Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-09-05
SOUTH RIVER

JdlHeu at the nome OF Mrs. Joseph
Sauter, of Sayreville, Tuesday.
Mrs. Thomas McKeon, of Sayre-
vile, visited her mothert Mrs. Van
Deventer, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Roth and
daughter Pauline have returned
home from a delightful vacation
Lspent among relatives at Lancaster,
Pa. This was the rst visit Mr.. Roth
had made to his old home in nine
years,
In the death of Mrs. Elizabeth
Roeder, of Midtown, the local society
of the Martha Washington X. U. V.
loses an active and interested mem
Der.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Callihan en-
tertained as their guest on Labor
Day Miss Margaret Dillon, of New
Brunswick.
Master Milton Wright, son of Mr..
and Mrs. Marcus Wright, fell from a
cherry tree on their property while
playing yesterday afternoon and
broke his right arm above the wrist.
DR.. J.. H. Beekman, of S%ayreville,
set the broken member.
William Peterson has charge of
the P. R. R. station in the absence
of c. M. Sheppard, who is attending
the Atlantic Deeper Waterway con-
vention at New London, Conn.
A meeting of the official board of
the Concklin Methodist church was
held last night in the home of
Charles c. Armstrong, of Stephen
street.
Miss Lillian Eulner, who has been
visiting in Long Branch, has return
ed home.
Mrs. Sanford Rusher is entertain
ing her brother, Otto Banse, of New
York.
Miss Emily H~argrayes has return
ed home from Philadelphia, where
she has been visiting relatives.
Mrs. Eliza Martin and daughter
Emma have returned home from
Brooklyn, where they were guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Cooper, The
trip home was made by auto.
Ira Seryiss has returned TO his
home in Hudson Heights.
Lambert Bennett, Of Long Branch,
will open a rst store in the futile
building.
Mrs. Nettie Rogers and daughter
Jeanetta and Miss Viola Price have
returned home from Asbury Park.
Mrs. William Simonson and daugh-
ter Marguerite, who have been sum-
mering at Ocean Grove, have return
ed home.
The local oBard of Health is hav-
ing samples of water e~nalyzed by the
State Board of Health to ascertain
if the cause of typhoid fever report
ed thus far are traceable to polluted
! wells.
The Imperial band will hold a
picnic next Monday evening in Wash
ington Park.
Mrs. Walter Let's and son Harold
have returned home from Morgan,
where they have been camping for
the summer.
The election board met last night
in Borough hall to make arrange
ments for the coming primary.
Yens Nelson, one of Michelin's
cracker-jack tire removers and who
represents this firm at all the big
auto races, is visiting his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Magnus Nelson. He
arrived home a few days ago from
Elgin, H., where he fitted tires for
the big racer and will leave soon for
Milwaukee, Wis, to attend the Van
derbilt races.
The welcomed dog nuisance is al
most intolerable at any time of the
day a bunch" of dogs may be seen
on thep rincipal thoroughfares of the
borough. 1t is provoking to know
that no effort is made to put a stop
to this nuisance, which is a menace
to the life of people.
The electric light department is
erecting a number of new poles in
place Of old ones which they are TAX
ing down.
Mrs. Charles Booraem and chill
dren and Mr.. and Mrs. Daniel Seloyer
were the guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Elias
Stratton at South Amboy Tuesday.
Prayer service tonight at the Meth
odist church will be led by the pas
tor, Rev. James Lord.
Miss Grace Farmer has returned
home from a pleasant vacation spent
with her sister, Mrs. Ernest Flagler,
of Poughkeepsie, n. Y,
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Johnson are
the parents of a pair of twins, born
on Tuesday.
Riverside Council, No. 80, Junior
Mechanics, will meet tonight.
Any affair or happening, or cir