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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1902
Page
4
The note argues that a store's success hinges on meeting customer wants and loyalty. It asserts advertising should fill needs, and if not true, the business risks losing a friend, stressing that the policy is to make business friends, not lose them.
In store now a tip-top range of all wool ladies suits and Venetian suits with black silk Eton jackets, cloth jackets and walking and dress skirts. Prices include $9.98 for Eton suits in black tan or royal blue, £11.89 for all wool Venetian suits, jackets from $2.49 to $5.49, and dress skirts up to 33.95.
Colorful ad highlights new millinery stock and fashion items with affordable hats, shoes, and wear for men women and children. Emphasizes valued service warranties and low prices on waists, curtains, shades, and undergarments, urging shoppers to inspect new styles and secure bargains.
A dress goods showing features the newest and best at fair prices. Ladies black dress goods include latest weaves from 60c to 1.40 per yard. Black Mystral Stripes offered at 8c, 1.25 and 1.39. Open and thin fabrics, colored broadcloth, Venetians and Homespuns 34 inches wide. Wash goods range from 6c to 35c.
The town reports shad fishing at The Bridge with early catches small due to cool weather. Local residents and visitors are noted, including hires at telegraph and day operator posts, renovations at the Presbyterian parsonage, and various social visits and travel to Norfolk and St Paul. A testimonial praises Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy.
A string of local items reports threats of public naming for cruelties, indignant townsfolk, and various community updates. Notable entries include Joseph Andress repairing a hotel walkway, Robert Cruzon taking a railroad switch job near Trenton, visits by Misa Nettle Vanera to New York, property moves by Milton Greene and Frank Loller families, church events, a quarterly Christian meeting, and a burglary trial in Sussex with a not guilty verdict.
Stewartsville and Oxford pages recount rapid changes from cement plants and new homes to road improvements and rural delivery. Mentions of Frank Dalrymple drowning rumor, local industry moves at Edison plant, Keller home construction, hotels overrun with strangers, and streetscape upgrades along Paulis Hill as the town develops.
Vienna area notes report Mamie Howell and son visiting the M 1. 8. parsonage at Port Colden, a pastor reception for Rev. Mr. James, and John Poole undergoing surgery. Town residents are named—Cuonnina bitten by a suspected rabid dog, a purse recovered for treatment, and many visitors from Allamuchy, Rockport, Hackettstown, Oxford, Newark, Wilkes-Barre, Belvidere, and Washington. An ad promotes buggy painting by Tovoo’s Glass Carriage Paints.
A compilation of land transfers recorded at the County Clerk's office from April 1902 to April 1903. Transfers include Samuel Rinehart to John Bowers. Mary Conveys to George Ringhart. and multiple deeds involving Washington Township and neighboring towns with varied considerations, ranging from 50 to 3,000 dollars. Also notes an advertisement for Dr King's New Life Pills and a schoolhouse funding proposition in Pittstown.
An early 20th century tone urges caution against taking risks with nature and links many illnesses to stomach disease. The piece promotes Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and other remedies, citing testimonials about relief from digestive and systemic ailments. It urges consultation with Dr. Pierce and warns against substitutes.
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