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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1903
Page
1
Caldwell notes recap social visits property moves and community events from Hanford Place to Montclair. Residents include Mrs. H. B. Nash Mrs. A. Littauer and families with church and school activities, library hours, summer homes, waterworks upgrade, and local club meetings.
A musical and dramatic recital is planned for Tuesday evening June 30 at 8 15 in the Caldwell Presbyterian Church by Grace V Correll. The program features piano solos readings and vocal pieces by Miss Edith G Correll and others with a varied lineup including The Butterfly The Green Ann Cottage and The Horror of the Wood among others.
The Caldwell High School alumni group met Friday night in the Presbyterian Church lecture room with a large turnout. The program featured piano duets, vocal solos, orchestral numbers, and talks by historian Miss M DeCamp and Mr E Hedden. Officers for coming year include Stephen J Lindsley as president and Henry Harrison as historian.
The graduating program featured diplomas awarded by Rt. Rev. Bishop O Connor and speeches by Irene A Harker and Miss Genevieve Connors Kulawiak. Certificates and medals were presented to Mabel Leffler Grace Rooney Edna Connors and others for music, art, and needlework achievements.
The 1903 law chapter 169 approved April 8 prohibits selling gifting or loaning toy pistols to anyone under fifteen and restricts use except with guardian supervision or for school military drill. It requires a registry book for firearms with buyer seller and identification details and subjects violators to misdemeanor charges.
Rev Dr Robert A Elwood of Pleasantville denies urging self appointed punishment after a Wilmington lynching of George White. He says his sermon urged no violence and urged speedy trials, hoping courts would deliver justice amid evidence of guilt. He was formerly pastor at Pleasantville NJ and has been linked to a Newark pastorate bid.
The register lists guests at Grover House East Orange with L Lee Frederick and Theodore Lee families and others from Orange New York and Brooklyn. It shows visitors including Miss Lathrope Mrs Sheridan Miss Chase and families, plus couples like J F McCaffery and wife and the Meekers at Monomonock Inn New York.
The report covers wage demands by female workers in New York and agitators in St Paul and Memphis, Italian workers, school reforms in New Haven, and a Pennsylvania court ruling on youth work hours. It notes labor legislation gains in Illinois and Austria, German technical education expansion, Charlotte unions funding a girl’s schooling, and a pension plan by the German Manufacturing Company for long‑tenured employees.
Northfield and Newark residents visited family and friends including Olive Collins and Minnie Collins while Miss Annie Hoch stayed with her mother Mrs. A Hoch. The Baptist Sunday School plans a July 15 picnic at Kramm's Grove near Chatham. Gami mar school graduatesmen and women will enter Livingston High School next year. County Superintendent Elmer W. Sherman awarded diplomas. The annual school peas gathering occurred at Verona Lake on Friday.
The Caldwell Field Club meets Clinton Athletic Club on Central avenue field this afternoon with a lineup featuring Gouid Horn Cheaney Matthews Hartman Redman W Matthews Meyer kadar Schederle Achette Winters Provent Parker and others. The City Home Stars clash with Oriential Field Club of Montclair on the City Home diamond with Hall Sebeuten Be Be Sackson Natale Saintelair Jordans and Hoe among others in the lineup.
Mrs Marcus Stager and her daughters Eva and Olive have returned home after a trip through the Catskill and Cairo mountains in New York. They visited Albany and many other places during their journey.
Community notes from Livingston report on meetings, upcoming events, and local incidents. Pras Hartes, John H. Hunt and Mrs. Hunt head to Mt. Vernon for summer, a Temperance Society meeting is planned at Cullins Hall on June 27 with ice cream. Graduation exercises at the High School feature a student procession and music. Mr. J P Watson dies after years as church treasurer. funeral held at his home with nearby burial in Ely-Watson Cemetery.
Roseland Presbyterian Church organized The Woman's Circle on June 23 with officers led by President Mrs John Hyer and Vice President Miss Adelia Bond. A Thursday installation service for Pastor Rev Mills S Grimes included presbytery moderator Rev A E Reiguin and speakers Rev Nelson B Chester Rev C B Mitchell and Rev Dr Ferguson with prayers and charges.
Dr Stuart Weller details Paleozoic fossils across New Jersey in Part I with rock formations localities and fossil lists. Paris faunas cover about 425 species with many new forms, illustrated by 53 plates and 900 figures. Price is twenty cents or express prepaid. requests to State Geologist Trenton NJ.
A telegram from Ella E. C Gould California states Joseph A Crave died there on Thursday in his eightieth year. He formerly farmed on Fairview avenue Caldwell and had been visiting his brother Harvey Crane in California for about two years. He leaves four children, three daughters and one son Al Crane of Newark company, and was a member of the Caldwell Presbyterian Church.
A lively catalog of summer styles features gowns in blue and white, lawn materials, trimmed lace, and decorative ribbons. Bathing caps, parasols, and novel belts from Paris appear, while fabrics like liberty satin and china silk shape outfits for seashore and city wear.
Real estate notices filed in the past week list conveyances in Essex Fells including Pond to James A. KSsex Fella on Brookside Avenue near the old sawmill and a Speer to John Johnson transfer on Brookside Avenue. Mortgage filing shows Ernest N. Bush and others to Montclair Building and Loan Association on the east side of Brookside Avenue.
A church event honored Rev. Mr. Aiger of the Odd Fellows with a hearty reception at the Liberty Coe church. The hall was prettily decorated with daisies ferns palms water lilies and roses. Miss Williams led a concert with Claude C Perfect on cornet, and piano presentations by H M Condit and others followed by a ladies’ collation.
A severe electrical storm Sunday caused widespread damage. Lightning struck a hilltop flagpole near the Girls' Home and a house on Gould Avenue, felled trees, tore slate from a roof, and ignited insulation along electric wires and water pipes, sparking fires and nervous fear among residents.
A manufacturer notes rising demand for toy pistols this summer despite more accidents after Decoration Day. He argues many so called toys are real firearms and dangerous, urging parents to intervene and manufacturers to back laws banning sale of dangerous items.
On Thursday a small group hosted Mrs. John Skinner of Cedar Grove for her thirteenth wedding anniversary. Brooklyn guests included Mrs. Graham, Mrs. Blair, Mrs. G. E. Wood, Mrs. W. Smith, Mrs. W. Mack, Mrs. A. J. Woods, Mrs. Strembel, Mrs. C. H. Woods, and Newark’s Mrs. C. W. Mitchell. Cedar Grove attendees were Miss Alice Smith, Mrs. J. M. Mitchell, Mrs. A. J. Taylor, Mrs. A. W. Mitchell, and others. The luncheon was plentiful. The afternoon featured social chat and storytelling before departures at six.
Last Sabbath Cedar Grove held Childrens Day with Rev. A L Clark preaching on Being Clothed With Humility in the morning. The Golden Summer Land program in the evening showcased well drilled children. praise to Mrs E O Wettgen and Mr M W Jenkins for teaching and singing leadership. solos by Robert Chestney Jr and Miss Mabel Jenkins.
The Caldwell post office timetable lists mall arrivals at 7 22 a m 9 58 a m 2 40 p m and 6 16 p m with Newark pouch at 7 66? p m. Matty closes at 7 25 a m 1 00 p m 4 00 p m and 6 20 p m.
Verona notes report a mix of social visits, school milestones, and community events. Miss Marie Jouveen graduates, Vito Carda becomes a U S citizen, and the Verona Lake summer rally is announced. church and township activities, patrol chief updates, and a trolley outing for St John's School students are described with brief details.
A reader questions the Fourth of July use of firecrackers and shooting citing accidents and injuries. The piece urges redirecting funds to relief for the blind aged and crippled and suggests reading the Declaration of Independence and patriotic speeches instead.
Verona Maily shows arrival times from New York at 7:56 and 10:10 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. Mails leave for New York at 1:00, 4:00 and 12:44 p.m. For Caldwell the schedule lists 7:20 p.m. departures and 4:90 p.m. arrival, with unclear times due to garbled OCR.
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