The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1920-03-05
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STATE BRIEFS

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r. Gibson as leader.
After being closed two weeks, owing
to the prevalence of influenza, Port
Norris churches reopened.
Ground for the memorial home of
the Burlington American Legion at
Talbot and Conover streets has been
offered to the committee by Alonzo B..
Fox.
A number of residents of Pleasant
vile will appeal to the Public Utility
Commission for an investigation of
their gas bills, increased 100 per cent
and some still higher.
A lot at Ellis and Church streets,
Glassboro, has been purchased by the
Argonne Shirt Company, which has a
factory in the Walker building, as a
site for large new factory.
Despite the OPPOSITION of some citi-
zens to continuing street lighting at
Marlton, the Township Committee has
renewed the contract, with the under
standing that the company must fur
niSh better service.
The Woodbury. Board of School Esti-
mate has passed favorably on the
amount asked by the Board of Educa-
ton for the year, $50,300 but ignored
the proposition to appropriate about
$4,000 for additional ground for a
grammar school.
The weight of thawing snow and ice
caused the roof of the Werner dance
hall at Riverside to collapse. So COM
plete was the wreck that had there
been crowd in the building many lives
would have been lost. The hall is
owned by John Kiessling.
With the purchase of the Joseph E.
Roberts farm of 307 acres near Vincen-
town Assemblyman Emmor Roberts of
Burlington county becomes one of New
Jerseys largest individual fruit farm
owners. His previous holdings includ-
ed total of $50 acres in the Moores-
town section. He will have 1,127 acres
under cultivation, mostly in orchards.
Plenty of exercise, hard work, regu-
lar eating and sleeping will prolong
life, according to Mrs. Irene Cockefair,
who has celebrated the one hundred
and first anniversary of her birth at
her home in Bloomfield, surrounded by
members of her family and friends
Three masked men with drawn guns
entered the butcher store of Andrew
Natarazzo, East Orange, robbed him OF
| a gold watch and chain and 5000 in
| cash nd then locked him up in his ice
| box. He was rescued two hours later
by relative.
Evidence which may result in indict
| ments of men who are charged with
| selling wood alcohol whisky was pre-
| sented to the grand jury in Newark
| Two cases are known to have beer
considered, those of Samuel Solomon
a saloon keeper at 210 Belmont avenue
| and John Yeager a saloon keeper a
703 Hunterdon street Both are undel
charges of manslaughter.
| Seated in chair near the window O.
his home in Pleasantville, John Bibby
aged sixty years, has been seen fol
several days by friends and neighbor:
as they passed and repassed. At nigh
the lights burned brilliantly in the Bib
by home but the posture of the lone
occupant never seemed to change. Gu
| rious ones investigated and found Bib
by dead. County Physician Souder
after an examination, decided that
| death occurred at least week ago
The body was badly decomposed.
Admission that large numbers of ten.
ement houses in the city and state are
without adequate fire safeguards was
made by Miles w. Beemer, secretary
of the State Board of Tenement House
Supervision, in testifying in Newark
before the coroner's jury investigating
| the fire at 37S Fifteenth avenue on
| February 1, il which eight lives were
lost.
| The United Business Mems Associa-
| ton, consisting of merchants in Perth
| Amboy, has been organized, with John
]. Sheehy as temporary president and
Irving Kreielscheimer as treasurer. j
| F. Kennedy, formerly of the Chamber
| of Commerce, has been employed as
| secretary. The motto of the new or
ganization is "Co-operation," and II
has the backing of all the prominent
business men of the city. A drive to
| obtain 300 members will be started at
once.
County Clerk Oliver ]. West sum-
moned James McWilliams, Jr., of
| Clayton and Eugene Magin of Bridge
port, scribes in the record rooms, to his
office in Woodbury. and, commenting
on the services rendered by the young
men during the war, presented them
with badges from the state, which
were forwarded by special messenger.
The young men were surprised, as
they had not expected to get their
medals so soon.
Complaint that hundreds of gam
blers are operating pool rooms and
crap and faro games in three counties
of New Jersey was made in letter
sent 10 Governor Edwards by Samuel
Wilson, assistant superintendent of the
New Jersey Anti-Saloon League Hud-
son county, which includes Jersey City
and Hoboken, Is veritable Monte
Carlo" the letter says.
The kOSeHe faTk Dodru Oh Euucd-
tion has selected j. N. Pierson & Sons
of Perth Amboy as architects for draw
ing plans and supervising construction
of the new school in the Aldene sec
ton. 1t is planned to build ten room
structure.
Assemblyman Guthrie is backing a
measure making it misdemeanor for
landlord to refuse to rent property
TO a family in which there are chill