Cranbury Social Notes Amid Weekend Visits
Local society digest lists residents and guests with Sunday and weekend visits across Franklin Park New Brunswick Hightstown and Princeton. Attendees include Geo Miller Geo Puerachner Rev J E Curry Rev J G Symmes Prof R W Swetland and many families visiting relatives and attending trips and picnics in Trenton Ocean Grove and Newark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. G. Symmes
Califon
Wm. Curry
Parnassus
J. B. Clark
Dayton
R. W. Swetland
Highiatown
Wm. Hutchinson
Disbrow Bergen
Libbis Rue
John TenBrock
David Petty
Drewton
Anna Voorhees
Nell Fldridge
Elva Chamberlin
Elias Stults
Newark
New York
A. W. Gee
Trenton
Win, Dey
Ligd
Proctor
Philadelphia
Sarah Applegate
Hightstown
Richard Hagerty
E. M. Humphreys
Geo, Puerachner
Jamesburg
Hester Nixon
New Brunswick
Cranbury News Highlights Local Visits And Events
Miss Anna Wyckai of Mannsquan visits Cranbury and a fountain gains an electric light. The Second Presbyterian picnic drew a large crowd, Goodwin's Band played, and the Cranbury Junior faces Jamesburg tomorrow. Various local notes include the Union Valley harvest home, a hay fire at Enoch Carr farm, and a pleasant Atlantic City trip by local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Presbyterian
Union Valley Harvest Home
Goodwin
Enoch Carr
Crosswicks
Eleven year old Sallie dies after brief illness
A young girl from Princeton area, Sallie, beloved by grandparents and family, died after a short diphtheria illness two months after turning eleven. Funeral planned from grandparents on Saturday morning at 11:30. Other items report a lightning strike in Allentown, a fatal carriage crash in Allenhurst, hospital news in Trenton, and state hospital reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aho
Second Presbyterian
Princeton
Railroad Commission Seeks Travel Delay Policy Update
Trenton August 7 Heads of railroad departments met with the New Jersey railroad commission and agreed that all fatal accidents must be reported by telegraph for investigation while minor incidents will go by mail. The commission advanced a plan requiring automatic couplers, continuous brakes, and automatic locomotive brakes in line with the safety appliance act of March 2, 1893. A public conference will precede state order implementation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
New Jersey Railroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Crop Conditions Favor Growth Amid Mixed Yields
Weather conditions generally favor crop growth with moisture and warmth supporting crops. Hay wheat rye harvests rush to finish while corn and potatoes show promise though early fruit trees are scarce. The Hightstown Driving Association announces a Summer Meet on August 17 with $400 purses and multiple races, entries closing August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frankiin Dye
Hightstown Driving Association
Tuttle & Clark
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the Cranbury Press
Mary Symmes
A. H. Symmes
Misa Lillian Wainright
Misa Addie Cole
Anna Skillman
Bessie Bergen
John Stryker
Madge
Wm. F. Perrine
John S. Bergen
Clara Bergen
Ocean Grove
R. L. McDowell
Margaret Bergen
Rhode Hall
Laura Stults
John Davison
Gordon's
Minnie Sutton
Ruth Whitaker
J. L. Whitaker
Bertha Hutchinson
Harry Hutchinson
James Hutchinson
Jennie Malan
Amy Sutton
Tuxedo, N. Y
R. C. Sutton
David G. Stults
Prospect Plains
W. J. Stults
Frank
Davis
Misa
Emma ‘Lawis-wareé
Charles Applegate
Dover
Margaret Perrine
Postmaster Brown
N. F. Clayton
Peter B. Stults
Anna Stults
John Henry Stults
E. S. Barclay
St. Bernard
Milton VanDerveer
Rey
Graham
Adolos
Allén
Steinmetz
Fort Lee
N. J
George Thomas
Harris
Trouton
Chas. Petty
Willis Applegate
Furman Stillwell
R. P. Stillwell’s
Margaret Clayton
Dena Clayton
Freehold
Chas. Hoffman
Geo, Graham
Robert Thistle
Henry Kerler
May
Stanley
Nellie McEvoy
M. Peabody
Lilian
Helen Ahrens
French
New York City
James Courtney
Railroad Ave
White City
John Hagamann
Franklin Park
David J. Wilson
Jennie Wyckoff
Nellie Belitylor
Hightatown
Adolphus Buckalew
Samuel Nixon
Joseph M. Gordon
Edward Walker
Edna Hagerty
Asbury Park
Lucinda Johnson
Camden
Anna Wyckai
Mannsquan
Cranbury
Bergen
Rhoile Hall
Missionary Meeting
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Church
Davison
Mreg
Conover
Burroughs
Wm. Johnson
Harry Scott
Atlantic City
Scott
Maxwell
Toms River
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Samuel Hatchett
Hatchett
Edward Dolan
Dolan
Clark
Olan
P. R. Bergen
Gordon
Middlesex County Court
Springdale Park
Yardville
N. J. Batcheller
National Grange
New Jersey
Archie Conover
Coytesville
M. AM. Perrine
Mra
St. Paul's Church
First Presbyterian Church
Afr
Jerusalem
James Pratt
Noah Reed
Mrs. Reed
Prall
Pennington
Mr. Reed
Reed
Mr. Prall
Mr. Pratt
Hoe
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Sullie Everett
Theodore F. Hyorett
Everett
Charles W. Hagerty
Half Acre
A. Brown
Richard Rowland
Harry Farr
I. B. Rowland
Peter Applegate
Virginia Farr
Harry 8. Farr
Mary
Allenhurst
Norwood House
Pennsylvania
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Corlies Avenue
Thomas Edwards
Toretta Grace
Jennie Meonard
Hannah Murphy
Arthur Wood
First National Bank
Wood
State House
State Hospital
Assembly
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New Jersey State Hospital For
Rafferty
Fred’k"W. Donnelly
Fred’k
W. Donnelly
Forner
Fred'k W. Donnelly
Taylor Opera House Stores and Assembly Com
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Wearere
Russia
State
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long
Long Branch
North Asbury Park
Sea Girl
Asbury Ark
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JR Woop
GEO
W. Boyd
Victor D. Gordon
Crop Report
Elwood Mount
Wall Sell
Railroad Avenue
Plainsboro Harvest Home
Plainsboro
Monroy’ Street
James O'Neil
Susan Faber
First’ Presbyterian Sunday School
Boyd
Mita
ML AL Perkixe
Addison Mount
Jonsson
Cunningham's Drug Store
R A. Donnellys
Broad Street
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S. P. Dunham& Coo
Verona
S. P. Dunham&co
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Cook
Jaques
Sumner
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East State Street
New Jersey State Normal and Model Schools
Normal School
J. M. Green
Trenton, New Jersey
Cranbury, N. J
Savings Department
John
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Lewis
Jon
Silvers, WM
Silvers
James
A. L. Armatrong
Walter 8. Grover
D. McLean Voorhees
Alexander S. Cole
William J. Rowland
Lupton Bros
Matawan, Keyport
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P.O
Matawan, N. J
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