Funeral entombs Augustus Skillman at Princeton burial
Augustus T. Skillman died suddenly at his Hightstown home. Funeral held at his residence with Rev. Laurengon Correll officiating. Interment at Princeton. He was Apollo Lodge charter member and survived by a daughter, grandson, and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary. L. Hankins
B. K. Hankins
Dutch Neck
Augustus T. Skillman
Hightstown
Laurengon Correll
Trenton
Princeton
Cole, Son & Co
Skillman
Apollo Lodge
Cranbury
John
William
Theodore Skillman
Presbyterian Church
Mangled Body Found Along P R R Tracks at Monmouth Junction
A man’s mangled body was found beside the Pennsylvania railroad tracks at Monmouth Junction and buried in Cranbury Cemetery due to decomposition in the heat. He wore a Strand marked suit and carried a gold watch and $2.50, with no missing-person report matching him. Local shops suspected he lived in New Brunswick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monmouth Junction
A. 8. Cole, Son & Co
Cranbury Cemetery
Strand Clothing Shop
New Brunswick
First Steamboat on Western Waters Orleans 1811
The Orleans built in 1811 at Pittsburgh by Robert Fulton for Fulton & Livingston reached New Orleans on December 29 after an October stop in Louisville. It operated between New Orleans and Natchez until it wrecked in July 1814. The voyage crossed the Mississippi where the December 11 New Madrid earthquake created Reel Foot Lake and related Arkansas lakes.
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West
Orleans
Pittsburgh
Robert Fulton
Fulton & Livingston
Chancellor R. Livingston
New York
Louisville
New Orleans
Cincinnati
Mississippi
New Madrid
Reelfoot Lake
Tennessee
Arkansas
Memphis
Natchez
Rider College Seeks 56th Annual Catalogue at Trenton
Rider College of Trenton reports high demand for its 56th annual catalogue detailing courses and career guidance. New faculty additions enhance teaching, with Charles E. Murphy to offer advertising study. fall term starts September 7 at South Broad Street before moving to the new building. Catalogues are mailed to prospective students.
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Rider College of Trenton
Rider
Charles E. Murphy
Trenton
South Broad Street
Local Social Notes from Hightstown and Nearby
Hightstown residents share visits and weekend trips with family in Little Silver Jacobstown Trenton and Cranbury. The engagement of Miss Helen Stevenson to William J Schnorbus announced with a planned early autumn wedding. Other updates include illnesses travels and social visits among Galloway Peppler Kester Field and Riley households.
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Helen Stevenson
William J. Schnorbus
Red Cross Active in Disaster Relief
The American Red Cross provides immediate aid after disasters with food clothing shelter funds and medical staff. In the past year four disasters monthly affected 150 communities across 27 states including a Texas tidal wave and multiple tornado outbreaks causing 850 deaths and 18 000 homeless while $1 000 000 in relief funds and $1 000 000 in emergency supplies were mobilized.
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American Red Cross
Red Cross
United States
Corpus Christi
Texas
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Ohio
Indiana
Davis
Junior Red Cross Working at Home
School program uses Junior Red Cross to teach citizenship through service. Granting graded civic courses, health, first aid, and health campaigns, the plan links clubs and classrooms with nationwide and international youth outreach.
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RED Cross
Junior Red Cross
American Red Cross
Livingston Farrand
American Red Cross Central Committee
United States
America
Twenty Four Hour Developing Service Promises Expert Care
A local ad touts a twenty four hour developing service ready to handle developing or printing by mail or in person. It emphasizes professional work, high quality results from exposures and negatives, prompt service, and fair pricing, offering cameras or films for sale as well.
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First Presbyterian Church
Dr. Bayless
Bayonne
Fred Schweitzer
Stitch and Chatter Club
Mary Groves
Cranbury Fire Company
Goodwin
Cranbury Council Jr. O. U. A.M
Cranbury Council No
Barclay
Smith
Joel Parker
South Amboy
Ladies Lodge
Odd Fellows Hall
Brainerd
Peter Dey
Monroe Township
St. Peter’s Hospital
John Dey
Union Valley
Mr. Huckle
Cole, Lou & Co
Mary L. Hankins
N. J
Cranbury Fire Co
Windsor
Schanck, HutcHinson & Field
W. H. Austin
Wisconsin Brewers’ Association
Milwaukee
Schlitz Brewing Company
Austin
Brewers
Supreme Court
Congress
Rider College
J. B. Schenck
Martha
Martha McDowell
Little Silver
Thomas Kester
Jacobstown
Bert Field
Russell Rockhill
Donald
George C. Peppler
Mrs
Clifford Exel
Annie Miller
Jamesburg
James Hewart
Morrigon Avenue
Mr. Havens
Center Street
Mrs. Lester
Emma Hiland
St Francis Hospital
Peter Johnson
William J. Schnor
Winfield Johnson
Alonzo Dey
William Riley
Philadelphia
Walter McDougall
Amboy
Dr. Farrand
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
First National Bank
J. S Rogers & Son
Hightstown, N. J
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
S. Broad St
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