Local Social Roundup At Cranbury and Surroundings
A Cranbury Press social column lists visits and guests across towns including New York City Hackensack and Princeton Junction. Families visiting Emma Snow Ezra Perrine Perrines and others are noted with travel to shore estates Belmar Atlantic City and Manasquan Beach along with local health notes and a testimonial about Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy from Des Moines Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Snow
New York City
William Snow
Milicent Snow
Hackensack
Emma Snow
Benjamin Everett
Ezra
Emma A Reynolds
John
Appleger
Red Bank
Harvey
Ashland
Kansas
Chamberlain
William Whitelaw
Des Moines
Iowa
Plainsboro social notes include Skillman visits and weddings
Private Roland Skillman of Camp Humphreys visited Mary Grove over the weekend. The Grove family hosted guests from Jersey City New York City Philadelphia and Oransbury. The H G S Club toured to Asbury Park, a local wedding Luella Grove wed H H Jones at Scotts Corner, and visits continued to Old Bridge with Mary Grove and Private Skillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roland, Skillman
Camp Humphreys
Mary Grove
F. F. Grove
Frank Boyd
Majorie
Dorothy
Jersey City
Amanda Murphy
New York City
Mary A.culperley
Philadelphia
W. E. Grove
Oransbury
R.H. Skillman
H. G. S. Club
Plainsboro
Asbury Park
Mies Luella 'Grove
Scotts Corner
No Shadow On Her Face in Wartime Portraits and Loss
A passage from the Atlantic Monthly recalls WWI tragedy as veterans wives and mothers in Scotland and America confront death. A Gordon regiment widow speaks of sacrifices, while a country woman in uniform mourns her son Jimmie, the last of three, and urges support for American mothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gordon
Scotland
Gordon Highlanders
A. Burnett-Smith
The
Atlantic Monthly
Rose Climbing Three Stories at University of Washington
A coppery rose sprout climbs from ivy on Denny Hall at UW, growing from ground level to the third floor window. The plant appears to thrive due to the ivy support and the campus’s intellectual environment, stoically reaching toward sun and sound from Spanish and public speaking rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Washington
Denny Hall
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Wayside Ministries and Narratives of Daily Life
A compact piece blends moral guidance with observations on home life and natural cradle traditions. It also includes brief local notices: a lost diamond brooch along Cranbury to the C. T. Hoffman farm, and ads seeking pigs and a Jersey cow, plus a cider apples price inquiry and live poultry wanted at Freehold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
C. T. Hoffman Farm
Proclamation by the Governor of New Jersey 1918
Governor Walter E Edge orders a special election to fill the U S Senate vacancy caused by the death of William Hughes. The proclamation, dated July 16 1918, directs election on November 5 1918 and is certified by Secretary of State J Thomas F Martin with official seals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hughes
New Jersey
A. D
United States Senate
Senate of
United States
Walter E. Edge
Trenton
Walter £. Edge
Thomas F. Martin
Bernard M. Gannon
Department OF State
J. Thomas F. Martin
State of New Jersey
Thomas FP. Martin
Hat Cord Colors Flag Military Divisions
A list explains hat cord colors used to identify soldier divisions such as infantry light blue and artillery red. The piece notes colors for cavalry buff, quartermaster orange and white, signal orange and white, engineers red and white, ordnance red and black, field clerk black and white, medical maroon and white, officers black and gold, adjutant general's clerk silver and black, home guards green and white, and instructor home guards green. A New York restaurant is cited for high prices with a diner joking about paying to exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Infantry
Artillery
Cavalry
Quartermaster's Corps
Signal Corps
Engineers’ Corps
Ordnance
Medical Corps
Adjutant General's Clerk
Home Guards
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Promoted As Constitutional Cure
There is more Catarrh in this section than all other diseases and it was once deemed incurable. Local remedies failed, so a constitutional approach is urged. Hall's Catarrh Medicine from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo is taken internally and claims to cure via the blood. A hundred dollar reward is offered for any case not cured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Druggters, Te
Neponset advertises floor coverings as wartime substitute
A Neponset display features upholstered couches with oak frames and various fabrics priced from 16.00 to 53.00. The text promotes a new kitchen and vestibule floor covering seen as a wartime substitute superior to many linoleum options, urging shoppers to compare.
Refrigerators and Ice Costs Across Varied Prices
The notice lists price ranges for refrigerators from $1 to $75 for hotel or boarding house sizes and mentions assorted models such as Ranney Porcelains and Lapland Monitors. It implies ice costs may rise, suggesting buyers consider the overall cost when selecting a unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ranney Porcelains
Lapland Monitors
Ashwoods
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Earl Wilson
William Dey
Manasquan Beach
W. B. Silvers
George
Charles Miller
U.S. Navy
George Puerschner
Abram van Devender
Brooklyn
Br, Bradley
Elwood Onderdonk
New Brunswick
Beekman Perrine
Cora Rowland
Princeton
Mary Edsall
Elmer Edsall
D. W. Clayton
H. J. Butcher
Bertram
Clayton
Harold Applegate
Betty
Sadie Applegate
Frank Gieglen
Harvey Duncan
Elmer H. Dey
Atlantic City
Clara Redcliff
Plainfield
Robert Sutton
Minnie
Claire Moore
Bristol, Pa
Harry C. Moore
John B. Perrine
Clarence M. Perrine
Mrs
Margaret Everingham
Mr. and
Mrs. Lemuel Stults
John W. Pullen
Claymont
Delaware
William Simpson
Charles Everingham
George Chappell
Sarah Voorhees
AC Intown
Harry <. Moore
Mary Spicer
Norma Wright
Princeton Junction
Edna Walker
Susie Scott and
Misa Flora Scott
H. N. Scott
Geo. B. Mershon
Annie Long
George M. Perrine
Belmar
Franklin Walker
J. 8. Silvers & Bro. Co
George Perrine
Carl Seaman
Highland Park
H. Lewis
Fred Maple
Bill the Hun
Fritz von Blitz
New York Herald
Helen Barlow
R. H. Skillman
Old Bridge
Rose
Rider-Moore & Stewart School
Trenton, N. Ji
Jersey
Apply L, Prescott
Cranbury, N. J
James D. Courtney
Julius Zaitz
McClain St
Freehold, N. J
George B. Mershon
Belinda Kane
Pecotian
County of
Middlesex
Georgce B. MersHon
Charles G. Groves
Office North Main Street
Cranbury, N.J
New York
P. Dunham & Co
Trenton, N. J
Haviland
China
Johnson Brothers
Meakin
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