Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-05
BY PERTH
AMB0Y MERCHANTS
Continued from page Il

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know is, what kind Of stores there
are in the place? This is what. we
are going to tell about. This done,
we know that you will become bet
ter acquainted with all the rest of
Perth Amboy.
There are what may be termed
two principal business streets in
Perth Amboy. They are Smith street.
n State street. Smith street runs
east and west from Staten Island
sound, with the ferry to Tottenville
at its foot, westward, across the Cen
trail railroad, directly past the Cen
trail station, to the city line. This is
the street the trolley road, coming
from the south shore, comes down
In reaching the heart of the city,
State street runs north and
south. 1t starts at the Raritan
river and runs northward through
Maurer to the Woodbridge creek. 1t
crosses Smith street at right angles.
At this same point New Brunswick
avenue begins and runs off diagonal
ly in a northwesterly direction. The
intersection of these three streets
form the real business center of the
city.
By alighting from a trolley car at
Smith and State streets you can
reach practically all the stores on
either Smith or State streets within
a two Or three minutes walk. 1t
should be mentioned, however, that
Smith street, west of the railroad,
has become quite an important shop
ping district and must not be over
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things Perth Amboy has to offer.
But to begin with, you come
across the bridge in a trolley car and
ride up Sheridan street. This is the
streets that leads to the bridge. The
car then turns into Market street
(paved its whole distance with BIZ
tulithic macadam) and ride but a
short distance when you turn into
Davidson avenue. Passing over one
block Though Davidson avenue, you
come to Smith street.
Turning into Smith street, the car
proceeds eastward, past several of
the leading stores in the western
section of Smith street already re-
ferred to, cross the Central rail-
road, passing more stores located on
both sides of the street to State and
Smith streets. At this point the
trolley road branches. The tracks
continue on down to the Staten ISL
and ferry at the foot of Smith
street, about four blocks away; and
another line runs out State street.
Retail stores, ranking with the best
in the state, are to be found in all
directions.
1t is necessary to see these stores
to really appreciate them. We want
you to come and see them. That is
the reason we are getting out this
special edition.
The Perth Amboy stores offer all
the c~onveniences to the shoppers
that are to be found in the modern
department stores in the larger cit
les. They have the same bargains.
There Is the same assortment and
there are crowds or no crowds, just
as you prefer. By this We mean
that many women do not like to go
into 8 store and be the only person
there, or to be one of only two or
three. They like the noise and con-
fusion of a real department store.
Perth Amboy stores al give full
satisfaction along this line. Come
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and be convinced. On the other
hand, if you like to have plenty of
room and to shop at a time when
the clerks are not so rushed. If you
want to avoid the noise and confu-
sion of a metropolitan department
store and still have all the advant-
ages to be found at such a place,
come to Perth Amboy any time dur
ing the early part of the week and
you can shop to your hearts con
tent in peace and quiet. This does
not mean that you will have the
stores to yourself. Far from it.
The Perth Amboy stores are always
busy. There are occasions, how
ever, when they are less pushed and
crowded. A visit or two at differ
ent times will show you the differ
ence.
Before attempting to describe the
Perth Amboy stores in further de-
tail we will ask you to glance
through today's edition of the
EVENING NEWS. The stores real
ly speak for themselves. OF course,
today is a special edition. The troll
ley has just opened and the mer-
chants want you to come to Perth
Amboy to get acquainted. AS a spe-
'ciai inducement they are offering
some tempting bargains and are TAX
ing extra space to tell about them.
But every Friday it takes, on an
average of sixteen pages of the
EVENING NEWS to carry all that
these enterprising merchants have
to say to their customers. Nearly
everybody within easy reach of
Perth Amboy, such as you people of
the south shore have now become,
take the EVENING NEWS every
night, if for no other reason than to
keep in touch with the bargains the
Perth Amboy stores have to offer.
If you should take the NEWS for
a short time you would soon learn
why this is so.
But to get back to the stores
themselves. They have made a
great display in today's paper, have
MT they? They have other things