THE FREEMAN'S JOURNAL AND NATIONAL PRESS DUBLIN: TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917 PRICE ONE PENNY PROVINCIAL ITEMS ULSTER OLDEST IN LINEN TRADE- The death which took place at Malone Park, Belfast, of Joseph Skelton, at the age of 75, removes the oldest active participant in the linen business in Belfast. He became an apprentice in 1855, and in 1896 commenced in business for himself, conducting it up to the time of his death. Cathy Joynt Labath Ireland Old News http://www.IrelandOldNews.com/