Sewers Debate in South Amboy Borough Hall Meeting
South Amboy held a town hall on sewer system plans with Mayor Treganowan appointing officers. The discussion covered costs, funding, and legal authority, noting a 1899 estimate of about 11.27 per lot and potential 51 percent property-owner petition requirements.
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Council Chamber
Borough Hall
Treganowan
Howe
J. Frank Fulton
Fulton
Joseph Wilson
Pearse
Mr. Pearse
Burlind
New York State
TS. Walsh
Dey
Mechanicsville
Louis Borland
Joseph Walters
P. Monaghan
F. E. DeGraw
South Amboy
Times
Borland
Thomas Brown
Star Chamber Star Hs
Samuel Locker
Brown
Conlman Dey
Connellman Hillman
Hillman
Seerry
Borough Seeker Seeks Public Opinion on Sewer Plan
Borough meeting in council chamber drew many residents and clergy to discuss sewerage. Debate covered costs, fair sharing, and authority to bond or tax, with a plan to have plans and costs presented and a follow up meeting in a few days.
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Pd.c. Chase
Edward Sprague
Charles Buckwrew
K. of P. Hall
Buckslew
Girls' Friendly Society of Cheiat Church Meeting
The Girls Friendly Society of Cheiat Church met last night to discuss reading a book provided by the Annie Wreney Reading Union titled The Machine of Amelia. Prizes included five and second prizes. members of the Guild in New Jersey will compete for the awards and examinations. Mrs Clarence Stulia of Henry Street has improved after illness, while Mrs Miledeaki of Ernston was seen in town yesterday.
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Girls’ Friendly Society of
Cheiat Church
Annie Wreeney Reading Union
Amelia
Gt Spa
New Jersey
Clayence Stulia
Menry Street
Miledeaki
Ernston
South Amboy Offers 13 Rooms for Sale or Rent
Public notice advertises a 13 room property in South Amboy New Jersey with bath hot and cold water and central heat available for sale or rent. Enquiries to A Green 11 August Street South Amboy NJ.
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Enquirers
A. Green
August Street
South Amboy
N. J
Birthday Party for Edwin Ven Clef’s Seventh
Master Edwin Ven Clef celebrated his seventh birthday at home on Broadway with many friends and grownups. Amber Berkeley won best tent with a humorous donkey game while guests enjoyed games, a supper, ice cream, and a cake lit with seven candles. Presents flowed as pink and green festoons decorated the dining room. The item also notes a class medal found through the News and returned to its owner for the second time.
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Edwin Ven Clef
Broadway
Amber Berkeley
Uéain
Carey
Edwin
Mrs Havens Hosts Social for uv chib Members
Mrs Havens of George street entertained many uv chib members at her house yesterday afternoon. The ladies enjoyed selections by a talking machine along with coffee and cake and had a pleasant social time.
Miss Bessie Wilson Loses Silver Watch on Main Street
Local items report Miss Bessie Wilson misplaced a small silver watch with a gold fointtgehed Sunday while walking from M. B. church to her home. She values it highly as it belonged to her late mother and hopes the finder returns it.
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Bessie Wilson
Main Street
M. B
Bessie
Jacob LaVee
South River
Broadway
Samuel Pollock
Hildrens Stent
Augusta Street
Lelia Lis
Catharine Street
Millawan
Herbert Dykes
Yonkers
Fr. Mosslet
Catharine Straet
Huguenot Lecture Draws Large Audience in Amboy Avenue
The New York City Department of Education sponsored a lecture at the Reformed church on Amboy Avenue last night. Dr Jerome Walker spoke about skin curl bathing and eluthis, using stereophonic views to illustrate.
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the Reformed Church
Amboy Avenues
Department of Education
City of New York
Jerome Walker
Wanderers Triumph in Local Basketball Game at Noty’s Hall
The Wanderers of Manhattan beat the Keystones 34 to 0 in a Saturday night match at Noty’s Hall. Miss Grane Mokoo visited friends in Toathenville yesterday.
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Noty's Hall
Keystones
Othe Wanderers
Manhattan
Wanderers
Sore
Grane Mokoo
Toathenville
Yesterary
Local society notes from Carteret and nearby towns
The Carteret column lists residents visiting friends in Perth Amboy Elizabeth Newark and New York with several plans for Monday travel. It notes Mrs. P Cooney and Miss Minnie O Brien in town or out of town and Mrs. Joan Bryan hosting the Ladies Guild at St Mark s church. It mentions the International Phosphate Co planning a three story cement block building in spring and the steamer Carolyn docking Liebig with phosphate rock.
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Brady
O’farrell
Charles Brady
Perth Amboy
Kellogg
Ial Nees
John O'Meare
David McCarthy
Elizabeth
Doncan
Newark
Durgen
New York
Minnie O'Brien
P. Cooney
J. C. Winckel
M. Koses
Hile
Koses
Joan Bryan
Ladies’ Guild
St. Mark’s Church
Arrowsmith
Jane Lodge
Woodbridge
N. Rizak
Old Country
Walter Vorrale
Philadelphia
J. F. Shepard
Roscoe Chase
John Fee
South River
Henry Heil
Ray Avery
Rahway
E.R. Brown
International Phosphate Co
Butler Rites Draw State Figures In Keyport Funeral
The funeral of James M. Butler, president of the Liquor Dealers Association, drew prominent mourners from across the state and county. Elks Perth Amboy and Masonic Lodge members attended along with firemen and townspeople at Green Grove cemetery. Nearby services included Emily Decker and a Calvary church sermon by Rev. VanWeort with Miss Mabel Percival singing.
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James M. Butler
Mansion House
Elks of
Perth Amboy
Liquor Dealers Association
Mr. Butler
Green Grove Cemetery
Trier
Why March Is the Most Dangerous Month
An old medical advertisement warns March as a dangerous seasonal change. It urges cleansing and nourishing the body with Father John’s Medicine, claiming it strengthens the system, drives out impurities, and aids winter illnesses. No weak stimulants or morphine are used.
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Father John
Mr Valentine Returns From Bellmore After Mother's Death
Charles Valentine sexton of St. Mark's M. E. church comes home after three or four days away in Bellmore S 1 due to death of his mother Mrs Lucinda Valentine after a brief illness.
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MR. Valentine
Charles Valentine
St. Mark’s M. E. Church
Bellmore, S. 1
Lucinda Valentine
Amboy News Briefs and Local Notices
A list of local items reports Mrs William of Rossville taken to Smith Infirmary for appendicitis and to be operated on. Bridge plans for the Raritan North Shore railroad link now call iron plate girders on pile abutments with a 57 foot span and 26 foot width. Bids due April 2 require contractor plans. See also many short notes on residents visiting, new births, and a meeting of Exempt Firemen’s Association Friday at Amicitia Hall.
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Smith Infirmary
William Her
Rossville
Raritan North Shore
Amboy
Board of Aldermen
Frank Hodge
Wood Avenue
Perth Amboy
Ihiny
William Depew
Mamie
Thomas McNulty
Bry
St Patrick's Night Event Beset with Local Happenings
Master Blair shows slight typhoid improvement while townsfolk hear of Livingood visiting New York. L C B A plans top St Patrick's night in C B hall. Dial weekly issue released. Miss McElhinney teaches at State Normal, filling Dixon vacancy. Teachers Circle meets Friday March 23 at No 1 school. Rollinson to lead Wednesday Card Club. Mrs Disbrow visits Brooklyn and returns home. Bolan returns from Fulton Street visit to her aunt.
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Clifford Blair
James Livingood, Jr
New York
L. C
St. Patrick’s
C. B. Hall
Dial
Miss McElhinney
Norial School
Misa Dixon
Miss Rollinson
Rahway
J. B. Brown
Charles Disbrow
Brooklyn
KE. B. Brown
Carteret
May Bolan
John Leonard
Fulton Street
Sluggish Liver Becomes Theme of Early Health Ad
An old ad touts Orino Laxative and Laxative Syrup as remedies for sluggish liver and fatigue. It claims the products stimulate the bowel, improve energy, and offer milder, pleasant relief than ordinary cathartics. Address given for Sharmacy at 70 Smith St Perth.
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Smith St
Perth
Pleasing Program At Tottenville Society Meeting
A Philemon Literary Society event at Mrs. EB T Mason's Broadway home drew a large crowd. Directed by Miss Ida Ryder, the program featured an overture, quartet, solos, and an orchestra with performers from Perth Amboy and Princes Bay. A light lunch followed and praise was given to Miss Ryder. Obituary notes Andrew Kaiser of Central avenue died yesterday with services at 21 Rutledge street Brooklyn tonight. Private funeral. Local items list residents visiting relatives in Brooklyn and Jersey City, job moves, and Rev. Dr. W S Galloway resigning from Bethel M F Church due to ill health.
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Fury Osden
Mehureh
O¢den
Willi Adame
Myrtle Spangenberg
Augnata Stree
Adeliy Culver
Broadway
Longe Branch
Mary Davis
Wrightstown
Mary Critchley
Metuchen
James Laborge
Amboy Avenue
George Bedell
St. John’s Hospital
Brooklyn
Nellie Leggett
Mabel Walker
Jersey City
P. Schneider
Monticello
Sullivan County
Dishway
Avene
Gertrude Manee
Jennie Androyett
Alvam Johnson
Bridgeport
Conn
Frank Ryan
Grant City
John Seguine
Rossville
Amicitia Hall
Charles Cole
Perth Amboy
O. S. Monee
Woodrail Avenue
New York
Eb.t. Mason
Araptees
Philemon Literary Society
Ida Ryder
Andrew Kaiser
J. B. Kaiser
Central Avenue
Rutledge Street
Lyda Little
Margaret Ranier
George Whang
C. M. Winant
Amboy
Elliott Avenues
Avid Applegate
Applegate
S. 8. White Company
Princes Bay
Andrew Abrams
Ela
St. Denis
New York City
Eleanor Balliet
Hh E B
Taylor
DeWitt H. Pepper
Miss Taylor
Bentley Street
W. S. Galloway
Bethel M. F. Church
Metuchen town notes report burglaries and local events
Burglars entered the home of Frederick Barnard in Metuchen and stole items while the family stayed with the Corbin household. A new real estate office will open on Main Street this spring. Local sermons, social events, property sales, and upcoming meetings at the Presbyterian and Federation of Women’s Clubs are noted along with personnel movements and travels in town.
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Frederick Barnard
Frank Orton
Atlantic City
Corbin
Atkinson
Albert Martin
Main Street
J. P. Wise
Elmwood
Edward Rowland
KE. H
York City
Dr. Mason
Africa
William Carman
Menlo Park
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
A. Palmer
Compton
Vineyard Road
Presbyterian Chaured
Daisy Ayers
Presbyterian Guild
Fat starvation in children prompts Scott’s Emulsion remedy
The passage describes malnourished children with drawn faces and thin bodies and urges Scott’s Emulsion as a nourishing remedy. It promotes the product as providing essential fat and easily digested nourishment to restore health and plumpness in a sick child.
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Scott
Lipscott
Scott & Browne
Well Known Man Dies at 57 in Utica Masonic Home
George F. Androvett fifty seven years old a former resident of the area died at 5 o clock Sunday evening from locomotor ataxia after a long illness. He was at the Masonic State Home in Utica and is survived by one child and three brothers. He was active in local fraternal groups and formerly connected with Captain C T Smith in towing and the lighthouse tug service at Tompkinsville. Funeral will be held tomorrow at 2 P M at his home with interment in Allen.
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Utica
George F. Androvett
Masonic State
George Franklyn Androvett
John Milton
Daniel
Peter Androvett
Kreischerville
George William Curtis
Tompkinsville
Dedication Planned for New Borough Hall
Borough President Cromwell arranges a May 21 dedication of the new borough building set two years after the cornerstone laying. The structure will house borough departments earlier, with Mayor McClellan and state leaders invited to attend.
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Cromwell
McClellan
Work on School Building Progresses in Borough
The new school building moves forward with rapid iron and mason work, top of first story reached, large limestone cornices beginning. The gas bill passed both houses, boosting Richmond borough gas to 1.25 after May 1 with a five cent annual reduction to dollar gas. Community notices include christening, lodge meetings, church entertainments, and local resident updates.
Power of Steam and Hair Health Claim
The article notes James Watt and steam power, then cites Newbro's Herpicide claiming to destroy a tiny germ causing dandruff and hair loss. It promotes sending stamps for a sample from The Ide Co Detroit with agent C A Sexton.
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James Watt
Newbro
Detroit
C. A. Sexton
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Mack
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Chai
Trenton
Conneil
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Wic
BP Opera Hall
A. Thompson
Will Rea
Emily Decker
H. VanWeort
Reformed Church
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Calvary M
Mr Lawrence
Mabel Percival
Annie Lanrie
Frank Bedell
James G. Brown
First Street
Bedell
Hyeinth Levy
Plainfield
Joseph Salz
Red Bank
HH. Burchard
Harold Smith
Matawan
SV. Arrowsmith
Freehold
David Crater
Joseph McDermott
J. Clarence Conover
John
Tottenville
Philemon Musical
Thrall
Sprague
Kenneth Martin
Annie Sullivan
Delia VanName
Edward Scales
George Alien
Miss Parsons
C. U. Thrall
Andrew Sprague
Mr. C. U. Thrall
Charles Holm & Co
Dansk Undertaker
Tott
Aynville
George F. Androve
Richmond Borough
Mildred
Frank Valentine
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
John C. Fair
Bentley Lodge
Fisher Building
South Baptist Sunday School
Royal E. Meyers
Johnson Avenue
8. R. Smith Infirmary
EB. Steward Mance
Charles J. Martin
Edward Andrevett
Staten Island Rapid Transit
U. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company
Lyda Lilitle
T. T. T. Club
Richmond Temple No
Rathbone Sisters
James Gerow
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