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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 16, 1903
Page
9
An aged ad claims 90 year practice in healing various ailments including throat, stomach, bowel, and female weakness. It markets cures for catarrh, fever, and pain, asserting curability despite dubious details and extensive medical jargon. The piece reads like an unreliable advertisement.
Mrs Warren Beaty and children from Backettatown return, visits from Miss Rosenberg and Miss Westbrook noted. Heavy Saturday shower damaged telegraph poles and a house in town. Local visits include Mr Salth former hotel proprietor and Miss Madaline Allen’s trip to Colombia. Second quarterly conference scheduled at Columbia parsonage on July 20. Bucklen’s Arnica Nasive praised for piles and injuries.
Broadway Roy Smalley and family left Tuesday for Plainfield for a two week visit with relatives. Roy will preach Sunday evening in Summerfield. Borj Weller and Miss Jonjo Bull of Broadway wed at the bride’s home with Rev. D D Smalley officiating. The couple, serenaded by friends, will live with Mrs. Weller’s mother in the near future. Other local items note visits, a lawn event on Seguine’s property and upcoming summer excursions from Newark.
A collage of notes on travel anecdotes in foreign places, stove history, and household remedies. It references Johnstone’s travel tale in a New York Press fragment, German and English dialogues, and the evolution of stoves from Cardinal Vallier to Count Rumford. It also touches on delivery memos, a teacher’s examination anecdote, a monarch riddle, and a curious natural compass in South Australia.
A homemade remedy uses black pepper and camphor in a folded handkerchief placed on the forehead. The method claims rapid heat relief and sleep within moments, with reapplication when the cloth cools. The text notes many claim it helps those who have tried everything.
Miss Mabel Henderson was elected teacher of the primary department at Oxford school by the Washington township Board of Education, after serving two years and resigning for a new position at a different school. Community notes report visits to Goen’s Lake, local social events, and lodge installations, with several residents moving about for work and travel.
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