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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1903
Page
4
A Saturday February 24, 1903 auction at McCabe's Hotel in Oxford lists two-horse buggies, wagons, harnesses, plows, cultivator, cattle gear, and many horse and farming items. Horses described as gentle and suitable for work. terms cash. Auctioneer VICCLEP POTTS.
A public sale of farm stock and implements will be held at Anthony farm near Wooden Nal on Saturday Feb 28. The notice lists horses cattle and assorted gear including plows cultivators harrows rakes and harness. Auctioneer Uma et WANT calls attention to cattle and horses, with details on horses and a few bred cows and calves offered for sale. The listing reflects typical farm auction items and terms of sale.
A reminiscence recounts a rural school atop a road near a Quaker chapel, with a lone Apignut hickory tree etched by past pupils. It recalls Uncle Joe’s blunt defense of a local father jailed, stinting flogging memories, and a narrator who lived through Civil War hardships, slavery, political shifts, and community life with figures like Rev. Jacque on Hope and Amos Hoag in Danville.
A fragmented report recalls Uncle Josiah Dyer a steadfast friend and church worker with Quaker memories and moral reflections. The piece notes Judge Alfred Elmer Mills and Judge Charles Rathbone receiving Morris County posts, and recounts local deaths, arrests, and charitable actions amid a tale of community life and moral guidance.
General interest items report Morristown adding a new hose wagon to its fire equipment and detail various local occurrences. Prominent allusions include a soldier pension plan, a county land sale, a major’s promotion, livestock disease affecting horses, and obituaries.
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