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Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13
CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank our many
friends for kindness and sympathy
shown to us during the recent ill
ness and death of our beloved wife
and mother, Hattie Whaley, nee
Jester. Also especial thanks to Rev.
M. E. Hungerford for his comfort
ing words and to those who sent
flowers and loaned cars.
1t HUSBAND AND CHILDREN
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CARD OF THANKS

We wish to thank the many
friends of Mrs. Ruth H. Deputy for
the kindness shown her during the
long illness preceding her death.
It THE FAMILY
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MILFORD CHRONICLE
Milford, Friday, February 1s, 1912
NOTICE

will not be responsible for any
bills except those incurred by
myself.
HENRY c. ROGERS
f6-3tp Dagsboro, Del.
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While we are on the subject OF
dancing, don't forget that the Fire
men are still holding their weekly
harm dances in Milford Community
Building.
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TO SPONSOR CARD PARTY

The Two-Bit Bridge Club will
sponsor a card party for the bene-
fit of the Milford Hospital Auxiliary
at the Nurses Home On Friday,
February 27, at o'clock. Bridge,
bingO. and five hundred will be
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13
COAL Q First Grade

Save money Get our prices. Gray Coal
Yard, Rehoboth Cutoff Road. Phones:
Office. 6S5; residence 47S, Milford.
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fully equipped. practically new; 22,0O0
brOller capacity; . acres of ground,
part suitable for building lots. Beauti-
fully located at junction of two stone
roads in Frankford. Delaware. Mod
ern 10 room home, den. basement,
bath. hardwood floors, venetian blinds.
shrubbery. Two tenant houses, car
garage. other buildings. Immediate
possession. Sacrifice for quick sale.
Clinton H. Watson, Frankford. Del.
j30-6t
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AttentiOn! Must be SOLD at

ONCE 6 room bungalow, one mile
from Milford, equipped with hot water
heat and all improvements. 10 acres
OF productive land. Broiler houses, ca
pacity 10000. Electricity and running
water in all houses. All poultry equip
ment and house furniture 20 with
firm. Price $4,000. Stuchlik Real Es-
thte Agency, Milton, Del. f13-2t
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

Come out and dance next We'd
nesday evening at Milford Com
munity building. Music by the
Starlighters.
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We won't attempt to advise you
how to make a million dollars. but
we do advise you not to let the New.
Year pass without visiting the
MILFORD FEED co. to select the
new CASE FARM MACHINERY
you'll need for better farming.
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

Don't speed-the only thing you
will catch will be trouble.
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

FOR SALE-Bahy Chicks. Order
your ChiX for either Breeders. Broilers
or Layers. All our stock is from the
hest New England Breeders such as
Christie. Hill and Moule. All stock free
from Pullorum for years. Barred
Rocks. New Hampshires, and Cross
ChiX. Prices are reasonable and sat
isfaction guaranteed. Place orders
early to avoid disappointment of de-
livery on date wanted. Whites Poul-
try Farm and Hatchery. Milton, Dela-
ware. Phone 1881. Il. o. Box 2SS.
i9-12t
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HASTINGS
CHICKS

| TWENTY TWO YEARS of
practical poultry experience
is back of every Hastings
chick-and they are Matched in
the latest type 7S,O0O-egg in
cubators with total capacity
of one million eggs. Our breed
ing f1ocks have all been in
spected by State Officials, and
every bird has been Pullorum-
tested and passed by State
Officials.
NEW HAMPSHIRE REDS
Our eggs come from one of the
finest farms in New Hampshire
1900 breeding birds of the
Christie strain that are Pullo-
rum-Clean.
BARRED PLYMOUTH ROCKS
Several of the best breeders
in New England supply us
with Barred Rock eggs from
birds that are bred for fast.
feathering and heavy egg pro-
duction.
s. G. WHITE LEGHORNS-
We have something special to
offer this year for Legh0rn
breeders-write us if you are
interested in big type Leg
horns with high egg records.
BARRED CROSS - Hastings
Cross chicks are the choice of
particular broiler raisers be-
cause they feather fast. grow
quickly and have a high rate
of INABILITY. New Hampshire
Red hens of the best strains
mated to Barred Rocks of the
Combs and Cove strains.
SEXING-Our sexing is done
by expert American sexors
from the TelseX Co. No Japs
are employed at our hatchery.
Write today for free chick
book and prices.
.ASTINGS
Hatchery ||
p. O. BOX A
Parsonsburg, Maryland Il
1-3O-tf
L L
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FOR SALE-At private sale, he
tween this date and March /. the fol-
lowing: York Shop Compressor.
Brunswick VS. Compressor. 2 Y style
HIPS II. =. engines; / Chevrolet truck,
new; gas tank. 10000 gallons; gas
tank. $4,000 gallons; gas pump, cleo
tric: 140 ice cans. 10-gallon ice cream
freezer, ice cream cans. 135 gallons: 2
water pumps. 4" X So; water pump,
I y" Myers; water pump. 2" Myers:
/ Chevrolet 1886 engine; 3 ice crush
ers, motors from 1-3 to % Fl. p.
All necessary equipment for lotion
ice plant. S. Laurence Morris. Phone
Trederica 3512. Bowers. Delaware
f6-2tp
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FOR SALE-New six room. bunga-
low. modern conveniences, hard wood
lloors. fire place. inlaid linoleum. etc.
situated on large lot miles north Of
Milford. Priced to sell. Apply Josh
It-2tD
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FHA LOANS
LOST

LOST-Permanent license plate No
23-3i9. Randall Il. Donovan, Milford.
1tp
LOST-Billfold, containing fourteen
dollars and drivers license. Finder
please return to Mrs Mark Wiley.
near Milford Laundry. Reward. 1t
LOST-A gray and white pet rab-
bit around Bridgeville.. Anyone know
ing its whereabouts please notify Rob-
ert Philip. Bridgevlle. Phone 595l. 1tp
LOST-Tuesday. January 81. glasses.
between Edgar Woods and my home
via of ice plant, and Walnut street.
Billy Grier. Clarke avenue. Milford.
Phone 42l. II
LOST-Rat terrier dog white with
black spots. Answers to name of
Donnie" Finder kindly notify Boyce
Short, Lincoln, and receive $40 re-
ward. Phone Milford 63lT4. 1tr
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FOR SALE-Lespedeza, Iecleaned---
&c per pound. John W. Sipple. FELTON,.
Del. f13-Stp
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FOR SALE

FOR SALE - COATS -
Custom made winter top coat. good
as new, worn one season. Several
spring coats. all in first class condi-
tlon. See Sara T.. Grier, 2O6 South
Walnut street, Milford. Del. f6-2tp
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Cost One Cent each word for each insertion
FOR SALE

FOR SALE-Cedar posts and ceda
rails. Joseph Calhoun, Lincoln. III
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WANTED-Man with car for pro-
ntable Rawleigh Route. Must he salts
fled with good living at start. Write
ter. Pa. 1tp
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FOR SALE-Gh Gu. it. Coldspot.
like new. Rufus Paswaters. Milton.
ll3-2tp
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WANTED

WANTED-50 tons chicken manure.
II. Edward Wheatley. Bridgeville.
j30-3tp
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NOTICE

NOTICE-Cash paid Tor old ears.
Geo. T.. Gross. Frederica. m2-52tT
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WANTED-5OOO cords long leaf pine
wood with bark on. Z foot lengths.
delivered to our plant i'm Glendale.
Write. phone or see X. j. Clendaniel
Glendale Excelsior Company. Inc.
Glendale. Del n4-tf
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WANTED-Corn. Premium paid for
good yellow corn. o. 4. Newton and
Son Co. Bridgeville. Del. Phone 255l.
j2-tf
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FOR SALE-Two rat terrier puppies.
William II. Smith, Greenwood. Rel.
X. f.. ID. f13-2tp
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FOR SALE-Large size brooder
SsttoIye. cheap. Charles Stuchlik; r.,
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

WANTED-Nearhy farmers who
haven't enough tillage. to plant 300
acres to factory beans. string beans.
or soy beans. on crop rent basis. l.. l..
Carlisle, Frederick. Del. j30-tf
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

WANTED-50 tons of chicken man
ure. Phone 1872. Laurence Morris,
Bowers Beach. Del. f6-2tp
Milford chronicle., 1942-02-13

FOR SALE-Cornet, silver finish
c, Bb, q \; II. q l.. Pitch. X. II. In
gram. Milton. f6-2t
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

cohol, which he evidently drank
with great relish. During the hun
dreds Of years of occupancy at Wick
life, Kentucky, he never learned to
distill alcohol from his fermented
juices of wild grape. strawberry and
plum, etc.
Ancient man in our country and
In Central America realized the inn
portance OF corn. Over long periods
OF famine corn was the principal
means Of sustaining life. Often the
Goddess of Fertility and Corn were
associated among the early groups.
middle figure above.) The corn
dance is celebrated in August
among the southwestern San Dom
lingo Indians. For hundreds of CEN
turies corn has been worshipped as
a source Of food for its life-giving
qualities. 1t sustained the first
American in drought, famine and
adversely. When we look today over
the waving fields of corn and see
the stalks of tasseling corn and
know it is source of rubber we
probably feel as much veneration
and respect for this grain as did
the early ancients in this country.
Come and see the Mound Build
ers' cobs no longer than your small
finger and tiny grains Of corn, sixty
thousand OF these. thousand years
old, and million other things, such
as tools, jewels, temples, affairs, and
the people themselves with their
possessions in an ancient buried
city located at Wickliffe, Kentucky.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03
Hospital Patient Past 80 Years OF
Age Can Sing 68 Hymns By Memory

Altho i'll at the Bluffton hospital
with rheumatism since last Septem-
ber, n. r. Ebay, of Orange town
ship, well past so years of age, has
very alert mind and is able to
sing from memory 68 church hymns.
Despite the fact that he must use
three pairs of glasses he reads pro-
fusely and enjoys good reading ma
terial. He is able to recite many
poems from memory.
Versatility developed many years
ago when pioneer farmers were
called on to exercise all the resource
fulness possible in the struggle for
existence, Mr.. Ebay today can cook,
bake and weave goods.
In the early days baby carriages
were unknown and when families
went calling the baby was often. car
ried in a side saddle. Mr.. Ebay still
has the side saddle at his farm,
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03
Labor Day, Observed Next Monday, Had
Its Inception In New York Sixty Years Ago

Celebration of Labor Day next
Monday will mark another observ-
ance of the workingman's own holi-
day, which in numerous plants will
be interrupted this year because of
war production.
Another somewhat irregular fea-
ture of the observance this year rs
the fact that it appears during the
second week of September instead of
the first week. Usually the calendar
will show a Monday during the first
week of September.
The day had it's inception in the
state of New York when labor or
ganizations in that state collaborated
in planning the nations first Labor
Day in 1882, and the first Monday
in September was set as the date
for the event.
To Matthew Mcguire, secretary of
the Central Labor Union in New
York City, is ascribed the credit for
suggesting the first formal movement
for laboring mans holiday.
So successful was the first Labor
Day observance that New York state
labor organizations voted to continue
the celebration each year on the
same date.
In 1888 labor groups in several
other states cooperated in the move
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

Troop 56 held a council fire meet
ing in the w. A. Amstutz woods
Monday night. The program was
in charge of Robert Oberly and
business was in charge of Scout
master Paul Wingate.
Later in the evening the troop
visited at the residence of DIR. B. W.
Travis where he gave the scouts a
splendid demonstration and talk
about model trains. Refreshments
were served and the troop had a
splendid time.
Troop Sc held its board of review
this week with total of 81 merit
badges passed.
Troop Sc was invited to Ada by
troop "a of that place. Erret Mot
ter is Scoutmaster. This is an an
nual affair enjoyed by both troops
Scoutmasters Karl Gable and Paul
Wingate and the % scouts of the
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

To produce synthetic rubber is
not so simple as it may appear. one
can not dump bushel of corn into
hopper and from 1t grind out rub
Der. 1t is first necessary to distill
alcohol from grain and from the
alcohol through long chemical proc
esses finally secure a satisfactory
rubber. The producing of synthetic
rubber from oil is practically as
long and laborious as the grain
method, both requiring steel In
plant construction, man-power and
complicated methods.
Little did the prehistoric man
realize that when he developed the
Teocentli plant from the cereal
grass in the highlands Of Mexico
that from it would come one of the
principal sources Of food--the hy-
brid corn of today and synthetic
rubber of tomorrow. Neither did
the Mound Builder at Wickliffe,
Kentucky, site of our greatest an
cient buried city. know that when
for the first time he developed in
large numbers particular type of
juice press which is illustrated
above. that he was beginning to
produce alcohol. which industry is
now cenlered in Kentucky in the
many distilleries. The Mound Build
er squeezed his juices from his pot
terry press. collecting it in shallow,
wide plates. which he no doubt al
lowed to ferment. For the first
time In the Mississippi Valley and
in Kentucky he made a form of al
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

ment, and, II rday had begun to
assume b Acknowledgements by 1887.
New York state was the first to set
the day legal state holiday in
1887, with Massachusetts speedily
following suit.
In 1894, Labor Day became a ma
tional holiday, largely through the
efforts of Senator Kyle, of South
Dakota, and Congressman Amos
Cummings. The bill was passed
without opposition and signed by the
president, annd it became a law on
June %, 1894.
Up until the close of the last cen
tury, monster parades were held in
New York and other cities in honor
of the day but these proved so ex-
pensive they have been largely
abandoned.
Usually the holiday is marked
principally by the closing of shops
and warehouses, cessation of work
in factories and by picnics, excur-
sions and public games.
This year, however, the govern
ment recommends that citizens stay
at home over the Labor Day week
end in order to conserve gasoline and
tires. In some cases factories plan
to really labor on Labor Day in or
der not to lose time in maintaining
important war production schedules.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

three and one-half miles east of
town, in which his daughter, now
Mrs. A. S. Pifer, was carried.
Mr.. Ebay recalls many years ago
when all of the spring corn was
frozen out of the ground in a snow
fall in which % inches of snow COW
cred the ground. 1t was necessary
to send to Canada to get the seed
corn for re-planting. Many farmers
then placed signs in the re-planted
fields saying "God Take Care.
In the old days a birthday was
often celebrated by ordering a barrel
of fish and then calling in friends
and relatives for an old-fashioned
fish fry. These were made occa-
sions of visiting and long remem-
bered social gatherings.
Among the prized possessions at
the Ebay household is a collection
of pewter ware brought from Ger
many.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

Only two weeks were required for
the transmission of letter from
Pvt. James Benroth, stationed in far
away India, received this week by
his parents Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Benroth of North Main street.
The V-mail service has been in
operation here for about a month
and many patrons are using the IA
cilities for quick delivery to the SOL
diers across the seas.
Benroth stated in his letter that
the heat in India is terrific usually
around 130 degrees in the daytime.
The soldiers have been forced to kill
many poisonous snakes at the base,
including scorpions and lizards.
Formerly living in a stone barracks
the soldiers are now living in tents.
So far he has not seen any of the
dreaded cobra snakes except when
being charmed by native with a
flute, a rather common practice on
the streets.
Polygamy is practiced extensively
in the country and the number of
wives a man has is a measure of
his wealth and position in the COM
munity. Women receive 20 cents a
day for their labor and men get 80
cents for. a davis work.
The customs have changed little
and the natives do things just the
same as did their ancestors centur-
les ago. The OK plow is still used
to till the fields. The only modern
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03
Letter Arrives From BlufftOn Soldier
In India By V-Mail In Only Two Weeks

feature in the whole set-up is the
camp which its modern machinery
of destruction provides marked
contrast to the primitive culture of
the Hindus.
Pvt. Benroth is stationed at an air
base which helps explain the excel
lent mail transportation service.
Under the V-Mail service plan the
letter sent is written on a special
letter sheet supplied free of charge
at the post offices and is photo
graphed by micro-film process at
dispatching centers.
This reduces the letter to frac-
tion of its former size and weight
and only the small negative is ship
per abroad where it then is enlarged
and printed to normal size. Greatly
reduced IN weight the letters can
easily be sent by air mail. V-mail
postage rate is the same as other
mail.
The letter from Pvt. Benroth was
mailed on Aug. 10 and was received
here Aug. 25. BY way of contrast
letters received here from Australia
have taken about two months to ar
rive by the usual mail shipping
routes.
The volume of both incoming and
outgoing V-mail is greatly increas-
ing, it was stated. Complete direc-
tions are given on the letter sheets
given by the post office.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

launched in honor of the owners
children. Officials of the road trav-
eled in sumptuous private cars.
Often these were fashioned of fine
mahogany, the cabinet work in them
as delicately executed as in the most
expensive furniture.
HAS MANY PICTURES
In Keller's collection of hundreds
of pictures are several of these very
ornate travelling palaces. One of
these very stately ones, costing $780,
900 sold recently for $3.50. 1t has
been remodeled into living quarters.
Some of the finest old cars have
been converted into summer cottages.
Others found their way to Junk piles
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03

and still others were torn town for
their materials.
But the story of the interurban
roads was a story of steady decline
after the World War and the second
World War finds the cars in the dis
card for a decade.
BY 1887 most of the roads had
folded up and two years later they
were gone for good except a few
short stretches here and there. In
terestingly, many people would well
come their return at this moment
when transportation is so vitality
needed but there is not a chance of
reyiying them. so we are told.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1942-09-03
Western Ohio Interurban Railway
Once Was FlOurishing Institution

numbers of the paper are filled with
references to picnics, excursions and
the comings and goings of our grand
fathers and fathers on the interur
ban.
Keller tells that Ohio was de-
veloped by the interurban and its
sister the city street car. These two
made possible the developments of
the modern city in spaciously laid
out homesites and suburban living.
The interurban development in the
state of Ohio started in about 1887
when a line was established between
Piqua and Troy. By the turn of
the century there were hundreds Of
miles of track all over the state.
PEAK IN 1915
The peak of the development came
in 1915, when there were more cars
and track in operation, cheaper rates
and better schedules than at any
other time. The state was criss-
crossed with many feeder routes by
which traveller could go to des-
tination several different ways if he
had business in several separated
town along the route.
After 1915 the interurban began
to decline as the automobiles, trucks
and buses began to take the pas
senger traffic away from the lines.
Since the inteurban was made pri-
marily for passenger traffic, the in
creasing popularity of the automo-
bile was one of the most important
reasons for the decline of the inter-
urban.
The appearance of inter-city buses
which did not need expensive tracks
and complicated franchises also
hastened the demise of the interur-
ban.
ECONOMICALLY SUPERFLU0US
Conditions grew from bad to worse
and finally President Wilson in 1919
appointed a federal electric railway
commission to investigate the stu
alton. The commission found that
the roads were over capitalized and
over built. Many lines paralleled
good steam roads and were econ
omically superfuous. Many lines
were started without reason to need.
The net revenue declined year by
year. In 1925 the total was $751;
213,085. Four years later it had
shrunk to $S,073,442. A year later
the bus companies made S34,000,000
from the passenger and freight busi-
ness, all of which was previously
carried by the interurban roads.
In 1882, various lines in the state
began to close with the result that
SIS miles of tracks were taken up in
that year alone. The Western Ohio
interurban line was also closed down
on that year and many Bluffton resi-
dents expressed their regret when
they saw the last cars go through
town on that cold winter day.
ERA SHORT LIVED
Just like the canal transportation
era the interurban period was short
lived but a good time was had by
all while it lasted. Communities like
Bluffton were served and some towns
were actually brought into existence
by the electric lines.
The cars were popular with every
class of people. The mode of travel
was safe, pleasant and inexpensive
In their brief span of life a wide
range of coach architecture pre-
vailed
Often the cars had names and were