12 Sep 1903
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Newspaper
Perth Amboy Evening News
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 12, 1903
Page
1
The article notes that bowling has long been a male domain in the city but women are forming devoted followings. It suggests several all women teams may assemble for morning bowling sessions this winter and reports serious talk among participants.
The Raritan Copper Works first team and an office force team clash this afternoon. The office force claims it will be all off with the first team. Game starts at 8 o clock. First team battery: Smith and Lind. Office force battery: Higgens and Ford.
The DeLamar baseball team of Carteret meets a Furnace Department scrub squad this afternoon at Carteret field. Start time is 3 30 oclock. Battery for DeLamar is James Martin and Joseph Wilbert with umpire Joseph Clark.
The St. Aloysius Cadets will not play today and are ready to set dates for Saturday afternoon games. A challenge should be sent to Manager Charles Mc Donald.
A fragmentary clipping contrasts lines from Ally Sloper and a Philadelphia Press exchange on women's will power, followed by a humorous note about debt and bankruptcy from the Brooklyn Lite, reflecting period attitudes and wit.
The Deltas travel to South Amboy tomorrow afternoon to face the Stars in a storied rivalry watched by a large Perth Amboy and South crowd. Battery for the Deltas is Oleson and McHose. The team discusses plans for an upcoming picnic.
The Reliance was hauled out at Robert Jacob’s yard on City Island and will reach its permanent berth north of the marine railway by midweek. Special piling is being driven as the cup defender rests. The discharged crew is hailed as the best ever seen on a racing yacht by judges including H M McGildowny of the Royal Ulster Yacht Club aboard Reliance.
Another effort to organize a football team at the high school will be made next Monday afternoon. All interested students are urged to attend preliminary practice. The item notes a lost article and mentions a cent-a-word ad in the Evening News to locate it.
Village Life asserts villagers enjoy health contentment and moral standing, bettering roads and habitats. Rev J F Bingham returns to Hartford after 18 months in Rome Florence, publishing Italian literature in Barbira Florence and Oxford Univ Press. Brief quips note circus trends and witty exchanges from Chicago and Washington papers.
Public notice advertises Dr David Kennedy’s Favorite Remedy as a universal cure for kidney and bladder diseases, rheumatism and female weaknesses with testimonials. It offers free trial bottles by mail to disprove doubt, and notes available druggists carry 50 cent and one dollar sizes plus Rose Jelly for catarrh.
Train timetable shows daily departures from Port Amboy to New York and from New York to Perth Amboy with Sunday and holiday adjustments. Listed times cover morning through late evening, including connections to Paterson line and other points. notes reference foot of Smith Street and Whitehall Street terminals, plus special holiday schedules and multiple x marks indicating irregularities. J. Van Smith listed as receiver for the Lehigh Valley.
Trains leave Perth Amboy for New York Newark Elizabeth Philadelphia Trenton Long Branch Ocean Grove Red Bank Freehold South Amboy and more with through tickets at lowest rate Available on Thursdays Saturdays Sundays and weekdays Timings listed for multiple destinations and trains with notes on additional Red Bank service and connections W G Ersien Vice President General Manager M Burt General Passenger Agent authority for advance ticketing
Time table details for routes from Metuchen to Perth Amboy and points east. Services show departures from Metuchen, Keasbey School, Keasbey, Bridge at Woodbridge Creek, Staten Island Ferry to Metuchen and Keasbey, with varied minutes past the hour from early morning to late evening.
Newsprint style notice lists timetable details for Perth Amboy passenger service toward New York Rahway Woodbridge and South Jersey routes with opening and closing times. It then provides a fire alarm box directory with box numbers locations and alarm procedures plus special calls and police alerts.
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