Caldwell Melange Highlights and Town Notices
Local column covers social visits and gatherings at Mrs. Estelle Bouydhouse Laurelhurst home and Miss Carrie Jacobus birthday party. Notices include church meetings, school graduations at Caldwell Presbyterian Church, and civic items about the borough council and road drivers parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama
M. &. Manor
Plainfield Sev
H. W. Baldwin
Cecilia Siddle
W. Moore Gould
Newark
Jne
Gerwude Fletcher
New York
Marie Crane
Wachbure Minee
Estelle Roydhouse
Ladies’ Aid Society
the Baptist Church
Baptist Sabbath School
Estelle Bouydhouse
The
Sunshine Society
Edna Wheeler
Carrie Jacobus
Presbyterian
John Caton
St. Aloysius Church
Nelson B. Chester
Shelter Island
N. Y
McDowall
Salvation Army
Baptist Church
Frank Hopwood
Mountain Avenue
W. H. Howard
Essex County Road Drivers’ Association
C. W. Hunter
Brooklyn
Laurelhurst
Railroad Avenue
Grover House
BR. M. Jackson
H. J Holmes
Charles F. Hopwood
A. D. Stoutenburgh
Josi Spee
Essex Fells Residents Gather for Summer Season Activities
Essex Fells notes list summer arrivals at the Lodge and Roseland avenues, new golf club officers, and rising telephone subscribers. Highlights include Mrs Roosevelt of New York registering at the Lodge, the Kingsley school closing for summer, and the Essex Fells Golf Club election of officers. The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company adds several Oak Lane and Roseland subscribers. The town, a growing community near Caldwell along Roseland avenue, features well appointed homes and easy trolley access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mins Schofield
Carrie Vit Linge
Toring
Stewart Wendell
Edwin P. Hajeh
Mesers. & Weylher
Rey. W. M. Rive
Philadelia
Rene
Ohn Melsod
George W. Case
Jersey City Heights
Essex Fells
Charles Tickoor
New York
Ernest Ll. Wilson
Walker
Madison Avenue
Boyd
Theodore V. A. Trotter
Roseland Avenue
James Phyte
M. Griswold
The
Home Insurance Company
Charles M. Clark
Hayden
J. A. Davidson
Miss Davidson
Wootten Road
Charles W. Leavitt,Jr
Kingsley
Essex Fells Golf Club
Charles W. Leavitt
W. O. Raven
Arthur H. Colby
John P. Schofeld
Ross W. Weir
R. Stewart Wendell
Caldwell
Presbyterian Church
Sewage Filtration Expansion Planned at Kasex County Hospital
The Kasex County Hospital will add two filtration beds for sewage disposal, following a building committee decision. An existing bed operates but cannot meet demand. project aims to keep each plant under 1000 dollars, likely by day work, though final method not decided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kasex County
Losane
Overbrook
Board of Freeholders
Mountain Vein Public School Holds First Commencement
On June 12 Mountain Vein Public School held its first commencement under Principal B R Norwood with four graduates Frank Aldrich Magdaline Keenan Marguerite Osborne and Neal Demarest. Caldwell residents attended as five Caldwell High School graduates have taught there over five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Vein Public School
B. R. Norwood
Frank Aldrich
Magdaline Keenan
Marguerite Osborne
Neal Demarest
Caldwell
Caldwell High School
Mountain View
May Crane
Julia Crane
Lila A. Beach
Sadie M. Lewis
Eva E. Webber
Overbrook Asylum Counts 31 Patients and Three Deaths
Dr. D M Dill reports at Overbrook Freeholder's Committee on Insane that 31 males and females are at the Overbrook Asylum, totaling 340 percent earlier. three deaths noted. Next committee meeting set for Tuesday June 24 at the Overbrook Asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata Ee
Freeholder's Committee On
D. M. Dill
Overbrook Asylum
Livingston Community Notes on Local Churches and Schools
The Livingston area reports on Morris and Essex Baptist sessions at Netcong with Rev. W. H. Gardner joining the executive committee. A June 27 graduation and June 21 public schools entertainment are planned at Livingston Baptist Church with student speakers and a piano from the temperance society. The township debates auto speed rules to safeguard roads amid rising incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris and Essex Association
Netcong
Livingston Tenperence Soriery
The
Baptist Church
Sunday School Association
W. H. Gardner
A. Ross Forve
Morris and Essex Association of Baptist Churches
Neteung
Gardner
Adele Ingersoll
Joel Ingersoll
Majorie
Albert Smylie
Anna Parkhurst
Hasel Meeker
Willie Chambers
Stuth Gardner
Township Sunday School Association
Livingston Baptist Church
B. L. George
Hanner
George B. Schulte
Livingston Township
Livingston
Temperance Society
Minnie Collins
Matilda Hoch
William Collins
Northfield
Ethel Hamilton
Roseland
Seventeen Year Locust Seen but Not a Scourge
The article argues the seventeen year locust causes little harm beyond occasional root damage to trees. It notes the insect does not consume foliage and that female locusts lay eggs in roots, with only twig-tips dying as a result, limiting overall impact unless unusually abundant.
Lighting District No 1 elects commissioners at Verona
The annual election at Verona Clubhouse selected Henry Ahlborn Herman Hornfeck and Charles H Oughletree as lighting district No 1 commissioners. Voted maintenance funds for the coming year totaled 1200 dollars. An adjacent Cedar Grove election also chose commissioners Ebler O Wettgen WM Jenkins and Robert Chesney with the corresponding appropriation voting noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona
Henry Ahlborn
Herman Hornfeck
Charles H. Oughletree
Cedar Grove
Ebler O. Wettgen
WM. W. Jenkins
Robert Chesney
Annual Supper of Verona Congregational Church Ladies Aid Society
The Annual Supper of the Ladies Aid Society of Verona Congregational Church will be held on Tuesday afternoon and evening June 24 at Verona Lake Park. Boating bathing and fishing available for all with a merry go round and music. Supper served from 6 till 9 p.m. Fun and frolic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Aid Society
Verona Congregational Church
Verona Lake Park
Prosper Dramatic Club to stage Our Boys at Association Hall
The Prosper Dramatic Club rehearses for Our Boys to be presented at Association Hall on June 26 27 and 28. Proceeds will benefit the local Volunteer Fire Department. A synopsis will be released later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prosper Dramatic Club
Our Boys
Association Hall
Betsy Ross and Washington Weaving the First Stars and Stripes
The article traces the origin of the flag from Washington's coat of arms to Betsy Ross stitching the first banner in Philadelphia. It notes the six pointed stars changed to five, Betsy Ross's role in flag production, and early uses of the Stars and Stripes from Fort Stanwix to Yorktown, ending with Vermont and Kentucky joining in 1791–92 and a 1795 plan adding stripes for new states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dusiys
Washington
America
Robert Morris
Houset
Ross
Hose
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Betsy Ross
Delaware
Treasury
Betsy Rosas
John Ross
Betsy
Delaware River
Clarissa Claypoole
Sovciety of Friends
Fort Stamoix
Port Schuyler
Rome
New York
Gansevoort
Charleston
S.C
Brandywine
Germantown
Burgoyne
Res
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Vermont
Kentucky
North Caldwell School Closing Exercises Report
North Caldwell notes the closing exercises held Friday June 4 with a long program of recitations, dialogues and readings by pupils led by teachers. It lists absent and tardy pupils, honored performers, attendance records, and library additions totaling 376 volumes with 369 checkouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud Henderson
Dean Baldwin
Anna van Kiper
Margaret Walsh
Battle Hymn of the Republic
Stetta Fischer
Ten Littl Hoys
Hebno
Lemuel Stager
Louis Fischer
Allen Bach
Arthur Pttvetmayer
David Moss
Thomas Klimbach
Hreat Dawson
Michael Walsh
John Walsh
Fred Jastroam
Thomas Sanderson
Flossie Vischer
Bessie Shanz
Bertha Jasteam
Elsie Hearies
Will Henderson
Paul Klimbach
George Hach
Harold Singer
Upina Tree School
Ethel Hennion
Clarence Francisco
Rose Margaret van Super
Flossie Fischer
Retta Fischer
Mamie Henderson
Fannie Henderson
Eleanor Hennion
Little Red School House
Pleasie Fischer
Elsie Hennion
Zoe Hennion
Josephine Dawson
Bessie Schauz
Margaret van Viper
Walter Scott
Thomas Peer
Oard of Education
Cedar Grove Brieflets and Verona Commencement Detail
Cedar Grove notes describe a birthday event, railway timetable changes, a large Children's Day service at Cedar Grove Church, and a new daily baggage express launched by A W Mitchell between Cedar Grove and Paterson. Verona High School will hold commencement with a program featuring music, readings, etc., listing graduates Cecelia Cook, Richard Atkin, John Goble, and Ella Jacobus among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harald
Hosaw Nenney
Greenwood Lake
Beylang
Parepregeri
Cedar Grove
Ladou P
Grove
A. W. Mitchell
Paterson
Anthem High School
Reid
Richard Gibson Atkin
Delaway Stuyvesant
Caraoe Am
Cook
Benedict Arnold
John Leva Goble
John Brneet Jacobus
F.C. Goble
The
Fisher Crew's Return High School
Vreeland
Goble
J. 1
Boswell
Jd. L. Hayes
Dr. Reid
Board of Education
Cecelia M. Cook
Richard G. Atkin
John L. Goble
Jobo EK. Jacobus
Ella O Jacobus
Lillian M. Jenkins
Amy Vreeland
New Divorce Law Outlined by Legislature
The last Legislature enacted marriage and divorce laws affecting many citizens. Clergy and notaries should review the new statute to stay compliant. Grounds for divorce include adultery, two years of willful desertion, impotence at marriage, and extreme cruelty.
Strawberries Ripen in September Says 1902 Feature
To the Lovers of Strawberries a 1902 feature promises a strawberry that ripens in September. Gardeners for years sought a March planted berry that bears in the open for perfect flavor. Two varieties, St. Joseph and St. Antony of Padua, met the conditions and were planted broadly this season after last year’s limited plantings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Joseph
St. Antony of Padua
Postponed French Market in Borough Improvement Meet
At the Executive Committee meeting held at Mrs. Ravens residence on Thursday evening the group postponed the French Market to Friday and Saturday evenings August 2 due to Caldwell High School Alumni Association annual events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Borough Improvement Association
Subscriptions Open for The News in Caldwell Area
Town residents planning summer departures can stay informed by subscribing to The News. The offer covers delivery to any point in the United States or Canada for 1 per year, with free address changes and no extra charge. Subscribe now to keep in touch.
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Caldwell
United States
Canada
Confirmation Rite At St Peter’s Fells With Two Choirs
On Sunday June 15 the Rt Rev Thomas A Starkey Bishop of Newark will administer the rite of confirmation at St Peter’s Protestant Episcopal Church Fasex Fells. The St Peter’s choir will be joined by St Agnes Church Little eel. A cordial invitation is extended to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Starkey
D. D
Newark
St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church
Fasex Fells
St. Peter's
St. Agnes Church
Little Ee
Verone Methodist Church Cuban Tea Postponed to June Thursday
The Cuban Tea event at Verona Methodist Church, led by Charles L. Ingalls, was postponed from Thursday evening to Thursday evening in June at the same hour. The program outline remains the same and will be carried out then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verona School
Verona High School
Charles L. Ingalls
Verona Methodist Church
Thuredy
Montclair Trust Company Publishes Deposit and Loan Booklet
The Montclair Trust Company issued a detailed booklet outlining how to deposit, withdraw, loan funds, and related services. It is being mailed to patrons and others interested to provide full information on the bank’s offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montclair Trust Company
Do you subscribe and pay regular for this paper
The reader asks about subscribing and paying regularly for the newspaper, framing it as a duty of public spirited people to support the local paper and other town endeavors.
Verona Gleanings Report From a Small Town Page
Local notes describe community events on June 14 to 25 in Verona including church suppers and festivals. It mentions visits by groups, baseball scores, and warnings about fruit crop risks from the caterpillar threat.
Obituary notes for Emma C Robbins and others in Verona
The death of Mrs Emma C Robbins wife of Justice M Robbins of Verona is recorded after a long illness and great suffering. Funeral was held Tuesday from J N Dobbins residence Bloomfield Avenue with interment at Rosedale Cemetery Orange. Also noted is the death of Mrs Sarah Smith of Lindsay Road Cedar Grove from heart trouble, with funeral Saturday at two from Laurel Grove. Ogilvie Pier of Fairfield died at home June 5. funeral followed from his residence on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma C. Robbins
Justice M. Robbins
Verona
Robbins
Mia Robbins
J. N. Dobbins
Bloomfield Avenue
Rosedale Cemetery
Orange
Sarah Smith
William K. Smith
Lindsay Road
Cedar Grove
Laurel Grove
Ogilivie Pier
Fairfield
Pier
Pink Tea Honors Three Birthdays At Tooker Home
On Tuesday June 10 a pink tea was held in honor of three birthdays. The house was decorated with ferns and cut flowers by Mr Henry Mudolph. Miss Tooker received many gifts from guests including Mr and Mrs Ben Kent Master Becky Fred and Miss Besete Rudolph Miss Kate DeCamp Mr and Mrs Henry Rudolph. The party ended with best wishes for Miss Tooker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mine Jennie Tooker
Henry Mudolph
Mine Tooker
Ben Kent
Becky Fred
Besete Rudolph
Kate’ DeCamp
Henry Rudolph
Aot
Tooker
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Keear
Errmue
Grace BD. Wilson
Oskland
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Congregational Church
Wolfe
Clairmont Avenue
Pittsburge
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Fairview Avenue
Moseland Athletic Club
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