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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1903
Page
1
Caldwell items report council meeting upcoming events including the fire department officers election. Notes cover summer visits, church activities, alumni reunion, a village fair planning, and Children’s Day services with speakers from Newark and Orange.
A village fair listing stalls with varied goods from antiques and dolls to cakes ice cream and fancy articles. Local women such as Catherine Laine Cornelia Campbell Ethel Helier and Caroline Bowman will oversee displays including souvenirs spoons a cook book and a dolls exhibit with a prize for the best doll. Kitchen items and house displays from Caldwell inns will also be shown.
Thieves entered Dr Edwin E Bond's home on Roseland avenue Caldwell early Thursday and stole over two hundred dollars worth of silverware and cut glass. They disabled the electric switch and bell wires and entered via a cellar using a skeleton key. The Bond household learned of the break about 6 30 AM after a servant found the dining room disturbed. Police in Newark and Montclair were notified.
The Senior Sunshine Society hosted an ice cream and strawberry festival on Bloomfield avenue to benefit the Fresh Air Fund. Miss Jessie Lusk chaired the entertainment committee with help from Mable Speer Bessie Millers Viola Cornell Agnes Peck and others serving ice cream and cake on the lawn of Thomas C Provost.
A list of new home telephone connections includes A. Creasy Morrison on Roseland Avenue Essex Fells call 10 Henry E Schroeder M D Oak Lane and Woolton Road call 43 Mrs Mary E Jackson Hillside Avenue call 8 f Mrs Mary S Butler Arlington Avenue call 15 f Charles E Wilson Arlington Avenue call 16 1 Monomonock Inn Westville Avenue call 40 W A Babcock Washburn Place call 6 i.
A fragmented catalog of attendees and items from a reception or event. Names include Pew, Red bue, Silver Griffis, Mrs J Deiy, Anne O Down, Michael Walsh, Ciara F Dugan, Mary A Ryso, M Hayes, T W Vuenderhoot, John F O’Neill, P J Fulman. Various small gifts and tableware such as lamps, silver items, cut glass, and a spice set are noted.
Mrs Louisa Livingston sues William Arlington Livingston for divorce alleging desertion after their 1901 marriage at 687 Fifth Avenue. Cross bill from the husband claims wife deserted him. Evidence shows years of alleged non-support and repeated meetings in New York streets as cross-examination unfolds.
Caldwell firemen plan a fete and parade on Saturday August 1 with committees for supper music parade and entertainment. Donations and arrangements lists credit for organizing tasks and a number of visiting fire companies are expected to compete for a fine trumpet prize.
The North Caldwell School ends for the summer on Monday June 8. Pupils attend daily with forty nine enrolled and an average daily attendance of thirty two. Attendance for the year stands at 00 percent. Seventeen dollars and fifteen cents have been raised for pictures and library books. Thirty new library books added and two hundred eighteen titles loaned and read by pupils.
Tomorrow evening at 7 45 the Congregational Church in Verona hosts a Children’s Day program of carols and Sabbath School recitations. Six girls Miriam Osh Lillian Davenport Ethel Boice Myrtle Orr Lillian Broots Edna Stonaker will present a floral exercise titled The Ladder of Life.
Caldwell High School will hold commencement exercises at the Presbyterian Church on Thursday June 18. A program is in preparation and Voss' orchestra will provide music. Class of 03 members include Miss Ethel Sanderson Miss Trab Cadmus Miss Grace Beach Miss Edith Beach Miss Sara Jackson Edward Wright and Zenas Crane.
Commencement at the State Normal School in Trenton will next week honor Caldwell students Adele Maynard Crane Bessie Francisco Jessie Norbury and Louise Robert Speer as they receive their diplomas.
A lawn party hosted by the Ladies Aid Society of Verona Methodist Church will be held on Mr. Filmore Condit’s lawn Thursday evening June 25. If stormy, activities shift to Friday with cake cream and candy and additional features planned for the evening.
Northfield notes report Mr Edward Crosby and Miss Lizzie Crosby of Orange traveling with about twenty friends to Saturday visit Mr and Mrs William E Crosby of the town. A Baptist Church grounds festival by the Christian Endeavor Society occurred Wednesday evening. Mrs S H Burnet marked her sixty seventh birthday June 3 at sister Mrs Amanda Peyer’s home in Elizabeth. Mrs S Mable and Miss Nellie Mable of New York visited Mrs Samuel McQuaide. Children’s Day services are set for Sunday June 14 at 10 45 a m in the Baptist Church. Mrs C Northen of New York has been visiting Mr George B Sebulte.
The Verona High School alumni met on June 7 1891 to form an Alumni Association and held enjoyable receptions in William P Johnsons Hall in the following year but irregular dues led to its ceasing. The president notes that few members paying dues cannot sustain the group.
On Sunday evening June 21 Rev R J Campbell, minister of Temple London and successor to Joseph Parker, preaches at Montclair Congregational Church at 7 30 PM after morning service at Plymouth Church Brooklyn. Verona residents urged to attend this rare event.
Miss Anna Hornfeck hosted a progressive euchre afternoon at her Lakeside avenue Verona home. First prize a belt buckle went to Miss Bess Loftus of Glen Ridge, second prize a hat pin to Miss Louise Loftus. Attendees included Miss Emma Ward of New York and several Montclair residents.
The Caldwell post office announces mail arrivals at 7:22 and 9:68 a m, 2:49 and 5:15 p m with the Newark pouch at 6:56 p m Mail closes at 7:25 a m, 1:00, 4:00 and 6:20 p m.
The notices describe labor strikes and anti union actions, housing schemes by trade groups, and wage projections from canal work. It also notes child labor law changes in several states, with age limits rising to 12 by next year and schooling requirements remaining.
The Mothers Club held its final meeting of the season at Verona Schoolhouse on Friday June 5. Miss Cunnison led the session with a talk on vacation plans and home crafts for children. She proposed schooling in rest and simple activities like cooking sewing and flower pressing for rainy days. Homemade toys and a repurposed umbrella tent were demonstrated to show practical child friendly activities.
Weekly filings include Edward M. Jackson etux to M Le Leontine Leaycraft Caldwell east Brookside avenue north Albert Eilis land. Mary E Jarvie et al to Mary 38. Pond Caldwell east Brookside avenue north Marcus Harrison land. John McClannon to George E De Camp Caldwell corner Z G Harrison line. William Ward et ax to Mary A Ward et al Livingston east Brook near bridge D Morehouse land. Walter P Lindaley trustee to J F Glasby Lumber Co ceoperts verges southwest corner Highland road Park Place 50x150. Eliza Parsonage to Jersey City Water Supply Co Caldwell corner lands Henry Stanley. Pond 8 to Edward M Jackson Caldwell east Brookside avenue north Marcus Harrison land. Euphemia N Deane te Caleb Crane Caldwell southwest corner N N Crane land lot 235x265. Edward H Baldwin et ux to Lewis M Crane Caldwell northeast side Bond land to Great Swamp.
Proposals opened for grading and paving to the road and assessment committee of the Board of Freeholders. Lightyhoe & Sons won the Hobart Gap road contract in Livingston and Millburn townships for 64,404,090 dollars. Francisco Bros. secured the Dutch Lane Caldwell contract for 22,517.05 dollars.
An essay recalls the first American flags and George Washington’s role as art critic. It contrasts early handmade banners with modern flag manufacturing, noting materials from bunting to silk. It explains flag care to prolong life and the fragility of outdoor use.
Charles E. Kenner and Rosie Landen wed at Columbia Hall New ark on Saturday night. Four hundred fifty guests attended with wagons and vehicles arriving and candles lit during the ceremony. The couple will open a new store opposite his father's residence soon. Flower Day at the Methodist Church is planned for Sunday.
A church tea evening at Grimes Presbyterian Church in Roseland on June 19 from eight to o'clock offers a reception to the Rev and Mrs Mills.
Verona notes large and small items from church notices to school events. Miss Helen Whitehorne visits Poughkeepsie relatives. The Verona Township vote for electric lighting passes with thirteen hundred dollars approved. Church receptions and society meetings fill the scene along with local mentions of residents and students.
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