15 Aug 1916
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Newspaper
Perth Amboy Evening News
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1916
Page
1
There is a splendid lot of floral voiles in pink blue and corn color to choose from but not much of the sport stripe Oxford suiting. Come early for best choice. Made of wide striped Oxford cloth in Copenhagen stripe a regular dollar middy sizes 36 to 44.
A journal-like roundup from the New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station covers sweet potato seed selection and soil and seed sanitation to curb disease, peach yellows and little peach in home orchards, peppers’ rotting causes, and the need for proper poultry ventilation. It also reports on the Bergen-Passage Cow Testing Association forming with about 550 cows pledged, set to start September 1, and ends with a quotation about self-reliance.
Hay fever and asthma plague thousands with misery and coughs. Foley's Honey and Tar is praised as the remedy that soothes throat irritation, eases hoarseness, and relieves wheezing, offering comfort to sufferers.
An ad notes different germ life in rug dust investigated by William S. Dunn at Loomis Laboratory New York. It claims broom cleaning stirs up filth and touts the Hoover Suction Sweeper as safer, with a demonstration and a purchase plan of 4.75 down and five monthly payments.
The famed dictionary compiler Dr Samuel Johnson was driven to touch and count all palings along fences he passed. If he believed one was missed he would retrace his steps and repeat the futile enumeration highlighting a nervous obsession that aligns with mysophobia.
A plain white heavy huck towel 18 by 36 inches is offered at 13 cents, a real bargain compared with the regular price of 15 cents each.
An old newspaper ad touts men’s suspenders priced at 25 cents, noting sturdiness and elastic webs with neat stripe design and strong mountings built to withstand wear.
Special to the Evening News from New Brunswick August 15 Local Option leaders in Middlesex County gathered at Second Reformed Church to hear John H. Ward Bergen County Local Option League president and other officials outline plans for a fall drive. Speakers stressed past wins, fundraising in Essex County, petition counts, and the push to endorse local option candidates in primaries.
Court Amboy No. 58 Foresters of America plans a Newark parade with about 100 members joining the demonstration. Court Standard will join as guests, marching with Goodwill Fife Drum and Eagle Corps in Smith Street gathering at 6:30 p.m. and leaving by 7:15 p.m. Court Amboy No. 68 to meet tomorrow night at Eagle Hall.
Martin Saloski thirty five of 580 Raritan Avenue was arraigned before Recorder Pickers Bill this morning charged with deserting his children and leaving them in destitute condition. He was locked up in default of 300 bail after arrest by Patrolman Lybeck yesterday afternoon pending grand jury action.
George Hoffman of Woodbridge reported to police at 12 40 am that his rig a gray horse harness and an old black phaeton were stolen. Patrols searched the city but the description was not found. The Knights of the Golden Eagle initiated one candidate after a meeting and several routine matters were handled.
German reports claim a strong British trench attack near Pozieres was repelled with counter actions and progress in the first line area. Berlin notes two attacks near Ma broke down as fighting continues. French foothold and Austrian movements in Galicia are cited, with mentions of General Sakharoff’s forces advancing toward Le and Tustobaby areas.
A fragment recalls Louis XVI wishing the dauphin then one and a half years old to be styled as tened. After the ceremony the child lay in the king's bed and donned a feather as proof his orders were carried out. When asked his name the child said Louis XIV. The king replied not yet, my son, but soon.
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