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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1902
Page
2
Local notes from Changewater and surrounding townships recount visits by Hannah LaRue to James in Delaware, a memorial unveiled for E. Galloway, sermons by Rev. K. Haggerty, and various family and social events. Reports cover farming, school exams at Honeywall Academy, church activities, and seasonal improvements around Lake St. Join.
Meadville residents noted a six month old burial on Monday for Mr. and Mrs Wu Carpenter and a home funeral. Visitors included Mr and Mrs John Pool and Miss Sarah Bird to see grandparents. Multiple social visits and a wedding at Johnsonsburg Church are reported along with relatives visiting in Danville Hackettstown and Vienna.
An Oklahoma man reports selling five bottles of Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy to threshers who were exhausted. He notes the threshing crews must rest and that the remedy helps. The product is advertised for home use, with sellers F. N. Jenkins, Washington, and J. A. Allen, Oxford.
Tranquility resident Mrs Bales, long a coma patient, has regained mobility and can be about the house. George M Runion visited his brother Jolie in Stewartaville over the weekend before returning home. Marjorie Wyker and pupils Licnia Van Riper Mary Hondenbot attended a teachers' examination in Newton last Friday and Saturday. Herman Switzenbure, station agent, accepts a position in Stewartsville after employment here. Hampton Shaffer of Sompton visits Mrs V Kennedy, sharp and Davlaon formerly of Andover died at Stroudsburg last week and was buried in our cemetery on Monday at 1 o'clock.
ASBURY with heavy weather Butterwick and Smith held a carriage sale drawing a large crowd. Over fifty wagons were disposed of this spring at public and private sale dates. Local residents and visiting guests noted changes, including new appointments and forthcoming events such as a missionary lecture at the FM church and a May Queen social at Blackashuhouse with proceeds for a school library.
Elizabeth Harmony wife of Isla John Howell dies at her Go'clock home after pneumonia. Funeral held at Presbyterian Church with Rev Burrows officiating. Interment in nearby cemetery. Survived by Charles Qarhart Mrs Eber Bures Dr Aliifra Miller Elinor and George Howell others. Husband passed five months ago. Her mother Ira Kinney and seven brothers and sisters survive. James E Scaith and mother visited from New Wilk lage. Isaac Stocker of Bulviderra buried in Presbyterian cemetery last Friday. Miss Magers Bennett hosted guests from Belvidere Sunday. Mrs John E Miller visited Port Murray. Schoolhouse entertainment Friday night managed by teacher Alsy May Pink Buchanan.
The column reports health cures from a patent medicine, Young people hosting a Green's Bridge baseball game, a funeral at Bethlehem for Mr. Benner, an old folks concert for Sabbath school, visits from Clara Brnk and Beatrice Manning, community deaths from heart trouble, and various local notices including property surveying, a horse loss, a new corn planter, and a Sunday school organized by Wm. Aton with a note on Mt. Lebanon’s preacher.
The message highlights new lines of embroideries and laces with a broad assortment. It promises expanded Crockery, China, and Glass stock and emphasizes leading odds in variety and style. It notes strong wallpaper business and urges shoppers to view the unrivalled seasonal stock before buying.
Deremer and Sons state charges for full fledged day work are 2.25 dollars per day. They claim the firm employs the most skilled mechanics in the region.
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