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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 13, 1898
Page
7
A collage of community updates from Phillipsburg area recounts social visits, church notices, and gossip. Mentions Ellen Howell hosting in Philipsburg, changes at local businesses, and short obituaries while urging public concerns on canal gates and local governance.
Local notes recount community happenings in Pleasant Girovte with names like Addie Laine and James Pritts, plus a patent medicine advertisement for Bitters. Real estate transfers in the county clerk records are listed with dates and prices, including properties in Oxford and Belvidere.
A jumble of obscure items from Acalersville covers a new grain market opened by W. Dy Owlick in Washington, brides and weddings at the home of Bag t o Youmans, a weather‑affected social event, and vague family news. Mentions of local residents, a mother-in-law plan, and fashion work echo a community page full of transient details and unverified names.
Delaware notices describe meetings at Parlors on Thursday and a Presbyterian church service. George Ts Proll and family return from a two month trip while Prof Johnson showcases magic for school and town crowds. Free conveyance planned to M C Allen’s for a Congregational soul gathering, with farm sales and travel among residents noted.
A fragmented reminiscence describes a Home Remedy movement with odd phrasing and names like Professor Manyon at Philadelphia suggesting a dubious 19th century patent medicine pitch. The text references cures for ailments, a peculiar mixture of devices and tonics, and urges readers to seek such remedies through a curious European style misdirection.
A ribbed assurance from a firm stating that despite rumors of losses, last year’s groceries business was satisfactory. They claim honest profits and plan to continue in 1898 under the motto The best at the lowest possible price.
An advertisement proclaims the James M Fults Lily White Flour as the best family flour, claiming superior quality and urging customers to try it, with a note that only one grade is sold and buckwheat fibre is available.
Advertisement highlights evaporated and canned fruits from California. Items include fine raisins, soda crackers, lemon cake, ginger snaps, pure water kerosene oil in five gallon quantities, creamery butter, best baking molasses, and New Orleans molasses. The ad promises not to be undersold and invites trade discussion.
Public sale order details a mortgage foreclosure involving James C. Myers and Anza Lect, with property described in Oxford Township Warren County. The writ commands sale following court proceedings with notices to interested parties and specified dates and terms of sale.
Fragmentary lines suggest a local rumor about a storage site with unusual mice and food sightings. Authorities have not released full details, and residents await clarification on the incident and any safety advisories.
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