporarily,
'ut with the resolve that it should be
'pened again in much larger quarters
With more efficient equipment. This
Ian is now about to be realized.