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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1909
Page
4
Cranbury residents, guests from Trenton to Asbury Park, and visitors from Jersey City join local families for store wiring updates, garden parties, and outings. Notables include Miss Ella McDowell, Miss Zim merman, and Miss Alice Applegate among many others. Local travels feature trips to Ocean Grove, Long Branch, and Asbury Park with telegrams of visits to relatives and hospital news.
The Cranbury baseball team routed Helmetta by 14 to 4 on Saturday and will play Newtown at Newtown tomorrow. A Sunday School class game between Miss Elva Chamberlain and Miss Grace Perrine was arranged for Monday August 30 on the school grounds. A quiet wedding joined Miss Ida Louisa Taylor and Andrew Clarke at the Taylor home in Bedle Jersey City with ornate decor and a reception before their departure, as Mr Clarke will work with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Jersey City.
More than 3500 farmers and Pomona Grange No 5 members attended the annual Springdale Park event at Yord ville. Speakers included M J Bachelder National Master and ex governor of New Hampshire and Albert Heritage Gloucester county assemblyman and state agricultural board treasurer. A baseball game and other activities followed lunch in autos or carriages as politicians attended but political speeches were barred.
Elmer Felter a juvenile arsonist was sent to reform school after confessing to starting fires at home and on a farm. He claimed he feared being left alone to keep his employer from attending harvest events and noted family quarrels fueled his urge. Spotted burning brush as he was escorted to jail.
Princeton University stands to gain the residue of Cornelius Cuyler's estate after his death in France. The will declares a $100,000 specific bequest to Princeton for the Theodore Cuyler land in memory of his father. The fund supports a memorial at the university with the remainder left in trust to Mrs. Cuyler.
H M Voorhees of HTM Voorhees and Bro of Trenton reports on Paris Fall styles. Paris dresses echo Louis XV with fitted capes and draped akir ta. moonlit beaded trims and moire fabrics appear. Suits show long lines, pleated skirts, and large bronze buttons while fur trims, wide hats, and varied neck pieces rise in popularity. European markets, including Germany, signal strong trade into the United States as American outfits emulate Paris.
Southern New Jersey farmers shipped more perishable freight in July than ever before. Produce valued at 1,600,000 dollars was distributed to New England, the middle west and Canada from West Jersey and Seashore lines. In July 1907 six lower counties shipped 746,800 dollars, 1908 saw 1,178,000, and July 1909 rose 885,600 above 1908. A total of 3,909 freight cars moved 2,822 with potatoes and 1,047 with tomatoes, with Jer sef y City and New York receiving 1,200, Camden and Philadelphia 628, Boston 418, rest elsewhere. Shipments in 1909 rose by 964 cars over 1908 and 1,831 over 1907.
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