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Newspaper
Jersey City News
Location
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1902
Page
3
Residents demanded closure of Plank Road citing safety risks while officials announced no shutdown. Local groups organized meetings with police and council members to discuss alternatives and traffic flow improvements.
Counsel for Hudson and Essex counties and the traction company met to renew the old maintenance pact for the Plank Road to Newark. The parties expect a court decision soon on whether maintenance costs should be shared equally as Essex seeks.
Maennerchor meets at Litz's Hall to finalize plans for Sunday July 27 excursion to Greenwood Lake Glens. Past trips drew 800 to 1,000 but organizers expect larger turnout with over 1,000 tickets issued. Erie trains depart at o'clock with three orchestras aboard. A gathering of singing societies and a prize contest are on tap with new members joining in.
A garbled ad like a patent remedy promises relief for coughs and chest conditions with a drug called Richid Leute Coughs. It imitates medical claims and uses uncertain phrases, offering a price and urging quick purchase amid unclear text.
Graduation exercises for the January and June classes of Jersey City High School will be held at the Academy of Music on Tuesday evening June 24 with a dance on Wednesday June 25 at Hasbrouck Institute. A baccalaureate sermon will be preached Sunday at 7:30 pm by Rev. Cornelius Brett at Bergen Reformed Church. About 72 graduates, with 10 to 12 reading essays or delivering orations, including ป, celebrate two nights for the first time. The change spares students a late night return home, allowing a full day between events and potentially fewer doctor calls.
The Janes M. E. Church Sunday school will hold its June 27 excursion to Roton Point Connecticut aboard the steamer Cygnus, sharing with Hoboken’s First M. S. Sunday school. The Junior League hosts a June 24 evening entertainment under Mrs Hill, with music recitations and tableaux. The church aims to paint the building after a Wednesday meeting, and a Penny-a-Day Club sociable is planned at Mrs William Johnson’s home at 15 Columbia Avenue with program and refreshments.
Friends of Rev. E. C. Dutcher, former Linden Avenue M E Church pastor in Greenville, learn of a $200 salary increase at the quarterly conference of Union Hill Tion Place Methodist Church where he now serves. A two weeks to a month vacation option was granted. Eight new members joined during his pastorate and Sunday attendance rose, Children’s Day crowds overflowed, and plans for a new church were discussed but not finalized.
The Epworth League ofromity M E Church hosted a trolley ride to Verona Lake last night under Charles I B King chairing the social department. About one hundred people gathered at York and Grove and rode to Verona Lake where the party lingered for an hour and a half. The Sunday School will close during August and the first two Sundays in September, and regular services will be suspended the last two Sundays in August.
A well dressed woman about six years old was knocked down at 9 30 last night at the corner of Montgomery street and Jersey avenue by trolley car 259 en route to the ferry. Patrolman Sheehan aided her before the motorman could exit. The woman said she was not injured and walked home, refusing to give her name.
The Board of Directors of the Greenville Building and Loan Association on Linden Avenue held the regular monthly meeting last night. General business was conducted and three loans were approved totaling 4600 dollars.
The second minhal exercises of the College of St Elizabeth and the third college course ended yesterday afternoon with Rt. Rev. John J. OConnor, Bishop of Newark, presiding and addressing graduates. He praised the work and urged St Elizabeth toward being among the nation s foremost women s colleges. The program featured student music and readings, valedictorian Grace M Ryan, and senior honors for Grace M Ryan Mary P Heim Margaret A McGrearty Clotilda Lane and Florence A McCrea. Studies resume September 11.
The Hudson City Turn Verein announces festival plans for next Sunday at Schuetzen Park with committee chairs named William Tamken floor chairman William Goetze bowling chairman Jacob Retzen gate chairman and H Lars school chairman. Twenty eight dollars in cash prizes will be awarded for bowling contests with prizes for ladies. An afternoon turning exhibition by school classes starts at two with calisthenics by the whole school at five including teachers.
The Two Bills Social Club formed by William Hanlon and William Waters plans a trolley ride to Mount Plant Park, Carlstadt, on Tuesday evening August 5. With a track record of successful events and rising demand for tickets, the cars depart Grove and Montgomery streets at 8:50 PM.
The Joseph W. Griffen Association announces its annual excursion for Wednesday July 9 at Grand View Park. Members will meet Sunday afternoon to finalize event plans. Tickets are selling rapidly with over two thousand expected to attend. The popular ex-Freeholder Joseph W. Griffen leads efforts to surpass prior outings.
Silk Stockings Pinovble Club of Hudson City completed its tournament hosted at members homes. Fifty two games were played with John Kruse Emil Sern and Charles Jordan tying for second. Frank Martin took fourth and Otto Keim fifth. One hundred dollars was evenly divided among the prize winners.
Silversdorf's Picnic will hold its annual family event at Meirdieck's Park on Sunday in June. The M. F. Silversdorf Association invites families to attend and enjoy the community gathering with proceeds supporting local programs.
Silk bas relief panels created by 8 Yegami of Yokohama for William J Barry, presented by Sergeant Thomas Coyne and Private J P Mc Evoy of the US Sixteenth Infantry. Scenes honor Grattan and Wolfe Tone with Irish symbols and United Ireland motto. Panels depict New Ross, Wexford, Enniscorthy, 1798 rising, Irish coat of arms, and four provinces.
Funeral services were held for Mary Barry aged 1 year 3 months and William McKinley Barry aged 4 years 6 months from 310 Fourth Street at 11 am. The siblings of Patrolman Barry of the Second Precinct died after diphtheria following their mother’s smallpox recovery. They were interred at the Cemetery of the Holy Name.
Frederick Eckhardt, a young man who climbed onto a roof at 50 Mercer street and fell, spent a day in City Hospital with a broken arm. He cannot recall the ascent or the fall and called the incident a mystery. Mrs Reinhold Peterson was dressing for her wedding trip nearby.
The York Athletic Club plans a health outing to Shohola Glen on Friday July 4 to recuperate before returning to play Wall. Organizer Lew Girard, once with George Thatcher the minstrel, will entertain the group with jokes during the trip. Attendees include J Norton J P Norton 8 Robinson W Mattsen J Titty J Troehe P Docks T Bates J Toucher W Newell and Mik Lew Girard.
The Retail Clerks Association of Jersey City urges shoppers to skip Sunday purchases and after six PM to pressure stores to close by six. They report local stores force workers to 13 plus hours daily and Sunday mornings, worse than other cities. Over fifty leading firms have pledged to close at six from July 7 1902, with clergy and groups asked to help.
Edwin Cadmus, named Postmaster of Bayonne by President Roosevelt, succeeds Frank H. Melville. Cadmus, Bayonne Freeholder in 1896 and long active in local affairs, is a Standard Oil storekeeper and Education Board member. Rumor cites John J. Bechtold as potential assistant postmaster.
The annual picnic of I St. Bridget's Lyceum will be held at Greenville Selwetzen Park on the afternoon and evening of July 22. Next Tuesday evening the members will meet to finalize arrangements for the event.
The Board of Excise Commissioners will meet this evening to act on applications for liquor licenses. Officials urge attendance and final decisions are expected on pending permits.
James A White of 874 Prince ton avenue Greenville has been missing for two weeks. The 52 year old carpenter wore a striped shirt a mixed suit and a Dineck derby. Neighbors saw him board a Bayonne car the night he left. His wife believes rumors of drowning are unfounded and cites his fondness for fishing and past disappearances.
The Jersey City Tennis Club will hold a tournament on the course at Highland Avenue tomorrow afternoon. Twenty entries have been received and prizes will be awarded.
Creditors of George Dotzert and Sarah Applegate deceased are notified by surrogates orders to file debts and claims within nine months. Final accounts for Lavinia Divis and Joseph D. Ervin estates will be settled by Hudson County Orphans Court on specified dates. Public sale and dissolution certificates referenced for Jersey City properties and other estates, with notices of tax and land sale procedures.
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