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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1902
Page
1
Caldwell Melange reports community notes from Caldwell with items on residents visiting relatives, upcoming meetings at the Presbyterian Church and High School events. It notes the postponement of the French Market, a tent collapse at the Gould property, and bids for a janitor’s cottage at the public school. Prominent names include W S Dodd, J H White, Henry K Delinger, and Miss Agnes Peck.
The Royal Arcanum marks its twenty-fifth anniversary with a June 28 Verona Lake picnic in Essex county. Eighteen councils plan to attend and prize events include running races, swimming races, boat races, tugs of war, and various field events. The committee led by Dr. S C Hamilton, with Clarence O Crowley and George I Titterton, will organize sports and games.
The monthly reception of the Children's Auxiliary of the Borough Improvement Association will be held on the lawn at Mrs. Wilfred Hunter's on Tuesday afternoon, June 24, at 3 o'clock. Mrs. Baldwin asks each committee chairman to report fully as this is the last event until September with a planned picnic to Pompton Lake. The Flower Committee asks members to share daisies for boxing and sending to the Whittier House.
Verona residents enjoyed a lawn supper and strawberry ice cream festival on the Satterlee Arnold lawn on Fairview Avenue. Chinese lanterns lit several tables as Presbyterian Church ladies in white with blue ribbons served a large crowd, making the fete a success in every feature.
Council meetings addressed speed complaints from North Jersey Street Railway Co manager David Young after several accidents. Borough officials urged sidewalk grading on Tieseland avenue in front of K J S White property. Fire Committee recommended three United States fire extinguishers for public places, cost not to exceed twelve dollars each. Fifty dollars funded for road repairs. a $102,306 road repair bill approved for payment. Fred J. Birdsall nominated and confirmed as marshal without pay. Resolutions: settle Kirkwood Place title dispute. have Borough Engineer Crane prepare street profiles and amended Academy Street profile for next meeting July 7.
Community notes from Livingston detail a strawberry and ice cream festival at West Livingston ME Church, a high school graduation planned for June 26 in the Livingston Baptist Church, a funeral for Tru zilla H. Hopkins in Cedar Street, a Sunday School meeting with planned program, and a piano recital at Kingsley School featuring students from Caldwell Verona Roseland Livingston Northfield and Essex Fells.
The Grand Jury commends the county penitentiary for good discipline health and care of inmates. The Overbrook Hospital is praised as excellent with modern improvements and a salubrious site. The City Home at Verong adopts cottage system after fire and the girls home on high ground with healthy surroundings earns approval.
The Ladie's Aid Society of the Pleasantdale Presbyterian Church marks its sixteenth anniversary on Tuesday June 24 at 7 pm. Church members and nearby friends are invited. A clipping social will accompany the event and refreshments will be sold at a reasonable price. Join for a pleasant evening.
The Prosper Dramatic Club of Caldwell presents Our Boys in three acts at Association Hall Caldwell on Thursday Friday and Saturday evenings at eight. Nedlyan Orchestra provides music. Tickets available at Haslers Pharmacy benefiting the Caldwell Fireman.
The Ladies Aid Society of Verona Congregational Church invites members and friends to an afternoon and evening supper on Tuesday June 24 at Verona Lake Park. Boating bathing and fishing for all, merry go round music and fun. Supper served from 5 till 7 p.m.
A call urges public spirited readers to subscribe and pay regularly, stressing it as essential to sustain a clean wholesome local paper and likening support to backing other beneficent forces in town.
Mrs. S. A. Williams has been visiting friends in Nutly for two weeks. The Roseland House and Hillside Cottage are filled again with summer boarders. The Roseland Whist Club held its final reception at Mrs. D. Vincent's Pleasantcale home. Roseland baseball lost to Oakridge 11 to 13 last Saturday.
A resident complains that discarded power line wire lies in streets and may snag vehicles. He notes even small bits can start a runaway horse and endanger people. The writer questions linemen’s responsibility and urges prompt removal to prevent accidents.
At a Thursday meeting of the Borough Improvement Association Executive Committee held at Mrs Raven's residence, it was decided to postpone the Fresch Market to Friday and Saturday evenings August 1 and 2 due to Caldwell High School annual teobeog.
The program featured speeches on waste material utilization by George Baldwin and Jessie Condit, with music by the Hungarian March Orchestra and the Summer Night Orchestra. It contrasted Spain's decline with calls for national education and progress, and honored pioneers like Daniel Boone while urging future civic courage and peaceful dispute resolution.
Cedar Grove notes report Mr. J. M. Van Ordeo ill while a painter works on a bower, Kesswood improvements and road work, and a Little Falls auto wreck victim remembered. Funeral for Peter Sindell at Cedar Grove and local attendance mark the week. University life aside, Cedar Grove school closes with a long attendance record and a May picnic on the green.
At a Monday night meeting in the council rooms the Caldwell Board of Health reorganized with President James Best, Secretary Isaac Baldwin, and members Dr Edwin Peck, Wo Wright, and Lambert Speer. The inspector reported the borough in very good sanitary condition.
Cousins Rose and Violet Melrose and heirs Talbot Champrey and Charles Middlewick pursue love matches with Violet and Mary amid parental disapproval. In Act II a drawing room scene at Sir Geoffrey Champrey’s house features quarrels and romantic entanglements. Act III moves to Patchery’s lodging house as lovers pursue fortunes. Cast lists include Melrose, Champrey, Middlewick, Lindsley, Worthington, and Baldwin among others.
Verona Gleanings notes Rev John O Winnie will preach at the M E Church tomorrow morning. Prof Fawerd Healey visits Newark City Theme. A Parone batts Paneme remark leads to political commentary. A daily supper and festival is planned at Verona Lake Park Tuesday from five to nine. A reception for Rev and Mrs Bissell is set for Thursday evening June 20 at Ket Congregational Church. State Board of Taxation to meet in City Hall Newark June 24 at eleven for appeals. Ads urge truthful promotion and customer gains from honest ads. Hon John Banker and Tunis McCauley visit Newark City Home, promising to call Spain.
The bass season began Monday promising a productive year as lakes statewide show strong stock levels. George Riley oversees distribution of consignments from Lake Erie including black bass white bass and channel catfish with some Calico bass and rock bass also entering tanks. Greenwood Lake spans New York and New Jersey and receives favored distribution, while mature fish are used and fingerhogs avoided. The article notes extensive fishing pressure and various fishing methods impacting bass and pickerel over the years.
The New Jersey Children’s Home Society met in Trenton last week for its eighth annual conference. Over eight years it has placed 688 children in family homes and supervised them until adoption or adulthood. Costs average about 6758 dollars per child, with total receipts of 8252.23 dollars the largest yearly tally. Five thousand dollars was pledged for the McKinley Memorial Fund to support a Receiving Home or child benefits. F. I. St. Foster was reelected. Rev J S David named superintendent’s assistant.
Rev Futher Joho E Caton sang his first mass at St Aloysius Roman Catholic Church Caldwell on Sunday morning. A Caldwell High School graduate, he entered Vincent's Seminary at Beatty Pa to study for the priesthood, from which he graduated last week. He is twenty six years old and the pastoral mission will begin under Bishop Mer Maul.
Under Charles L. Togally management the Cubat Tea will be held at Verada Methodist Church. The event was rescheduled from Thursday evening to Thursday at the same hour in June. The program includes a social gathering and fundraising activities for the church.
A lengthy guest list records numerous visitors at Caldwell hotels spanning New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and elsewhere. Names include James W. Phyfe, Julia Phyfe, Marjorie Whitlock, J. Spencer Turner, Della Vone, Charles Mackine, James R. Burrell, Amy Baker, George C Taylor, W. M. Matthews, J. McGlashan, Thomas Moore, Renwick party, and many others across cities like Brooklyn Newark Montclair Pittsburg Savannah Scranton Providence and Yorkshire Boggs.
A reader notes summer’s approach and recalls childhood swimming holes and tubs. The London Lancet is cited warning that too much bathing harms the epidermis and speeds progression of malpighian cells.
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