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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1901
Page
6
Early spring buying doubles with an extensive selection of silk waist silks at 89¢ to 4g, dress goods from 19¢ to 1.39, wash goods fast colors, lawns, batiste, ginghams and Callcoesse. Hosiery and underwear for ladies and children priced from 2 for 25¢ to 46c with vests and gauze sets, plus trimmed hats and flowers priced from 4c to 2.49.
MEWS LETTERS CONTINUED AT COLUMBIA WITH notes on local society events. Charles Trannies resumes studies at Stroudsburg Normal School after a bus ride mishap. Parish life includes Lord's Supper and Fourth of July plans. Local marriages, visits, exams, and roadwork updates accompany notices of residents in Columbia Delaware and nearby towns.
William Riddie is remodeling part of his house and adding a new stairway. An attempted break in at the Georgs W Bowlby store occurred Thursday night. a door panel was bored and split, but thieves failed to remove the button or force the interior pieces.
The pastor William J Rey of Hampton has served in the ministry for nine years with a notable record. He attended Trenton Emnineas College Pocologion Seminary and Wesleyan University, studied at Columbia University, and earned progress in philosophy and poetry. He joined Newark Conference in 1802 and served Sparrow Bush Oxford Succasunna Grace Church Dover and Chatham with substantial church growth and debt relief at Chatham in his first year.
County Superintendent Atwood and wife visited schools in the section last week. The first strawberries of the season were in town. John Burns plans improvements at his hotel. George M. Johnson took the Royal Arch degree in Newton. Frank Gibbs, a popular young man, died recently in New York. Various social events and meetings are noted, including memorial day plans and a May fundraising event for Ferguson Academy.
In a fragmented Boston record, a tale from a kitchen scene unfolds with a burglar in a home and a tense plan to fetch police. The text shifts to a formal town record criticizing Ames Anger and the South School mastership, noting misrules, spelling methods, and a committee’s verdict against continuing the master.
The New York Commercial Advertiser recounts wealthy young Englishmen seeking fortune in the Canadian northwest. They hunt minerals and claim land along the prairies via the Hudson’s Bay Company ventures, then retreat to towns after grim days in desolate country. One traveler returns to Ottawa disappointed, praising the area as the best desolation yet noting the near total absence of wildlife.
Fragmented scraps describe nautical money, wine costs, and mock naval chatter. It references admiralty, champagne myths, and a jumble of quotes about ships, numbers, and social banter, ending with a garbled domestic scene about exercise and a baby carriage.
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