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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1909
Page
4
New stock arrives with light weights bargains in closeout sale. Umbrellas shirts waists meats and glassware on display. Window drapery lace 15 and 23 cents. Gloves belts lawn dresses and aprons feature low prices. Lost notice appears at end.
Local ad promotes men's high and low cut shoes priced from 1.50 to 4.00 with a bargain table. It touts women misses and "Chi Acres 3 Shoes and Offunts" at greatly reduced prices and invites customers to visit for discounts.
The column lists visits and social happenings around town including Henry, Marta Crh, Miss Grove Rueh, and many others from hospitals, churches, and clubs. It notes guests from Hampgon, New York, and Philadelphia, plus church and school activities, services, and upcoming events.
In a noted transaction, DeWitt Taylor, special manager, plans to allocate three tracts of land in the village to party buyers. Landmarks Wm. Co Smithy and others are identified with the site and ownership details.
Fragmented OCR reads like a sequence of social notices and obituaries. Mentions of Gordon Crone Damisylvania Magend Me Hy Saturday in Park, Jane ate Tadies, funeral of Toby C Dalrymyle in West Portal, and a church ice cream social on the lawn. Also references to Pri n i s t i n g and various names including Abseliner Madelleson and Florida out of context.
Notice from the Washington Township Board of Education announces a meeting at the Township Hall on Saturday evening to discuss school funding and the upcoming school year starting September 1905. Clerk C. Axford cites fiscal concerns and the board’s authority.
An odd OCR fragment from PHONpetumme references Warren Works and Machine Company delivering unspecified works. The garbled text hints at a historical context with names like Tye Sire Waki and WéhMipsinirg, but details are unclear.
Fragmented OCR text alludes to a Berlin event with references to singers and a person named Geo RS Moers. Mentions of a date near Friday and a list of unclear lines suggest a musically oriented item or report with limited readable details and several garbled phrases.
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