Chincoteague News From The Peninsula Enterprise in 1889
In the January 4, 1889 Saturday edition of The Peninsula Enterprise , the only mention of Chincoteague is in an advertisement for "Accomac Fish Phosphate, manufactured by John W. Bunting, Chincoteague Island. ..." Multiple issues of the 1889 newspapers are missing; with the next available issue, after 4 January being that of 18 May 1889 - the only May issue available. In The Peninsula Enterprise newspaper edition of Saturday, 18 May 1889, on page 3, column 3, under the heading of "Neighborhood Notes:" "Chincoteague. A festival will be held at our Union Baptist church on 4th of July for benefit of said church. The recent warm wave has made our saloonkeepers haul down their oyster and run up ice cream signs. Mr. W. H. Lingo has sold mill, fertilizers &c., to Capt. John W. Bunting, and returned to his home, Georgetown, Del. The catch of drum in our waters daily is large and is a source of both pleasure and p...