The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-08-14


typhoid fever patient at the Burling
ton County Hospital.
The stork visited the home of MI
and Mrs. George Karg, on Saturda,
evening, and left girl.
The annual Moose excursion t.
Coney Island by Riverside lodge viii
take place on Sunday, August 26.
The marriage of Ethel Harrison, o
Mount Holly, and Lewis E. Halter, o
Smithville, occurred at Elkton, Md,
on Friday.
A small barn at obstown was burned
on Friday. The Union chemical
started for the scene but did not gel
into service.
The next meeting of Armour Union
will be held at the home of Miss Bertha
Tracey and Mrs. Harold Carter, Bis
pham street, Tuesday evening, August
21st.
Joseph Taylor, of Mount Holly, has
succeeded Charles l.. Carslake, resign
ed, as chief Of the camp police force al
Wrightstown.
Five shares of Burlington County
Transit Company stock, par value $50,
sold at $l2 share at auction in Phila-
delphia recently.
Miss Ida M. Prickett has given up
her position as governess in a Staten
Island family, and returned to her
home in Mount Holly.
Life guard Quigley rescued Miss
Ethel Oswald at the mill dam Satur-
day afternoon. She became exhausted
while bathing in deep water.
Mrs. E. Walter Leonard, of Pine
street, underwent successful opera
ton for appendicitis at the Burlington
county hospital on Wednesday.
DIR. @. H. Hickman, of Mount
Holly. received word, last week, that
his father had died in Germany on the
oath of April. Deceased was "a years
of age.
While walking along Cherry street
Wednesday evening, Mrs. John M.
Huff was knocked down by large
dog, and fell to the pavement, break
ing her wrist.
At the July examination by the
State Board of Pharmacy, Melcour R.
Lippincott, of Mount Holly, passed a
successful examination for assistant
registered pharmacist.
The new steel and concrete bridge on
King street was opened for travel last
week. 1t is handsome and durable
structure. Four electric lamp posts,
one at each corner, will furnish plenty
of illumination there at night.
Eckford NJ Watson has announced
that he is candidate for the Republic
can nomination for Freebooter for
Northampton township. He is in a
position to give his entire attention to
the Office, and believes he is qualified
to fulfill the duties thereof.
Complaints made before Motor Com
missioner Dill recently included one
against man who started his engine |
on ferry boat before a landing had |
been completed. Sentence in this case |
was suspended. Walter J. Lucas, of |
Wnghtstown, was blacklisted for |
speeding and driving without q license. |
Walter Davis and Clifford Danley
were before justice of the peace John |
Throckmorton on Friday night ON |
charge of malicious mischief preferred |
by John A. Wells. The boys had been |
breaking boards off the latter's fence |
and doing other things that made |
themselves q nuisance around his |
property. The boys were held under |
$50 bail for court.
Successful candidates for the second |
officers training camp, which starts at
Fort Myer, Va, this month, include |
the following from this county: Harry
III. Brunt, Riverton; Jerome G.. Harris, |
Mount Holly; Edward p. Morton, Pal |
myra; Jacob E. Ridgway, Columbus;
Norman B. Rogers, Moorestown. New
jerseys quota for the camp is 46S. with
AZ alternates. They will report at the
fort on August 23d.
The America chemical was given q
run on Wednesday night when call
for assistance was received from the
farm of Eugene Danley at High Bridge
on the road from New Lisbon to Spring
field meeting house, where barn was
on fire. Before the chemical reached
the scene the crew received word that
their services would not be required as
the barn was beyond saving. The loss
%as not very heavy, as the buildings
burned, barn and COW shed, were old
and there was nothing Of much value
in them.
Commissions were announced, on
Saturday, for men who trained at the
Fort Myer camp, to date from Aug
ust 10. Among those appointed were
the following: Walter Jones. Beverly,
second lieutenant, infantry section,
officers reserve corps; Hampton E.
Terry and Harry L. Ships, Borden
town. first lieutenant, infantry section,
officers reserve corps; Henry H. Cross,
Mount Holly, and Newbold Hutchin-
son, Georgetown, second lieute nant,
quartermasters' corps, national army.
The following secured commissions as
coast artillery officers: Carl f. Koenig
Jr., Bordentown, second lieutenant,
officers reserve corps; Sealand w.
Landon, Jr., Bordentown, provisional
second lieutenant.
The House of Representatives hav-
ing practically completed the program
of legislation mapped out for the spec
ial session, an agreement has been
reached to take a recess until such time
as the senate completes its work on the
several bills which are now before it
for consideration. Congressman Bach
arach's Washington Office will there
fore be closed until about the middle
of September, excepting on such days
as it may be necessary for him to be
in Washington in the discharge of his
duties. He will be at his office in At
lantic City practically all during the
recess, and can be seen there most
any day, although it would be we'll for
those wishing to have personal inter
view to make definite appointment
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