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Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
MATAWAN

Installation OF officers OF Knicker-
booker Lodge. !. o. o. f., will take
place at the meeting on Monday
night. A large attendance is desired.
Refreshments will be served.
Rev. w. Nj. Keiffer, of the Presby-
terrain church Of Freehold, will occu-
py the pulpit OF the First Presbyteri-
an church here tomorrow night. Rev.
Mr.. Keiner is the chairman OF tho
New Era Movement for the Mon
mouth Presbytery. and will speak in
behalf of that movement.
James II. Baird. father OF Carlton
II. Baird, cashier of tho Matawar
Bank. who was recently operated or
in a New York hospital. Is reported
as being well along the road to re-
covery.
William Duncan, who was station
ed at Camp Meade. Md. a received
his honorable discharge from the
army.
Captain and Mrs. Stephen c.
Thompson visited the automobile
show in New York City yesterday.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Letters From
Local Soldiers
From Sergeant Howard Madison.

From Sergeant Howard Madison.
Dear Family:
I am now in very good helath and
as happy as can be and all we worry
about now is how soon will be home
again, and believe me it can not come
too soon for US now that the war is
over.
Our division was lucky enough to
be of those which delivered the last
punch n it sure vas some punch.
l am going to try to tell you a little OF
my experiences n the places in
which I have been.
I suppose YOU have read about the
hard fighting in the Argonne woods.
I have bee all through them and be-
iieve me il sure was some thing to go
through.
Our company was bombed the first
night we entered the woods and it was
a close one for Red" / was knock
ed down, but lucky enough o to stop
any shells. Then again 1 was ct
Grand Pre- the night that we started
after them and again 1 thought that
Bill had my name on a shell, but
hank God they were a little too high.
The town is about the size of Metu-
chen main street, from the railroad
to Middlesex avenue n we had our
first aid station in one end and the
, Germans were in h town at the
other end of the street. One OF our
boys was wounded about 100 feet
from the aid station and three boys
went out to get him on a stretcher
M started back but, bing-a gas
shell hit the building right along side
of us and we got u masks on in q
hurry and the wounded man too. An
other shell. high explosive this time,
landed about se~evnty-lye feet away,
but luckily one of us were hit, cut
A. rh .H r,-n III -a~x H.. a.
us.
i can tell you a lot of exciting trips
I have had, but 1 guess 1 will wait
until l get home for | think 1t will be
very soon as we are in the LIST army
and 1 think we will be among the
first to go as VIC surely have done
our share.
L guess the folks in the state arc
certainly are proud of their sons now.
Well. we have done u best and
whenever we were called IN to do
something We did it and did a good
job of Il, too. 1 guess the Huns that
were in front of us will agree too.
Believe me, Jersey boys can fight
when they get started. We have
done some hiking since we came out
of the lines. The French are cele-
brating for fair, but we have not been
in any large cities yet, but l guess il
is just as well that we have not.
/ saw some of the French people
that were just released by the Ameri-
cans; they had been under German
rule since the val began and believe
me they were pitiful looking and VIC
gave them some of our extra rations
and they tiig 1t rs IL they were starv-
cd. They were all thin, old and surely
, did show signs of the cruelties they
had been through. I will tell you
\ more when I get home,
Your son,
HOWARD.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
KEYPORT

Mrs. George NJ. Post will entertain
the members of the Thought Club at
her home Monday night when the
program will be in charge of the en-
tertainment committee.
On Tuesday afternoon and evening
the First Presbyterian church will
hold a Sunday school conference in
the afternoon and evening, to which
all are cordially invited to be present
Edward Maurer has returned after
having spent several days in New
York and Brooklyn, where he was
the guest OF relatives.
The C~heesequake Episcopal church
will hold a chicken supper Wednes-
day night.
Mrs. Lester VanGiesen vas the
s-~-J of riends at Perth Amboy
! Rev. L. IT. d. Reynolds, pastor Of
the Reformed church and secretary
of the Monmouth County Bible So
ciety, gave an illustrated address at
Matawan Thursday night at the Pres
byterian church, when a united serv-
ice of all the Matawan churches Was
held. Last evening Rev. Reynolds
went to Atlantic Highlands and de-
livered the same address to a united
. congregation at that place.
Mr., and Mrs. Hugh Robinson were
visitors AT the automobile show in
New York this week.
/ Mrs. Garrett VanGiesen was the
guest OF friends at Perth Amboy OF
Thursday.
Mrs. II. L. Mexican. of Hohokus. Il
spending a few days with her mother
Mrs. w. III. Cherry.
The funeral services for the late
Mrs. Lydia Aumack. wife OF Joseph
Aumack, were conducted at her late
home in Union on Thursday after
noon. Rev. John r. Reeves, pastor
of Calvary M. f.. church, officiating.
Rev. John K. Reeves as group
chairman OF the centenary move
.ment has begun visiting the six
churches under his jurisdiction, in
GLIDING Calvary M. E., st. Johns M,
f., Keansburg, Cliffwood, Morganville
and Matawan. On Tuesday night he
will speak at the Morganville church
on Thursday at Matawan. Other Wis
itations will be announced later. Or
Friday evening Rev. Reeves was the
, speaker at the Ballard Memorial
church at Ocean Grove.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
SOUTH AM

Mrs. Joseph Marks and Miss Teresa
Coombs. both of the South River pos
Office force. visited the local office OF
Thursday.
Ensign @. ]. Ransom, OF the u. S
navy. visited his uncle, Councilman J
j. Shuey, on Wednesday. lie vii
leave New York for Havana today.
Mr.. n Mrs. w. Hayden Justice
are enjoying the sights in Washing,
ton. u. @.
Mrs. G. w. Stuart. of Perth Amboy
who at one time resided in this city
visited with friends here yesterday
morning.
The County Tax Board is still-ai
the City Hail TO hear appeals from
property owners in this city who have
been taxed unJustly, and will Tectify
the errors as the case may be Ii the
interested parties will visit them al
the City Hall.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Real Estate and Building
Mems Here and Elsewhere

at SIS Madison Avenue from Mary
Slater to l.. Levy. The consideration
is $4,000. (.
Alexander Kosene, a real estate
broker with Offices in the Raritan
building. during the past month re-
ports that he has closed our sales.
! Mr.. Kosene is not connected with any
other real estate firm. He reports
the following:
Tho sale of three lots on William
street, west of state street, from An
drew Kolb to DR.. j. V. Smith. Con-
siderstion $500.
A sale of a two-faniiiy frame house
at s57 Neville street from Harry Sc
gal to NJ thaei Zalutka. Considera.
ton $4,000.
9 The sale of lot "a. block .. Neville
street, from Andrew Matey to Mich
aol Zalutha. Consideration $3.50.
Mr.. Kosene also reports that he
has sold a house owned by him at
! 52O-522 Amboy venue to Jam
Randy and G. Repace. Considerable
$4,000.
John Hanson, sr., reports that
Mary Anna Jensen has taken title 10
lots IS, 80, 40 and Al on Eggert ave-
nue.. Fairmont Park. M%etuchen.
The following decd from this city
has been recorded in the county
clerks Office since the first of h
week:
Frederick J.. Brown and wife to
Nicolas Izso, lots rs. north side New
Brunswick Consideration
$3.50.
The following real estate transfers
have been recorded In the city clerks
Office since the first of the week:
Forrest l.. Smith to John S. lam
son block SO. lot 10, Fayette street:
through Beekman and Spencer.
The Massopust Realty Company 70
Joseph Block. block 325-C, lots 1es
754. Thomas Masso
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
OLD PURITAN BIBLE BOXES
Curious Carved Chests for the Safe
Keeping Of Copies Of the
Scriptures,

Almost invariably after some great
wave OF religious enthusiasm, we are
confronted by strange fragments OF
salvage relicts of the emotional pas
sion and religious ardor Of q departed
hour. says the Queen. Such were the
devotional carvings OF the middle
a,es-the triptyches, the private tab
~ernacles, the beautiful little ivory
madonnas.
Among such memorials are the vast
old Puritan Bible boxes. Cumbrous.
ancient arks, into which the revised
version OF James !. was nee commit
ted for safe ward and keeping. The
sound oakboards with which they were
made have resisted the tooth OF time.
In the long journeys OF the men of
the Puritan period. when the scrip
lures were part Of the daily accom-
paniment OF life. the province OF these
old boxes may readily be seen. With
in the home they were made to con-
tain those ponderous family Bibles IN
which. especially during the common
wealth, the head of the house care
fully inscribed the birth, death or mar
riage OF his children with other memo
rabilia OF family life. This circum-
stance In the absence OF other anthem
tic records, and the laxity OF parish
registers, has sometimes proved an in
valuable aid. How little We could have
spared. for Instance. that volume In
which Milton recorded the very hour
and minute Of his children's birth.
Ash wood was sometimes used in
the manufacture OF Bible boxes. but
oak was the most popular from its
superior powers Of resistance. for We
must remember they at times in
the possession OF ecclesiastical stall
warts, the vigor OF whose preaching
was sometimes calculated by the
amount OF damage done 10 the pulpit
furniture.
Throughout the commonwealth. and
by the general convention or 1855.
travelling ministers were gra~tuitously
supplied with Bibles. a very expensive
item; and In struggling ~pastorates the
book. with Its appropriate Golfer, often
formed the sole effects OF a new con-
venticle. II Is a curious fact that
Bibles were sometimes subjected to
raining. even In those austere days.
In 1915 one DIR. Wilde bequeathed $3.50
for the purpose OF providing Bibles to
be rafied among the poorer brethren.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Wire Thief Gets Three Years

By STAFF Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. S-Harry
Faker, recently caught red-handed in
the larceny of forty poundh of copper
wire owned by the New York Tele-
phone Company In East Brunswick
township. vas sentenced yesterday by
''dge Daily to state prison for a term
. not more than three years nor less
than one on a plea OF guilty to lar
ceny and give a like sentence on his
plea of guilty to destroying 1000 feet
OF wire belonging to the telephone
company. The sentences are to rnE
Y 'ncnrrant'-'
.saKef, who Is forty-nine years old
made a clean breast of the wire theftl
and mentioned h name of a South
River junk dealer as the man who had
purchased the wire on five occasions
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Miss Viola Jolly is Bride Of
John Siebka at MOOreStOWn
81 Special Correspondent.

~ 1tNttAt BSRtfNtsttt-
SPOTSWOOD, Feb. S:-Miss Viola
jolly, daughter of William Jolly. of
this place. became the bride of John
Sicbka, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Siebka. of Moorestown. last Saturday
night. About thirty-fiVe members of
the immediate families of the con-
tracing couple were present at the
ceremony. The officiating clergyman
was Rev. Mr.. Johnson, pastor of the
Moorestown Methodist church, of
which the groom was n member.
The bride wore n handsome blue
broadcloth suit and hat to match.
Her attendants were her sister, Miss
Eva Jolly, and brother, William jolly
Jr., and Miss Anna Siebka and broth
err of the groom, Joseph Siebka.
Following the ceremony a wedding
feast was given by the parents of the
groom at their home and later the
young couple departed for a short
wedding trip and on their return will
make their home in Camden, where
Mr.. Siebka is employed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
SOUTH AMBOY

An illustrated lecture will be held
In the lecture room of the Y. M. G.
A. on Monday night, when w. II.
War;. secretary of the Perth Amboy
Y. NJ. c. A, will come here to Illus
trate and explain the great achieve
ment OF Panama Canal.
Notice Of the allowance OF the
War Ordnance Board are being re-
ceived In this city. and the figures
compare on an average very favorably
with the estimates furnished by the
property wners. In some instances
the board has allowed more than es-
timated. and in cSler cases. they nave
been formed to reduce the allowance.
To ladies OF the M. p. church will
serve a dinner and supper in the lee
lure room next Thursday. February
18th.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
PLEASANT PLAINS

Mrs. Patrick Wilson OF Manhattan,
formerly of this place, has been visit
ing here this week.
Jack King has gone to Bridgeport,
Conn, for a visit with relatives.
Miss Margaret Cuthbert was homo
from Manhattan this week for a visit
with her parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Bross have
been visiting in the Bronx.
Miss Clara Fornes has returned
home after visiting in Manhattan.
A Valentine social under the aus
pices of the flower mission department
of the w. c. T. u. will be held Mon
day night at the home Of Mrs. U. j. c.
Seguine of Prince Bay.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Held ON Woman's Charges.

TOTTENVILIE. Feb. S.-Christian
woeiner. t~hirty-two years old. OF 81
Elliott avenue, was arrested at D
o'clock last night. by Patrolman Noon
an on warrant charging him with dis
orderly conduct and attempting to do
Bodily harm to his borading mistress.
Mrs. Elizabeth Miller. OF thes same ad-
dress, complainant. Woelner was
locked up In West New Brighton pre-
cinct and will be arraigned In coart
today. A summons was served on
Aim at first and when he failed TO APP
pear the warrant was issued.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08

DON'T MISS THIS. Cnt out this slip,
enclose with SC and mail IL TO Foley
* Co, 2835 Sheffield Ave. Chicago, III,
writing your name ar address clearly.
You Will receive In return a trial pack
age containing Foleys Honey and Tar
| Compound. for coughs colds and
| Group: Foley Kidney PILLS. for pain in
1, sides and back. rheumatism. baekaehe,
kidney and bladder ailments; and
Foley Cathartic Tablets. a wholesoms
and thoroughly cleansing eathartic. cor
| constipation, b~ilf0usness, headache, and
sluggish bowels Sold sysrywhere-
| Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Health In Outdoor sparts.

The great increase Ia the number Of
Inmates at asyiums for the insane Is
to be taken a. q sign Of the worry
and uncertainty Of our times. The re-
sumption Of outdoor play as oon AZ
possible win restore equilibrium. Did
an old base ball player ever become
tnsnnef
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Supreme Court Monday

TOTTENVILLE. Feb. S.-The Sec
onJ week of the supreme court for the
COZ ty of Richmond will convene al
~ ugh hall. st. George. on Monday
" Supreme Court Justice Lewis l..
=. Fcctt, of Brooklyn, on the bench.
8 lumber of cases are on the calender
n the week. Those drawn for trial
Jury duty for the coming week from
This section of the island are: George
II. Dixon and Newton III. Stewart of
Tottenville, Harry Schwab n Harry
Gilby OF EltiDgville, and Oliver Dixon
and Henry VanWagner OF Pleasant
Plains.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Captain George Weir.

n SDecf0F r~orrrSEondenf
TOTTENVILLE, Feb. S-Captain
George Weir. an old resident of Tot
~tenvilie, died at his home. 265 Brigh-
ton avenue. yesterday. He is survived
by two sons. William and Edward
Weir. Mr.. Weir was eighty-four
years old and had resided in Totem
willie all his life. Funeral services
will be held Monday afternoon at
s:30 O'Clock from his late residence.
Rev. c.. S. Hunt will oficiate and in
tsrment will be in Bethel cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08

Sales valued over $21.550 are re-
ported by the local real estate bro
kers this week. From all appear
ances the long looked for real estate
boom Is just beginning, and as each
week brings reports of moro sales
than the week before IL would seem
that easy times are ahead for the
real estate men Of this city and vicin-
ity.
Bernard IApman. representing the
Iipman Construction Company Of
New York City and the Maple Realty
Company of this city, stated today
that the Lipman Company is now
carrying on negotiations with the
Canadian-Pacihc Lumber Company,
with head Offices in Winnipeg, for
the construction OF about $50 houses
on property at Avenel Park. Efforts
are now being made by MIR. Lipman
to get a railroad siding in this city so
that the lumber may be unloaded
here.
Great progress Is being made by
Mr.. Lipman in the sale OF lots on the
Maple Realty site known as Maple
Park. Fords, and the following sales
are reported by him for the Maple
j. smith. OF South River, has pur-
chased two lots, 50x125 feet, on
which he expects to erect n tour-
story brick building. Work will be
started in the early spring.
-Four lots, 25-100 feet, have also
been sold to Earl Tilton. Mr.. Ttiton
is Just back from service with the
United states government and ex-
poets to build on the property in the
| spring or IN
| Tho Maple Realty Company has
I .ha cid two lots. $4,000 feet, situat-
sliC oy~met street. near Railway
u roees f0rnl, TO L. Leon.
III B!itzer, Inc, report the
,,I; ~ a two-faIhsly brick dwelling
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
An Example.

"Small eyes" says a physiognQmist.
"denote u cunning and evasiye nature"
Just SO. NOTICE how u small-eyed
needle evades ones efforts to thread
it.-Boston Transcript.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
Hard - Classify.

Coming Author--weIL they are
sort Of betwtu and between. They
are too sensibie for nonsense verses
and too nonsenxicai for sensible
vsnses."-Bostoa Evening Transcript
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
MUSTER0LE-QU|CK
Relief NO BLISTER!
It Soothes and Relieves Like a
Mustard Plaster Without
the Burn or Sting

Musterole is a clean, white ointment.
made with the oil of mustard. II does ali
the work of the old-fashioned mustard
plaster-does it better and does not Bills.
ter. You do not have to bother with a
cloth. You simply rub it on-and usually
the pain is gonel
Many doctors and nurses use Muster
ole and recommend it TO their patients.
They viii gladly tell you what relief Il
gives from sore throat, bronchitis, croup
stiff neck. asthma. neuralgia. congestion
pleurisy. rheumatism. lumbago, pain.
and aches of the back or joints, sprains
sore muscles bruises. chilblainS frosteS
feet. colds of the chest lit often pre-
vents pneumonia
SOC and Coz jars; hospital sire $3.50
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
No Cash.

No Cash.
ibid you get that old miser to
spend much at your charity bezarf"
"Oh. yes: he spent u time"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
oSrU.

Fubdub-why have you never mar
ried, Singleton?
Singleton-well, the women have al
ways regarded me az an unfortunate
fellow who wasn't bad enough to need
reforming or good enough to make q
desirable husband.-Lite.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-02-08
AN IMPORTANT
FACTOR IN CUTTING
SHOE EXPENSE

MANY months of comfort at little
expense" is the way Charles A. Pear
son Of San Diego. California. sums up
his experience with Neoln Soles. Nj.
Pearson had two pairs Of shoes re-
soled with Neoiin Soles. and after
wearing them for twenty months
writes II win have to get new shoes
sometime. but so far as the soles are
concerned. that time seems as far
distant rs when they were new"
This is typical of the experience
millions are having with Neoiin Soles.
Created by Science to be durable.
flexible and waterproof these soles
are an important factor in cutting
shoe expense You can get them on
new shoes for the whole family. and
for residing. They are made by The
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co, Akron.
Ohio. who also make Wingfoot Heels
guaranteed TO outwear al other heels
The Pulaskian., 1919-11-07

sequences, and which. as a matter of fact did haVe-though not at the mo ment
 Negleeting everything a man should do to his gun when he is finished with 1t for the day, had left two cartridges in it, left the trigger on the hafr-brink ot eternity, and other enormities for which Charlie presently, and quite rightly, abashed me with profanity; !; III short, my big toe tripped over the beast as it stood carelessly against the wall of my cabin, and, as it fell, I re- ceiyed the contents in the feshv part of my shoulder.
 The explosion brought the whole crew out of their shanty, in a state of gesticulating nature and, as Charlie. growing like a bear, was helping to bring first aid, suddenly our young friend Jaek-whose romantic youth preferred sleeping outside in a ham, mock slung between two palm trees put him aside.
 I know better how to do this than you, Sir Francis" he said, laughing. Let's have a look at your medicine chest, and give me the lint quick"
 So Jack took charge and acted with such confidence and skflI-fnalIy binding up my wound, which was but slight one-that Charlie stood by dumbfounded and with a curious soft look in his face which I didn't under stand till later.
 Then Jack looked up for a moment and caught Charlie's wondering look i; and it seemed to me that he changed color and looked frightened.
 Sir Francis is jealous," he said "but I've finished now. I guess you'll sleep all right after that dose I gave you. Good night. :" And he slip ped away.
 Jack had proved himself practiced surgeon and, as he predicted, I slept well-so we'll and so far into next
The Pulaskian., 1919-11-07
Book HI
CHAPTER I.
in Which We Gather SheIIs-and
 Other Matters.

in Which We Gather SheIIs-and
 Other Matters.
 With Charlie gone and duck-shoot- ing not being one of my passions there was nothing to detain me in An dros. So we were soon under way, out of the river and heading north up the western shore of thes big monotonous island We had some fifty miles to make before we reached it's northern extremity-and, all the way, we sell dom had more than two fathoms of water and the coast was the same in- terminable line of mangroves and thatch palms, with occasional cIumps of pine trees, and here and there the mouth of a creek, leading into duck haunted swamps.
 At last we came to little foam fringed cay, where it was conceivable that the shyest and rarest shell would choose to make its h0me-a tiny aristocrat, driven out of the broad tideways by the coarser ambitions and the ruder strength of great molluscs that feed and grow fat and house
The Pulaskian., 1919-11-07
CHAPTER V.
Better Than Duck.

BSLteF nan OuCks
 Charlie Webster's discoyery-if dis covery it was-of "Jack Harkaway's'' true sex seemed so far plausible in that it accounted not only for much that had seemed mysterious about him and his manner, but also (though this I did not mention to Charlie) it ac- counted for certain dim feelings of my own, of which, before, I had been scarcely conscious.
 But we were not long left to con- tinue our speculations, being presently interrupted by the arrival of exciting news in the form of note from Fa- ther Serapion.
 Father Serapion's note simply con- firmed his conjecture that it was To- bias who had bought rum at Behring's Point and that he was probably some where in the network of creeks and marl lagoons in our neighborhood. Charlie thought the news over.
The Pulaskian., 1919-11-07
Jack Looked Up for a Moment and Caught Charities Wondering Look.

Caught charIie's Wondering Look. morning that Charlie at last had to wallen me.
 "What do you think?" were his first words.
 "Why, what?" I asked, sitting up and wincing from my wounded shoul- der.
 "Our young friend has skipped in the night! Gone off on that little nig- ger sloop that dropped in here yester- day afternoon, guess"
 You don't mean it?"
 "No doubt of it-I wonder whether you've had the same thought as I had. You know I always said there was mystery about that boy? Did you no- tice the way he bound your shoulder last night?"
 'What of it?"
 Did you ever see a man bind a wound like that?"
 "What do you meanY
 T mean simply that the mystery about our Jack Harkaway was just this: Jack Harkaway was no boy at all-but just a girl; brick of daTe devil girl P