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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1921
Page
5
An advertisement extols a coloring matter of pure food as essential for a healthy red complexion and strong body. It promotes a patent tonic named Copper something for enriching and improving the blood, claiming vitality, vigor, and better health, with testimonials of refined tones and robust energy.
Edna Kent Forbes cautions about youth fashion and grooming in girls fourteen and up. She promotes simplicity in dress to preserve youth and warns that modern beauty aids tempt older desires. She notes skin problems from rapid development and advises gentle care for healthy growth.
Fragmented OCR passage describes various animals as destroyers of animal life and crops. Mentions seals raiding birds eggs and poultry yards, with garbled text referencing skunks and coastal activity. Overall shows animal predation impacting farms and sea life.
Fragmentary OCR text suggests questions about an epidemic of events that seem to have disappeared and whether notes may have been misread or misattributed to other records.
The Philipsburg weekly page reports on local contracts for remodeling 88-90 South Main Street and an adjacent dwelling, with costs near the value of the property. It notes the Muluska Corncll bid, sewer project deadlines, and a new fire apparatus costing 12,800 dollars. Community events include lodge elections, weddings, showers, and a school debate plan against Alstown high school.
Amid mixed legible lines, residents report hospital stays and visits. Betty Rev and White Pains preach at Lower Valley Presbyterian. King visits Olients in Yankstown. Cora Apgar plans Plainfield visit. Alice Carr ill with senriotina. Robert Mearvell spends weekend with Philipsburg friends. Emin Univers visits Woodside. Mrs. Tendee returns to New York after a sister visit. Pitt and Waldron travel from More ristown and Newark for medical etc. several locals attend services and social calls.
A Civil War veteran James Ph yestus Thurston and his wife Mrs Thurston died within weeks of each other after long lives in Tewkesbury township. They left sons and daughters including Atred P Thurston of Bartrey, Milton Wintermute of Moon, Udnville, Mia, and James A Thaegion of Three Teldges, with services held near Califon and a funeral for Thurston held Wednesday.
A strange muskrat encounter near Newton drew panic as residents and storekeepers rushed outside. Police, led by Chey, pursued the animal after it dodged into the roadway and caused a minor blockage of a drainage pipe.
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