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Newspaper
Washington Star
Location
Washington, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1909
Page
8
Residents and visitors mingle during a Sunday in Bloomstown and nearby towns. The item notes social calls, church attendance, travel to York, Philadelphia, and Jersey City, plus a church sermon and community events.
A life size 7x8 ft painting titled The Village Blacksmith by Mareau, valued at 60,000 dollars, is on free exhibition here for the first time. Herbert Delorme’s smaller canvas of the same title is also shown, with the larger work praised as a more marvelous portrayal of honest toil. The piece will be on view daily on the world floor until Saturday.
A partially readable OCR fragment notes a local event involving Pine and a center, with unclear actions. The text mentions a report but provides few concrete details or dates, leaving the exact event and participants uncertain.
Community notes report births and congratulatory messages, visits to relatives, and local engagements. Names span Portail Philadelphia Harrisburg New Jersey and Washington reflecting regional ties. Several residents return from trips while others secure positions and plan homes and gatherings.
The item lists church services and visits with Rev Gould of Phillipsburg replacing Rev O in Plage, and various social calls in town. It notes a Tuesday meeting on the 26th at the county house, a literacy conference in Patergon on Friday and Saturday, and multiple guests visiting families.
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