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VOL. XIV NO. 14
/FREEPORT, N. Y:, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909
Official Paper of Nassau County
FXSSPOXr N2A^3
.Mr. and Mrs Edward Hart have aold their restaurant on Kailroad Ave. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Grimm of New York have taken possession.
Those who have a sweet tooth or a i warmly greeted and a pleasant social ! .sweetheart will find something of inter-
Single cx)pies of the Review can bei mu i-w ul .« t u l ¦„ u u Hecnred at H. Gobetz's and the Review i ^^^ Daughters of Liberty will hold a office on Main St. a.id DaSilva's on w. j "ance in Fraternity Hall on Monday Merrick Roml. i evening, Feb, 15.
A letter received from Mrs. Francis Deputy State Councilor Joseph D. Pearsall from Jacksonvil'e, Fla., says \ Tunison of i<'ranklin Council, Jr. O. U. that it is so warm there that she was i A. M., made his official visit to Free- glad to get back from a walk to be out! port Council Friday evening. He was of^the sun.
To-morrow (Saturday) Ross & Kan¬ dall Company will have an expert saw man from the Atkins Saw Co. to give a talk and demonstration on saws; see their adv. for particulars.
Dr. William G. Miller, who is serv- i1rig as ambulance surgeon in the East¬ ern District Hospital, was operated on for mastoiditis in the Hospital last Sat¬ urday, by Dr. Mausert. He has so
Mrs. Scott Service of White Plains Valentine Post Cards for sale at the has been visiting Mrs. Joseph Ritchie. ! Review Stationery Store, 62 South
Main St., Freeport.
Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have moved to 43 Bedell fet.
Wiili
evening was spent. Refreshments were served at the close of the busi¬ ness part of the occasion.
.Mr. and Mrs. Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fritz of Stevens St. were sur¬ prised Saturday night by a party of friends from the City. The barking of their dog aroused them from sleep and Mr. Fritz jumped up, grabbed his revolver and ran down stairs in his pa¬ jamas, thinking it was a case of bur-
est in Smith & Bedell's ad sue.
tJiis is- It
A fish market is to open in the little store north of Haass' meat market.
F^ettit & Lamb, Sidney H. Swezey, Smith & Levy and Benson Smith have engaged offices in the new Otten Building.
The cake sale by the Kindergarten Aiothers' Clu'b Saturday afternoon net¬ ted about $14, which goes toward the
Mr. and Mrs. Nelson H. Ashdown are entertaining twins, since Monday.
Mrs. Fred Hobe, a former resident, visited friends here Thursday after¬ noon.
About lifty attended the Epworth League Social at the M. E. Church Wednesday evening, and enjoyed the evening in a "School of Industry."
SEAFORD
Mrs. John Powell is convalescing.
George Morgan and Delaney are on the sick list.
Powell
E. Kriegler's laundry is to move in- garteii. to S. A. William's building, formerly occupied by the Freeport Dyeing Es¬ tablishment.
Josephine Bennett, of Russell Place, a former resident of Hempstead, and fund for a piano for the school kinder- Francis Baldwin, also of this place.
„ Jf?5 fecpyered.aa to Jje able to return to gter»,but was very much embaraased to
Daniel DaSilva has sold Theodore A. Wright'u building on West Merrick Road to Frank Ashdown, who has rent¬ ed it to Nelson H. Ashdown for store purposes. Mr. Wright has move::, with his family, to Raynor Ave.
Mary, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rovegno, of Rail¬ road Avenue, died Saturday after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday with interment in the family burial ground at Saugerties.
Next Tuesday,* commencing at 10 a. m., the Brooklyn CMty Waterworks authorities will sell at public auction the buildings in the line of the new conduit. We have at the Review office a copy of the City Record, showing the i detailed list of property, together with ' the terms and conditions of sale, which : may be seen by anyo ne interested.
The Woman's Missionary Society of tne Presbyterian Church will meet at the Parsonage, 66 Church Street, next' Wednesday, at 2.30 p. m. The sub¬ jects for the day are, "China," and "The Indians." All members of the society, and all women of the churL'h not members of the society, are vcry urgently requested to be present.
At the annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the M. E. Church Wednesday afternoon, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. A. P. Davisson; tirsi; vire-pres., Mi.ss Hattie Smith; second vice-pres., Mrs.
find *. psrty iif isAy fripads,oo^'e,t« stay over Sunday. The guests were Misses Madeline and Victoria Miller, Gabriel LeDref, Barbara Kortebeim and Dora Bauers. They had a royal good time and voted Mr. and Mrs, Fritz and Mr. and Mrs. Beck ideal hosts.
Robert A. Combs jr. has opened his office as electrical contractor at 67 S. Main St. Rob. is an obliging young man and knows his business well too.
Pensions are pa,yable next Thursday. There will be a Notarjr Public at the Keview Building, 62 S. Main St., all day, to attend to filling out (tension vouchers. - It.
The regular nieeting of the Freeport Arts Club of i'reepoi;t will be held with Miss Chapman, West Merrick Road, next Monday afternoon. Mrs. Henry L. Crandell is chairman of the day.
brother of assistant Postmaster Bald¬ win, were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride, by Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Churh.
(Captain John Powers was seized
with an attack of heart failure while
on the bay Tue.sday, which nearly
, , r , n I > caused his death. He was in coinpany
about thirty of h':. friends Wedne.sday ^jth Thomas Powers, who managed to
get him home. A physician worked
Mis.s Flossie Williams entertained
Following is a list of recent .sales made by the Onslow-Moore Company on their Bayview development, houses being built or in course of erection on each piece named:
Walter Cozzens, Archer St.; Sadie Seaman, Archer St.; Adolph Weymar, South Side Ave.; corner Bayview and South Siae; and 2 on Bayview Ave., north of South Side Ave.; Smith, South Side Ave. and
"The Message of God's Great De¬ struction Through Angels" will be the theme of Rev. Charles Herbert Scho¬ ley's morning sermon at the F"'irst Pres¬ byterian Church Sunday morning. In the evening the choir will render its regular monthly service of sacred mu¬ sic. There will be a Union Prayer Meeting in the Church Tuesday at 7 :45 p. m.
Some of our readers seem to think
Carrie writing news is one grand picnic, but
Onslow it is sometimes quite the opposite.
evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrii. S.^>x. Williams, Grove Street, (iames, dancing, vocal and instrumental ma.sic were enjoyed; al.so refreshment.
Oscar Khodes. who .vas the pro¬ prietor of the Point Lookout Hotel last Summer, has recently received notice from the Federal Government that the fine imposed upon him last summer for violation of the lavv per¬ taining to lights on water craft has been remitted. —_^,
The annual dinner of the Freeport Club Wedne.sday evening was a very ¦successful event, a good table being spread and an excellent entertainment furnished. Congressman Cocks was among the special guests. About 120 members of the club attended.
on the captain for nearly two hours be¬ fore he showed signs of imjirovemeiit. His condition is reported seriou *.
The Long Island Railroad authoritie.s are getting after people using commu¬ tation tickets and hiring or loaning them to others. A young man in Free- port has been denied the benefit of the commutation ticket rates, the railroad company claiming he was "farming" his ticket out. The matter hasj been referred to the Civil Service Commis¬ sion and prosecution may follow, as the company is defrauded out of consider¬ able money hy this method and will try to stop it.
Mrs. Henry Verity of Babylon sjient Tue.sday with Mrs, A. C. Walters.
.Miss Winifred Fortesque-Cole vi.^it- ed her parents here early this week.
Mrs. Charles E. Mills spent .several days last week with relatives in Brook¬ lyn.
The Guild of the p]piscopai Church held a meeting with Mrs. Cole-: Powe 1 Wednesday afternoon.
The Unity Club will hold their ma-»t)ue ami civic ball in *.\:: , Y- ¦ M. I• C. Hall next Friday evening, Feb. .").
A ROCid ti»iio-ift ttXpvHvted. /
The dance given by the Y. M. I. ('. in their Hall Wednesday evening wa.< (|uite successful, and the club is better off financially from the affair.
Mrs. Mills' class of the M. K. Sun¬ day School met at her home Wednesday afternoon, when the subject of organiz¬ ing themselves into a permanent so¬ ciety was discussed by the scholar.s.
In the F'reeport Baptist Church,
Place; Wallace Smith. Onslow Place; Take for instance trying to get the list Otto Nelson, same street; A. Weymar, of officers-elect of any association—not Onslow Place and Archer St.; George even an officer can give you the whele Duryea, Archer St.; A. Weymar, Bay- ; list. Almost every bit of news has to
view Ave. and Whaley St.; F. P. C. be hunted for, and even at that some Stanley W. Roberts, minister, there Forbes, Archer .St.: Archer Seaman, people never "know" any news until will be public wor.ship of God Sunday Archer St.; Henry E. Kandall, coiner after the paper is issued and something at 10.;iO a. rii. and 7.;'.0 p. m.; evening Onslow Place and South Side Ave. they wanted to see in print is not theme. "Symbolism and Life." The
They also report recent sales of com- there. .Send along your items and v.-e ordinance of Baptism will be aclminis-
will be glad to publish them and mean- tered at the evening service. Bible
while we vvill publish all we can get School at 2.30. Y. P. C. E. meeting
anyhow and continue to try to mak
the Review the best newspaper in thi
section.
Workmen are this week engaged in removing the boilers from the shack built by the waterworks near the rail¬ road, and it is expected that the house will be torn down as soon as the boilers are removed.
While passing the playgrounds of the Seaman Avenue school Thursday after¬ noon Anderw A. Smith was hit on the A new heating apparatus has been head by a stone thrown by one of the installed in the M. E. Parsonage, boys, and partially stunr.ed for a few A meeting of the Official Board was minutts. Mr. Smith called on the held at the residence of J. C. Baylis principal of the schcol, who expressed hist Friday evening, when .several im- his regret that such an accident had jiortant matters were discussed. It
pleted houses on the property as fol¬ lows: Southside Ave., A. Weymar 8-room house, to L. G. Hulse; Bay- view Ave.. 9-room house of Mr. Wey¬ mar to J. F. Connellas; Archer St., 8- room houes of Sadie Seaman to Vina E . Root; Rose St., George Uuryea's S- room house to Lucia Miller; Onslow , Place, 8-room house of Wallace Stnith to Millie Norwood.
By the generosity of the (Jnslow- yoore Company, afler each and every fall of snovv the sidewalks at Bayview
occurred and assured him that the boys would be stopped from indulgiinr in .'¦uch flangerous pastime.
was decided to place new lights in (hurch.
the
at 6.4") p. come.
.All are cordially wel-
, - .Several new apfilications were re-
A new real estate firm vvill soon ceived for niembershii) in Freejioft
branch out at F'reeport under the name (louncil, No. ol, Jr. O. 11. A. M.,
of Smith & Levy. The members corn- last F'riday evening. A large class
prising this firm are S. Dimon Smith, initiation vvill be held next Friday eve-
formerly with the United States Title ning, F'eb. •").
Company and also recently connected The Bowling Committee rejiorted
with the law firm of Magee & Johnson, that it would he imjiossible for Free-
M. Hendrickson; secretary. Mrs. J. B. are promptly cleared olf throughout the K'^hmond Hill, and Coorge Levy, for- port Council to join in with a bowling Hibbard; treasurer, Mrs. 0. W. Hum- entire development, covering about the lasr three years managing clerk in league, owing to the imjiossibility of phrey; chairman of board of managers, two miles of sidewalk, which is
Mrs. Fred Wright. thoroughly
dents. The Fire Department was again
called out for duty Tuesday afternoon about half past one, for a fire at the reaidence of George Wintjen, Colum¬ bus Ave., just off Broadway. The fire-
appreciated by the resi-
Bettcr Alarin {Needed
The fire Tuesday afternoon show ed the need of some imjirovements in our fire alarm system. The fireman at the power house was outside shoveling coal
9 .\vvay from his home in F'reejjort, L. I., for three days, suppo.sedly look¬ ing after his projierties in F\)rt Lee. N. J., John Sweeney, a wealthy old blacksmith, was found (>arly to-ilay wandering along Broadway, near Man¬ hattan Street, in a dazed condition.
At the West One Hundred and Twenty fifth street jiolice station he collapsed, and Ambuianco Surgeon Ku- bel, for the J. Hood Wright Hospital, found he was sutfering from a frac-
George Wallace's lavv office at Jamaica, getting alleys in this place. tured skull. The injury had jirohahly
Mr. Levy for a long time has had A committee was apjiointeil to ar- been inflicte:! vvith a blackjack. An
charge of Mr. Wallace's title work and range for an ajiprojiriate entertainment ojieration was immediately peffornied.
has also been active in the preparation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of but he vvill jirobably die.
of cases for trial anil assisting Mr. Lincoln's Birthday, which falls on a All his jewelry was gone and only
Wallace at the trials. ^ regular meeting night. The com- a few cents were in his jiockets.
In conjunction with the real estate mittee are John Dunbar, Samuel Ray- Journal, .Monday, Jan. 26.
and insurance, Smth & Levy will de- nor, Stephen Hunt, Wallace U. Post -—-------—--—----—-——-—-—--—-—-——--
vote their attention to the searching of and F. S. .Snedeker.
men made record time in responding,
a stream of water being on the blaze j a^j' dkl'norhear' the""teiep'ho"ne~and t"hus ' titles, in which line of work both mem- ootttt a dv
in aeven minutes from the time of the ! (.^3 alarm was held up for nearly five , "^^^ "' ^-^^ "^™ "^^® "^" " '''"K exper- Utill uaky
sounding of the first blast of then,inutes If this fire had boen in Opera''e"'^^- MKS. CATHARINE PEARSALL
whistle. However tbe alarm was so; j^all Block instead of in an isolated They are both bright, hustling and Mrs. Catharine Pearsall, widow of
slow in being received at the power ! i,ouge, prgeport might now need a new pleasant young men anu will undoubt- siyvanus Pearsall, died ather home
houae that the whole top of the house ;^gj^
was ablaze when the whistle began to : j-gfej. j.j^_ _
blow and the firemen had a stubborn ^ ^jth the"8ug"gestion that they "take ^^^ "^^ *^*^^®" Building, corner Rail- Pearsall was a devoted .Christian,
blaze to handle. The building was ; gjgpg to improve on the alarm more *"°"'^ Avenue and Church Street. and ,„ her younger days was very ac-
«utted and about all the furniture de-; promptly than they have done on the ,„, , r v. it • tive in church work. She was a mem-
stroyed but despite the heavy wind and; plan to revise the districts and to adopt The regular program of the Union j^^^ ^^ ^^^ Baldwin M. E. Church,
the great he a iway made the building | ^ special call when outside assistance t-vajigelistic Meetings closed Monday ^hich njember.ship she retained up to
'is asked for T'^*"^ with the largest gathering that the time of her death. Deceased was
, Freeport might now need a new i-—"-—-j"""e. ¦•¦-¦¦ "¦— "¦•• "....^v.... siyvanus learsaii, uiea at ner nome Street. We would respectfully ^^'y'""^® " •'^"'='=^*^s '" *"^"" ^^^^iness o^ gouth .Main Street Thursday after- this matter to the fire council ^hich will be ojiened February 1, in j,oon after a lingering illness. Mrs.
was not allowed to burn down, speak ing well for the fire department again. This is the second alarm of fire this month, both being fifth district alarms, and both houses being occupied by members of Wide Awake Engine Com¬ pany
I Communication
1 Editor Review :
; Twice during the past month the tire- ! men have been called for alarms that ' took them along Broadway from Main The report that the fire was started ; street for a distance. The writer has by the explosion of a torch used by at both of these times been riding on plumbers working on the roof of the the hook and ladder truck and both piazza is without foundation aa the times has noticed acts of great care- plumbers were using a charcoal burner ; Jessness on the part of jieoplo .lot fire- and knew nothing of tha fire until their me„_ At the fire January 7, a light
bugg;y was going north alongside ot the fire truck, appitrently racing with it, and the truck waa compelled to slow down or run the risk of running the
The regular program of the Union Evangelistic Meetings closed Monday night with the largest gathering that have assembled many week night, and the exercises were greatly enjoyed by all. After the usual .song service Kev. C. H. Scholey conducted a brief evan¬ gelistic service, during which several made religious decisions.
Thf remainder of the time was under the direction oi Rev. W. A. Richard. Short adresses were made by F. E. Pitcher, Valentine Smith and S. K. Smitfrr representing the various
LYNBROOK
.Miss .Seeley has .sold her florist busi¬ ness on Hempstead Avenue to f'harles Driscoll.
Counselor Springsteed has been spending the past week at Alliany, N. Y., where he was eiiaged on an im¬ jiortant legal matter.
.•\ pleasant time was enjoyed at the nieeting of Fidelity* Lodge, I. O. G. T.,
in her 84th year, and left surviving one «" ^'"^^y "'f-'^J '^^^ when the lodge en¬ tertained the Hempstead lodge, which
daughter, Mrs. Andrevy Raynor. Fu¬ neral services vvill be held on Saturday at 2.30 p. ni., from her late home. Rev. W. A. Richard and Rev. C. P. Corner, a former pastor of the de¬ ceased, officiating. Interment vviil be in Greenfield Cemetery,
gf:okge p. bekgen
(Jeorge P. Bergen, for many years resident of F'reeport and one of the
vvas present with a large delegation.
The Herculean Seniors will jday the F^ive of the Phi Aljihas of Brooklyn at Salamander Hall, Ocean Side, F'riday evening. F'ollovving the above game the Herculean Juniors will play the five of the Okitral Y. .M. C. A.
The Parish Aid Society met .Monday evening with Miss Nellie Post, when it vvas deti(!ed to have a cement covering Jilaced over the cessjiool in the rear of the rectory, also to hav(( new fence jHists rej)lace the old (mes in Imnt of the church and rectory.
A joint meeting of the V. .M. I, C. arul their auxiliary, the Willing Work¬ ers, vvas he Id Tuesday night, when it WHS decided thnt the club would give a social to the member.s of the Willing Workers and their friends. This aux¬ iliary has been organized ahout five years, and haa proved a very useful body in the social affairs of the club.
A sjH'cial meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist (!hurch vvas held with Mrs. Uriah Smith Thurs¬ day afternoon, when arrant^ements were made for a social to be held at the par¬ sonage next F'riday evening, F'ebruary A, lu consisist of an "anatomy and so¬ cial and musical contest." A silvei" collection will be taken and refresh¬ ments served.
The Ladies' Aid Society of the .M. FJ. Church will give a Colonial sujijier at the parsonage on the evening of Wash¬ ington's Birthday, when a ihicken sup¬ per, with its accompanimtmts, will oc¬ cujiy the bill-of-fare. The ladies will bee attireil in Colonial costumes, ap- jiropriate to the day.
There will also be a booth where fan-, cv articles will be on sale.
they saw the blaze. Tbe flames were lirat seen coming through the roof from the insida and the plumbers were working outside. •
The department under Assistant | jj^j^t buggy off into the lumber yard. Chiefs William W. Cameron and t.lar- \ ^^^^ possibly a damage suit resulting, enoe VanRiper (Chief Wallace being ; The second time, last Tuesday, a big absentL deserve great credit for the ^^jte touring car butted in between manner in which they handled the fire.' the truck and hose wagon No. 2. which
The damage to the building was ea timated at $2,000, covered by insur ance. The furniture wan tal loss, with the exception articles that were carried burning building, aa thoae
churches. Then followed a halfhourof
fellowship and testimony in which best known residents, died Sunday eve- a well-known character of this locality,
many joined, singing and speaking ning aftor a brief illness, and funeral w'ho resided at \^•hat is known as Tiger
mingling in happy alternation. The services were held from hia residence town, in Valley Stream, waa run over
closing minutes were giveii to the re- Tuesday evening
Mrs. Charles Southard died very sud¬ denly at her home here Thursday morn¬ ing of h^t week, of paralysis. De¬ cea.sed was 62 years of age and besides her husband is survived by three sons, George, Charles and F'ranic, all of this Nellie Golder, aged about 30 year.-, village, and one daughter, .Miss Nellie
Southard. F'unreal services were held
Monday frorn the FJpiscopal Church,
Kev. Fortes(|ue-Cole officiatine, and
Rev. Charles Her- and killed by a train of the Long Island the interment was in Greenfield Ceme-
cognition of the new recruits, a large bert Scholey, pastor of the Presby- Railroad sometime early Sunday morn- number of whom were present. Dr. terian Church, officiating, with inter- ¦ ine, near the Denton Avenue, Lyn- Richard called upon ail who had signed ment in Greenfield Cemetery Wednes-' brook, crossing. The first news of the decision carda to stand, whereupon the day morning. calamity reached Lynbrook on Sundav
great audience received them with the Mr. Bergen was born in Brooklyn in when the 7,45 train arrived at the sla-
with tion. when the train crew notifieU the
tery.
What might have been a seriou.-^ ac¬ cident happened in the rear of the FJpiscopal Church Monday, when a horse was cloaelv folluwintr with the result '^''*"'''"^'^* ^'''"*^^''"^'"^'"^'"^^"^^''^' 1^49 and waa formerly connected with tion, when the train crew notifieU the drawing one of the coaches attendant ^ "Blest be the Tie that Binds." The the grocery firm of Valentine, Bergen local authorities that the body of a at the funeral of Mrs. Chas. Southard,
several woman lay on the track. Justice Ed- which waa compelled to turn into
T. Neu. Acting Coroner, with the garden of the rectory on account of
cer Thomaa K. Hewlitt soon reached the crowded condition of the yard,
spot where-the body wa's lying stepped on some boards which had been
in the American District Telegraph 1 badly mutilated and scattered in many placed over a ceespool, which gave way
Company, the Bank of Long Island, the piecea. The remains were taken to under his weight. He jumped a.s the
^tnnyed by fire were damaged by water. \ fongsto' them, and not try to race with | welcomed to th« fellowship
Th* damag*^ to the furniture was eati- j the apparatus or cut across in front of | Over one hundred perspns have take
mated about 11,000, not insured.
Bkol«bh Spavin Limiiumt removes Hard, SoXt or CaUouaed Lnrapa aud Biemiah- a from borxea; also hlno 1 Spar- I ins, Onrba. Sptiutw, SweiteeT, R»g I Bom. BtifliNi. BpndBii. 8w* U«o Throat'*, I Ooa|^ «to. aaaa 9B0 hf aaa at t^na I ^o*>K A at*m4a>t9H Biamiah Oaga. l ^J»)«1l{rTlMpMMMMloii,I)«nf|iit.
them? And without doubt these same people are noma that ctnim the depart¬ ment IB slow in answering. At least, .^on't hinder them! *
Interested.
en a religious stand during these meet-! Long Island Safe Deposit Company, ! Ranald's morgue, Earle Avenue, from boards broke and escaped the hole, but
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ikiJlfiL^¦|¦..-. .._.ii£-..
ings. divided according to their prefer- the Manufacturers' Commercial Com ence amongst the Baptiac, Methodist, pany and the Nassau County Realty Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches. ' Company, of which he was also treas- The movement was a success from start! urer. He leaves a widow and two to finish, a fine demonstration of Chris-1 daughters. Miss M. H. Bergen and lirs. minntea by Wool-1 ^i*" *>"i^y' *^ v'iH be remembered, F'E.Storv. The Freeport Club.of wbicb
Itob cured in 30 _,
ftird'aSaiiltarv Lotion. Never fails. Sold | doubtless, aa one of tbe notable 1^ ThOBiM Johnaton. Dtaggka^. 1 poaa events in the villace.
relig- be waa a member, has its flag at half- imast
which place they were kitered in Rock- fell, breaking the pole of the wagon, ville Cemetery Monday afternoon. It The other horse became frightened and is believed that tl^woman waa walk- kicked fiercely until they were un- ing the track late Saturday night or i hitched. The fallen horae sustained a early Sunday rooming in the beavy fog ' cut several inches long, besides bad that prevailed at that tioae, when ahe | bruises from the kicks of his compan- waR either striick by tbe late theatre ion. Tbe eoach belonged to Powell of train or tbe early morning paper trAin. Amitvjille.
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| FullText | VOL. XIV NO. 14 /FREEPORT, N. Y:, FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 1909 Official Paper of Nassau County FXSSPOXr N2A^3 .Mr. and Mrs Edward Hart have aold their restaurant on Kailroad Ave. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Grimm of New York have taken possession. Those who have a sweet tooth or a i warmly greeted and a pleasant social ! .sweetheart will find something of inter- Single cx)pies of the Review can bei mu i-w ul .« t u l ¦„ u u Hecnred at H. Gobetz's and the Review i ^^^ Daughters of Liberty will hold a office on Main St. a.id DaSilva's on w. j "ance in Fraternity Hall on Monday Merrick Roml. i evening, Feb, 15. A letter received from Mrs. Francis Deputy State Councilor Joseph D. Pearsall from Jacksonvil'e, Fla., says \ Tunison of i<'ranklin Council, Jr. O. U. that it is so warm there that she was i A. M., made his official visit to Free- glad to get back from a walk to be out! port Council Friday evening. He was of^the sun. To-morrow (Saturday) Ross & Kan¬ dall Company will have an expert saw man from the Atkins Saw Co. to give a talk and demonstration on saws; see their adv. for particulars. Dr. William G. Miller, who is serv- i1rig as ambulance surgeon in the East¬ ern District Hospital, was operated on for mastoiditis in the Hospital last Sat¬ urday, by Dr. Mausert. He has so Mrs. Scott Service of White Plains Valentine Post Cards for sale at the has been visiting Mrs. Joseph Ritchie. ! Review Stationery Store, 62 South Main St., Freeport. Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher have moved to 43 Bedell fet. Wiili evening was spent. Refreshments were served at the close of the busi¬ ness part of the occasion. .Mr. and Mrs. Beck and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Fritz of Stevens St. were sur¬ prised Saturday night by a party of friends from the City. The barking of their dog aroused them from sleep and Mr. Fritz jumped up, grabbed his revolver and ran down stairs in his pa¬ jamas, thinking it was a case of bur- est in Smith & Bedell's ad sue. tJiis is- It A fish market is to open in the little store north of Haass' meat market. F^ettit & Lamb, Sidney H. Swezey, Smith & Levy and Benson Smith have engaged offices in the new Otten Building. The cake sale by the Kindergarten Aiothers' Clu'b Saturday afternoon net¬ ted about $14, which goes toward the Mr. and Mrs. Nelson H. Ashdown are entertaining twins, since Monday. Mrs. Fred Hobe, a former resident, visited friends here Thursday after¬ noon. About lifty attended the Epworth League Social at the M. E. Church Wednesday evening, and enjoyed the evening in a "School of Industry." SEAFORD Mrs. John Powell is convalescing. George Morgan and Delaney are on the sick list. Powell E. Kriegler's laundry is to move in- garteii. to S. A. William's building, formerly occupied by the Freeport Dyeing Es¬ tablishment. Josephine Bennett, of Russell Place, a former resident of Hempstead, and fund for a piano for the school kinder- Francis Baldwin, also of this place. „ Jf?5 fecpyered.aa to Jje able to return to gter»,but was very much embaraased to Daniel DaSilva has sold Theodore A. Wright'u building on West Merrick Road to Frank Ashdown, who has rent¬ ed it to Nelson H. Ashdown for store purposes. Mr. Wright has move::, with his family, to Raynor Ave. Mary, the two year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Rovegno, of Rail¬ road Avenue, died Saturday after a lingering illness. Funeral services were held Monday with interment in the family burial ground at Saugerties. Next Tuesday,* commencing at 10 a. m., the Brooklyn CMty Waterworks authorities will sell at public auction the buildings in the line of the new conduit. We have at the Review office a copy of the City Record, showing the i detailed list of property, together with ' the terms and conditions of sale, which : may be seen by anyo ne interested. The Woman's Missionary Society of tne Presbyterian Church will meet at the Parsonage, 66 Church Street, next' Wednesday, at 2.30 p. m. The sub¬ jects for the day are, "China" and "The Indians." All members of the society, and all women of the churL'h not members of the society, are vcry urgently requested to be present. At the annual meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society, of the M. E. Church Wednesday afternoon, the following officers were elected: President, Mrs. A. P. Davisson; tirsi; vire-pres., Mi.ss Hattie Smith; second vice-pres., Mrs. find *. psrty iif isAy fripads,oo^'e,t« stay over Sunday. The guests were Misses Madeline and Victoria Miller, Gabriel LeDref, Barbara Kortebeim and Dora Bauers. They had a royal good time and voted Mr. and Mrs, Fritz and Mr. and Mrs. Beck ideal hosts. Robert A. Combs jr. has opened his office as electrical contractor at 67 S. Main St. Rob. is an obliging young man and knows his business well too. Pensions are pa,yable next Thursday. There will be a Notarjr Public at the Keview Building, 62 S. Main St., all day, to attend to filling out (tension vouchers. - It. The regular nieeting of the Freeport Arts Club of i'reepoi;t will be held with Miss Chapman, West Merrick Road, next Monday afternoon. Mrs. Henry L. Crandell is chairman of the day. brother of assistant Postmaster Bald¬ win, were married Wednesday evening at the home of the bride, by Rev. W. A. Richard, pastor of the M. E. Churh. (Captain John Powers was seized with an attack of heart failure while on the bay Tue.sday, which nearly , , r , n I > caused his death. He was in coinpany about thirty of h':. friends Wedne.sday ^jth Thomas Powers, who managed to get him home. A physician worked Mis.s Flossie Williams entertained Following is a list of recent .sales made by the Onslow-Moore Company on their Bayview development, houses being built or in course of erection on each piece named: Walter Cozzens, Archer St.; Sadie Seaman, Archer St.; Adolph Weymar, South Side Ave.; corner Bayview and South Siae; and 2 on Bayview Ave., north of South Side Ave.; Smith, South Side Ave. and "The Message of God's Great De¬ struction Through Angels" will be the theme of Rev. Charles Herbert Scho¬ ley's morning sermon at the F"'irst Pres¬ byterian Church Sunday morning. In the evening the choir will render its regular monthly service of sacred mu¬ sic. There will be a Union Prayer Meeting in the Church Tuesday at 7 :45 p. m. Some of our readers seem to think Carrie writing news is one grand picnic, but Onslow it is sometimes quite the opposite. evening at the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrii. S.^>x. Williams, Grove Street, (iames, dancing, vocal and instrumental ma.sic were enjoyed; al.so refreshment. Oscar Khodes. who .vas the pro¬ prietor of the Point Lookout Hotel last Summer, has recently received notice from the Federal Government that the fine imposed upon him last summer for violation of the lavv per¬ taining to lights on water craft has been remitted. —_^, The annual dinner of the Freeport Club Wedne.sday evening was a very ¦successful event, a good table being spread and an excellent entertainment furnished. Congressman Cocks was among the special guests. About 120 members of the club attended. on the captain for nearly two hours be¬ fore he showed signs of imjirovemeiit. His condition is reported seriou *. The Long Island Railroad authoritie.s are getting after people using commu¬ tation tickets and hiring or loaning them to others. A young man in Free- port has been denied the benefit of the commutation ticket rates, the railroad company claiming he was "farming" his ticket out. The matter hasj been referred to the Civil Service Commis¬ sion and prosecution may follow, as the company is defrauded out of consider¬ able money hy this method and will try to stop it. Mrs. Henry Verity of Babylon sjient Tue.sday with Mrs, A. C. Walters. .Miss Winifred Fortesque-Cole vi.^it- ed her parents here early this week. Mrs. Charles E. Mills spent .several days last week with relatives in Brook¬ lyn. The Guild of the p]piscopai Church held a meeting with Mrs. Cole-: Powe 1 Wednesday afternoon. The Unity Club will hold their ma-»t)ue ami civic ball in *.\:: , Y- ¦ M. I• C. Hall next Friday evening, Feb. ."). A ROCid ti»iio-ift ttXpvHvted. / The dance given by the Y. M. I. ('. in their Hall Wednesday evening wa.< ( uite successful, and the club is better off financially from the affair. Mrs. Mills' class of the M. K. Sun¬ day School met at her home Wednesday afternoon, when the subject of organiz¬ ing themselves into a permanent so¬ ciety was discussed by the scholar.s. In the F'reeport Baptist Church, Place; Wallace Smith. Onslow Place; Take for instance trying to get the list Otto Nelson, same street; A. Weymar, of officers-elect of any association—not Onslow Place and Archer St.; George even an officer can give you the whele Duryea, Archer St.; A. Weymar, Bay- ; list. Almost every bit of news has to view Ave. and Whaley St.; F. P. C. be hunted for, and even at that some Stanley W. Roberts, minister, there Forbes, Archer .St.: Archer Seaman, people never "know" any news until will be public wor.ship of God Sunday Archer St.; Henry E. Kandall, coiner after the paper is issued and something at 10.;iO a. rii. and 7.;'.0 p. m.; evening Onslow Place and South Side Ave. they wanted to see in print is not theme. "Symbolism and Life." The They also report recent sales of com- there. .Send along your items and v.-e ordinance of Baptism will be aclminis- will be glad to publish them and mean- tered at the evening service. Bible while we vvill publish all we can get School at 2.30. Y. P. C. E. meeting anyhow and continue to try to mak the Review the best newspaper in thi section. Workmen are this week engaged in removing the boilers from the shack built by the waterworks near the rail¬ road, and it is expected that the house will be torn down as soon as the boilers are removed. While passing the playgrounds of the Seaman Avenue school Thursday after¬ noon Anderw A. Smith was hit on the A new heating apparatus has been head by a stone thrown by one of the installed in the M. E. Parsonage, boys, and partially stunr.ed for a few A meeting of the Official Board was minutts. Mr. Smith called on the held at the residence of J. C. Baylis principal of the schcol, who expressed hist Friday evening, when .several im- his regret that such an accident had jiortant matters were discussed. It pleted houses on the property as fol¬ lows: Southside Ave., A. Weymar 8-room house, to L. G. Hulse; Bay- view Ave.. 9-room house of Mr. Wey¬ mar to J. F. Connellas; Archer St., 8- room houes of Sadie Seaman to Vina E . Root; Rose St., George Uuryea's S- room house to Lucia Miller; Onslow , Place, 8-room house of Wallace Stnith to Millie Norwood. By the generosity of the (Jnslow- yoore Company, afler each and every fall of snovv the sidewalks at Bayview occurred and assured him that the boys would be stopped from indulgiinr in .'¦uch flangerous pastime. was decided to place new lights in (hurch. the at 6.4") p. come. .All are cordially wel- , - .Several new apfilications were re- A new real estate firm vvill soon ceived for niembershii) in Freejioft branch out at F'reeport under the name (louncil, No. ol, Jr. O. 11. A. M., of Smith & Levy. The members corn- last F'riday evening. A large class prising this firm are S. Dimon Smith, initiation vvill be held next Friday eve- formerly with the United States Title ning, F'eb. •"). Company and also recently connected The Bowling Committee rejiorted with the law firm of Magee & Johnson, that it would he imjiossible for Free- M. Hendrickson; secretary. Mrs. J. B. are promptly cleared olf throughout the K'^hmond Hill, and Coorge Levy, for- port Council to join in with a bowling Hibbard; treasurer, Mrs. 0. W. Hum- entire development, covering about the lasr three years managing clerk in league, owing to the imjiossibility of phrey; chairman of board of managers, two miles of sidewalk, which is Mrs. Fred Wright. thoroughly dents. The Fire Department was again called out for duty Tuesday afternoon about half past one, for a fire at the reaidence of George Wintjen, Colum¬ bus Ave., just off Broadway. The fire- appreciated by the resi- Bettcr Alarin {Needed The fire Tuesday afternoon show ed the need of some imjirovements in our fire alarm system. The fireman at the power house was outside shoveling coal 9 .\vvay from his home in F'reejjort, L. I., for three days, suppo.sedly look¬ ing after his projierties in F\)rt Lee. N. J., John Sweeney, a wealthy old blacksmith, was found (>arly to-ilay wandering along Broadway, near Man¬ hattan Street, in a dazed condition. At the West One Hundred and Twenty fifth street jiolice station he collapsed, and Ambuianco Surgeon Ku- bel, for the J. Hood Wright Hospital, found he was sutfering from a frac- George Wallace's lavv office at Jamaica, getting alleys in this place. tured skull. The injury had jirohahly Mr. Levy for a long time has had A committee was apjiointeil to ar- been inflicte:! vvith a blackjack. An charge of Mr. Wallace's title work and range for an ajiprojiriate entertainment ojieration was immediately peffornied. has also been active in the preparation to celebrate the 100th anniversary of but he vvill jirobably die. of cases for trial anil assisting Mr. Lincoln's Birthday, which falls on a All his jewelry was gone and only Wallace at the trials. ^ regular meeting night. The com- a few cents were in his jiockets. In conjunction with the real estate mittee are John Dunbar, Samuel Ray- Journal, .Monday, Jan. 26. and insurance, Smth & Levy will de- nor, Stephen Hunt, Wallace U. Post -—-------—--—----—-——-—-—--—-—-——-- vote their attention to the searching of and F. S. .Snedeker. men made record time in responding, a stream of water being on the blaze j a^j' dkl'norhear' the""teiep'ho"ne~and t"hus ' titles, in which line of work both mem- ootttt a dv in aeven minutes from the time of the ! (.^3 alarm was held up for nearly five , "^^^ "' ^-^^ "^™ "^^® "^" " '''"K exper- Utill uaky sounding of the first blast of then,inutes If this fire had boen in Opera''e"'^^- MKS. CATHARINE PEARSALL whistle. However tbe alarm was so; j^all Block instead of in an isolated They are both bright, hustling and Mrs. Catharine Pearsall, widow of slow in being received at the power ! i,ouge, prgeport might now need a new pleasant young men anu will undoubt- siyvanus Pearsall, died ather home houae that the whole top of the house ;^gj^ was ablaze when the whistle began to : j-gfej. j.j^_ _ blow and the firemen had a stubborn ^ ^jth the"8ug"gestion that they "take ^^^ "^^ *^*^^®" Building, corner Rail- Pearsall was a devoted .Christian, blaze to handle. The building was ; gjgpg to improve on the alarm more *"°"'^ Avenue and Church Street. and ,„ her younger days was very ac- «utted and about all the furniture de-; promptly than they have done on the ,„, , r v. it • tive in church work. She was a mem- stroyed but despite the heavy wind and; plan to revise the districts and to adopt The regular program of the Union j^^^ ^^ ^^^ Baldwin M. E. Church, the great he a iway made the building ^ special call when outside assistance t-vajigelistic Meetings closed Monday ^hich njember.ship she retained up to 'is asked for T'^*"^ with the largest gathering that the time of her death. Deceased was , Freeport might now need a new i-—"-—-j"""e. ¦•¦-¦¦ "¦— "¦•• "....^v.... siyvanus learsaii, uiea at ner nome Street. We would respectfully ^^'y'""^® " •'^"'='=^*^s '" *"^"" ^^^^iness o^ gouth .Main Street Thursday after- this matter to the fire council ^hich will be ojiened February 1, in j,oon after a lingering illness. Mrs. was not allowed to burn down, speak ing well for the fire department again. This is the second alarm of fire this month, both being fifth district alarms, and both houses being occupied by members of Wide Awake Engine Com¬ pany I Communication 1 Editor Review : ; Twice during the past month the tire- ! men have been called for alarms that ' took them along Broadway from Main The report that the fire was started ; street for a distance. The writer has by the explosion of a torch used by at both of these times been riding on plumbers working on the roof of the the hook and ladder truck and both piazza is without foundation aa the times has noticed acts of great care- plumbers were using a charcoal burner ; Jessness on the part of jieoplo .lot fire- and knew nothing of tha fire until their me„_ At the fire January 7, a light bugg;y was going north alongside ot the fire truck, appitrently racing with it, and the truck waa compelled to slow down or run the risk of running the The regular program of the Union Evangelistic Meetings closed Monday night with the largest gathering that have assembled many week night, and the exercises were greatly enjoyed by all. After the usual .song service Kev. C. H. Scholey conducted a brief evan¬ gelistic service, during which several made religious decisions. Thf remainder of the time was under the direction oi Rev. W. A. Richard. Short adresses were made by F. E. Pitcher, Valentine Smith and S. K. Smitfrr representing the various LYNBROOK .Miss .Seeley has .sold her florist busi¬ ness on Hempstead Avenue to f'harles Driscoll. Counselor Springsteed has been spending the past week at Alliany, N. Y., where he was eiiaged on an im¬ jiortant legal matter. .•\ pleasant time was enjoyed at the nieeting of Fidelity* Lodge, I. O. G. T., in her 84th year, and left surviving one «" ^'"^^y "'f-'^J '^^^ when the lodge en¬ tertained the Hempstead lodge, which daughter, Mrs. Andrevy Raynor. Fu¬ neral services vvill be held on Saturday at 2.30 p. ni., from her late home. Rev. W. A. Richard and Rev. C. P. Corner, a former pastor of the de¬ ceased, officiating. Interment vviil be in Greenfield Cemetery, gf:okge p. bekgen (Jeorge P. Bergen, for many years resident of F'reeport and one of the vvas present with a large delegation. The Herculean Seniors will jday the F^ive of the Phi Aljihas of Brooklyn at Salamander Hall, Ocean Side, F'riday evening. F'ollovving the above game the Herculean Juniors will play the five of the Okitral Y. .M. C. A. The Parish Aid Society met .Monday evening with Miss Nellie Post, when it vvas deti(!ed to have a cement covering Jilaced over the cessjiool in the rear of the rectory, also to hav(( new fence jHists rej)lace the old (mes in Imnt of the church and rectory. A joint meeting of the V. .M. I, C. arul their auxiliary, the Willing Work¬ ers, vvas he Id Tuesday night, when it WHS decided thnt the club would give a social to the member.s of the Willing Workers and their friends. This aux¬ iliary has been organized ahout five years, and haa proved a very useful body in the social affairs of the club. A sjH'cial meeting of the Ladies' Aid Society of the Methodist (!hurch vvas held with Mrs. Uriah Smith Thurs¬ day afternoon, when arrant^ements were made for a social to be held at the par¬ sonage next F'riday evening, F'ebruary A, lu consisist of an "anatomy and so¬ cial and musical contest." A silvei" collection will be taken and refresh¬ ments served. The Ladies' Aid Society of the .M. FJ. Church will give a Colonial sujijier at the parsonage on the evening of Wash¬ ington's Birthday, when a ihicken sup¬ per, with its accompanimtmts, will oc¬ cujiy the bill-of-fare. The ladies will bee attireil in Colonial costumes, ap- jiropriate to the day. There will also be a booth where fan-, cv articles will be on sale. they saw the blaze. Tbe flames were lirat seen coming through the roof from the insida and the plumbers were working outside. • The department under Assistant jj^j^t buggy off into the lumber yard. Chiefs William W. Cameron and t.lar- \ ^^^^ possibly a damage suit resulting, enoe VanRiper (Chief Wallace being ; The second time, last Tuesday, a big absentL deserve great credit for the ^^jte touring car butted in between manner in which they handled the fire.' the truck and hose wagon No. 2. which The damage to the building was ea timated at $2,000, covered by insur ance. The furniture wan tal loss, with the exception articles that were carried burning building, aa thoae churches. Then followed a halfhourof fellowship and testimony in which best known residents, died Sunday eve- a well-known character of this locality, many joined, singing and speaking ning aftor a brief illness, and funeral w'ho resided at \^•hat is known as Tiger mingling in happy alternation. The services were held from hia residence town, in Valley Stream, waa run over closing minutes were giveii to the re- Tuesday evening Mrs. Charles Southard died very sud¬ denly at her home here Thursday morn¬ ing of h^t week, of paralysis. De¬ cea.sed was 62 years of age and besides her husband is survived by three sons, George, Charles and F'ranic, all of this Nellie Golder, aged about 30 year.-, village, and one daughter, .Miss Nellie Southard. F'unreal services were held Monday frorn the FJpiscopal Church, Kev. Fortes( ue-Cole officiatine, and Rev. Charles Her- and killed by a train of the Long Island the interment was in Greenfield Ceme- cognition of the new recruits, a large bert Scholey, pastor of the Presby- Railroad sometime early Sunday morn- number of whom were present. Dr. terian Church, officiating, with inter- ¦ ine, near the Denton Avenue, Lyn- Richard called upon ail who had signed ment in Greenfield Cemetery Wednes-' brook, crossing. The first news of the decision carda to stand, whereupon the day morning. calamity reached Lynbrook on Sundav great audience received them with the Mr. Bergen was born in Brooklyn in when the 7,45 train arrived at the sla- with tion. when the train crew notifieU the tery. What might have been a seriou.-^ ac¬ cident happened in the rear of the FJpiscopal Church Monday, when a horse was cloaelv folluwintr with the result '^''*"'''"^'^* ^'''"*^^''"^'"^'"^'"^^"^^''^' 1^49 and waa formerly connected with tion, when the train crew notifieU the drawing one of the coaches attendant ^ "Blest be the Tie that Binds." The the grocery firm of Valentine, Bergen local authorities that the body of a at the funeral of Mrs. Chas. Southard, several woman lay on the track. Justice Ed- which waa compelled to turn into T. Neu. Acting Coroner, with the garden of the rectory on account of cer Thomaa K. Hewlitt soon reached the crowded condition of the yard, spot where-the body wa's lying stepped on some boards which had been in the American District Telegraph 1 badly mutilated and scattered in many placed over a ceespool, which gave way Company, the Bank of Long Island, the piecea. The remains were taken to under his weight. He jumped a.s the ^tnnyed by fire were damaged by water. \ fongsto' them, and not try to race with welcomed to th« fellowship Th* damag*^ to the furniture was eati- j the apparatus or cut across in front of Over one hundred perspns have take mated about 11,000, not insured. Bkol«bh Spavin Limiiumt removes Hard, SoXt or CaUouaed Lnrapa aud Biemiah- a from borxea; also hlno 1 Spar- I ins, Onrba. Sptiutw, SweiteeT, R»g I Bom. BtifliNi. BpndBii. 8w* U«o Throat'*, I Ooa ^ «to. aaaa 9B0 hf aaa at t^na I ^o*>K A at*m4a>t9H Biamiah Oaga. l ^J»)«1l{rTlMpMMMMloii,I)«nf iit. them? And without doubt these same people are noma that ctnim the depart¬ ment IB slow in answering. At least, .^on't hinder them! * Interested. en a religious stand during these meet-! Long Island Safe Deposit Company, ! Ranald's morgue, Earle Avenue, from boards broke and escaped the hole, but '/ki^\-l^' ikiJlfiL^¦ ¦..-. .._.ii£-.. ings. divided according to their prefer- the Manufacturers' Commercial Com ence amongst the Baptiac, Methodist, pany and the Nassau County Realty Presbyterian and Episcopal Churches. ' Company, of which he was also treas- The movement was a success from start! urer. He leaves a widow and two to finish, a fine demonstration of Chris-1 daughters. Miss M. H. Bergen and lirs. minntea by Wool-1 ^i*" *>"i^y' *^ v'iH be remembered, F'E.Storv. The Freeport Club.of wbicb Itob cured in 30 _, ftird'aSaiiltarv Lotion. Never fails. Sold doubtless, aa one of tbe notable 1^ ThOBiM Johnaton. Dtaggka^. 1 poaa events in the villace. relig- be waa a member, has its flag at half- imast which place they were kitered in Rock- fell, breaking the pole of the wagon, ville Cemetery Monday afternoon. It The other horse became frightened and is believed that tl^woman waa walk- kicked fiercely until they were un- ing the track late Saturday night or i hitched. The fallen horae sustained a early Sunday rooming in the beavy fog ' cut several inches long, besides bad that prevailed at that tioae, when ahe bruises from the kicks of his compan- waR either striick by tbe late theatre ion. Tbe eoach belonged to Powell of train or tbe early morning paper trAin. Amitvjille. |
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