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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1897
Page
4
Weekly publication listing rates and promotional text for a law or printing periodical. Mentions subscriptions, payment terms, and prices of various durations in dollars and cents. Includes phrases like average circulation and payables with time frames, but details are garbled. Likely an early 20th century notice for a weekly law publication.
A long list of Week’s visitors and locals fills the Washington notes. families from Flemington, Madison, Jersey City and Philadelphia drop by relatives, attend dances, tea gatherings, and church events. several plan summer stays at Lake Hopatcong and nearby spots while others return to jobs in Philadelphia, New York and local hospitals.
A fragment from the Sussex Register details local governance, jail breaks, and community notices from Newton and surrounding towns. It mentions stockholders at Columba Bridge Co electing officers, a proposed Jackson county creation postponed, a jail escape by Abraham Middaugh, lottery winnings, a bank charter discussion, and various items on public meetings, charity appeals, and local commerce.
Miss Margaret J Warne, once a Brate Normal pupil, to teach public school at Union. Mrs Budd of Budd's Lake visiting her parents Mr and Mrs M Wolverton. George Opdyke sociable praised. over five hundred attended. Various locals, engagements, and visits noted, including Farry Larson teaching here and Miss Maggie Dailey leading a League meeting. Also mentions Bran substitutes ad for Coffee Detectors and Grain-O.
A refined appeal promotes salads as wholesome daily fare with olive oil dressings and light seasonings. The piece contrasts healthy fats with oil and dairy, notes greens aid blood health, and advises serving salad with cheese or bread and coffee to finish meals.
Antique health ad promotes Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser to cure female infertility and pregnancy fears. Claims a regimen strengthens women and prevents motherhood dangers, with dramatic testimonials and a Buffalo New York address for ordering stamps.
A garbled snippet shows multiple prices and stray characters suggesting a grocery store advertisement. The readable parts indicate prices like 3.00 and 4.00 and a boast about growing business in the town of Wequeter, implying market optimism from robust local trade.
A troubling report from New York recalls a picnic disaster after hundreds fell ill from sandwiches boiled in a copper kettle. The piece pivots to a sales pitch for kitchenware with promises of quality and cut rates, noting granites kettles and asbestos stove mats.
A dense early 20th century retail ad promotes wholesale bargains across apparel and fabrics. It touts years of experience, claims honest profit margins, and urges shoppers to rely on value through discounted dress goods, undergarments, and men’s shirts as the season’s stock approaches.
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