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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1914
Page
5
The article extols lumber as the durable enduring building material for homes. It notes improvements in lumber production and machinery, inviting readers to inspect stock and compare prices. It emphasizes long proven performance of wood in construction and urges builders to visit and buy.
Fragmented notice announces a meeting at West vt First National Bank, S.J. on February 18. Incomplete lines mention chair duties and attendance, with garbled company names and soldiering phrases.
Community chronicle from Delaware recounts Christmas events at local churches with funeral notices, farm sales, and family gatherings. Highlights include a Presbyterian Christmas service, a silverthorn sale, and residents traveling to Vienna and Washington for holidays.
Local notes compile scattered items from Verder County and nearby areas, with mentions of the Gaddis issue in the Republican circle, new county officials, and social notices. The page records deaths, marriages, Christmas gatherings, and various community updates across towns like Pottawatomie, Dover, and Washington, highlighting civic changes and personal events.
The report notes a state commission vote in Hammonton and Jersey City, with releases on 4 prisoners from Warren County. It mentions wage changes, a shift in the new banking system for the Westfield Marine Institute, and plans for an $80,000 building addition at an ARTS Pottery facility. It lists New Jersey towns adopting the commission form of government including Jersey City Atlantic City Longport and Paterson.
Interstate Commerce Commission set a four month deadline for railroad damage claims as A W Lishawa of the Lackawanna Railway issues new accounting rules effective January 1. In Good Springs and nearby areas families gather for Christmas dinners and social visits with relatives in Regevill, Stewartsville, Pattenburg, and Ty New Jersey, with assorted holiday greetings and notices among residents.
An old advertisement extols Elekona Worm Kilkee as a household health product. It claims to cure worm infestations in children by killing worms and aiding their removal through laxative action. The notice urges purchase from druggists or by mail from Indian Maid Co Philadelphia or St Louis.
A public scene featured an actor, described with weather driven metaphors, receiving enthusiastic applause as onlookers reacted to a performance or appearance amid a charged atmosphere in what appears to be a lively event.
A sale of women's and misses winter coats and tailored suits begins the holiday week as Ginger enters business. Prices are cut radically to attract shoppers, with late season styles expected to be in demand next season. Hundreds of economical women are urged to buy now before opportunity slips away.
A listing describes coats priced at 10 and 12 dollars with options at 15 and 16.50 dollars. Materials include astrakkan cloth and chinchilla, offered in seven eighths, three-quarter, and full lengths with self neck collars and set-in sleeves. Several colors such as black, brown, and blue are noted.
Readable text shows coats priced at fifteen dollars with original prices of eighteen and twenty dollars. Descriptions mention chinchilla plush bonele two tone boncies deep shawl convertible collar belted back gutaway fronts three-quarter lengths and satin lining with large frog fastenings. Colors include black brown king's blue and navy at Price Street.
An advertisement lists coats in sizes $25 and $29 now reduced to $19.50. Descriptions include ratine two tone fabrics with names like Arabian lamb cloth, cutaway fronts, Chinese yoke, raglan and set-in sleeves, and large black prisly burtons. Lined in multiple colors.
Fashion item listing describes three quarter length coats in broadcloth and Persian, two toned zideline with fur collars of civet eat for warmth. Color options include black, grey, and black and white, priced at 25 dollars.
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