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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1906
Page
5
Hackettstown area social news includes visitors from Newark Brooklyn and New York, church events, school and church activities, and a Navy reserve note. Highlights cover local residents' visits, family gatherings, and upcoming church services along with a legal case involving a High School faculty member.
Centenary Collegiate Institute reports closing exercises with a varied program including solos chorus and declamations. Prizes awarded to Archar Boynton and others. relay race results and elocution contests noted. A sermon at Tastlinte chapel and a ball game between Os C I and Washington A A are mentioned amid festive events. Also a note on deadly serpent bites and a promotion for Electric Bitters as a remedy.
Bloomsbury residents held numerous social visits and church events this weekend. The Parker family reunion occurred at Mr. and Mrs. James Parker’s home with a large attendance including relatives from Philadelphia Delaware and Warren. The community observed Children’s Day at the Presbyterian church with a program and music, as well as notes on local visits and a team incident at the depot.
Local items detail Miss Helen Allen visiting Philadelphia with her brother and relatives in Britain while Mrs G. Abertson and family camp savors a week’s break. News mentions trains, bridge work, and school assignments, with several residents hosting guests and noting community activities in Clark Beck Newark and nearby areas.
Mrs. Eli Green is on the sick list. Mrs. AVS Hader visited Philipsburg on Sunday. Ground was broken by GM Vail for a barber shop on Brodhead Street. A factory agent for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Martins Creek has been appointed. Rev. Snyder of Hornung preaches at the church to a large audience. The Alpha Portland Engineering Co promotes changes from master to superintendent at their oil plant. Charles Speakman succeeds Mr. Aine as manager at the Portland plant.
Fragmented OCR reads like a jumble of names and casual notices. Mentions Philip Schiekle and Jean Willett of New York, plus Mrs Ammetag and Markabora. Also references Biker and Daughter, and a kitschy line about You Have Always Bought.
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