South Amboy clay magnate H C Perrine’s rise in business
A portrait of Harry C Perrine of South Amboy tracing his rise from modest beginnings to leadership in clay mining and pottery. The article covers his birth in 1848 at Spotswood, education, early South Amboy ventures, New York wholesale trade, revival of Swan Hill Pottery, later sale to South Amboy Terra Cotta, first president of a local bank, and his family including son Harry C Jr. and wife Emma Fish.
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Harry ,Gc
Perrine
Raritan Bay
Mr. Perrine
John
Sarah D. Perrine
Spotswood
New York City
South Amboy
Swan Hill Pottery
Grover Cleveland
Emma M
Charles Fish
Camden & Amboy
Harry C, Jr
Perrine Described as Honest Benevolent Town Leader
The text portrays C Perrine as an executive, straightforward, honest in dealings, benevolent to the needy, and highly respected among townsmen for his conduct and readiness to assist others.
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C. Perrine
Perrine
Borough meeting seeks early trolley bridge franchise
A South Amboy gathering last night appointed delegates to New Brunswick to urge Middlesex County freeholders to grant a Jersey Central traction franchise to cross the county bridge at Amboy. Rev. William H. Berlew chaired. Charles Buckalew named secretary. about fifty attendees.
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New Brunswick
Middlesex County
Jersey Central Traction Company
Amboys
William H. Berlew
Charles Buckalew
South Amboy
Perth Amboy
Samuel Locker
Thomas Brown
Louis Borland
A. Gordon
Dewan
Artful Andersonville Prison Picture At Stillwell Mason Store
Veterans and residents are invited to view a notable Civil War image depicting Andersonville prison at Stillwell and Mason's furniture store. The exhibit, a gift from Captain M S Kirby who spent ten months there under Wirz, will later adorn General William H. True Post No 118 G A R. Captain Kirby confirms its accuracy.
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Stillwell & Mason
Andersonville Prison
William
M. 8
Kirby
Wirz
Presbyterian Ladies Meet for Social and Birthday Refreshments
The Ladies Aid Society of the Presbyterian church met at Mrs. William Albaughs home on First street. After business, they socialized and enjoyed refreshments honoring a member's birthday anniversary.
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Ladies’ Aid Society
Presbyterian Church
William Albaugh
First Street
School Board to defer principal selection to June 14
At the June meeting the Board of Education will transact only regular business. The search for a principal for School No. 1 is postponed until June 14, by order of district clerk I. P. Be DeGr.\
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Board of Education
DeGraw
Perth Amboy Visitors List For Week
Mrs Walter Stratton and Mrs Albert Taylor of Second street visited Perth Amboy on Wednesday. Grace Brown and James Petty were also in town, while John Street United Methodist Church postponed its June 9 Children’s Day program to June 16.
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Walter Stratton
Second Street
Perth Amboy
M. P
Albert Taylor
A. McKenzie
G. C. Spurr
Lost dog Ted dy seeks reward and return
A lost black and tan dog named Ted dy is reported with a one dollar reward offered for its return to R. P. Mason. The notice appears among classified lines of a 1900s newspaper page.
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Teddy
R. P. Mason
Sewaren Boat Scene Reflects Diminishing Sail Interest
The Sewaren area shows few boats in water with rising sailboat scarcity. Notables include Robert Clarkson planning a sailboat launch, Harry Demarest with a launch in commission, and the Cherub winning a Perth Amboy race on Decoration Day. Local residents attend school, visits, and social outings amid a waning sailing hobby.
Metuchen Social Notes Brighten Week
Mrs Burr hosted bridge whist with friends on Wednesday. Presbyterian church met at Phoebe Martin home yesterday. Elsie Burroughs and Madelin Hall at Mohegan Academy this week. Barn dance invites issued by E H Veen. Salmagundi Society attended Woodbridge club house reception. Sunday schools practicing anthems for Children’s Day. Tennis in demand as courts reopen. Union outing planned for July near Asbury Park. Mrs Spear hosted a thimble party for Quiet Hour. Walter Letson has scarlet fever.
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Woodbridge
Asbury Park
Residents Return and Local Social News in Woodbridge
Woodbridge notes report Mr and Mrs John Gage and child return to Brooklyn after visiting Mrs W H Demarest on Rahway avenue. Edward N Pfeiffer of Maurer spent Wednesday with Mrs Seth Lockwood in Rahway avenue. D S Vooxhees is ill at home on Edgars Hill. Thomas Dally of First street convalescent. Ethel and Ada Valentine of Green street hosted out of town friends. Bridgett Club entertained by Mrs Howard Valentine on Green street. Carrie Ewing of Upper Main street slowly recovers from illness. Mrs Andrew Henry returned from Huntingdon county visit.
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Robert Clarkson
Cliff Road
Tom Stoddart
Zara
Harry Demarest
West Avenue
William Ballard
East Avenue
Cherub
Perth Amboy
James Hutchinson
Walter Zettlemeyer
L. H. Brown
Dory
Dr. Higgins
Helen Ballard
Hast Avenue
Alice Waring
William DeHaven
Woodbridge
Roselle
Florence Ballard
John O. Williams
Anna Waring
Rahway
Helen Brewster
Muriel Wright
John Gage
Brooklyn
W. H. Demarest
Rahway Avenue
EdWard N. Pfeiffer
Maurer
Seth Lockwood
D. S. Vooxhees
Edgar’s Hill
Thomas Dally
First Street
Ethel
Ada Valentine
Green Street
Bridge-tt Club
Howard Valentine
Carrie Ewing
Upper Main Street
Andrew Henry
Huntingdom
Woodbridge Wants For Sale House With Corner Lot
For sale a house in Woodbridge N J with all improvements on a corner lot 150 by 250 feet listed by H A Tappen at Edgar's Hill. Price $986 5 29 101. May appeal to buyers seeking sizeable property in a suburban area.
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H. A. Tappen
Edgar's Hill
Woodbridge
N. J
Pleasant Plains Street Repairs Advance Across Borough
The borough highway department reports extensive street work in Pleasant Plains. Bloomingdale avenue finished. Seguine avenue near completion. Bayview avenue to start soon. Curb and gutter work on Amboy avenue due to finish. A further boatload of stone arrived at Seguine dock in Princes Bay for road use.
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Department of Highways
Bloomingdale Avenue
Seguine Avenue
Bayview Avenue
Amboy Avenue
Highway Department
Seguine’s Dock
Princes Bay
Children Day Preparations at St Mark’s M E Church
St Mark's M E church Sunday school hosts Children’s Day exercises next Sunday during the morning service with baptism of infants. Superintendent D O Depew and teachers plan an excellent program. In the evening the pastor preaches on a question to parents.
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St. Mark's M. BE
D. O. Depew
Pleasant Plains Locals Share Community Updates
Emil Peterson of Amboy avenue Amboy Bay receives a new side bar buggy and delivery wagon from Cincinnati. City surveyors visit Amboy avenue to adjust grade for curb and gutters. Molly Stark Council Daughters of America meets in Amicitia hall. Louis Benz improves Wee Sheaf House Shore road. Otto Oxman and D Smardel partner on painting business. Frank Oewisli Bloomingdale avenue adds sidewalk and repairs. Westfield Fife and Drum corps meet in Sand street hall. Thimble Club entertained at Mrs Abram Sharrott home. St Mark's Brotherhood holds first annual banquet in church lecture room. Junior Epworth League to meet at St Mark's MBE church lecture room. topic Inasmpeh led by Mamie Stein mire. Go through pockets to fund the ad campaign.
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Pleasant Plains
Emil Peterson
Amboy Avenue
Princes Bay
Cincinnati
Ohio
Molly Stark
Daughters of America
Amicitia Hall
Louis Benz
Shore Road
Otto Oxman
D. Smardel
Sharrott Road
Frank Oewisli
Bloomingdale Avenue
Westfield Fife and Drum Corps
Sand Street
Thimble Club
Abram J. Sharrott
St. Mark's Brotherhood
Epworth League
St. Mark's M. BE. Church
Mamie Steinmire
Elks Twenty-First Annual Reunion to be Held in Philadelphia
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks will stage its Twenty-first Annual Reunion in Philadelphia July 15 to 20. Thousands of Elks will travel for meetings, parades, a massed band concert, and nighttime electrical displays. The event includes excursions to Atlantic City and Cape May, with Pennsylvania Railroad offering favorable rates and service.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks S
Philadelphia
Elks
The
Broad Street
Order
Atlantic City
Cape May
Port Reading Hosts A C Game Sunday At 3 P M
David Overholt rents Irwin Street house recently vacated by Matt Greasheimer. The L J Barrett F C faces Port Reading A C in Port Reading Sunday June 9 at 3 pm. Lineups include Turner Trainor Coffey C Chemmi ser McCormac O Boyle Richardson Gallagher J Chemmiser or Anderson and N Albertson DeJoy Kane Gill Lindbergy Albertson Sapasie Larsen P Larsen.
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Port Reading
David Overholt
Irwin Street
Matt Greasheimer
L. J. Barrett F. C
Port Reading A. C
Turner
Trainor
Coffey
C. Chemmiser
McCormac
O’boyle
Richardson
Gallagher
J. Chemmiser
Anderson
N. Albertson
DeJoy
Kane
Gill
Lindbergy
F. Albertson
Sapasie
Chris Larsen
P. Larsen
Brink
Perth Amboy
Martin Oleson
Troy
N. Y
Larsen Hosts Amboy Avenue Progression Party
TOTTENVILLE MER AND RS LARSEN entertained Mr and Mrs Louis Larsen at Amboy Avenue with a progressive point ouchre. Prizes were awarded to Mrs Edward Balliet first ladies prize a picture and Mrs Irving Sleight second a cut glass vase. George W DuBois won first gentleman's prize a necktie and Mr Sleight second an ash receiver.
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A. M. Sprague
J. E. Benn
Mrn
William Steebedee
William Bunnell
Irving Sleight
George W. DuBois
Elbert Walling
Truman Or. Simonson
Edward Balliet
Extensive alterations at Seguine Runyon Stiles yard
Work has begun at the Seguine Runyon Stiles coal and lumber yard at Main street with extensive changes. Demolition near the Rapid Transit property continues as walls and sheds are removed. The Tottenville hotel shed is relocated, a blacksmith shop is torn down, and a former restaurant building near the ferry slip will be moved to become the new firm’s main office. The project is to be rushed to completion.
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Seguine Runyon Stiles Company
Main Street
Tottenville
Annual children's program at church hall
The children of the Church of Our Lady Help of Christians will perform in Knights of Pythias hall on Wednesday night June 12. The program features vocal and instrumental music and a cantata by the youngsters, plus moving pictures by Professor Turner of Newark displaying current topics.
Long distance ride ends at West End hotel stopover
James Fr. Gatehel of Bayonne and Irving E. Smith of Washington County stop at the West End hotel on a long horseback journey to Fairfax County Virginia. They expect to reach their plantation in eight days.
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James FR. Gatehel
Bayonne
Fourth Regiment
New Jersey
Irving E. Smith
Washing, Db. Co
West End Hotel
Main Street
Fairfax County
Virginia
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce Banquet Tonight
The Staten Island Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual banquet at the Hotel Castleton tonight. The arrangements committee is led by President William B. Van Clief with A. B. Polleh John B. Pearson Henry P. Morrison and Thomas O. Horton.
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Chamber OF Commerce
Staten Island Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Castleton
William 8. van Clief
A. B. Polleh
John B. Pearson
Henry P. Morrison
Thomas O. Horton
Bank Board Holds Monthly Meeting and Dinner
The Tottenville National Bank board met last night at the bank on Main Street at 6 o clock. After routine business a dinner followed at the West End hotel on Main Street.
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Tottenville National Bank
Bank Building
Main Street
West End
Tottenville Local Notices and Social Gatherings
Local residents attend meetings and visits across Tottenville. Fife and Drum corps met at Thaddeus Cline’s Center street home, and Woodmen of the World and other groups held gatherings in Lehman building and Knights of Pythias hall. Socials include Molly Stark Council euchre, Thimble Club sewing, and visits among Perth Amboy, Elizabeth, and New Haven connections.
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Tottenville
Thaddeus Cline
Center Street
Elsie Leiber
Perth Amboy
D. Brown
Main Street
Herber Winant
Kreischerville
Henrietta Gates
Columbus
Ohio
William O'Conner
Hopping Avenue
May LaVin
Elizabeth
C. J. Rogers
Raritan Bay Park
Alfred Hamilton
James Street
Andrew Barnes
Amboy Avenue
Friends
Manhattan
Richmond
Woodmen of the World
Lehman
Arthur Palmer
Charles Sprague
New School
Academy Place
United Council
Junior Order American Mechanics
Alice Joline
St. Paul’s Church
William Joblin
John Gibbs
Broadway
Order of Eastern Star
Knights of Pythias Hall
Werte
Maggie Laforge
Gilbert S. Barnes
New Haven
Conn
Molly Stark
William Jacklin
Sleight Avenue
Arshall
Foresters of America Meet in Rossville Hotel
Huguenot Court Rossville No. 484 of Foresters of America will hold a regular meeting in the Rossville hotel assembly rooms tonight with expected initiations. Conrad Wilke of Kreischerville won a gunmetal watch from the Atlas Fife and Drum corps at the Rossville hotel Tuesday. Alvin Deckin of Shore Road, who had a leg injury, is now able to roam about in his new Pope touring car. The Atlas corps plans its next gathering Monday night.
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Court Rossville No
Foresters of America
Rossville Hotel
Conrad Wilke
Kreischerville
Atlas Fife and Drum Corps
Alvin Deckin
Shore Road
Merchant retrenches ad spend warns readers
A column notes that cutting advertising hurts visibility and warns merchants that reduced ads won’t go unnoticed. Strong language urges continued promotion to maintain customer reach and business profile.
Woodbridge Board Seeks Bids for School Additions
The Woodbridge Township Board of Education announces sealed bids for additions to School No. 8 in Keasbey and School No. 9 in Port Reading. Bids due June 17, 1907 at 8 PM. Plans and specifications available from building committee members William Amex Sewaren John Clum Fords and John H Leisen Woodbridge.
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Board of Education
Woodbridge
N. J
Keasbey
Port Reading
N. J. Plana
William T. Amex
Sewaren
M. AH. Cl
Delights at Simpson Crawford’s Store Tour
A local tour through Simpson Crawford’s grocery and bakery highlights top floor displays and freshly baked goods. Readers learn about in-store tea rooms Royal Stuart coffee and below-average prices, with details on sourceless dramatic pricing and a lively shopper experience in New York.
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New York
Simpson Crawford’s
Simpson
Royal Stuart
Simpson+Crawford
Tie Company
Pever
Royal
Stuart
Ea Room
Dieuls
Wituin
Purgius Mati Bk
Telus
Spicudiu Procery
Wwe
Bevis
LraWluia
Royal Stuary
Simpson-Crawford Co
WwemRse
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Gaza
Perth Amboy, N. J
J. A. Sexton
Michael Zylka
Merls
Purpones
State R Street
First National Bank
Harry C. Perrine
Pres
R. C. Stephenson
Royal Baking Powder CO
New-York
Metuchen
Louris Gonpa
St. Perth Amboy, N.J
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bulletin
Standard Railroad of America
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Peat Estate
Notic CE
John H. Leisen
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