Cranbury Press 1909 Social Roundup Highlights Local Visitors
The Cranbury Press notes a busy week of visits and vacations in town. Warren Johnson heads to Ellenville for a two week break. many residents, including Stella LaBaw and Miss Marion Bergen, spend time with family and at Asbury Park. Various locals extract summer trips, health notes, and community events, with gatherings at Ocean Grove, Long Branch, and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Brown
Charles
N. F. Clayton
R. P. Stillwell
Anbury Park
Frank Barr
Christabal
Rosedale
R. V. Spaulding
Harry Groves
Jamesburg
Elwood Groves
Bessie Buckelew
Harry Farr
Harvey
R. Dey
Ocean Grove
Daniel Croshaw
Trenton Junction
Cranbury harvest fest and Locust Corner fire report
The Cranbury Fire Company harvest home drew a large crowd with strong food and music. Meanwhile Two Fires at Addison Perrine's farm in Locust Corner burned barn and outbuildings. house later burned but contents saved after gas tank explosion alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury Fire Company
Winkler
Addison ‘Perrine’s
Addison Perrine
Locust Corner
Perrico
Hightstown
Harvest Home
Harvest events and a fatal accident in New Jersey towns
The piece notes yardville Presbyterians clearing £180 at a harvest home with over $1,200 gross, Cranbury and nearby aiding Firemen, and a tragedy in Pittsfield Mass where 23 year old William Mitchell electrical engineer died after eight tons of iron toppled on him at Stanley Electric Manufacturing. It highlights Goodwin's Band of Cranbury performing at multiple harvest homes, its long history since 1877, and mentions family ties to Rev. Mitchell and Professor Mitchell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William P. Mitchell
Bordentown
Pittsfield
Mass
Stanley Electric Manufacturing Company
Mitchell
William Mitchell
Trinity Methodist Church
Hightstown
Brown University
Peddie Institute
Goodwin
Cranbury
Dayton
Kingston
J. H. Goodwin
Augud
Harvest Home Crowd Attends Plainsboro Event and Stolen Wagons
A large harvest home drew many locals to Plainsboro with Miss Elizabeth Fravel and Miss Gladys Adama visiting friends in town. Several young people and guests from Grover's Mills East Orange and New Brunswick were noted at events. A number of articles were stolen from wagons Tuesday evening including a riding coat and a gentleman’s coat. About six hundred supper tickets sold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Tomkins
East Orange
Joseph Legge
Newark
Wm. Stein
L. Mavison
Alfred Eblatrom
New York
Stein
Milton VanDerveer
Ernest Stults
Hightstown
George Puerechner
Ottie
Madge Britton
George Appleget
C. R. Weygaudt
Woodbridge
John Everett
Plainsboro
Elizabeth Fravel
Grover’s Mills
Gladys Adama
Trenton
W. Edgar Groves
Paterson
Sarah Bastedo
Mildred Thomas
New Brunswick
Bess Hubbard
Henrietta Dowerty
Millstone
Grace Dey
van Parks
Philadelphia
Joseph Reynolds
Bessie Stedeker
Everitt Erricknon
Picnic at Allinson Farm Hosts Mercer County Farmers
About two hundred farmers and families gathered July 30 at J T Allinson’s Yardville ancestral farm for talks on topics including The Idea Farm Home and sanitation. Speakers from the State Normal School and Mercer guests discussed farming from an outsider’s view. Surrogate Cornell, County Clerk Robbing, Ex Sheriff Bergen and others attended. transport by Allinson carriages left for the depot around 7 o’clock. Rubber prices rise sharply, signaling higher tire costs as manufacturers face shortages and pass increases to products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. ‘T. Allinson
Yardville
Migs Apyur
State Normal School
Mercer Co. Agricultural ‘Hare
Cornell
Robbing
Bergen
Mercer County
Wm. M Cox
Wm. Hf. Thomas
A. M. Davison
Mies Gertrude Davison
E. R. Pickering
Joward Pickering
W. N. Cunningham
Mer. Allinson
Various residents visit towns and events noted in Seabright area
A crowded society column lists Mr and Mrs Charles Blauvalt at Seabright with Hazel Reeves visiting friends. Misa Elestor Field and Misa Txahello Mount enjoy Acushore at Manniquas while Miss Anna Skillman stays at the Grand Central Astory Park. Several locals travel, host guests, or attend funerals with mentions of Waverly Beechwood Asbury Park Belmar Ocean Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Elestor Field
Txahello Mount
Manniquas
Misa Anna Skillman
Grand Central
Astory Park
Gertrude Everitt
Lambertville
George J. Bureh
Mis
Anna Bureh
Beechwood
Asbury Park
J. M. Baxter
Atlantic City
George Conway
Columbus Oversight: A Schoolboy's Prompt Reply
A fragmentary Victorian style note recalls a pupil answering a master about a delay in discovery. The line attributes the delay to a failure to advertise, illustrating a didactic quip on initiative and communication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
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the Cranbury Press
Warren Johnson
Ellenville
Stella LaBaw
Marion Bergen
Princeton
H. Perrine
Rena Bradley
Wm. Jernee
C. H. Moore
Rhoda Dorrance
Milas Mary Voorhees
Alvah Forman
Bayonne
Alan Petty
Gert Ovelyll
J.E. Bennetd
Leo Ely
James Phares
Reba Roszel
Wm. K.snedeker
Gertrude Snedeker
Samuel Bennett
H. J. Groves
Alfred Chamberlain
Henry Melbow
Nafey
W. J. Campbell
First Presbyterian
Samuel Nixon
Lucinda Johnson
Camden
Johnson
Elsie
Calvin
George Duncan
J. E. Bennett
Harry N. Soott
R. F. D. Carrier
Ralph Farr
David Patty
Joseph M. van Dyke
James van Dyke
Enoch Eldridge
Wm. Carlisle
Gon Earl
Monmouth Junction
Charles Conover
Rocky Hill
W. Russell Silvers
J. Seward Perrine
Long Branch
Jennie
Emma
Ethel Cottrell
Perrine
W. F. Perrine
Chas
F. Danser
Arthur Perrine
Selah Davison
Barnegat Bay
Jennie Gea
Mra
Disbrow
Lizzie Petty
Henry Duncan
Ann’ Stuke
Rhode Hall
Mra. Beckman Perrine
John
Della Bergen
Rele Aailves
Harvey Everett
Edgar Everett
Amanda Chamberlain
Everett
Edsall
South Cranbury
Stanley
R. F. Willis
Pennagrove
P. R. Bergen
Misa N
Mr. E. R. VanDunen
C.F. Danger
Franklin Park
First Presbyterian Church
Methodist
Calvin Johnson
Allentown
W. H. Johnson
George H. Dickay
Fluching
T. U
R. J. Gulick
Cranbury Fire Co
Cranbury Baseball Club
Colliers of
Princeton Hook and Ladder Company
Second Presbyterian
Plainsboro Grove
Missionary Societies
Woman’e Home Missionary Society of the First Church
Eugene Hutchinson
Wm. McDonald
Ridge Road
Mear Mommouth Junction
James O'Neil
James
Charles Hampton Brown
Isaiah Barclay
Norman Appleger
Milton Lawrence
Harold
Imlay O'Neil
R. IL. McDowell
the Presbyterian Church of
Tennent Atate
William Mitchell Stlled
BK. B. Hunt
Helen
Mr. Davis
Araunabh Hubbard
Miss Bessis Snedeker
Prospect Plaing
Mrs. W. Applegate
Mercer County Agricultural Society
Charles C. Blauvalt
Berkshire Hills
Miss Hazel Reeves
At Seabright
R. Swetlini
New York City
H. 2D. Grover
Waverly, N.Y
Thomas Brokaw
Mrs Frank Jones
Ereehold
Shafer
Charlen J Keeler
Keeler Brothers
Hies
Boston
Oscar T. Allen
Minnapolis
Chiyles H. Ayres
Henry RB
Applegate
Norman AW. Williams
Mondus, Conn
Bridgeton
N. J
Whitfield Clark
Brooklyn
George W. Clark
Elmer J. Rogers
Emon Sill
Join Clevenger
Palmyra
Chatesso Chamberlin
Stockton Street
Charles Manlove
John Silvers
Academy Street
William H. Vowell
Easton
Walter 8. Davison
Joseph V. Davison
Tuching Engish
Asia
Milton H. Cunningham
State Board of Pharmacy
Franklin Street
Yorks
New York Ciy
Willam
Belmar
Fred A. Doyle
Charles Welsh
Coney Island
Sarah A. Hughes
Michael Holland
Holland House
Jacob Stulty
Mary Barker
Charles A Pullen
Perth Amboy
Ethel
Papa
George
Tie
Cleveland Phan
Bert Shey
M. Winar
Main Street
Cranbury, N. J
Austin
Monre Street
Cranbury, NJ
Sievens & Bro. Company
U.K. Manrngort
Jamesburg, N. J
Stuart
Press Corter
Jncot Wyeatt
Orphans’ Court
County of
Middlesex
Burrogate
Herpert
J Dmunl Marryott
Joseph B Lawrence
Middleses
Joseph B. Lawrenee
Creditorn
Soapna A. Barkelow
Udoelpho Baekelow
County of Middlesex
Gdalpho Buekelew
Jane
Tony Joana
A. Buckelen
Sulla M. Mount
Albert
Taylor Mount
Middese
Dayloe Mount
Julia
Outfitters
Kirst
State St
Broad St
Trenton, N. Jd
Fred’k W. Donnelly
Fred'k
W. Donnely
Trenton, N. J
Annie
Hutchinson
Notre
Anole C. Hutchinson
Agaliet Dhoe
Sid Decor
James I Conover
Corellia
James H. Conover
W. Tivtog Stilts
William Vartan
Varia
W.pwingstults
McCall
United States
Canadla
McCall's Magazine
Postal
37Th St
Gunson
Cortlandt
Delta
S. P, Dunham & 60
Trenton, N
Ss. P. Dunham & CO
Chas. F. Danser
Butler
Cranbury, New Ersey
Dobbins
State Street
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