The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1919-08-08
More than LOO properties have been


looms which had been closed since July
/ reopened, but found business very
dull.
William Huddell, the sheet metal
worker arrested in Gloucester City as
a suspicious character, was committed
to the county Jail by Mayor Anderson
for ten days so that the police may in
vestigate.
The navy department has completed
plans for the erection at Lakehurst
of one of the largest dirigible hangers
in the world
William Moses Speakman, having
withdrawn from the contest for the as
sembly in Salem county on the Repub-
lican ticket, now is a candidate for as
SCISSOR of Upper PENIS Neck township.
The Gloucester County Retail Mer-
chants Association has adopted resolu-
lions asking the county authorities to
suppress the opening of stores on SUM-
day throughout the county. The main
question seems to be just where to
draw the line.
The body of Captain Albert Reeves
of the lighter Overlook, who was
drowned at Bordentown by the over
turning of the lighter with load OF
gravel i'm the Delaware river, was re-
covered by divers
Arthur S. Smith, president of coun-
ell, is serving in the capacity of mayor
of Pennsgrove since the removal from
town of Mayor Albert Fisher, who has
gone to South Carolina as an assistant
manager on large plantation, A new
mayor will be elected in the fall.
To prevent repetition in AtlaLs-c
City of such disasters as recently oc-
Cured in Chicago. the city commits
sioners adopted a resolution which will
compel airplanes and dirigibles to keep
out beyond the piers while flying over
the resort. A protest was filed with
Secretary of the Navy Daniels against
the maneuvering of navy air craft over
the resort
Hurled from the top Of twenty-five
foot electric light pole at Trenton,
where he had climbed to recover from
the wires a kite two little boys had
been flying, Private Frank L. Cough
ran, nineteen years old, of Boston, a
bridegroom of only two days, was kill
ed. The top of Goughran's head touch
ed live wire as he climbed the pole,
and he was hurled to the pavement.
His neck, right shoulder and wrist
were broken, and he died on the way
to Mckinley Hospital.
Mayor Gillen of Newark bought for
the citizens of that city $4,000 pounds
of bacon for "a and SO cents a pound,
which he will sell at SO and SO cents.
He offered to buy of the war depart
ment from the surplus supply 100000
pounds of bacon if the price were low
cred, but the army officials said the
price stood whatever quantity he
wanted. The mayor has fund of
100000 for the purpose
Henry Brown, twenty-five years old,
was drowned in the Delaware river at
Billingsport when he became exhaust
ed in his heroic efforts to save his SIS
ter, Margaret, sixteen years old.
Brown, in company with his parents
and two sisters, had gone to the river
for bath, and it was when Margaret
waded too far from shore and started
to sink when the brother lost his life.
He had succeeded in getting her within
a few feet of the shore when he be-
came exhausted and sank to the bot
tom of the river. His parents, who
were unable to swim, called for assist
ance, and Margaret was pulled to safe
ty.
Wenonah borough officers have been
instructed to enforce the dog muzzling
ordinance.
Many men and boys thrown out of
work by the closing OF the factories at
Glassboro are finding employment on
the farms at potato digging.
The state department of education
having approved plans for the $4,000
grammar school building at Glassboro,
work will be started at once
Theodore Bates, a member of Allo-
way Methodist Sunday school, is wear
ing a gold pin, awarded for five years
of unbroken attendance
A further reduction has been made
in the force of employees at the Du-
Pont powder works at Carney's Point.
Fifty men were injured and be-
tween 100000 and S1,000,000 damage
done when series of gasoline explo-
sions occurred in the plant of the Tex
as Oil Company at Bayonne.
The Parent-Teachers' Association of
Newport is arranging to purchase
piano for the schools.
Gloucester county chapter of the
Red Cross has bought an ambulance
for use anywhere in the county.
The Hackettstown Building and
Loan Association has more demands
for loans than it has money to loan.
Tin roofers in Gloucester City are
rains unearthed many leaks in roofs.
Business men of Medford are elated
over the closing of successful CAM
pagn of the Board of Trade to bring
two new manufacturing plants to the
town, the Art Cabinet Company and
Philadelphia shirt waist company,
which will employ about 125 hands.
Senator Frelnghuysen appealed to
New Jersey Farmers to aid him in his
opposition to the measure in Congress
to regulate sales of potash.
While attempting to scrape dough
from a moving bread mixer at the bak-
cry of Fred Bickel, Trenton, Stephen
Jankovias, a baker of Philadelphia,
caught his hand in the mechanism and