Xmas Seal Sale Drives Up Early Week Totals in Woodbridge
Asher FitzRandolph announced Woodbridge progress for the Christmas Seal Sale with about $4,000 raised to date and rent funds allocated from Woodbridge. County chairmen and Arthur A. Quinn lead the drive while literature has reached Scouts libraries and employment managers to boost support. The Middlesex County Tuberculosis League reports nurses serving over seven hundred patients each, aiming to lower to five hundred, and returns ahead of last year.
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Asher FitzMandolph
Chatrmau
Woodbridge
Watt
Hunty
Arthur A. Quinn
Quate
State Federation of Saint
Mre
Quinn
Middlesex County Tuberculosis League
Indus‘ons
FitzRandolph
League
FitsRandolph
Opera Star Geraldine Farrar Announces Retirement Plan
Opera star Geraldine Farrar says she will retire from the concert stage when she is fifty. She believes the older generation of sinners should yield gracefully to the younger. Monroe Morning Post reports from Louisiana.
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Geraldine Farrar
Monroe
Morning Post
Telephones in Use Reach 19 596 000 on April First
The New Jersey Public Utility Information Committee reports that by April 1 1929 there were over 19 596 069 telephones in use in the United States. In the first quarter 255 000 new telephones were added nationwide and about 28 200 000 world telephones connectable to the Bell System in the U S.
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United States
New Jersey Public Utility Information Committee
Bell System
Gas Heat in Industry Gains 500 Percent in 15 Years
Industrial use of gas for heating has risen over 500 percent in the last fifteen years. About 000 workers are employed in gas heating departments nationwide, per the New Jersey Public Utility Information Committee. Auto manufacturers are major users, with 75 percent of heat treating for autos done by gas. Ninety percent of tin-plate lacquer and lithograph sheet drying uses gas, along with forging, galvanizing, steel hardening, glass making, lumber drying, and baking.
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New Jersey Public Utility Information Committee
No Man's Land Meter Reader Perils
On meter reading days a gas or electric reader climbs many basement stairs through cluttered cellars. Low beams, nails, pots, and hanging items create hazards. Bundles, old debris, and can noises from milk bottles add to the danger as the reader proceeds.
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New Jersey Public Utility Information Committee
Jack Dempsey
Eastern Star Card Party Crowns Dozens Of Prize Winners
The Thestorious Chapter No 137 Order of Eastern Star hosted a benefit card party at the Craftsmen Club with over 36 tables in play. Winners included Mrs Donald Munson Mrs Arthur Graham Mrs W Leber Mrs Harry Reyder and many more across bridge five hundred whist euchre and other games. A ham door prize went to Miss Mary Snyder with Mrs John Groton chairing arrangements.
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Thestorious
Order of Eastern Star
Craftsmen's Club
Donald Munson
Arthur Graham
W. Leber
Harry Reyder
Elaine Logan
W. OH. Griswold
James Concahney
Euchre
John “Brennan
James Brown
Dunit Bante Pinochte
Albert "Martin
Charles Sleasel
Herbert Silberaman
Willian’ Gilham
P. J. Frederick
Agnes Steed
Carl Augustine
Mra
Nichols Olsen
Raymond Demarest
Walter Gray
Grace van Pelt
Thomas Kath
Koyen
Miea Mary Snyder
John Groton
Miss Rena Allen Advances in Education Career
Miss Rena Allen, daughter of Mrs. M. B. Allen of Woodbridge, formerly taught in Woodbridge and Rumson. Now associate professor in the University of Delaware education department, she has held the post for five years and is sought as a public speaker on education and safety.
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Rena Allen
Woodbridge
University of Delaware
Miss Allen
M. B. Allen
Tisdale Place
Rumson
N. J
Red Bank
Rumson High School
Columbia University
Fort Wayne
Ind
Destroit” Norris] School
Samdé
Columbia
Horace Mann
Delaware
Portrait of a Mother with an Infants Party
A mother at a public event poses for photographers holding her infant child while friends of her family stand nearby. The scene captures a moment of social gathering with a child age months and a larger family context.
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Tweng
Los Angeles Times
Study Club Meets Regular Tuesday Afternoon Session
A Tuesday Afternoon Club gathering at Mrs. Pot ter’s Darron avenue home featured papers read by Mrs. F. E. An ness and Mrs. Madeline Duval. Songs by Mrs. Ensign and Mrs. Biosign accompanied by Mrs. Potter followed. The group discussed current events and planned a Christmas party at Mrs. I. C. Bhatya’s Rahway avenue home on December 17.
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Madeline Duval
Mre
Biosign
C. W. Decker
Helen Porter
I. C. Bhatya
Rahway Avenue
Obituary Notice for Stephen Madarasi in Woodbridge
Stephen Madarasi laborer aged 3 of 77 Second street Woodbridge died in Perth Amboy city on Wednesday after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Mary and two daughters Mrs Loula Watts Perth Amboy and Miles Hose Madarasi Woodbridge. Funeral from his late home this afternoon with services at Hungarian Reform Church. Interment in Alpine Cemetery.
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Steven Madarasi
Second Street
Woodbridge
Perth
Mary
Loula Watts
Perth Amboy
Miles Hose Madarasi
Hope You’ll Dance With Me This Night Mr Jones
Fragmentary Tit-Bits snippet shows playful exchange between Mr Jones and a speaker. The line hints at social invitation and desire to avoid seeming merely ornamental, reflecting lighthearted social banter. Specific people or places are not fully identifiable in the fragment.
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Mr. Jones
Praise from Bir Herbert Burglars Quip in London Opinion
A fragment notes a burglar caught in the act addressing a householder with a quip about quietness and being a burglar. The London Opinion records the exchange in a light, tongue in cheek tone reflecting social commentary of the era.
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Bir Herbert
Householder
London
Junior Woman's Club Plans Christmas Dance
The Junior Woman's Club board met at Mrs. Martin Newcomer’s home and outlined Federation Night for next Thursday at the Craftsmen's Club with a State Federation speaker. Tentative plans for a Christmas dance noted for the Saturday before Christmas at the High School with Gene Ingram’s orchestra. Committee members include Margaret Wand chairman, Elaie Adrian, Ethel Chase, Olive Sandholt, and Ruth Numbers.
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Christman
Junior Woman's Club
Martin Newcomer
Craftsmen's Club
Staté Federation
Gene Ingram
Ore
Margaret Wand
Elaie Adrian
Ethel Chase
Olive Sandholt
Ruth Numbers
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William A.allgair
Andrew Kirkpatrick
Adolph Hanauer
William A. Alagair
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Jacob G. Lipman
New Jrney Experimental Station
Rutgers School For Agriculture
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George W. Harris
First National Bank of
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Evergreen Building and Loan Association
Harris Edelstein
Standard Bedding Co
Standard Chair and Table Co
Westminster Building and Loan Association
East Jersey Building and Loan Association
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Carteret Trust Co
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Fords National Bank
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People’s Building and Loan Association
Fords Porcelain Works
Louis L. Hendler
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Mid - State and Mortgage Guaranty Co
Joseph M.perrine
First National
Bank of Jamesburg
Perrine and Buckelew, Inc
Amboy Trust Co
Morris Goldfarb
New Jersey Real Estate Commission
Charles H. Fetterly
Bound Brook
Raritan Valley Fire Insurance Co
Fetterly & Loree
Middlebroo Building and Loan Association
Albert Hanauer
Helpful Building and Loan Association
David T. Wilentz
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