28 Feb 1903
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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1903
Page
1
Local items report church activities and social events. Residents plan Ember Days observances and a Washington trip. Postmaster candidacy for Pine Brook advances. community meetings continue. Separate notes cover police calls over weekend noise, youth mischief, and club papers at Mrs Speer residence.
The Caldwell Borough Improvement Association women celebrate securing a building site for a new hall with a small outlay. They seek plans and expect to break ground soon, thanking all who aided. The article lists shares of Caldwell Athletic Association stock held by several locals and acknowledges money and service contributions.
A Kasex County Board of Agriculture meeting will be held in Stoseland Grange Hall on Thursday March 6 at 2 p m. S T Ketcham Esq a member of the New Jersey Tuberculosis Commission or the Care and Health of Cows will address the gathering. Other farming topics including dairying will be discussed.
The document outlines Lent fasting rules with meat allowances on certain Sundays and principal meals, permitted dairy use, and adjustments for those who cannot fast. It notes a Holy See indulgence, dispensation powers for bishops, and a Holy Thursday oils blessing in the cathedral with a parish collection for missions and faith propagation.
An entertainment program is planned in Association Hall Caldwell on Friday afternoon March 20 at four o clock under Borough Improvement Association. S J Gally of Newark will present a Punch and Judy show Mer Schutt a blind pianist will perform. A pie with twenty four black birds will be served by Miss Wilhelmina McGride. A decorated tree with fruit will be in charge of Miss the Crouse. Candy and peanuts will be sold by Miss Katherine Elterieh and Meal J Baldwin. A fish pond and grab bag will be run by Miss Carrie Jacobus and Miss Anoa Anderson.
The Caldwell union services will run next week on weeknights except Saturday with meetings in various churches. Lev J J Bokrell of Vernam Methodist leads Tuesday at the Presbyterian Church and alternates with Kiev John Dobbins of Montclair who speaks Thursday at the Baptist Church. Preachers from outside towns are expected and all are invited to attend.
Mr Harrison, longtime Newark educator and former State Superintendent of Public Instruction, retires after a career spanning Powerson Public School No. 2 to Newark City Home. He led reforms, expanded education, and fostered moral uplift, including the establishment of printing, farming, and craft programs and a notable choir and band.
The Stocking Sociable by the Christian Endeavor Society at the First Presbyterian Church of Verong, held Friday at J C Canniff's home, drew 53 attendees and raised funds. O D Canniff played piano. Marie Johnson performed a recitation. Henrietta Ahlborn and May Griffen sang a duet. Helen Sargent closed with a recitation as games entertained all ages until midnight.
Readable fragments describe a township bill contentious between Caldwell and Livingston over land between Harrison Avenue and Eagle Rock Road. Plans note church and school sites, while local groups schedule annual meetings at the Methodist Protestant Church with county officers addressing the assembly.
Miss May Van Ness visits at White Hall and Miss Minnie Collins hosts relatives in Orange. Frederick Worthen of New York visits George L B Sehuste. Local Baptist business meeting held at Prof. George’s home. Attendees at a sniper event included Walter Burnet and several Collins and Meeker family members. Andrew Rimbach dies at Orange Memorial Hospital aged 76. Funeral at Northfield Church. interment in local cemetery. Mrs. Samuel Barnet mourns loss of Kate L. Barnet of Newark pneumonia. Mrs. Samuel MeQuhaide hosts twenty third birthday supper with family and neighbors.
A Martha Washington Stopper at Livingston avenue by the Ladies Society of the M. P. Church drew large crowds on Swordsay night. Miss Bertha Sigler and Mr Sylvester Williams directed the musical program with praise for all participants while 125 guests enjoyed a generously hosted banquet.
The Caldwell Presbyterian Church Ladies Aid held a Monday lecture room party with old-time songs by Jayde and a chorus. Participants included Agnes Peck Griffith and numerous named members. the program closed with America and a social hour. The receipts were 45 dollars for the church and lecture road electrification fund.
The article advises restraint in furnishing small spaces, suggests an iron chair rail and simple furniture, and warns against overloading rooms. It discusses choosing comfortable chairs, plain carpets to create apparent space, and mixing period styles with understated accessories like plaster brackets and ivory painted shelves.
The Verona Township annual report for the year ending January 31 1908 notes balances and receipts including tax certificates and city refunds for vacating Pitth Avenue. It lists remittances, insurance, Board of Health matters, and recommends appropriations for the coming year totaling $2,000 for roads, $1,200 for township purposes, and $500 for the support of the poor.
The Amateur Skating Association of the United States delayed the national speed championship races planned for Monday at Verona Lake. About fifteen hundred spectators gathered at the Luge to watch but the ice was too soft, and officials adjourned the contest to the following Saturday.
Public invited to Unity Church Capita rian at Unity Hall Mont elauir corner South Fullerton and Bloofield avenues. Leslie Miles Sprague will speak at nine oclock on What is Christianity discussing Harnack. Vesper service at six with The Aim of a Progressive Church theme. Sunday school at 9:45 AM.
The Essex County Teachers Guild will convene at the Newark Public Library on Wednesday evening March 4. A proposed amendment to the constitution allowing local chapters to be formed will be discussed.
Community notes from Verona include church events at Heartenly Conference on March 5, a farewell reception for Supe intendent C.M. Clarrison, a Johnson's Hall dance, and meetings of the Woman's Aid Society and Isabella Club. Reports mention residents’ activities, poverty social, and Mothers’ Club plans with talks on the Kindergarten Idea Applied to home and school.
The Cedar Grove Wis Public School No 8 held a Washington Birthday observance noted for its pleasant, patriotic tone. The room was decorated with bunting flags an eagle and laurel wreaths behind a Washington shield while a crayon banner bore First in War First in Peace and the Heart of His Countrymen. A short address by the principal and singing followed, with student recitations and prizes.
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