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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1903
Page
1
Caldwell notes report visitors from Newark and Brooklyn, church events, a Welsh party, lawn fete plans, and local residents moving to Pittsburg and Beach Haven. Open men’s meeting scheduled August 11 to hear Young Men's Christian Association reports.
A lawn fete is planned for Saturday August 15 on Roseland avenue Caldwell to raise funds for the Sunshire Society of Darien Conn. The event offers homemade cake bread and candies for sale and a Fancy table with useful and pretty articles for sale.
Fowler, a convicted larceny defendant, attempted to flee during a bath parade at the penitentiary grounds. Deputy Snow wrestled him after a dangerous pursuit through open fields and a rocky brook, earning medical aid for injuries. Fowler was recaptured and returned to custody.
Caldwell volunteers held a village green lawn fete with a National Guard skirmish drill by Company F Newark and a silver trumpet contest won by Avondale Hose No 1 Nutley. Bands, booths, refreshments, and fireworks accompanied a visiting firemen parade through Caldwell streets.
Northfield notes report a Wednesday ice cream festival and lawn party held on church grounds under the Christian Endeavor Society. Ethel Johnson Florence Johnson and Hattie Schulte spent Wednesday at Washington's headquarters near Morristown. Mrs. Samuel MacQuaide returned home after a serious appendicitis illness in Roseland. William H. Mosher's barn was struck by lightning Thursday and burned. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Ross of Orange visited Mr. E. B. Burnett.
During August the Caldwell Presbyterian Church schedules pulpit sermons by visiting ministers. Rev. George H. Bonsall of Haverstraw NY preaches August 2, Rev. Edgar C. Mason of Knoxville TN on August 16, Rev. Henry Kentinger of Bloomington IL on August 23, and Rev. Charles T. Berry of Brooklyn NY on August 30.
A columnist offers guidance on home decor focusing on tableware, porcelain finishes, and summer drapery. It discusses choosing textiles for light control, privacy, and artistic balance, with examples of curtains and fabrics to create harmonious rooms and altered room character.
The St AlOysius Church Caldwell will hold its annual fair at the New Association Hall Gould avenue Caldwell for one week starting Monday August 10. The committee promises abundant gifts a fine program music dancing and contests including a hat and trumpet prize for the most popular fireman. Pine Brook girls will present a minstrel Wednesday under Miss Gertrude Smith. Committees oversee Caldwell Union Essex Fells booths with local volunteers.
The hotel register lists guests at the Monomonock Inn New York C H McIntire and wife Townsend Morgan Miss Eleanor Hoyt Frank L Quimby Mrs Benjamin Wright T H Lowerre A D Walker F H Wickens and wife Samuel Drew and wife R G Pattargon Jersey City F W Anneas and Wife JAndlugion Perry Hatch and wife Brooklyn H Spadene and wife Miss Spadene A Spadenec Mrs S C Vogel.
County records report mortgages filed in the past year listing Charles Falk et ux to George Wiedenmayer Co for Verona on the west side of Grove Avenue at $1,000 and to the German Savings Bank for a West Grove Avenue address at $1,800.
A weekly Livingston column reports social visits church activities and upcoming services. Miss Gertrude Fives visits Mt Pleasant. Rev W H Gardner officiates in Marlborough New York. Gardner relatives visit Strafford Springs. A Baptist and Presbyterian church union meeting occurred at Lake with Christian Endeavor leaders scheduled through August. A severe storm caused a fire at W J Mosier’s barn destroying hay and injuring no livestock, plus tree damage at Moran property and DeCamp fruit trees.
At a Monday night session the Caldwell Borough Council receives a petition to grade Small avenue and orders the clerk to notify owners to grade within sixty days or face costs. The hotel area improvements request is filed. A flagman request at Roseland avenue is referred to the Legal Question Committee. A $50 check for Hatfield street work is noted and Essex County road repairs report 63,500 gallons used. Bloomfield residents Thomas Webb and Fred Bush named to the fire department. Full proceedings promised in next issue.
The annual Grange picnic at Swinfield Bridge is set for Thursday October 20 under Morris Essex and Union County Granges. Attendance this year is expected to exceed 20 000 with a reputation speaker lineup and a band. Committee members include J H M Cook president C E B Bryer secretary Amos W Harrison treasurer George Kitchell grounds Austin Hedden refreshments Frank C Goble privileges William Van Zee refresh ments H Quinaby speakers J H M Cook and Dr Wara printing A W Webb music. The Arrangement Committee planned a meeting Tuesday evening but it was postponed due to a storm.
The First Presbyterian Church of Verona held a social evening with music by the Alpha Club and recitations by Miss M Crawford of Verona Miss Nellie Largent of Montclair Dr Reed of Crona and young Andie Mulligan. Refreshments followed and attendees praised the event and wished the Alpha Club future musical success.
The department at L. S. Plant & Co. Newark specializes in engraving card invitations wedding embossing stamping and die making with skilled Union engravers. They offer short order prompt service and can stamp and emboss stationary from client dies and produce new ones. The Fall Stationery line is arriving and Plant & Co. promises an enjoyable experience for shoppers.
The piece surveys labor struggles and wage trends across the United States and Europe. It notes Baldwin Locomotive Works employing 15,000 in Philadelphia, a looming wage panic, and a large AFL convention in Boston. It mentions Irish farm labor wages, Worcester women clerks unions, and heavy mine fatalities in England. It also discusses Britain’s wage declines in coal, U.S. unions expanding, and Berlin’s 10 hour day amid strong unions. It closes with home-based work concerns over new regulations affecting the Elaine paper trade.
Cedar Grove residents plan summer visits with families in Catskills and Rahway. Miss Jenpie Wandel visits aunt in Brooklyn. The Wilting Workers host a lawn party after a successful event. Master Webster Mitchell to vacation with grandmother. Sunday School picnic set for Verona Lake on August 12. Cedar Grove works acquire new machinery and boiler at the Bronze Powder Manufacturing Company.
The Sunday School of the Congregational Church of Verona plans its annual picnic on Thursday August 13. A trolley ride at 8 50 a m will take them to Midhand Beach via Bergen Point Ferry and additional trolleys on Staten Island. Return to Verona expected about 7 00 p m. Nonmember tickets cost sixty cents.
The Caldwell post office lists mail arrival times at 3 22, 9 58 a m, 2 40 and 6 ld p m and Newark pouch at 5 56 p m The 7 Mails close at 7 25 p m, 1 00, 4 00 and 5 20 p m.
A fierce northeast wind fueled a blaze in Verona damaging a printing office and adjacent dwellings. Fire crews from Montclair Caldwell and Orange attended. no water supply hindered efforts. Losses total about 7 000 with partial insurance. post office temporarily housed in Verona Methodist Church. A town committee meeting may consider fire protection measures.
During Rev. Shelton Bissell’s vacation the Verona Congregational Church will have laymen in the pulpit on August 16 23 30 and September 6 13 all from Montclair or Verona. Evening services remain at 745 with Young Peoples Meetings at 7.Sunday School to convene. Bissell preaches in Norwalk Conn August 16 and plans to return to Verona September 20.
Two severe storms in one week dumped as much rain as July. Thursday afternoon floodwaters overflowed streams and inundated Grove Avenue near Persootte and Verona Lake Park damaging lawns paths and flower beds. Residents say it is the heaviest rainfall in twenty years.
Roseland hosts a melon social to the tune of Mrs Hyer on Thursday evening August 13. A children sermon is planned for Sunday at the Presbyterian Church using the regular service. A robophone entertainment is set for Saturday at 7:45 PM at Roseland M P Church with a silver collection and log cream sale. All are invited.
Verona Lake Park hosted Warmers Day and a Baker Printing Company outing with about 100 attendees. Local residents like Miss Gertrude Harrison and Mrs J O Donald planned travels to Asbury Park and Connecticut while editorials note school board activity and community visits.
South Orange pastor Rev. Dr. Kt M Luther and Livingston’s Rev. W TI Gardner spoke at the eleventh annual Brotherhood of the Kingdom conference near Medthevents NY. Dr. Luther urged truth over opinion as piety alone does not prove religion. Gardner outlined a Christian view of property noting state influenced rights and public service needs.
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