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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1898
Page
2
Anecdotes about farmers and villagers, courtship, and social mores mix with notices of residents moving, illnesses, and entertainments. The piece weaves conversations, a Sunday school critique, road improvements, and a theatrical misadventure in New York, ending with a medicinal advertisement and an unrelated dental plug of the era.
Oxford township contends voters used store orders and improper papers, prompting a judge to intervene. Town reports note road district overseers to be elected by ballot, local thefts and property damage, social visits, a grand birthday party, and varied community happenings from Port Murray to Warren County.
Miss Nettie Vin Horn returned home Friday afternoon sick from school duties in Stroudsburg and will remain for the term. Turner and Alpheus J. Swhyze bought four new teams of horses. Mrs. Dr. Rorbach of Johnsonsburg visits relatives. Raymond Ayers attends Sadie Howell’s festival at Rockaway. The Luse house root and chimney were repaired. Mr. Smith, father of Mrs. Jos. Andress, buried at Cedar Ridge. head injury from a fall. Tid Eitenberger painted a decorative emblem in the school room. Mrs. Lee Albertson and others attended the funeral of Letitia Swisher Read. Nellie Berry to Newark indefinitely. Mrs Jason Albertson recovering from pneumonia.
Per game time, TC havet suffered with rheumatism and tried every imaginable remedy, without effect. Welly advised me to try Chamberlain's Pain Balm, claiming it cured long standing cases like mine. I have used four bottles and feel one more will finish the cure. Sold by FX Jenkins, Washington, and R Albright, Junction.
Vienna reports Elisha Fleming of Belvidere visiting with sister Margaret Fleming. Mrs Julia Wheeler’s birthday party draws about thirty friends. Mrs Shipman, widow George Shipman of Blairstown, stays with niece Mrs G Z Williams. Local teachers and pupils prep for a late month exhibit. M. E. Bundity Sunday school members hosted a surprise at BE P Gullek’s home and elected Gillies as Sunday school superintendent.
The passage urges a spring cleansing of the body to meet summer demands, promoting Swift's Specific S.S.S. Blood as a superior, harmless, plant based remedy. It claims the tonic builds general health, restores appetite, and guards against typhoid and heat related illnesses by purifying the system. Sold by all druggists.
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