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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1913
Page
1
At the evening Sabbath service on April 6 Second Presbyterian will host Rev Adolps Allen who will discuss the subject J Pierpont Morgan for the congregation.
The Young People’s Christian Association meets in the Second Presbyterian chapel Sunday evening on The Ideie Christian His Humility led by Miss Clara Bergen. The Women’s Christian Temperance Union plans a meeting next Thursday after noon April tenth with Miss R Ella Chamberlin. The Home Mission Society of the First Presbyterian church gathers this afternoon in the chapel with a temperance program led by the W C T U. Mrs H J Butcher leads the Study Class on The Sacred Book of the Mormons. The Missionary Society of the Second Church meets this afternoon with Mrs H J Groves. topic Japan.
The regular spring meeting of Monmouth Presbytery will be held at the Presbyterian Church Hightstown on Tuesday April 8 at 9 30 A M. In the evening a 25th anniversary service for Dr Tyack will start at 7 30 P M. The public is invited to both services. Past Masters Banquet attendees included D C Lewis Walter Havens Rev J E Curry BR P Stillwell and John D Chamberlin of Apollo Lodge 156 F and A M.
A promotional note mocks Abe Lincoln's saying and urges readers to switch to Silvers Number Seven for a reliable coffee. It suggests April First as a time to admit gullibility while promising a consistent, superior cup for every morning.
A Triangle Club meeting at Miss Emma Mershon’s home elected Waldo Perrine as president Clementine Lewis as vice president Hamma Mershon as treasurer and William Hoffman as secretary for the year and held the gathering Saturday evening.
Mr and Mrs Thomas D Brokaw returned home Saturday evening from Florida where they spent the winter in a new Orlando bungalow. They report good health and a warm winter. M P Chamberlin of Hightstown learns via telegram that brother Joseph Chamberlin and family are safe in Dayton with most belongings recovered. Russell Silvers of Cranbury sang at the Hightstown Presbyterian Church last Sunday. Bartis B Stout of Pasadena and former Hightstown residents plans to visit in about two months. Stout is a singing evangelist traveling east holding meetings.
A letter from Mrs. Joseph H. Rosette invites Cranbury Club members to a Third District Miniature Federation meeting of the N J B F of Women’s Clubs. Sessions are Tuesday April 15 with a 10 30 morning and 1 30 afternoon program at the Metuchen Club House asking for attendance numbers.
The N. J. State Federation of Woman's Clubs hosts a breakfast and frolic at Hotel Washington Newark on Saturday April 12 at 12 30 PM. Officers members and friends are invited. Plate price is 2 00 with ticket payments due by April 5 to Mrs Joseph Middleton or Mrs Frank Pattison.
Mack, a cherished dog belonging to Mr. and Mrs. I. C. Hoffman, was fatally struck Tuesday when he darted from behind a wagon into an oncoming car. The animal died shortly after being brought home.
The borough has issued about seventy five thousand dollars of school and sewer bonds, mostly sold to residents. They yield 4 1/4 percent tax free, with a few thousand dollars still unsold offering a good investment to interested buyers.
The Monmouth Presby terial society held a meeting in Red Bank where officers were all reelected. Members from Cranbury attended, including Mrs. Ella Stults and Miss Mary Hughes, with officers led by President Mrs. Ella Silvers Stults and multiple vice presidents, secretaries, and a treasurer from various towns.
A 196 page Michell catalog promotes seeds bulbs poultry supplies and garden interests for city dwellers. It urges moving toward country life as a tonic and longer life and offers free mail catalog from Henry F. MicHexy Co 518 Market St Philada.
The Village Improvement Society will hold an important meeting in the Library on Monday evening at 17.45. All members are urged to attend to discuss matters of interest to the town. Officers will be elected and annual dues payable.
Mrs Gertrude Allen Grover wife of Walter S Grover of Grovers Mills died Sunday evening at eleven o clock in Presbyterian Hospital Philadelphia after a serious operation four days earlier She was 68 She was daughter of the late William and Cornelia Allen a Dutch Neck native and member of the Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church Survived by her husband three brothers John Allen Garfield Allen and William Allen Funeral from her home Wednesday with Rev N T Brown officiating Interment Dutch Neck cemetery A S Cole Son Co Cranbury directed
A lively social gathering honored Miss Applegate on her eighteenth birthday hosted by Mr and Mrs John Applegate. A large group attended from Lawrenceville and surrounding towns including Maple, Drake, Atchley, Pierson, Stout, Mather, and Wycoff, with games, music, and a dinner.
An important congregational meeting is set for next Sunday morning with the pastor urging all members and friends to attend. The evening service will feature The Message of the Prophet Jonah and the newly organized choir will lead the singing with plans for regular special music each Sunday. The mid week prayer meeting moves to 7 30 o clock Thursday evening from Friday.
Dayton New Jersey residents establish a relief fund for flood victims in Dayton Ohio. Contributions collected at Hiy’s store in Dayton will be sent to the American Red Cross in New York. Local donors urged to give what they can to aid the Ohio relief effort.
The Yard Gloves offers a range of gloves priced from 1.00 to 3.75. Sovran gloves in Italian lamb skin come in black white tan and gray at 1.00. Maggioni gloves in kid leather and human-hand forms priced 1.50 to 2.00 with black white stitching. Fownes white and bisque kid gloves feature pearl clasps. long black or white Maggioni styles with 12 and 16 buttons reach 3.75.
Samuel E. Dey sold a Ford Torpedo Car to H. C. Symmes and a Ford Roadster to Stephen Ely. The transactions reflect early automotive trades reported in the period.
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