Social notes and local visits in Cranbury area
Cranbury society includes visits by Mrs Abrawn Voorhees and Mia, Miss Margaret Hanning, Miss Nell Eldridge, and Mira Grace Perrive with Misa Helen Kenyon of New York. Guests at the Perrine home, social club meeting, and numerous illnesses, visits, and small town events are reported alongside church notices and upcoming meetings in Cranbury and nearby towns. Local residents travel to Newark, Philadelphia, and Asbury Park, with multiple families moving or changing homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abrawn Voorhees Ie
Mia
Elias Stults
Newark
Margaret, Hanning
Nell Eldridge
Mira Grace Perrive
Misa Helen Kenyon
New York
Spencer Perrine
Edward Chamberlin
First Presbyterian temperance note and church events
Temperance Sunday featured Rev J B Curry sermon on a temperance text at First Presbyterian. Sunday school temperance activities and a hymn were noted. Cranbury churches hosted visits from Rev Brower and a Children's Home speaker. Congregational and Home Mission Society meetings planned. A special song service and a Van nest performance at Second Presbyterian added local color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
J. BE. Curry
W. J. Stulty
J. J. Butcher
Gelo
Helen Fergusson
Mr. Brower
Cranbury
First Church
Home Mission Society
Fruit, Gleaners
Second Presbyterian Chapel
Claire One
Olive Petty
Florence Perrine
Mary Hughes
Mary Spaulding
Emma Schnell
Cora Phares
Clara Bergen
Second Presbyterian Church
Goodwin
Hiram Vannest
Hightstown
Obituary notices from Cranbury area mourn multiple deaths
A list of obituaries and funeral notices from Trenton area newspapers details deaths of Jacob K. Scott at his son's home in Trenton and several relatives of Cranbury Neck and Grovers Mills. Services were held at diverse homes and cemeteries including Brainerd Cemetery and Second Presbyterian Cemetery. The batch notes survivors, ages, and brief illness histories, plus a theater outing and fashion column items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob K. Scott
Fred Scott
Trenton
Harry N. Scott
Cranbury Neck
J. J
Brainerd
Jacob Perrine
Dutch Neck
William Wiley
Elmer Grover
Grover’s Mills
John Stahl
Stablurgo
Gowe
John
Michael
Joseph
Peter
Winfield
James van Dyke
Second Presbyterian Cemetery
Jacob
Reeves
Napoleon
Hattie Reeves
Mr. Curry
Cornelis Harkness
James Harkness
Nathaniel
Elizabeth Lanning
Ewingville
Cranbury
Second Presbyterian Church
Charles Everingham
Funers
James O. Dye
Pennington
Plainfield
George Dye
Vincent Dye
Albert Dye
New Brunswick
Fireman Praises Cranbury Firemen by Grateful Veteran
Mr Jobh McDonald, a longtime Jersey City fireman, thanks the Cranbury Fire Company for its services when he was caught in a recent blaze. He highly praises the local firemen and endorses their bravery and skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jobh McDonald
Cranbury Fire Company
McDonald
Jersey City
Fire Drill Purpose and Panic Control in Schools
The piece discusses fire drills as emergency precautions to prevent panic and orderly pupil exits, not as tests of fire response. It notes drills rely on controlling exits and that true effectiveness only shows during a real fire with smoke and danger. It also mentions a children's party guessing game and a card-travel activity in town for practice observation.
Jamesburg Local Notes On Hospital Visit And Social Life
Mrs Phebe Longstreet moves into Dr Lewis Heckman’s former house. Dr Everitt undergoes throat operation in New York City hospital. Night operator Howard Snedeker transferred to Camden, leaving town. Rev S J McClenaghan and J E Marryott visit Everitt. Marryott stays several days. Teachers return to Lake View Home. Mr and Mrs William Brooks host a dinner with guests including C Mount and Davison couples and Rev and Mrs McClenaghan. Choral Society to perform Thursday. Dramatic Club to stage Down in Maine on April 14 and 16. Campbell’s varnish stains advertised. Stove and carriage for sale via box 282.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everitt
New York City
J. McClenaghan
J. E. Marryott
New York
Dr. Everitt
Iatter
Wmn. H. Brooks
C. Mount
C. M. Davison
McCletaghan
Maine
Local Notices and Social News From Princeton Area
Mr and Mrs Fred Cook and Miss Katherine Cook visited Mr and Mrs Richard Rowland in Princeton. William Denivan, recently ill, returns to duties at Pennsylvania Station Jersey City. Theodore Reed, formerly at St Francis Hospital, resides now with sister Mrs George Hausser. Mr and Mrs Frederick Shungle hosted Mr and Mrs Herbert Mather. Mrs RuifL Perrine improving after long rheumatic illness. Easter goods and orders featured by Varnest Coleman's advertisement. Thanks voiced for kindness during illness and death of son. Mrs Hatcher opening spring goods April 8 featuring hats bonnets novelties and Easter items. The Trick of Thieves describes a Paris hustle preying on pedestrians. Bangkok described as water city of Indochina with many floating houses. Tree trimming notes advise pruning closest to trunk to heal, avoid decay. On April 14 15 four net drama Down in Maine by Lange's Hall Jamesburg under Presbyterian Ladies Aid. Mosse State Home Orchestra. Admission 25 cents reserved seats 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Denivan
Pennsylvania
Jersey City
Theodore Reed
St. Francis Hospital
George Hausser
Maine
Lange's Hall
Jamesburg
Ladies Aid
Society of the Presbyterian Church Mosse
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
H. Perrine
J .S. Silvers
Durham
Altie Vanderveer
Dayton
Lydia Davison
Misa Adelaide Cole
Gertrude Harder
Emma Harder
Elmer Edsall
Rhoda
Dorrance
Windsor
Minnie Thompson
Manalapan
Gravel Hill
Frank A. Brown
Theodore Davison
Selah Davison
Lizzie Petty
Florence
Thomas D. Brokaw
G. A. Bennett
Franklin Danser
Asbury Park
Maud Bue
Helen Murray
Alvah Forman
Bayonne
John B. Perrine
Mira Minnie Button
Laura Scudder
Henry Petty
Perth Amboy
Anna Petty
P. F. Buck
Methodist Church
J. H. Goodwin
Adolos Allen
Jerusalem
Blarch
Anna Ervie
Misa Emelyne Lewis
Cornwall of
Orange
Lemuel Stuka
John §. Silvers
John Barlow
Cranbury Station
Kelsey Scudder
Frank Reed
Postmaster Brown
William B. Conino
Allentown
Jos
Grover & Son
Princeton Junction
Peter Balder
J. E B. Curry
Middlesex County
Bro
J. E. Curry
Village Improvement Society
Lydia Davieou
Holman Jordan
The
Middlesex Creamery
Joseph Wicoff
Monroe Street
Shrewsbury
Womans Foreign Mission
Society of Monmouth Presbytery
Mr. Farr
Harry KR
Farr
Church Services
Wesley Hemphill
Fiist
Mange
Apple Lodge
No. 166
Middlesex County Board of Freeholders
William Dey
South Amboy
Johan E. Montgomery
Benjamin H. Reed
Hightatown
Florence Elizabeth Reed
Alonzo Dey
First Baptist Church
W. Barlow
H. Appleger
C. C Groves
F. Phares
J. Stout
W. Hoffman
F. Appleger
BR. Wicolf
W. Stahl
J. E. Bennett
Kingston
Will’ Taylor
Apollo Lodge
James Vandenbergh
Mary Applegate
Mancing Everett
Lawrence Station
Mrs. Applegate
Griffin Weida
Bella
Charles Grifia
Latta Weida
Philadelphia
R. L. McDowell
Main Street
Dr. Titus
R J. Gulick
Edward Walker
Mr. Golick
J. J. Bradley
Wm. PF. Perrine
N. F. Clayton
W. S. Cole
Ji P. Stilwell
George Puerschner
H. Thomas
Earl Wilson
Wm.j, Thomas
Jacob IK
Scott
Andrew Rowland
Harry Groves
William Rowland
Richard Rowland
Harry B. Groves
Suydum Street
William F. Rowland
Brooklyn
F. C. Rowland
Bath
C F. Rowland
James A. Rowland
Chester
Afr. Clark
Brainerd Cemetery
Cornelia Harkness
Taylor Opera House
Wm. K. Soedeker
and Myre
Clarence Grover
Harvey Duncan
A.M. Griggs
Erneat Stults
G. W. Burroughs
Arthur L. Burroughs
C. Reymond Wicoll
George J. Burch
Cunningham Drug Store
Grace Margaret Gould
Woman's Hone Companion
Vannest, Coleman & GO
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
Mra. Phebe Longstreet Thaa
Lewis M. Heckman
Howard Snedeker
Camden Cftiss
Lake View
Campbell
Wm. H. Johnson
F.& A. M Atursday
Hancray, Wyat
Minorcas
Rhode Island
Vincent Huches
Watter Reed
Cranbury, N. J
Stuart Make
Bunny & Underhill
South Lakewood
N. J
Oven Grove
Ocean
X. J
Alex. S. Sturts
Treas
Frank JeMison
Sexton
Outfitters
Directoire and Empire
Latin
Amazon
Cheney Foulard
Pacquin
Liberty
Jace
S. Broad St
S. P. Dunhams&co
Fred’k W. Donnelly
Alfred Benjamin & CO
Fred’k W. Doane Ice Creasure
Fred Cook
Katherine Cook
Princeton
Frederick Shungle
Herbert Mather
Ruifl Perrine
Rhe
Varnest & Coleman
Napoleon Reeves
Paris
Bangkok
Menam
Nile
Siam
W. H. Johnson
Chas. F. Danser
Butler
Cranbury, New Ersey
Dobbins
State Street
Soult
Hatter
Trenton, Nwn
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