Cranbury murder tale tied to farm dispute in New Jersey
A young Polish man in Trenton described a farm dispute near Cranbury's Neck in which a worker named Kovatsky was shot and buried in a rye field after fleeing a farm owned by Mark Pullen. Authorities traced the case to Cranbury with County Detective Hoffman and Prosecutor Berdine to verify the tale while the search continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Piper
Trenton
Juco Forenz
Mark” Pullen
Scott's Corner
Cranbury’s Neck
Someine
Ferenz
John Kovatsky
Berdine
Frank Hoffman
Hoffman
Kavateky
Karataky
Riper-Moone & Stewart Schoors
New Jersey
A Rural Life and Civic Reflections by Edgerton
James A. Edgerton shares a reflective piece on farm life and self sufficiency. He muses on land, personal growth, nature, and the spirit of builders, interleaved with poems and anecdotes about neighbors, a smallpox club, and a crooked house restoration. He ends with exhortations on happiness, responsibility, and faith in nature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Smallpox Club
New York Central Railroad
Guna
West Point
Morris
Willis
Drake
Jeven
Ife
Laxatives and patent remedies praised in letters
Residents from Maine to California sing the praises of Dr King s New Life Pills Electric Bitters and other patent medicines. Testimonials claim painless relief from digestion headaches and biliousness with N F Claytons drug stores selling the products at 25c and 50c respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Belletah
Princeton Light, Heat and Power Company
Rocky Hill
Herman Dodd
Trust Company of America
Princeton Company
Princeton Light, Heat, and Power Company
Mr. W. Stone
East
Poland
Maine
N. F. Clayton
James Lee
Zanesville
Mary Lee
Dr. King
N. F. Clayton’s
Mia
Chas, E. Smith
West Franklin
NPF
Clayton's
Mra
M. M. Davison
Gifford Ave
San Jose
Cal
N. F. Clayton's
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THE
Cranbury Press
N. J
Geo
W. Burroughs
Gun
Polo
Jersey
New York
Parks Row
Skeeter
Bingham
Prospect Park
Central Park Lakes
Rocky Hill ” Piast
Plainsboro
Charles Cox
County Board of Elections
Middlesex County Board of Elections
H. Brown
John L. Suydam
Oliver Kelly
John FE. Elmendorf
H. H. Brown
Robert Helm
Brown
Elmendorf
Tary
District Board of Registry
Edgerton
James A. Edgerton
Nature
Pat
Jimmie
Cold Spring-on-the-Hudson, N. Y
Johnnie
Rome
Teacher
Rider-Moore’ & Stewart Schools
America
Beat Business Houses
S. Broad ST
Trenton, XN. J
Batiste
India
Ares i
Butcher’s Ligon
Eeo Caeera
Stor
Oxfords
T. Mason & Son
Main Street
Hightstown, N. J
Reuther
John Reuther
East Aurora
Chas. Wickoff
Peprpler’s
Boss
Thomas Peppler
Tye IS
Lohmeer Co
J. & C. Fincher
Keller Bros
Bach
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N. J
Masonic Temple Music Store
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool
London & Globe
Ins. Co. of
North America
North British & Mercantile
Niagara
Pittsburg
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Post Office
Oranbury,n. J
O’neils Cash Crocery Store
James O’neil
Wm. J. Thomas
Chas. J
Pionerbie
ODD Fellows Hall
Monte Conwy
Wanton
H. Havens
Sveretaty
Pemberton and
Hightstown
Union Transportation Company
Ariat Tamle
Epreer Jung
Traiva
Philadelphia
Buntis, Sup't
Ierican
Oleg
New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools
J. M. Green
Cranbury, N. d
U.S
Easthoad
Tider
Ricyc
Chicago
Satis
Allareta
Cateria
Aioll
J. L. Mead Cycle Company
Chicago, Ile
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