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• . _• ^*THE MERIT STORE*' PERTH AMBOY, N. J.^ National Lace Week The Season’s Loveliest Laces at Prices Far Below Normal For this special occasion we have reduced the priees on our luces from the plain, narrow laces to the elaborate af fairs that grace the costliest gown. Everything that is good ami desirable is well repre sented . SPANISH ALL OVER LACE AND FLOUNCING 36 inches wide, yard. $2.25 to $4.98 In the very desirable colors of black, white, grey and tan. LACE FOR VESTING 8 and 9 inches w ide.98c to $1.89 Very beautiful for vesting with edging to match for collars and cuffs; collar lace to match; yd.39c to 89c ORGANDIE VESTING 8 inches wide; yd.$1.15 In the lovely colors of white and cream: edging to match; yd.. 57c VENICE COLLAR LACE Yard.25c to 98c A very large assortment of beautiful laces for collars and trimmings. NEW ORGAN'DIE TRIMMINGS Yard .12c to 59c Very lovely trimmings, in colors that you admire. * M l [ -\^ New Record Cut In PRICES Featuring Astounding Low Prices on Canned Goods .UP patrons thru the medium of thousands of AA.I* Economy Stores til the 1’. S. save from 15 to 2(lf/« on i annual jrroeery purehases of over $200,000,000. Are you sharing in these vitally ' *^“Wh«re Economy Rul.."# ECONOMY OpportU I “IONA" Brand No. 2 Can d^\r' rp a Save 4c C1C Tomatoes V Tender Cut No. 2 Can String Beans V Save 4 Cents Can j “IONA" Brand No. 2 Can fmj Lima Beans 7 c Save 3 Cents Can Kirkman's Soap, cake 5c Gold Dust, large pkg. 25c Pacific Toilet Paper, roll . Cc BOKAR Coffee Supreme A&P Sole Distributors ifivir ■ vi ■ aavi. Duryea's Corn Starch, j pkg. 12c | Jell-o, pkg.10c | Rinso, pkg.6c great AILANIIU 6 IMNi ca The Largest Retail Grocers in the World - — Get Auto Insurance t It enables you to sleep nights and gives you a chance to get all the wholesome pleasure and the business usefulness you expect out of your automobile. The insurer takes the worry. Tele phone now. FRASER BROS. 210 Smith St. LOUIS DUBOIS WATSON •35 RECTOR STREET Tel. 117-K Perth Amboy, N. J NOTARY PUBLIC Applications for Soldier Bonus. Civil War. Spanlsh-Amertcan Veteran and Wid ow's Pensions a specialty. Open Every Evening from 7 to 8 P. M. AMERICAN AUTOMOBILE LAUNDRY CARS WASHED AND POLISHKIl By Experienced lVa»hers Called For end Delivered 117 Jefferson Street l„ FREEMAN, PROP PERTH AMBOY. N. J. J. M. SORENSEN Hardware and Palm* LUMBER AND MASON MATERULS Wall Board*. Rooflni;. Sewer Pipes PHONE 1600 ijj_■ 11 _ ■ EYES EXAMINED Headaches Relieved by Properly Fitted Glass. Lenses Ground on the FremUea I. MANN—Optical Specialist 87V* Smith Street FELDMAN’S KOSHER MEAT ' MARKET 139 Fayette Street BEST NEW YORK KOSHER MEAT A Pound, 25c. Thor Electric Washers It will pay you to become acquainted with the washer that is “safest” four your clothes. The Thor Luminnid cylinder is as smoothly fin ished as a porcelain tub. Just the place to wash your daily fragile blouses and lacey I things. Washes everything, from handkerchiefs to blankts and rag rugs. Quick, Clean, Safe PAY FOR THE THOR WHILE IT WORKS FOR YOU Public Service ■--v MEN'S CLOTHING of Quality at a Saving of $5.00 to $10.00 on a Suit L STERN 130 Fayette St. Just Off State Street . ~~- ! RECTOR STREET GARAGE For Auto Repairs CHOSE— DA* UK SIGHT—JS'J- WOODIIKIDGE Either < ommeri-tal or Pleasure J. J. LOMAX. Prop. Corner Market and Rector St*. Residence Hurnet St.. Atenei Cars and Truck* 156-160 Sm& Si. PerlKAaW Tuesday and Wednesday “MAY SALE” of “UTICA” and “MOHAWK” SHEETS and PILLOW CASES No Housewife Should Miss MOHAWK SHEETS 63 x 90—WORTH $1.39—SPECIAL.$1.09 I 72 x 90—WORTH $1.59—SPECIAL.$1.19 72 x 99—WORTH 01.89—SPECIAL.$1.25 81 x 90—WORTH $1.98—SPECIAL.$1.25 8] x 99—WORTH $2.00—SPECIAI.$1.39 90 x 90—WORTH $2.00—SPECIAL.$1.39 MOHAWK PILLOW CASES 45 x 36—WORTH 49c—SPECIAL . 35c | “UTICA” SHEETS 72 x 90—WORTH $1.79—SPECL1L.$1.29 81 x 90—WORTH $2.19—SPECL1L.$1.39 | 90 x 90—WORTH $2.29—SPECIAL.$1.55 UTICA PILLOW CASES j 45 x 36—Worth 49c—SPECIAL . 39c EXTRA SPECIAL 81 x 90 ONE-PIECE SHEETS WORTH $1.50 95c EACH I I " " " ' " Warner’s Rust-Proof CORSETS PRICED $1.00 up to $5*00 Pair i i Even if you do want a moderately priced , corset, you have a right to expect good fit, comfort and at tractive lines. If you will let us show you the Warner’s Rust-Proof for your figure, you will get all these, plus the best wear you have ever had. Every Corset is Washable and every one is Guaranteed not to Rust, Break or Tear. Medical Laboratory CLINICAL EXAMINATIONS Blood, Urine, Sputum. Tests, etc. 322 SMITH ST. TEL. 425 M GEORGE H. THOMPSON CARPENTER AND BUILDER •luhhlng Promptly Attended to ■ 87 LEWIS ST. PHONE 1409-W / The C. & S. Co. Carl C. Christensen A Sona SEAMAN STREET Wholesale and retail dealers in all kinds of Mason’* Materials Shectrock Wall Boards Anty-Hydro Waterproofing Metal Lath, Roofing, Sewer Pipe COAL Prices Right, Prompt Service Tel. 1440 _— . MODERN DENTISTRY Gentle treatment as shown by modern scientific METHODS makes it possible to retain both youth and beauty with natural looking teeth, built for lasting service. DR. D. I. MOSS SIHt;EON DENTIST. 139 Smith Stieet Over Paris Restaurant. Phone 1778 Hours—It A. M. to 8:30 P. M. Examinations without charge Miss White nurse In attendance: all languages spoken. LADIES ATTENTION • A graduated and registered Lady Doctor of Dental Surgery Is ready to take care of your tootb trouble*. The essential duty of the lungs is to provide the body with fresh air. When lungs become impaired It Is certain that their troubles must be remedied by the surest methods. Chiropractic methods are sure. We succeed where others fall Dr.O. H.Buchanan Chiropractor 309 MADISON AVE. Rooms 7-8. Tel. 2345 CABLE CHARGES ONLY I 50 CENTS On money remittances to Hungary and Czecho-Slova kia. Orders guaranteed to be executed in three days. We Also Make Cash U. S. Dollar Payments In Hungary, Czecho-Slo vakia, Jugo-Slavia, Roumaj ia, Austria and Poland. LOUIS CS1PO, BANKER 477 State St., City -- _; PERTH AMBOY 1 HARDWARE CO. Wholesale Factory, Plumbers’, Contractors’ Supplies. Largest Supply House In Central Jersey 1 2100—2101—2102: Night Calls: 7#5W. 526J. 40M. 1859R, 1319 “P. A. Hardware for Service.” ._ ■ FlfiTEEN YEARS Experience examining eyes for glasses in Middlesex County—no drops or drugs fised—Good glasses, if need ed—are $4.00 or more—de pending upon frame selected and lenses required. HOURS—2 TO 8 P. M. Daily ATWOOD Man I 167 Smith St., Perth Amboy ■— Health Katz’s Stomach Regulator is a preparation which we can conscientiously recommend for the relief of Constipation. Dys pepsia. Indigestion. Heartburn, and Catarrh of the Stomach; 75c and $1.25 a bottle. Made and sold by the City Pharmacy INCORPORATED THE HOME DRL'G STORE 2S5 SMITH ST. CORNER OAK -__-/ i Builders* Directory \\ ARCHITECTS John Noble Pierson & Sons ARC HIT MTS Designs for all type* of Building* Raritan Building Perth /rnboy. N. J. j_Phono 1423 _____ J. K JENSEN A RCH1TECT I Now Ideated In Citltena' l.onn Kulldiau i 101 SMITH ST. PHONE 187 LOUIS P. BOOZ CIVIL ENGINEER AND SURVEYOR 130 SMITH STREET_ hoilkrm.\k::ks F. B. OVERTON Welders and Hollermakera In All Branchea l No Job Too Big or Too Small SOI KING ST. PHONE 9017 CARPENrERS LKKD CHRISTENSEN CONSTRUCTION CO CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS Office and Shop: 214 Madison Avenue Estimates Cheerfully Furnished RAY Z LAMBERTSON j CARPENTER AND BUILDER Jobbing Promptly Attended to 83 Washington St. Perth Amboy 1313-ft B. GILMAN CARPENTER BUILDER AND OKNKRAL CONTRACTOR 169 WATSON AVE. TEL. 207l-R rnGGINQ-^fRUCKINQ ^ GRAHAM & McKEON i GENERAL C ONTRACTORS \ Excavating. Grading, Etr.. Sand. Gravel Broken Stone, Carting. Etc. 319 OAK STREBT MUNOZ WAREHOUSE CO. STORAGE AND TRUCKING 236-238 SHERIDAN ST. PHONE 469 ELECTR ILIANS J. B. KUBINAK' ELECTRICAL CONTACTOR 89 GORDON ST. PHONE 1464 PERTH AMBOY, N. J. WIRE ME, AND I LL WIRE YOU 1997 .Mill* MARTI* GENERAL ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR 1 BRIGHTON AYE.. PERTH AMBOr R. L. SCHI CK Electrical Contractor Motors and Generators Installed and re paired. line construction and Interior wir ing. Shop and Residence. 449 Compton Ave._Tel. ID 17. ■_ FLOOR SURFACING" FLOOR SFREACING OF ALL KINDS OLD OR NEW FLOORS J. SUNDQUIST Telephone I332-.V Fords. New Jersey ANDREW DUDICS OLD AND NEW IXOOR StJKFACINO Make* Yonr Old Floor Look Like New All Work Promptly Done TEL. 2108-M FORDS, N. J. "glass D. DIAMOND GLASS CONTRACTOR Polished. Plate and Window Glass 226-230 New Brunswick Are. Phone 1530 PERTH AMBOY GLASS WORKS Polished. Date and Colored Glass Mirrors and Table Tops m Windshields a Specialty 186 New Brunswick Are.. Opp. City Scales / _ Phone 2173 HOUSE MOVER JOHN H. M1LJES HOUSE MOYER Estimates Cheerfully Furnished Concrete. Brick A Frame Buildings Moved 458 NEVILLE ST. TEL. 1443 __LUMBER IRA R. CROUSE LUMBER AND BUILDING j % MATERIAL SEWER PIPES 480-500 DIVISION STREET, PERTH AMBOY, N. J. Phones 2094 and 2095 "MASONS' ~ ! T. P. HENDERSON A SON MASON CONTRACTORS Jobbing Promptly Attended to. Cement Work. Sidewalks a Specialty Estimates Furnished 226 STATE_ST\_ _PHONE 661 CARL C. CHRISTENSEN _ MASON AND CONTRACTOR All Kinds of Cement Work A Specialty Telephone 442 Corner 8tate and Paterson Streets_ “GREISEN A THOMPSON" , MASONS AND BUILDERS H. Grelsen. Room 413 Raritan Building. Phone 1646 Rea Metuchen. Phone 292-W W. H. Thompson. Long Branch. Tel. §6t-J A. R. A. OVERGAARD Mason and General Contractor Tel. 752-M, Forda N J. I Next to Postoffice KOBERTBLBOZZA General Building Contracted Mason and Carpenter—Repair Work A Specialty §3 BROAD ST. PHONE 345-U Forth Amboy. N. J. ptTt TMRTWn GEORGE W. STILLWELL j PLUMBING AND HEATING i 287 KINO STREET v Phone 771 Perth Amboy. N. J. a ROOFERS^SUpfuli"^ i JAS. A. SMITH & SON 27S McCI.ELI.AN STREET Rear Majestic Theatre Phone 518-J Perth Amboy, N. J. HEALERS AND SHIPPER* OP ASPHALT ROOFING AND SHINGLES ONE PROFIT PLAN Factory Direct to Yon CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN ROOFING CONTRACTOR Slate. Slag ami Tin Roofing 570 SAYRE AVE. PHONE 648-R _PERTH AMBOl, N. J._ “STONE WORK * D. J. WILLIAMS MARBLE AND GRANITE MONUMENTS 309-311 New Brunswick Ave. < PERTH AMBOY. N J. HEADSTONESLOT ENCLOSURES EUGENE BOROS MONUMENTAL WORKS Monument#, Headstone#. Etc. Corner Amboy Ave. and Barclay Strse’ Telephone 1623 Perth boy. N. J. Perth Amboy Bhiestone Co. j OFFICE 97 GORDON ST. ! CUT STONE. FLAGGING AND CURBING PHONES 544-J AND 359 SHEET"METAL A. B. MASON Skylight, Metal Celling. Plpeleea Furnace and General Sheet Metal Work 90 JEFFERSON ST. TEL. 815 « A. H. KOYEN —Dealer In All Kinds of— Mason Materials, Setter Pipes, Cement LEHIGH COAL 581 87 SAYRE AVE. Stone, All 8fc—pen PHO&K 1379 RES. 55# J | 50 DOZEN Bungalow Aprons Cretonne Porch Dresses Cool and comfortable; pretty floral patterns with white | Q collars and cuffs; each.. V* * Made of Gingham and Percale: solid colors, checks and stripes; $1.00 val ue; Tuesday each ' N COTTON BATTING Only 5 dozen packages on sale at this price, pkg. TUB OIL CLOTH Size 27 x 54 Every woman wants one of these the exact size to cover tlie set wash tubs; each 29c PILLOWS Size 18x26, fill ed with sanitary feathers; special for Tuesday, eaeli II I 3,000 YARDS I CRETONNES Full 36 inches wide and may be had in light or dark patterns for any purpose. j 39c value; yard. Grass Mats SIZE 27 IN.xM IK. Save 10c on each one; a big variety to select from; Grecian and Persian designs; Tuesday. ■ ■ % Money Deposited In Our Interest Department On Or Before May 3rd Draws Interest From May 1st .AT. 4% FIRST NATIONAL BANK 6 Perth Amboy, N. J. Under the Supervision of the United States Government _ ‘ ■j . . PERSONAL LOANS PROMPTLY MADE In Ferth Amboy and vicinity on household goods, pianos and all personal property without removal at the interest rate provided by **N. J. Egan Law of 1914" and no other charge 9 25.00 Ten Mouthiy Payments of 9 9.60 and Three Per Cent. Interest 60.00 Ten Monthly Payments of 6.00 and Three Per Cent. Interest 76.00 Ten Monthly Payments of 7.60 and Three Per Cent. Interest 100.00 Ten Monthly Payments of 10.00 and Three Per Cent. Interest 150 00 Ten Monthly Payments of 15.00 md Three Per Cent. Interest Other amounts up to 9300.00 with privilege of settling principal any time and paying Interest only tor period money is kept. Loans also taken up from other concerns without cost by a reliable company that transacts business con fidentially and la supervised by the New Jersey Banking Department. MUTUAL FINANCE COMPANY, INC. RARITAN HE1LD1NG. 3rd Floor, ITS SMITH ST„ FERTH AMBOY, N. t. F. O. BLANCHE. Manager _____ i ;) Money Deposited In Our Special Department On Or Before May 3rd, Will Draw Interest From May First At The Rate Of * 4% You May Start An Account With $1 RARITAN TRUST CO. j State and Fayette Streets Perth Amboy, N. J. * - -.I THERE’S A special low rate ?ov classified ads that are ordered printed for more than one day