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Newspaper
Smyrna Call
Location
Smyrna, Delaware, United States of America
Date
Oct 08, 1901
Page
5
Charles Jones was held up near Laws Church outside Milford. He fired at the assailants, striking one in the arm as his horse bolted away. The incident happened around two in the morning near a farmhouse two yards distant.
At a Grand Lodge of Delaware session in Wilminton officers were elected led by Grand Master George Massey Jones and Deputy Grand Master Harry J. Guthrie. The event followed by notices of reduced Pennsylvania Railroad excursion fares to Gettysburg for the National Encampment Union Veteran Legion with travel dates in October 2011.
The October 28 Dover term of Kent County Court will try cases drawn from juror lists. First District jurors Cyrus K. Snyder A G Cummins George F Jones and others across ten districts include Alonzo Jones John Ennis Howard Slaughter Samuel M Taylor James C LeCompt Walter C Myers Nathan Russell Samuel Lager Joh S Pratt David H Hancock William F McKee George Coffin Samuel H Minner John Gruwell Burton D Cosden Joseph Wells James W Catts T C Downham Daniel S Welch W H Patterson Samuel G Saxton N A Cahall William R Peters George Baughley Nutter Marvel James Hammond Walter Pardoe.
The Century Club room in Dover hosted Thursday and Friday concerts by the Wesley Church choir. Mr Harrison and young Della Simmons received special praise as the audience applauded each soloist and recalled every performance.
Daniel Cowgill, hailed as one of the best horsemen in Dover, possesses a rare pair of silver plated stirrups once owned by a French cavalryman in the revolutionary war. The stirrups are a breakable pattern designed to release from the saddle when a rider is thrown.
Delaware authorities will launch a statewide crusade against Sunday gunning while local towns report business, new lights at Seaford Shirt Co, and ongoing river oyster abundance in the St Jones and Mispillion. Sussex court lists 103 trial cases for October. a Dover clothing case wins damages for cut lights.
A dog bite incident involved Fred Wood and his four year old son on the Denton Hillsboro road. A cow bitten at the same time died and its brain sent to Baltimore showed hydrophobia. Wood and son may seek Pasteur Institute treatment. Delaware Federation of Women's Clubs held its first executive meeting at Dover president Mrs Beniah Watson’s home. New board appointed committee chairs for education library reciprocity consumer extension and club work. They attended a reception at the Dover Century Club rooms.
Florodora enters its third week at the Chestnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia with rising popularity. The show features the famous Tell Me Pretty Maiden number and Isadore Rush delivering a distinctive Lady Holyrood performance with an attractive chorus.
Rapid progress marks the Greenbank work house as it nears completion before Christmas. Trustees cannot fix an exact occupancy date though most cells are finished and workrooms await attention. Patrolman H A Pierce is expected to accept deputy warden duties and will join the already selected staff.
A Dover barber named Miller borrowed guns from John Waller and Enoch David claiming a squirrel hunt. He sold Waller’s gun in Wyoming for 3 dollars. Waller recovered it by paying the buyer. David’s gun remains missing as efforts to arrest Miller continue.
Librarian urges friends to donate pamphlets and publications to the Local History Department at Delaware College Newark as part of building a valuable reference collection. Readers may contribute Ferris history works and illustrated Delaware Peninsula material for students and researchers. Facility highlights upcoming Union Veteran Legion Encampment in Greevesane with round trip fare details.
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