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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 29, 1912
Page
11
This notice touts newest and finest goods with half price overcoats and ongoing suit sales. It highlights a reduced end of season sale with numerous values in Men’s and Joan Men’s suits, odd lots, and furnishing department bargains. It urges customers to shop now for lasting savings.
A scrambled OCR fragment list describes a violent car crash, a store robbery near Itman Street, a funeral service, and a city official named Firth. Multiple injuries, a missing or deceased child, and a vehicle ceasing after a street collision are hinted, with names Peters, Davis, and Campbell appearing among disjointed references.
A chaotic OCR snippet notes various visits and social events. Mentions Mr and Mrs Jos Kine hosting guests with entertainment at the M Re church, a dime social to be held at the None, John Jaynes hosts Friday evening, Alma Bell and Edna Cal tie visiting, and plans for travel to Newark and then Virginia.
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Schooler Y s Mountain Alva and Chits Trimmer spending Saturday with relatives and parents visiting Mrs Samuel Saylor. The Ladies Home and Foreign Missionary Society plans a March meeting at Mrs Mary O Miller’s home. Charles Towel lived with Manches Lindaberry and was fed there Sunday morning.
Fragmentary OCR shows an old time ad praising Electric Bitters for kidney and bladder trouble. It mentions warnings of spring peril, urges attention, and claims cures. Names and places are garbled but Jenkins & Meek are referenced as sellers.
A garbled regional update lists names, visits, and small town events. Incomplete entries mention Alfred Duckworth, Miss Sarah Wire, and the Wards family, with references to a May meet, Lambertville, and nearby towns. Several personal notices recount visits, gatherings, and minor incidents amid community life.
A fragmentary report mentions John Andersen An tillosy and Withington at Swnebury, detailing social visits, a local town gathering, and a brief note on a weather-related incident near Washington. It also advertises Chamberlain's Cough Remedy and notes Hope Hanines of Schovt Montiuns as a supplier.
An executors sale of personal property is advertised for a prominent estate listing many household items. The notice names several purchasers and items including vehicles, tools, furniture, sewing machines, kitchenware, livestock or similar property, and other domestic goods. The sale is conducted under the authority of the estate and mentions location details and participant names associated with the listing.
A fragmented notice details a sale at West Portal on Thursday featuring a wide inventory of horses, harness, wagons, poultry and farm implements. The listing includes horse types, saddle and tack items, fuel and farming supplies, with buyers to attend at Streator or nearby locations on sale day. The ad mentions multiple bidders, a schedule, and terms of sale.
A dense OCR page lists auction notices across many days for live stock farming implements household goods and related items. Entries name buyers sellers executors and venues with dates ranging March through May and locations including Belvidere Washington and Port Murray. The notices cover multiple days with detailed lot descriptions and clerks signatures indicating recurring local sales.
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