Delaware, U.S., Marriage Records, 1750-1954
Past In Review from 10-10-2002
100 years ago
Oct. 11, 1902
Local News
Full line of fresh Groceries at E. F. Ingram's.
TO LOAN. -- $1,000. Address Lock Box 264, Middletown, Del.
OYSTERS. – Maurice River Cove, at Jones & Bradley's
Wheat sold in Baltimore Wednesday for 71 1/4 and 71 1/2 cents: corn, 48 1/2 cents.
Dr. W. E. Barnard, Surgeon Dentist, office Southeast corner of Main and Scott streets.
Our friends and patrons would oblige us by sending to this office news items and personal notes of interest.
Fertilizer stored in our warehouse in Middletown by the bag or ton. Jesse L. Shepard.
A skuttle of coal huckstered around for cash ought to pay these times at five cents per lump. Try it.
Mrs. G. W. Peterson had added to her store, another annex for a coat and suit department.
Today being Yom Kippur, the store of S. M. Rosenberg will be closed until sunset this evening.
Fred May will sing all the latest songs at the Opera House with the Conroy & Mark Co., next week, October 13th, 14th, and 15th.
Mr. I. T. Wilson is beautifying the appearance of the residence of Mrs. H. V. Parvis on South Main Street with a new coat of paint.
When you buy The Sherwin-Williams Paint you take the fist step to secure good results in painting. Sold by J. F. McWhorter & Son.
FARM WANTED. - A cash customer desires to purchase a farm containing about 125 acres. For particulars apply to The Middletown Transcript.
Pretty Norfolk Suits, the latest for street wear. Made of good cloth, $8 At Mrs. G. W. Peterson.
FOR RENT. – A store on Main Street, good location, also stable. Possession given March 25, 1903. Apply to The Transcript Office.
WANTED. – Two young lading to learn dressmaking, French system, under Mrs. C. J. Roberts, at Mrs. G. W. Peterson.
Personalities
Mr. Arthur Sparks, of Snow Hill, Md. is visiting friends here.
Mr. Harry D. Johnson, of Philadelphia, was a Middletown visitor this week.
Miss Sadie Flinn was entertained be Mrs. Sarah Gill and family over Sunday.
Mr. Harry Howell is attending the G. A. R. encampment in Washington, D.C.
Miss Mary Maxwell has been entertaining Miss Carrie Downey, of New Castle.
Mr. John W. Smith , of Paulding O., is the guest of his aunt, Mrs. T. W. Carty.
Mrs. W. T. Connelle and daughter, Laura, spent several this week in Philadelphia.
Miss Emma Jones, of York, Pa., is being entertained by Miss Helen Clayton on Green St.
Misses Minnie Mesick, of Cecilton, and Bessie Merritt, of Warwick, were Middletown visitors on Wednesday.
Mrs. Charles M. Stanger and Mrs. Josephine Dickson and children were Middletown visitors on Wednesday.
Mr. William A. McWhorter, of Norfolk, Va., was the guest of his cousin, Mr. J. F. McWhorter, this week.
Mrs. G. W. Peterson and Mrs. Hurit, of Chesapeake City, Md., were entertained by Mrs. G. W. Peterson on Thursday.
State Treasurer and Mrs. Martin B. Burris attended the G.A.R. National Encampment in Washington, D.C., this week.
Mr. Harry Dunn Eliason who was been critically ill at his home in Wilmington with typhoid fever is much better at this writing.
Captain and Mrs. Edward Mattson, of Camden, N.J., were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roberts during the week.
Mrs. Robert Robinson, of Dover, and Miss Lou Lynch, of Philadelphia, were entertained by Mrs. H. C. Eliason on Friday last.
Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Burgess and daughters, who spent the summer in Middletown, have returned to their home in Ridley Park, Pa.
Mr. Preston Hardcastle, who has been visiting his sister, Mrs. Thomas Cochran, left Monday for Chicago, where he has accepted a position.
Mrs. J. P. Pwining and son, of Philadelphia, and Mr. J. D. Jones, of Hastings, Pa., are visiting Mr. Mrs. John R. Jones, on North Board Street.
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Cochran have issued invitations to the married of their daughter, Miss Lucie, to Mr. Carl Harrington, of Philadelphia, on Thursday afternoon, October 23rd, at 2 o'clock. The ceremony will take place at St. Anne's Church, this town.
75 years ago
Oct. 13, 1927
TOWNSEND ATTENDANCE ROLL
School pupils make 97.4 percent for the month of September
The following grades made attendance:
1st grade, 98.2 percent: 2nd Grade, 96.5: 3rd Grade, 99.1: 4th Grade 99.6: 5th Grade, 97.6: 6th Grade, 97.1: 7th Grade, 93.8: Grade 8, 97.1.
The following pupils made 100 percent during the month:
1st Grade -- Benjamin Dickinson, Joseph Guessford, Carrow Heverin, Edward Lurty, Harry Naylor, Lawson Moffet, Paul Weber, Francis McClain, Vivian Dupree, Mary Daniels, Agnes Conoway, Margaret Bolton.
2nd Grade – Clarence Austin, Irving Bolton, David Buckson, Walter McCain, Woodrow McDonald, James McKnatt, Charles Moore, Harry Nabb, Raymond Nowland, Wilson Slaughter, Leon VanHorn, Dana Wells, Junior Yearsley, Genevieve Derrickson, Merry Ferris, Mildred Petrucci, Eva Schwatka, Laura Treleven, Alice Watts.
3rd Grade – John Niles, Wilson Watts, Levi Lattomus, Clarence Money, Ro Ivory, Pauline Guessford, Helen Poore, Elizabeth Nabb, Mary Conoway, Francis Ford, Norma Lippincott, Elizabeth Howell.
4th Grade – Oliver Foraker, Clarence Schwatka, George Wiggins, Samuel Austin, Beatrice Baker, Agnes Andrew, Thelma Atwell, Beulah Bratton, Ruth E. Daniels, Marion Blanche Lee, Emma McDonald, Florence Petrucci, Mildred VanHorn, Mildred Daniels.
5th Grade – Clyde Shockley, Edgar Slaughter, Harry watts, Joseph Hutchinson, Jr., Preston Lattomus, Robert Beardsley, Samuel Austin, Liston McCain, Walter McClay, Margaret Greer, Gladys Wells, Elizabeth Unruh, Catherine Atwell, Barbara DeFord, Marietta Fennimore, Helen Nabb, Margaret McCain.
6th Grade – Thomas Bolton, Andrew Brothers, Morris Collins, Martin Insolo, Reyburn Isaacs, Clarence Lurty, Burton Mannering, Wilmer Mannering, Marion Shetzler, Elizabeth Morgan, Anita Marvel, Fay Kirkpatrick, Ruth Austin,
7th Grade – William Austin, Martella Schetzler, Dorothy Matteford, Lucy Hill, Elizabeth Andrews.
8th Grade – Margaret Andrews, Pauline Bolton, Nellie Foraker, Alexander Packs, Ethel Reynolds, Thelma watts, Dorothy Guessford.
