06 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1902
Page
1
Caldwell notes reflect school openings, church events, and local visits. Residents like Miss Louise Speer and Rev. Henry Deoger frequent Asbury Park, while groups plan musicales, fairs raise funds for St. Aloysius Beach House, and the tax sale looms for unpaid assessments.
Roseland residents including Misses Webb and Kent and Mr and Mrs W A Osborn spent a few days at Asbury Park. Edgar Judson Ebbels gave a Presbyterian Church reading. A clipping social Monday night drew a large crowd and raised funds after a phonograph event by Professor Cardona. Reverend Charles B Condit of Liberty Corner will preach at Roseland Presbyterian on Sunday. Migués Margaret Belle Harrison and Hattie M Condit returned to Roseland after visits to Asbury Park and Ocean Grove.
The author and brother toured fourteen of Cape Cod’s fifteen towns by bicycle, noting thrift in villages, wood piles for winter, and steady schools and churches. He highlights Wellfleet’s shift from fishing to fruit trade, the rise of oyster farming, and a push to develop summer resorts, libraries, and education, with notable patrons supporting local buildings.
An upcoming Friday evening concert at the Verona Methodist Church features the Neon Orchestra and Quartette with Mezzo Mezz Meitz of Newark as assistant elocutionist. The program includes male and mixed quartets, violin solos, and choral selections amid a mystery surrounding the group called Nean.
The Essex Fells Water Company laid pipes toward the Caldwell line. Labor Day hosted golf and tennis tournaments. Mrs. R. W. Bond of Oak Lane traveled to Massachusetts, and Mrs. Fred Doremus returned after six weeks at Asbury Park. Walter F. Brown and family of New York occupy a house on Oak Lane. W F P Leavitt, recently ill, resumes work. Walter Brown added a telephone pocket number 20 at his Oak Lane home. Rev and Mrs Norman Harrison of Sitka Alaska plan to visit October 10. Essex Fells Borough passes ordinance limiting vehicle speed to eight miles per hour.
The Epworth League Chapter of the Methodist Church presents an entertainment in Association Hall on Thursday next at 8 o'clock. The program includes violin and piano solos, vocal numbers, readings, and a legerdemain exhibit. Henry DePackh will sing a bass solo. ice cream and cake will be sold to raise funds for the league’s interest account. Reverend H A Bassett will give a brief talk on Mexico.
Burglars struck Verona again on Wednesday eight. They entered the residence of Theodore Jacobus on Bloomfield avenue by forcing a window catch. Jacobus, asleep in the front room, awoke to find a pocketbook missing from his trousers containing about seventy dollars.
The Interstate Fair returns to Trenton with events on September 20 30 October 1 7 and 3. The program includes exhibitions and vaudeville along with racing and other entertainments. Premium awards top sixty thousand dollars in prizes.
Local notices describe renewed social energy with sociables and entertainments opening for the season. The Livingston Baptist Fair is slated for this fall, after earlier Fourth of July scheduling, and public sentiment supports law enforcement and anti gambling efforts across Monmouth County.
Baseball update reports Cedar Grove nine defeating Broad Athletic Club nine 12 to 6 on Monday. It also notes Cedar Grove Club beat Caldwell Firemen 17 to 7 on Saturday and other local results at City Home grounds including Verona Juniors versus Regulars of Cottage with several scores.
Conveyances list Charles W. Vao Nese to Rudolph Meir Caldwell bank of Passaic River property. Robert S. Wendell to Herman Wendell Caldwell intersection Oak Lane and Wooton road. Wendell Caldwell property intersection Runnymide and Focton road. Mortgages Rachel Hopkins et al to Eta A. Williams Livingston property on south side of Cedar Street.
The summer boarders are beginning to renge for their city homes, Robert Sanderson and family visit ed Caldwell Sunday, five in the Chapel have been noted and it is hoped that they will be continued. Miss Marie Rekerich, of North Cald well, started for Saieele for the benefit of her health this week.
At the meeting the board deplored the need for more funds and agreed to amend plans to satisfy state school law. Daniel Demarest warned past estimates of 20 100 would not cover costs and urged 25 000 to be appropriated but 10 000 was requested. Carl Moon argued for minimal spending and moved 10 000. 73 ballots were cast with 40 for and 32 against. Construction will start immediately and be completed before cold weather.
Miss Alice James visits in Roselle while Mrs Mary Hock of Newark visits her mother. Guests include Mrs 8 H Burnet and Miss May Pryor of Elizabeth with Mrs James Nack of New York spending Sunday with the Meekers. Stork brings a son to Mr and Mrs Edwin Rathbun. Church work and school changes noted. Mr George Gambie to principal, Mrs Louis Adams as assistant. Rev W H Gardner to preach, and a large communion service anticipated. Christian Endeavor excursion attendees listed with numerous local names.
The Junior Sunshine Society of Caldwell hosted a Saturday fair on Miss Mildred St Bond's lawn at Lose land Avenue. Tables were run by listed members and proceeds of 25.18 will support the fresh air and ice fund for sick babies in New York.
L 8S Plaut & Co of Newark displays autumn fashions in silks and novelty dress fabrics. European mills yield rich gown stuffs and lace garnitures. The exposition highlights tailored gowns, millinery, ribbons, batons, hosiery, and fall waists with elegant lines for women and children.
In the Saturday August 23 preliminary, B Kight defeated H Booraem six up five to play. B D Case beat C L Wilson six up four to play. D H Case defeated G Phyfe two up one to play. R W Weir beat J Griewold one up. Kight, B D Case, D H Case and R W Weir advance to the semi finals.
Jersey farmers adapt chestnut practices as groves are thinned and sun exposure improves yields. Nut prices range from five cents a quart to three fifty per bushel, with better returns near cities where pests and trespassers are controlled and harvesting methods modernize.
The tax tawing patents were granted to New Jersey inventors last week. Listed are names and locations of patentees including J. Blovne of Newark, H. Vettel of Newark, J. Seteneider of Newark, and J. P. James of East Orange among others.
The President and Vice President sponsor cups for best male and best female scores. Semi finals are 18 holes on September 6 at 4 30 p m. Finals are 18 holes on September 20 at 3 50 p m. Top four in each qualifying round advance, then top four in preliminaries move to semi finals. Semi finals determine finalists.
Thieves visiting Caldwell at an early Saturday hour attempted to steal trolley wires but cut the main feed wire by accident, extinguishing arcing lights and frightening the thieves. The incident disrupted trolley service for some time. over six months similar wire cutting plagued Montclair despite company detectives. This marks the first recorded attempt near Caldwell.
On September 10 the Clinton M EF Church community hosts a peach and cream festival on church grounds with a rain date next evening. Miss da O Mun e visits relatives in Poughkeepsie New York. The home merchant should advertise to attract local and nearby trade rather than complain about rivals.
Verona residents report social gatherings school notices and upcoming services. Mrs W Miereon ill with typhoid is noted alongside several returns from trips and new automobile ownership. Church services resume with Rev Orville Reed to preach and local groups form new branches at Verona Lake Park and Pompton Road homes.
A breakfast table tale unfolds as a newspaper item about a young man with typhoid fever being cared for at his fiancé’s home echoes through a well known family. The daughter later visits, sprains an ankle, and the son names a drum burst injures his ear during a quiet parlor moment at the fiancés house.
Mr and Mrs Skinner returned on Pen Ocean way to their home in Brookyn. Miss C L Marshall returned to Forest Hill after a sojourn here. Mrs Warren Jacobus and daughter Ruth stay for a couple of weeks at Ocean Grove. Mrs Wandele, after summer there, returned to Brooklyn. A dog killed nine chickens and two turkeys at Love Lane poultry. Junior Willing Workers plan a lawn sociable on church lawn Friday and Saturday. September 12 forecast storm. All invited to attend and bring purses.
A historical note urges businessmen to overcome timidity and invest in newspaper space. It argues that many who doubled their trade through advertising did so because they had the conscience and courage to advertise systematically.
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