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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Apr 02, 1886

Page

3

Local church notices and community items in Granbury

Church schedules, lodge meetings, post office timings, and local incidents from Granbury include First Devaltation and Second Presby timn churches with service times, Sunday schools, and prayer meetings. Local trades, road progress, and a brutal Lambertville assault are noted with brief details.

First Devaltation Church J. G. Symmes D. Wig Presbytimn Chat van Dyke

A Year of Fridays and Friday Coincidences

A writer notes Fridays dominate the calendar year with fifty three Fridays and five months containing five Fridays. The text mentions Friday occurrences for lunar phases and a March 5 eclipse, and claims the longest and shortest days also fall on Friday, prompting superstition and anxious interpretation.

Saneboly Moor Chamge

Dime Savings Bank Depositors Reach Agreement on Deficiency

The committee of depositors reported to about 600 members at Masonic Hall that Chancellor Runyon granted a petition avoiding a Receiver. Bank assets total 86,183.40 with liabilities 166,859.28 and a deficiency of 80,674.88. Outside parties and managers will contribute 43,000 to cover the gap, yielding roughly 129,000 in available assets and about 77 percent recovery for depositors. A vote of thanks to Chancellor Runyon was passed.

Snow Brusswox Dime Savings Bank Masonic Runyon

Judge Grants Injunction in Newark Banking Case

Judge McKennan opened Circuit Court yesterday declaring he granted the motion for injunction in Newark National Banking Co v Mayor and Common Council of Newark. The decision may affect other bank cases pending in the same court. Topics for M A meetings for spring term 1886 include Sunday April 4 Trusting and Working Dealing.

McKennan Circuit Court Newark National Banking Company Mayor and Common Council of Newark

Sunday Religious Talks and Dunellen Fire News

The article lists upcoming Sunday sermons with topics and Bible references from April to June. It then reports a Dunellen fire where 200 pounds of gunpowder exploded in Leesbury & Rogers store, burning the wooden building and a nearby brick dwelling, with estimated losses around 7000 dollars. State Board of Agriculture held a meeting at Hotel Windsor. officers named and actions discussed on weights and measures and pork export memorial.

George Tate Pelamina Guitrnia Mammonuth All Bro. Co Dunellen Oslo Dunellei Leesbury & Rogers Prospect Avenue Lussavilla Pininfielh Pamwood Wso State Board OF Agriculture Thor Hotel Windsor Edward Burrough Canden William RL Ward Newark Franklin “Dye United States Sewell McPherson Congress Jitmn Phelps Congress France Germany Senate Board of Agriculture

Mapes Fertilizer Boosts Seven Acre Farm Profits

Newton Osborn of Newington Connecticut reports six years of using Mapes fertilizer on seven acres. He earned 685.35 in profits from 1880 to 1885, with 50 profit initial and 220 net in 1885, 18 tons valued at 15 per ton anticipated hay in 1886, and land value rising to over 4000 at five percent.

Newton Osborn Newington Ct

Local Vendors Promote Building Materials and Coal Bargains

Local merchants advertise wide assortments of lumber wallpaper coal and hardware at discounted prices. E IL Savage and Dey Beekman Chamberlin offer dry white pine, rails and pickets, while Grover Chamberlin and Brown & Gibson market coal at discounted rates. A. Cole & Son and others push furniture, harnesses, blankets, window sashes and wind mills with numerous sales pitches.

Savage's E. LI. Savage Dey, Beekman & Chamberlin’s Mightstown

Fire at Brooks woolen mill causes heavy losses

A Sunday fire at Brooks Brookville woolen mill owned by Messieurs Sons damaged the factory and adjacent buildings. Firefighters battled the blaze but the dwelling and oil houses also suffered as losses estimated around 30 000 dollars with 17 000 dollars insured. The cause remains under investigation with possible arson.

Brookville George Messiiernts Sons Fries

No-License Association Forms In Princeton Borough

A meeting in Mercer Hall established a permanent No-License Association in Princeton. The constitution sets a 25 cent annual membership, due by March 1, with the executive committee able to waive dues and report waivers. The group aims to prevent licensed sales by all legal means and to enforce abstention in the borough.

Princeton Mercer Hall

Farmers Review Clemical Manures Value and Prices

The notice lists Clemical Manures common to farmers in the area with analysis and valuations from the State Experiment Station New Brunswick New Jersey compared to factory selling prices in all but one case. It provides comparative figures to guide purchasing decisions.

State Experiment Station New Brunswick N. J

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