Saturday, July 26, 2008

Decoration Day Picnic

New York, 1895

The picnic season will open on Decoration Day, Thursday, May 30, at West End Park, conducted by John Distler. There will be good music, and dancing will begin at 3 o'clock. Mr. Distler is ready to make arrangements for Sunday school festivities, chowder parties, and the like, on liberal terms.


Eldert — Jones

Mr. Abraham D. Eldert and Miss Estelle Gertrude Jones, both of this village, will be married in the Reformed church at 8.30 o'clock on the evening of May 28. Cards have been issued.


Jamaica Choral Society

The sale of seats for the Jamaica Choral society concert, which will be given at the Opera House on the 29th inst., is progressing at the Hall of Pharmacy. Every seat will be offered at $1, hence the best will go first.

—The Long Island Farmer, Jamaica, NY, May 17, 1895, p. 8.

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