Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 10-25-2001
125 years ago
October 28, 1876
LOCAL AND STATE AFFAIRS.
One hundred and ninety-nine tickets for the Centennial were sold at Middletown depot on “Delaware Day.”
Sheriff Lambson advertises the personal property of J. W. Vandegrift, to be sold on Friday, Nov. 3d.
The Smyrna Times says there have been twenty-seven sheriff’s sales in Kent county since the April term of court.
J. Addison Aspril has taken out letters of administration on the estate of Mary Ann Aspril, deceased, late of St. Georges hundred.
Mr. Nathan Cook, of Camden, has sold his mare “Fancy,” entered at the Middletown fair by W. C. Fountain, of Dover, to G. W. Fitzwater, of Philadelphia, for $1200.
Diamond State Cornet band of this town has an engagement to play at the Democratic county meeting next Thursday. It furnished music for last night’s meeting in Odessa.
Rents in Middletown have an upward tendency yet, and as they have been proportionately higher than in Wilmington, probably they are aiming to be even with Philadelphia. Where is the remedy for reduction?
The Democrats of Pencader Hundred will hold a meeting at Kirkwood next Tuesday evening, to be addressed by Hon. B. T. Biggs, John O’Bryrne, Esq., Gen. William Reynolds, Walter Cummins, Esq., and Col. William H. Newton. Clubs from adjoining Hundreds are invited.
Political Notes.
Extensive preparations are being made for making the Democratic Mass Meeting to be held here next Thursday one of the most imposing of the campaign.
State Senator Sapp of Kent County has formally resigned his senatorship, which will necessitate the election of a Senator in his place.
The election will take place one week from Tuesday next.
100 years ago
Oct. 26, 1901
TOWNSEND ITEMS
Edward Lafferty, of Chester, Pa., visited here on Monday.
Mrs. James C. Wilson visited friends at Middletown on Monday.
Miss Bessie Phillips has returned from a visit among St. Georges friends.
Elwood Reed, a popular young man of Waynesboro, Pa., is visiting relatives here.
Mr. William Skaggs, of this place, but who is now employed in Philadelphia, spent Sunday at his home here.
Mrs. David P. Hutchison has returned to Wilmington after making a delightful visit of several days duration among her many friends here.
Mr. M. B. Donovan, the new section foreman, spent last Sunday at his home at Selbyville. He had an enjoyable trip home and returned early Monday morning.
Mr. Edward Pollitt, of Philadelphia, spent several days of last week among relatives and friends here. Mr. Pollitt is a motorman of the Union Traction Company of that city, and has hosts of friends here.
We doff our hat with a feeling of very great appreciation to Mr. Charles Colins, of near Greenspring, for a basket of prize apples which were indeed, most “appetizing” and much praised by all whom “sampled” them at our home. He is a big-hearted man and his personality is such as to steadily gain friends wherever he may go.
Our correspondent wishes to express his greatest feeling of gratitude to Mr. George Ginn for a basket of large and most delicious Keifer pears which he so courteously left at our home a few evenings ago. Mr. Ginn is a wide awake and most popular farmer and his warm friends are legion in this section. He deserves success at all times and we are very glad indeed to see him so prosperous.
Mr. William Duhadway arrived in town a few days ago with an up-to-date carousel and has been operating his very popular amusement machine on his lot on Delaware Avenue since last Saturday evening. Mr. Duhadway moved his “rig” to Townsend directly from Sudlersville, Md., and all his fellow-townsmen we are sure wish him success in his new venture. He is a deserving citizen and he is always glad to see our town progressing so well.
75 years ago
Oct. 28, 1926
OUR LOCAL NEWS HAPPENINGS
Many Brief Paragraphs Gathered Weekly By Our Scribes
Sunday next, October 31, will be Hallowe’en.
Next Tuesday, November 2, will be Election Day.
The heavy frost Monday night, it is thought, will about finish the tomatoes for this season.
Corn this year is one of the most expensive crops, mainly because of the high cost of labor and materials.
The Cecil County, Md., School Board has appointed Mrs. Guy Johnson, of Elkton, a member of the faculty of the Howard Street Elementary School.
James T. Shallcross has sold for James Burris, of Fredericktown, Md., 10 acres of his farm on the Sassafras River to Dr. John Mullin of Wilmington.
John Heldmyer, Jr., has sold the Allee property on Crawford Street to Mr. Ernest A. Truit, who will take possession of his new purchase on March 1st.
The wheat harvest season for the coming year will be very irregular, due to the fact that many of the farmers are not through cutting their corn, while others have their wheat seeded and much of it is up.
Farming is not at all encouraging and it is evidently thought that many of the farmers in Delaware will mortgage their farms in order to make both ends meet. One reason is because of the failure of the tomato crop.
