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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1904
Page
2
Advert says De King s New Life Pills ease sick and nervous headaches by restoring blood and health. Thousands endorse them and a money back guarantee applies if not cured. Sold by Bon Jankins druggist for 23 cents.
General notes report June opening of the Rosebud Reservation in Booth Dakota, covering 416000 acres valued at over 38000000. Also noted are a fair exhibition in St Louis, assignment of Dr Henry Spellmeyer to Cincinnati, and a swindler posing as a canvasser for a monthly paper offering dishes with subscriptions.
The Free Methodist Camp meeting convenes in Dover from January 29 to July 5. A new Baptist church at Commit is dedicated costing 13,000. The State Board of Voting Machine Commissioners seeks advertising for 190 machines. The New Jersey Tobacco Co plans a 1 million dollar capital and has absorbed 52 jobbers. The state’s economy shows brisk grinding activity and numerous incorporations. One farmer near Pivotamia reports a remarkable cow that bore six calves.
In a dramatic act Mrs. Thomas Mast, widow of a former Delaware, Lackawanna and Western railroad official, ordered servants to burn a commissioned portrait of her distinguished husband after it arrived at her East Orange home. The blaze consumed the canvas amid her supervision, erasing the nearly completed work valued at about 4500.
The Lackawanna outlines treed elevation plans over Morris Street in Morristown and considers extending to Madison with a new station. Rockaway Valley Railways weighs buying a turntable as Morristown’s old Y is to be abandoned. Theodore W. Ford of the Lackawanna learns of his baggage-master duties in Dover after Frank Peters’ death. Pennsylvania shops near Trenton bid. cost near one million and about 100 workers, with most hires from Lambertville and Camden. Albert Danman resigns from Lehigh lineage, citing health and rest. The Brie adds smoking rooms at center cars to curb coat and grip theft, per President Underwood.
Stephensburg entries record visits and entertainments among residents including Mra J A Smith Berths and families, Mr and Mrs Robert Carpenter, Mra F Cronse, Miss Nina Misferle, Misa Nellie Miller, and others with multiple weekend gatherings. Buttzville items note a show closing, festival at Burson Grove to fund library books, Children’s Day plans, a Sunday school convention, and visits from Newark and Townsbury families plus local tea and outings.
Mrs Rebecca Arson aged seventy seven died last week at her daughter Mrs B A Smiths home after rheumatism and paralysis. Funeral services were held from the house Friday at 730 pm and a second service at Hackettstown Saturday at 11 am. Interment followed at Anchettatown Rev E B Hovland officiated. She leaves a son John Hi of Jersey City. Local church note remarks on a sermon by Rev J Patternon of Trenton and visits by Miss Maude Patternon and friends from Montclair. Ice cream festival and supper noted at the M G church basement.
The Bloomsbury area reports social visits notably Elsie B Smith and Stanley Batterwick at a rancher’s home, Mrs Doflart hosting a Sunday gathering, and Mrs Park near Catakilt Mountains planning a public sale of household goods. Marriage announcements list Ales Battie Dannelly of Alpha and Frank Cullaugh of New York City for June 15. Local church events, a band entertainment, and safety concerns about town thieves are noted along with a baseball loss for Changewater and various visits by residents to Philadelphia and Trepton.
A damaged ad fragment promotes a 25 cent coupon for Dr Howard’s remedy.F Jenkins partners with Warren County Drug Store to sell a constipation and dyspepsia relief at half price. The offer promises a refund if not satisfied.
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