Chincoteague Island News in The Peninsula Enterprise in 1894
From The Peninsula Enterprise newspaper, edition of Saturday, 6 January 1894, on page 3, column 2, under the heading "Neighborhood Notes:" "Chincoteague. Miss Georgie Tracey left this week for Philadelphia, to take music lessons there during the winter. Large shipments of oysters are being made now daily from this place. On last Monday 628 barrels were sent to market. The steamer Chincoteague at this time is making three trips daily to Franklin City, leaving here at 4.42 a. m. and 12.15 and 2.30 p. m. Mr. W. C. Payne will open up a mercantile establishment soon at this place he proposes to carry a large and select stock in many lines. Mrs. Thomas Phillips, daughter of Wm. Booth, died on the 30th ult., of consumption, aged 34 years. Her husband and two children survive her. Wm P. Reed and Miss Eva K. Moore, and Fillmore Taylor and Miss Annie Watson, were married December 21st, Rev. Mr. Sandfo...