NEWS OF OTHER DAYS

115 years ago



   The increased cost of ice has sent up the price of ice cream to 45 cents a quarter in this city. It was formerly 40 cents.

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   The spirit of public improvement is at all times most commendable, but it is the part of wisdom to have it go hand-in-hand with at least ordinary discretion. With the debt for the new City Hall and the lengthy sewer in Burlington street standing, it would be well for Common Council to try this year to reduce the amount as much as possible.

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   Miss Willie Cromwell, whose singing is very much admired, sang a solo at the choral service in the Episcopal Church last Sunday.

105 years ago



   The Midland Telegraph & Telephone Company is the latest candidate for the right of way hereabouts, as will be noted by the Bordentown and Chesterfield township ordinances published in another column.

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   The big base ball events in Philadelphia attracts lovers of the game from many towns on the Amboy Division. As such visitors generally return home on the 7:30 p.m. train, a whole car should be devoted to smokers. Half-baggage and half-passenger cars cause too many of the "boys" to stand up.

65 years ago



   The new books placed in the Bordentown Free Library for May are unusually readable. For those who like light fiction, there are "Beloved Buff," by Louise Platt Hauck, and "Blind Loyalty," by Margaret Pedlar. Both are old-fashioned love stories. For the mystery lover, there is Erie Stanley Gardner’s "Case of the Baited Hook."
   "Mrs. Skeffington" is a very interesting story of an older woman who is obliged to reluctantly relinquish her beauty and masculine admirers. This will amuse the older people especially. There is also another "Provincial Lady" story which is fully as amusing as the others.

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   The Roebling Blue Centers will hold a minstrel tonight at the Roebling Auditorium. It was given for the first time last night before an enthusiastic audience.
   George Sandor is the interlocutor. The program includes: Muriel Sweetman, in a tap dance; Rusty and Dusty, two musical clowns; the three Kosa Sisters in acrobatic dance.

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   The Elementary School’s Sample Fair held at the Bordentown High School on Wednesday was a splendid success. With many of the returns not yet in, over $225 has already been secured to be used for new playground equipment and other elementary school requirements.
   Miss Nelchen Sievers, the chairman of the Fair Committee, wishes to express her appreciation to the teachers who cooperated with her and the merchants, the furnished exhibits and donated samples and prizes.
   About 1100 people attended the Fair during the afternoon and evening sessions and each person carried home a bag of samples, besides the edible samples that they consumed on the premises. Over 160 articles were distributed as door prizes, given by local and Trenton merchants.