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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1903
Page
3
Cranbury society news notes numerous visits and trips through Bordentown Trenton and New York. Highlights include births illnesses church events and club meetings with local families and residents such as Hutchinson Voorhees Dey Perrine and Chamberlin. The Cranbury press also mentions hotel sale results and upcoming sermons and social gatherings.
Rain did not deter church workers as the Second Presbyterian Fair and Supper opened in Odd Fellows Hall on Wednesday night. A large crowd enjoyed excellent supper, ice cream, cocoa, and refreshment, with Goodwin’s Orchestra and Wm. Silvers’ graphophone providing music. Booths, decorations, and a “Ladies Home Journal” centerpiece drew attention while numerous volunteers ensured smooth selling of articles. Proceeds reached about four hundred dollars for church property improvements, with grateful donors including Rathgeber, Dey & Co. of Newark.
Mrs Maggie Groves wife of Elwood Groves died at home in north Cranbury after long illness including internal troubles. Survived by husband and son Harry, a daughter-in-law, and a brother Thomas Brokaw. Funeral in Second Presbyterian Church on Saturday. Also reports a Pleasant Hill wedding of C Newton Hutchinson and Anne C McGill with Rev A Allen officiating. Wedding details include carriage, bouquets, and gift list. A Clarksburg fire killed Clayton Fowler, wife, and three children. one son escaped. Additional items: Rev James W Fisher arrested for embezzlement during church services. John V B Wicoff partners with Willian M Lanning. top floor collapse at Jordan L Mot t Iron Co plant in Trenton kills Frederick Campbell and others.
The county clerk filed the list of men to serve on the next Grand Jury. Names include Washington Wilson and Ralph B. Corbin of Metuchen, John Weigel and John Richardson of New Brunswick, George J. Haney of Perth Amboy, and many others from Sayreville, Woodbridge, Cranbury, North Brunswick, Madison, South Amboy, and surrounding towns. The article notes the farmer’s support for good government and mentions party dynamics in the state. It also includes notices about the Kodol Almanac promotion, plus local business and millinery announcements.
S P Dunham Co Trenton N J features a listing of fur items with prices including maroon fox boas sable opossum stoles black bare and sable fox stoles full lengths with tails and girdles, berthas with collars, and cinnamon fox stores with brush tails and chain fastenings.
Special centre counter today features new Christmas bindings with editions from Conan Doyle to Deland and Tarkington. Notable 1.08 dollar titles. 50 cent cloth bindings. 39-cent Little Women and other series. 23 girls authors, Wellesley series, and 10 cent books offer.
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