Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-06-29
NEWS ITEMS.

The Misses Carrie and Harriet
Martin, of Bordentown avenue, drove
to Morgan in company with Mrs.
George Thomas, of Mechanicsville,
where they were delightfully."- enter
tanned on Mrs. Thomas houseboat
Friday.
Mrs. Samuel Newton Jr. and daugh-
ter Ruth, of Hoboken. have been
visiting Captain and Mrs. Newton, OF
Bordentown avenue, the past week.
Mrs. Rubenstein and daughters Mil
dred and Cecilia, of New York, are
anticipating visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
Herman KolIisch, next Wednesday
and will remain for the 4th of July.
Hon. B. F. Howell, of New Bruins.
wick, was borough visitor Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Max Kaufman will
hold reception in honor of their son
Sidney's confirmation at their home
on July 9th at 2 p. m. Sidney will be
confirmed at the Temple of the Con-
gregation Beth Mordecai at Perth
Amboy, on July 4th at 9 O'Clock.
Mrs. John Watson Jr., of David
street, is entertaining some friends
from Trenton.
Marshal James Mcdonald is enter.
tanning Mr. Samuel Reed, of New
York, at hif home in Mechanicsville.
Thursday evening an installation o1
officers will take place at the meeting
of Seneca Tribe No. 23 Improved
Order of Red Men.
The Jersey Central Traction Com
pany have completed the foundation
for their new power house at Keyport.
1t has been stated on good authority
that the Jersey Central Traction Com.
pany has made their last application
for franchise through Hon. John
Montgomery pleadings with them
and will not take a roundabout course
through the borough. As the people
want the trolley to run through the
borough why kick against it's course.
Why not appeal to the M. & S. Trac.
tion Company instead? They are al
ready very near the route that the
people are desirous of having the Jer-
sey Central take, why not offer them
some inducements that will be per.
suasive enough to cause them to ex-
tend their route?
Already the sound of firecrackers
and toy pistols are heard all over the
orough, the windows of Sullivan S
and other stores are too attractive for
the small boy and girl to resist and
the spare pennies are being spent for
explosives instead of candies and
numbers of people are wishing that
the 4th of July was past with its noise
and attending dangers.
Hon. John Montgomery is being
urged to join the G. A. R. Post in
this borough.
The captain of the H. @. Ellis, the
boat to run between this borough and
Boynton Beach, made a trip on the
Sea Breeze boat Friday to the borough
dock and visited the borough also. He
was putting up bills announcing the
boats trips on the borough dock, etc.
The Liederkranz German Singing
Society met at their rooms on Friday
evening for practice for the funeral of
the late August Ehrlich. At the
meeting it was agreed that all of the
postal cards that he had written just
before his sudden death should be
placed in large frame and hung in
the Leiderkranz rooms.
MIR. Ernest Wickendon, of New
York, is visiting his uncle, Mr.. Will
lam Spice at Mrs. Hillyer's, 81 Oath
crime street.
The Sons of Veterans have named
the new camp the Mcclellan.
A special meeting of the Mcclellan
Camp of the Sons of Veterans will bo
held on Tuesday at Protection Hall
for the purpose of reading the muster
roll and placing the limit in the or
ganization fee, which will probably
be raised.
The men who have made the largest
fortunes in business are those who
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