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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1896
Page
2
Belvidere and Petersville recount a Delaware voyage with Mat Rasuley guiding a group who fear the waters and bears yet catch twenty five pounds of fish. Town events include a Presbyterian picnic, debates between Bryan and McKinley supporters, road repairs, a clam bake, and various social happenings as residents cope with heat, horse mishaps, and local politics.
The article touts a $100 reward and describes catarrh as a constitutional disease cureable only by constitutional therapy. It emphasizes internal treatment acting on blood and mucous surfaces to strengthen the constitution and assist nature, urging readers to trust the advertised remedy.
Harry Wrekoff and Mrs Delaware along with Dr L C Os aun of Washington DB attend exchange of vows. Mrs John H Albertson returns from East Stroudsburg visit. Ladies Guild festival at Delawanna House nets about 16 for Episcopal church. Dopke of Manunkschunk House hosts eighty boarders and a grand Saturday hop. Belvider events include a Thursday 20th marriage of Miss Allen to Rey George Young. Wm C Allen and wife from Philadelphia visiting. Young people take a trip to Belvidere and attend a meeting at Whitemont Grove near Water All. Boarding houses fill with summer trade and owners pleased with warm weather turnout.
An old newspaper ad touts Ely Brothers Cream Balm promising relief for catarrh and related ailments. It urges payment by tom cents in coins, cash, or stamps and cites testimonials from Roy John Reid Jr of Grant Falls Montana and Frangi W Poole as supporters.
Fenestree and Tenac Laubaugh Jr show improvement while Mahlon Apgar recovers from illness. Workers dig a new dam at the village to supply power for Ruigerswille paper mill. A sermon on the sin against the Holy Spirit is planned for August 23 at Quakertown. The Christian church burgett home event is set for August 20 with a committee aiming to make it a season highlight.
An advertisement pitches mail order shopping to 20,000 Indies in western New Jersey and hundreds of farmers wives distant from urban stores. It promises samples, descriptive price lists, equal prices to city customers, easy refunds, and a wide range of goods from dress fabrics to underwear and millinery, with order by mail or money order.
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