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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1910
Page
4
A garbled local column notes movements and visits among area residents. Details include illnesses, family visits, prison mentions, and a birthday surprise at someone’s home with various names and places, reflecting a busy community week.
Fragmentary social column listing many weathered and garbled names and visits. Mentions of Sunday visits with spouses and families in various towns, and a few church service notes with unclear details. Overall, legible elements are sparse amid the misread OCR.
Sunday afternoon visitors included Mr and Mrs Spans cer Lilqua Cot heavils with Mrs Wing KK Hulsizer John ES Insehoc and daughter Ems. Also present were Mr ged Mra Harry Dall Jacob Wile Dr Uraveleld of PHN and Mrs Theo Wil ever along with Mrs Jacob Davis’s daughter. Relatives from Alpha Stewartache and Phillipsburg joined a fine dinner at the home of her brother Win I telsinets who moved off Santiny.
Blairstown notices report new clerks joining local stores, a divisional store change, and staff shifts. Local residents include Mrs Mary Talnige of Worlda visiting relatives, while J L White and Ivey A Gllows are mentioned with household changes noted. A funeral service for a long-time resident is described and community letters note weather and town events.
A mixed local column reports visits by Mrs Chas from Phillipsburg to relatives in the area, church sermons by Rev. Poste of Lewisburg, sickbed notes on Isaac Frey, and social calls by families from Phillipsburg and Huntington. It notes theft attempts on Mountain House by unknown prowlers, rental details on a Calvin Bras horse, and fishing near the private pond owned by John Heese with 16 pounds caught at fifty cents a pound.
Over the past week Easter vacation brought visitors and social rounds to Hackettstown. Miss Leong H. Cooper joined Miss Lauretta Gulick at Townsbury, while Mrs Sarah E Buckley planned yard improvements. Residents moved between nearby farms and homes, including Rob ert Hamilton to a Johnsonburg farm and John Rea to various local properties.
A collection of community notices from Port Murray highlighting visits, family arrivals, and departures. Names include Calvin Brown, Mrs Lorenzy Smith, J B Senrfoss, Ning, Mrs Bentfogs, Alpha Robeson, Veto Phillipsburye, Mrs Caroline Dickson, Mrs Ma Millyherry, Mr Orville Winters, and others with travel between Wuahlagwa Netcongapant Manasficht Blackettatowh Rockport Paterson Girwood and nearby townships.
A fragmentary diary notes many Sunday visits and travels from Newark to Washington and New York. Miss Margaret Launee, Mrs. John Miller and others are listed visiting relatives, with mentions of Arn or Miner families and Carpenter moving from Hackettstown to a new farm.
The piece records social visits and engagements in Vienna including Mr and Mrs Harvey Rush entertaining guests on Sunday, Geo Heuber’s mother on Water Street, and families of Williams and Merrell ordering automobiles. It notes Brand presiding at the Presbyterian pulpit, Mrs Carrie Bounds and daughter Mary visiting from Plymouth, and Chas Smith's upcoming move to Augusta Me. It mentions the Great Meadows creamery interest and an engagement between Mary Emma Savacoo and Claude Smith Morton, plus Martha Smith’s operation at the Presbyterian hospital. Rev D B McCord, a missionary from Japan on furlough, will speak at the Christian church with a stereoptic lecture on Jocturn, inviting all to attend.
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