How to Make a Town Beautiful in Haworth New Jersey
A Haworth New Jersey movement by citizens and leaders aims to create a beautiful healthy town. The organization, led by mayor and nine directors, emphasizes civic pride, planting trees and flowers, and improving entrances to the town. Early efforts included landscaping an unsightly station area and rail property, with growing support and visible progress.
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Haworth
N. J
New York
New Jersey
G. Masworth Beautiful
Atst
Telind
Pte
Unsworth
Oefuty
The Isle of Lost Dreams and Odd Ball Vignettes
A collage of quirky anecdotes and verse fragments from a late century feuilleton. A prankish tale of a planned kiss on the beach, travelogue style quips, and humorous remembrances about historical figures, theater memories, and a comic exchange on Biblical ages. The piece mixes flirtation, poetry, and brief comic episodes for light entertainment.
The Clever Willie Wiggins and the Afternoon Off
The tale follows Willie Mulligan asking for an afternoon off for his grandmother’s funeral and Wiggins seizing the chance to accompany him. The ploy backfires as they miss a key game and both suffer consequences, highlighting Wiggins’s mix of cleverness and overreach.
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Wiggins
Mr. Wiggins
Wilie Mulligan
Alice
Wilie
Wille
Willie
Wigwins
Harper's
Local merchant battles mail order rivals in town economy
The piece surveys Beehive department store proprietor J. Be Sellers of Jokopolis as he battles distant mail order catalogs. Merchants harness catalogs posters and price lists to keep countryside money at home, with aggressive, personalized outreach to rural wives, including typewritten letters and targeted literature. The shift is framed as intensive retailing aided by wholesalers and city partners, reshaping local shopping habits.
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Bugatmo
Sajw
James Kelly
Chicago Tribune
Russia
Ginat
Paris
J. Be Sellers
Jokopolis
Ike
Mir
Mr. Sellers
Jokepolis
Ita Het
Newport
Beollye Department
State
Jakopolis
An. Seles
Civic Club Fountains Add To City Beauty In Johnstown
Civic Club fountains add to Johnstown’s beauty with four new works placed on Railroad Street. One fountain honors the late Andrew Foster, donated by his widow Barbara Foster. others bought by the club. Fountains, designed by Formtgt company of Wilkes-Barre, are narrow but decorative, featuring bronze turtles, a lion head water supply, and automatic water shut off. A humor piece follows about a New York lawyer and a county judge quip about reading the poor.
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Washington
Phindeipail
Cambria County Civit Club
Besa
Johnstown
Civic Club
Andrew Foster
Barbara, Foster
Club
Wilkesbarre
Hoch Fouttain
W. Ransom
New York
Rouse
City Hall
Ms. Town
Lnter
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