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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
6
Local notices recount health and family events in Phillipsburg and surrounding towns. Highlights include church activities, visits by residents to Easton and Philadelphia, mine equipment updates, a hospital operation recovery, community gatherings at Goldan Star Council, and a testimonial about Chamberlain’s Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy from Arkansas.
Hackettstown residents and visitors are noted at Washington Street homes for a couple of weeks. Miss Braman Rusling plans a trip with Miss Wintermute to Mount Vernon and stops at Niagara Falls. Mrs. Stitt er of Fatladalottsa visits her sister Mrs. Y. S. Larson in Church Street. Mrs. John Maton of Jersey City rents a Main Street property for August. St James’ congregation holds annual supper August 7 in Guild room. A chicken supper aims to surpass previous years, with Mrs. H. M. Johnston in charge. Mrs. Caroline Balmon expects a few weeks in town near Miss Gun on Malatroot. Mrs. J. L. Borner of Burlington visits relatives with two children. Rev. Dr. Wilson of Danbury and Cant. 47d visit Hackettstown. Jacob R. Davis purchases Main Street property known as the Ramandon for 31.60. Union services planned for next two Sundays with Methodists and Presbyterians, preacher Rev. J. G. Johnston. The home of Joseph W. Rusling, occupied by Eugenia Brown, partially destroyed by a boiler explosion last Wednesday morning. insured in full. Mrs. Nancy Johnson, widow of George W. Johnson, dies Monday evening on Washington Street at 81. She leaves five daughters, including Mrs. W. W. Gibbs of Philadelphia and Mrs. William Langer of Argyl, plus a sister Mrs. Bell.
Columbia and Blair Resling districts report visitors and residents in town after a bombing at a Collinsville project near Ly Tidenac. Several locals travel to and from Portland New York and Scranton. Social events include a Plant in Brands woods and Ladies Aid meeting plus church and school activities. references to illnesses and a horse loss appear alongside community updates.
Harmony George O Whisver of Phillipsburg and daughter Mrs Charles Hell of Jersey City visited relatives Friday with Mr and Mrs Clarence Mra, Lynch and Philadelphia kin. Pastor Burrows away on vacation. Supply appointed for remainder of month. No Sunday school. Local residents and visitors listed with small-town social notes and a description of a baby born to Mr and Mrs Cook. Florence Wolverton married in Oxford. An Amber from Widdeugh preached in Pleasant Grove. Piles treated with Hucklen’s Arnica Balm advertised
Blairstown locals include Robert P Howell returning from Cuba and awaiting a possible congress act. Visits unfold among Miss Myrtelia Vouch and Myra Lantsruman at Cedar Lake House. Several families from Newark and Nazareth visit Carter household. Sunderlin gives temperance talk. Road accident near Paulsboro injures no one. Church and youth events, vacations, and local shoppin g trips fill the week.
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