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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1904
Page
10
Announcement of a fine selection of new Granite Monuments now on display at unusually low prices. The dealer urges all contemplating a cemetery work to call and inspect the designs and take advantage of the extra low prices offered, with seasonable slack enabling these deals.
Local observations from Bloomsbury include visits by Charles Carter of Philadelphia and George Boott of Ambler Pa. Residents travel to Newark Phillipsburg and Dover while community events include cake sales, presbyterian meetings and a public walk upgrade. Ongoing chatter covers guests, illnesses, and minor accidents, with mentions of church activities and moving plans.
Movements and visits fill the week with people moving goods, hosting guests, and attending services. Families in Washington, Bangor, Columbia, and Bethlehem share visits, with gatherings at Mrs A C Vousaller and Mrs Enos Chamberlain homes. A Garrison boy’s burial takes place in Fairview cemetery, and local weddings lead to new futures in Baltimore. Epworth League services and a dramatic accident at a church service mark the week’s events. The tax rate stands at 0.0 per thousand in Enowlton township.
A fragmented community page notes various social visits and family happenings in Raondeat Oxford Philipsburg and Trenton. It mentions Dr David Bonnede’s remedy claim, local union meeting of Epworth League at the ME church, guests from Boston and Talamy, and several residents visiting relatives over weekends. The piece also includes an advertisement for LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE for colds with a signature line by W Grovela.
NEW HAMPTON reports Isabel Drenan Ford burial and funeral at St Thursday with Rev M L Andrasse officiating. The body interred at Valley church cemetery. Mrs Clara Panca hosts visit of Claude Bartzel. Yanah Putney recovering after indoors fall with swelling subsiding. Chas Absl and family noted at home in Plainfield. Presbyterian parsonage moves planned. apples a good crop. Lambert Fritts cow loss. Mrs Katherine Bowlby visiting White House.
New Jersey brief items report Hopewell trolley line opening, Alan McDermott nominated for Congress by Democrats of Hudson County, two counties Atlantic and Middlesex rejecting voting machines, Lella Griggs to wed Oscar Huntoon on Oct 12, Justice Hendrickson of the State Supreme Court paralyzed at Ocean Grove, Georgia’s Thomas Watson to campaign in the state, Austin Swackhammer nominated for Congress by Democrats of the Float District, and Atlantic County grand jury returning ten bills written by Republican readers tied to a disputed primary cake issue.
H Mek Twombly elected rector of Jersey Central to succeed J Lowbor Welsh. Daytos Minard of Harting Ridge sues Lackawanna for 24000 damages over a train-fall at a donated station site. Lake Shore proposes Toxtesasoc line to northern Michigan to boost travel with 50 to 100 guicets per stop, cheaply built. Schedule rearrangements on Jersey Central teased for next summer to improve Asbury Park Atlantic access and spur Lake region growth.
A list of real estate transfers filed with the county clerk includes transactions from various towns in New Jersey. Names such as McCormlekr, Burke, Coske, Yoo, Howell, Edinger, Bulgin, Globs, Swans, Edinger, Dapue, and Morris appear with dates from 1903 to 1904 and conveyances of land in Philipsburg, Frelinghuysen, Hope, Independence, Pohatcong, Harmony, Oxford, and Lopatcong. Consideration amounts and dates are variably recorded, reflecting transfers in multiple townships.
Mrs Jons W Warteas of 160 Washington Street Pleaburg N J objects to an Sept 21 item claiming errors about a neighbor’s new dwelling. She notes scaffolded work near property caused near injuries and cites Mayor sending officers to guard workers while dispute over land ownership continues with Mr Foster.
The popular drug firm Dr Howard Co grants a limited period deal via Jenkins Enterprise to sell their fifty year specific for dyspepsia and constipation at half price. A monthly treatment is offered for 25 cents with no personal guarantee of a cure and refund.
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