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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1902
Page
3
A retail note urges testing store promises about satisfying customer wants. It links haymaking weather to business cycles and argues success hinges on keeping business friends through reliable service and loyalty.
A Tallor tailored sale offers one item per style: all wool Eton suits in black tan or blue at 9.98, all wool Venetian suits at 11.89, black silk Eton jackets at 5.93, cloth jackets from 2.49 to 2.98 and 3.49, walking skins 1.98 to 5.40, and dress skirts 0.69 to 5.98.
Modest promotion of new millinery stock and ready to wear hats. Prices highlighted for lace curtains, silk and lawn waists, and window furnishings. Emphasizes weekly updates, affordable p rices, and extensive curtain and sash accessory selections. Local shoppers urged to inspect the varied offerings and savings.
An old advertisement touts shoes with warrants and easy returns. It lists Ladies and Gents shoes from 1.50, 2.00, and 3.00 prices, including Oxford Ties and patent leather goods, with children’s shoes at moderate prices.
Advertises men's and women's underwear with priced assortments. Includes children's options and various implied weights and qualities. Uses period shop language to urge quality over cheap makeshift garments.
A local dress goods display highlights the newest and best fabrics priced to please. Ladies Black Dress Goods feature latest weaves from 49 cents to 1.49, with Black Myrstral Stripes at 0.63 to 1.39, plus colored broadcloth Venetians and Homespuns in various widths. A large wash goods assortment is also advertised from low prices.
Elles Smith remains in critical condition after four months with rheumatism. Bonjanio Opdyke reports progress with the Hooker-Wryman Nursery venture. Mrs Hayguelya's daughter from Jersey City visits. Local social visits and rumored wedding in this community. Modern rail service expansion between New York and Philadelphia described with new equipment and improved track. Opinion on restoring county stone arch bridges versus paying large external bridge firms. Brief feature on Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and a阶段 glimpse into Theodore Roosevelt’s mother in an upcoming Ladies Home Journal piece.
Arch Fisher welcomed a baby girl last Sunday and expresses pride in his new family member. Jacob Ribbon shows gradual improvement and can now sit at the table for meals. Mr and Mrs Joseph Apgar of Woodport visited Alex Anderson. Mrs John Nuon visited Mrs Gaegbeer. Bodney Ribbons and wife from Clinton visited Robert Ribbons. 4 Thore bushes offered at 5c each, including a rambler, at Bantons farm store by Buse & Buu.
Rev D B Randolph of Washington M E church delivered a Sunday evening sermon on the need for better roads. He warned that poor rural highways breed isolation, slow markets, and moral stagnation, urging infrastructure as civilization’s backbone and urging open routes to connect farms with cities.
A lossy, reform-minded tirade argues that poor roads degrade religious practice, linking urban government failures to national decline. It cites Andrew D. White on city governance and Theodore Roosevelt on reform, warning rural areas to protect intelligence morality and Christianity amid modernization.
An essay urges women to uphold strong physical health to meet the duties of wifehood and motherhood. It cites past generations’ expectations, cites illnesses linked to womanly organs, and promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure. Letters from patients praise the medicine's life-changing effects and authority of Dr. Pierce.
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