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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1904
Page
3
Bankrupt sale promotes vast stock with two thirds sold already and calls for quick action. West entrance notices describe remaining assortments and urge potential buyers to hurry for savings at the ongoing sale.
The advertisement promotes dress goods in black and colors with a wide assortment of popular materials. Emphasis is placed on the affordable prices rather than mere beauty or variety, inviting inspection and judgment.
The sewing machine is no longer a luxury but an absolute necessity for housewives. A first class reliable machine can be had at a reasonable price. Come and learn about the different makes. Furnished in all woods with beautiful grain.
A jumble of local notes reports Budd's Lake area changes with new postmaster Laslie I. Dvck in charge, marriages in Owego and Vienna, a death in Mt. Olive Township, and various village happenings. It notes a plan for a small arc light plant, a church leader injured, a fatal accident near Hopatcong, and fisheries stock grants for the Delaware River.
William Jennings Bryan died in Lincoln Nebraska last Saturday eventing delaying planned speeches. More than a thousand clergymen apply for vacant pulpit positions with salaries up to ten thousand dollars, all convinced they were called. The National Board of Trade urged Congress to back a silver dollar exchange and gold Treasury policy. The New Jersey Grand Army posts faced health issues and a stroke affected a department commander. New Jersey leads alk industry with 168 establishments and capital reported by the Bureau of Labor.
The itemized report details a firemen's fair netting 450 for the department, indictments and a presentment by Morris County Grand Jury, a new Delaware River bridge at Milford opening, and local notices on undergrounding wires. It also covers editor changes, accidents, drownings, and community meetings across Lambertville Blew, Frenchtown, and Newton areas with multiple public figures and incidents.
New Jersey brief items note the state convention planned in Trenton from May 11 to 14, Prohibitionists meeting in Trenton on June 10, and a church event at Mt near Jost weir. Percy Ising, a Plalotight man from last year’s Westfield wreck, receives a $10,040 war award. Governor Murphy appoints Miss Mary F. Vla Leer as deputy factory inspector under 1902 law.
The senate debated a bill on disability and widow pensions for Civil War veterans and their spouses, accompanied by petitions from Iowa and other states. The measure proposes monthly pensions and includes funding details for wagon road building tied to population.
In Lackawanna the detective force is seen as strained amid unclear incoming reports. A suspect named J. E. Mead from Newark appears in relation to a salesmen matter tied to a halted Valet company forfeiture. The fragmentary text suggests investigations and forfeiture actions, with names and places partially obscured.
Edna Tubb Tite seventeen year old daughter of Me end with peritonitis died Tuesday after a week of illness. Her funeral was held at St Bathen on Saturday with Rev. W. C. James officiating. Several items note neighbors and family activities across Vienna.
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