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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1912
Page
1
Rev W E Foote will preach at the Plainsboro Church Sunday morning and evening The Christian Endeavor Society meets at the First Presbyterian that Sunday evening The lesson subject is Lessons of the Snow Russell Mershon named as factor
The regular meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union will be held next Thursday afternoon December 12 with Mrs Rosetta Voorhees. Miss Laura Scudder will give a talk on The Century of the Child and the program will include special music.
The Home Missionary Society of the First Presbyterian meets this afternoon in the chapel. The Mountaineers is the subject for a program led by Mrs Ancil Davison. The Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Presbyterian also meets this afternoon with Mrs Mershon. The Latin America topic will be discussed.
A large delegation from Apollo Lodge No. 156 F. and A. M. visited the M. P. Church of Union Valley Sunday evening for a special sermon preached to the order by Rev. N. E. Webb.
The annual meeting occurs Tuesday evening December 10 with officer elections for the coming year.
Superintendent Perrine selects a Christmas committee for First Presbyterian Sunday School including Mrs Perrine Miss Scudder and several others. Second Presbyterian Sunday School names its own committee with Groves Silvers Bergen Barclay Mershon Brown Burroughs. Village Improvement Society to meet Monday December 9 in the Library. Local ads promote holiday goods in Hightstown and Cranbury. Apollo Lodge No 156 F and A M members visited Hightstown Lodge. Master Mason degree awarded to Albert Conover.
Local attendees including Mr and Mrs J E Bennett Mr and Mrs Samuel Bennett Mrs Williams and others joined Memorial service for New Brunswick Lodge No 324 BPC at the First Methodist Church. Former Governor Stokes delivered the address.
Walter S. Grover and J. W. B. Wicoff host a banquet for Farmers and Traders Telephone Company directors in the Colonial room of the Trenton House. Mrs. H. N Scott hosts a theatre party to view Little Boy Blue at Trent Theatre with attendees including Mrs. Adame and several named ladies.
After three weeks illness Mrs Emma B Brooks widow of Harry Brooks and mother of Borough Clark William H Brooks died at her Jamesburg home. Blood poisoning preceded heart failure the direct cause of death. Funeral services set for Saturday at Jamesburg Presbyterian Church with interment in Fernwood Cemetery. She was aged sixty nine born near Kingston and moved to Jamesburg at age two. Funeral of Anna Green occurred in Princeton with Cranbury relatives in attendance.
Mrs Cornelia Hutchinson fell ill while visiting friends in New Brunswick and was moved to Princeton with pneumonia. She suffered a paralytic stroke leaving one side helpless. A trained nurse attends her. Her daughter in law Mrs Aaron Hutchinson and her sister are ill with pneumonia, while her grandson Harry Hutchinson has just recovered.
A group of young people gathered with Mr. and Mrs. Spencer Perrine at The Willows on Friday evening. They enjoyed marshmallow toast table croquet and tennis followed by refreshments with Dr. and Mrs. B. S. Van Dyke and many other couples and young guests listed by name.
Miss Pauline Emens of Monmouth Junction hosted relatives at dinner including three great grandmothers Mrs William Emens Mrs J T Mershon and Mrs Maria Applegate, one great grandfather J T Mershon, and grandfathers William W Emens and Harvey H Mershon.
Mr and Mrs Enoch Eldridge entertained a number of guests at their Hightstown home on Saturday evening. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Frank Chamberlain, Mr and Mrs George Forman, Mr John Rogers, Mr and Mrs William Hutchinson and family, Mr and Mrs Allisan Dey, Mr and Mrs Randolph Chamberlain, Mr and Mrs William Riggs, Mr and Mrs Henry Wyckoff, Mr and Mrs Elmer Vandenburg, Mrs Joseph Smith, Miss Mabel Smith, Mrs Anna Miller, and Miss Viola Hutchinson. Chamberlains Tablets advertised for bilious attacks with dealer availability.
Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wilson host a gathering for the Dayton Embroidery Club and friends at their home with a fine dinner and music and games. Mrs. W. A. Johnson assists. guests include numerous local couples and individuals. A second note mentions a large party at A C Grover’s near Cranbury with many attendees and a supper. A separate item cites Chamberlains Liniment aiding a Des Moines man’s rheumatic shoulder attack.
In Lewisburg West Virginia C B Rader thanks Electric Bitters for curing a decade of rheumatism and stomach trouble. The tonic is praised for dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and cleansing kidney poisons. Each bottle promises satisfaction and costs 50 cents at N F Clayton's.
Advertises a large variety of aprons for yard customers with many designs and fabrics. Features plain, ruffled, cross bar lawn, dot patterns, lace and embroidery trims. Ranges 25c to 1.50, including larger round styles and nurses aprons from 25c to 1.25.
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