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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 03, 1902
Page
1
Community notes from Caldwell and Verona record meetings, real estate activity, upcoming events, and social notices. Includes church happenings, school plans, a May 26 land sale, university degree for William Briton, and local clubs planning entertainments and fundraisers.
A parents plea to avoid pulling a boy from school arguing that short term completion prevents future grade loss and disengagement. The note stresses keeping him in class for seven weeks to preserve progress and long term success. Real estate notes list transfers and mortgages filed with the county clerk, including Anna M. Lockwood and others relating to Caldwell properties and the Outlook Hotel Company.
An old Newark item notes prolonged dry weather hampering crops especially in the southern region, but rain prospects brighten. It covers expected agricultural periodicals, plowing progress, and incoming county distributions. The Newark City Hall board meeting reviews year budget allocations including administration, heating, hospital, fire, water works, and school staff.
Roseland Public School buys three new pictures. Communion service at Presbyterian Church tomorrow morning. Rev William Fevling to preach both services tomorrow. Mr Robert Brows and family move to former Me W I residence in Roseland. Weekly prayer meeting in Presbyterian Church discontinued. Roseland in spring beauty. crops look promising. Roseland Whist Club hosted by Mrs Hamilton in Essex Fells. eleven tables. prizes to Weekoff Halawin Hamilton Osborne Speer Vincent. Quiet wedding in Paterson for Miss Minnie Jacolm and Mr Alfred Jacobus. wedding at Mrs A A Hansziker home. bride wears blue satin foulard and lace. couple to live on Widge Road. Jacobus & Farrand to build on Cedar Street.
The Ladies Aid of Ararisbyterian church schedules a dry toast banquet in the lecture room Monday evening. A quirky program features Caldwell figures such as Mr Cymil Deace Reminesveners and Caldwell's future, Linden Bog, and The Young Men with comedic names.
Mr flames Gilroy an accountant at the Newark City Home is named Notary Public by Governor Murphy. He received his commission this week and is described as always ready to serve on deck for those needing his services.
A Livingston church notes current events for April and May including a missionary program with Jers mentions, officers listed for the Livingston Grange and church committees, and plans for the Christian Endeavor Society gathering on May 6. County Superintendent Sherman cites crowded primary school rooms and calls for a new modern building to improve education in Livingston township.
The article notes New Jersey law requires children aged seven to twelve attend public school unless excused by the local board. It details penalties for parents or guardians who fail to enforce attendance, including fines and potential confinement.
The Caldwell Water Committee urges substituting Amended Plan No. 2 for Plan No. 1 to expand pipelines and reserve water for domestic use and limited fire protection. It proposes bidding, with Easex Fella Electric & Water Co. contract to be signed by the mayor and clerk, effective September 1, 1902, for Cedar Caldwell area supply.
Cedar Grove notes report contractor Marley at work on a project for Rev. JL Hayes in Verona. Residents see active farming, a reservoir accident injuring Jobe Martin, Arbor Day observances, and a list of well behaved Cedar Grove School students. Several local residents visit neighbors and attend services.
Essex County Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a three session meeting at Union Hall Orange. Programs include devotions, papers on essential work, pledge signing, member recruitment, and a Manila travel note. Officers listed: president Mrs. M C Campfield Newark and others.
The list reports patents granted to New Jersey residents including W I Downs Jersey City for an incandescent gas burner and A F Fuller Newark for a lubricant making sane. Also named are O Lange Amesburg for a purse catch and J Weyand Guttenburg for a typewriting machine. Hart Moore Middlesex County collector died in early seventies.
Voters in the town counted ballots after polls closed with a close result. The report lists local officials including Magie Irving P Boyd and several trustees. Community notes recount visiting relatives, church events, and a new park shed at Northfield pond with a spring, benches, trees, and potential fountain for animals.
The Caldwell Woman's Club met at President Mia Baldwin's home on Friday April 2 with a musical program by Miss Molena and Miss Adele Freese. Recitations by Miss Beagy and remarks by club members from East Orange New York and Ohio clubs highlighted the afternoon. Dr Dellart of Jersey City gave the noon address.
The C G C will meet in the chapel at Frankis this Saturday evening at four o clock for the evening. The May Day Committee will report at the meeting. All are invited.
Verona gathers community news from a week of social events. Notes mention birthdays, lectures in Cincinnati, a baseball game on the home grounds, employment changes, and upcoming entertainments. Highlights include church society events, a Loyal Temperance degree, and delegates attending the New Jersey Congregational Conference in Jersey City.
The first reception of the Children s Auxiliary of the Borough Improvement Association of Caldwell was held last Saturday afternoon at Audocia Hall. The program featured mandolin club selections by Pride of the Pier and The Wild Irish Rose, piano solos by Carl Tush and others, and vocal numbers by Mabel Speer Wardell and Horato Miller. After refreshments, the children left with a noisy exit and were urged to wait more quietly at future events.
The Isabella Club held a Tuesday gathering at Mrs. Berths Rogers’s Fairview Avenue Verona home. Program included Organ Voluntary Ming Javobus, recitations by Miss Marie Johnson and Mrs. Hie Dreams, readings from Besant by Mrs. W. Pitt Stich, and a vocal solo by Mrs. Harrison. A guest from Newark and Adelanton clubs attended. next meeting set at Mrs. John Crevier’s Sun area home with a speaker from Cleveland Ohio expected.
Mr JM Mead of Caldwell marked a triple anniversary on Thursday evening. Caldwell Lodge No St Fy and A M hosted a reception in his honor. It was the fortieth year of his journey in masonry and also his birthday and wedding anniversary. About two hundred Masons attended a banquet with speeches and toasts. Visitors from New York Newark and Montreal joined the celebration.
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