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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1908
Page
2
In September two meetings at Odd Fellows Hall backed forming an organization for Law and Order led by Rev. J B Curry as chair. The conference urged township ordinances, a second constable, and strict enforcement with citizen support for the Township Committee and constables to uphold good citizenship.
Teane L. Davison died at his Hightstown home on Monday after weeks of illness. A lifelong resident, he moved four years ago to Brockton Street. He was a member of the Hightstown Methodist Episcopal Church and leaves a widow and two children, Charles H. Davison and Mrs. George Gordon, with many friends noting his longtime service to the community.
Major Crenshaw, an army paymaster, loses over five thousand dollars at cards aboard a westbound Union Pueblo train. A female gambler challenges him to a high stakes showdown, then reveals the money will be returned and donated to Cheyenne hospital after Jim Dally, a former soldier, intervenes. The tale closes with moralizing about luck and aid to the wounded.
In Lakewood New Jersey John T Reid Jr and his wife died after allegedly drinking wood alcohol found in a bottle left by a moving neighbor woman. Reid cried for help then died. Mrs Reid was found dead in bed with an empty bottle nearby. Police note mystery yet no clear motive.
Cranbury Township passes a 1908 ordinance restricting swimming near Brainard Lake and setting penalties for disorderly conduct. It bans bicycles on sidewalks, requires lamps and bells on bicycles, and allows arrests without a warrant for violations. Fines extend to twenty dollars and jail terms up to ninety days, with enforcement by the township justice and constables.
A legal notice describes a parcel of about thirty acres in Monroe Cranbury, Middlesex County, NJ. The conveyance is tied to a 1866 deed and involves the dower estates of Ellen Jober and related parties. Special Master in Chancery JonN Rewis Dawes represents the case in Hightstown.
In chancery of New Jersey Mary E. Kirkpatrick and David Kirkpatrick sell as part of a mortgage default. The four undivided parcels near Rhode Hall Road in South Brunswick are offered at public vendue in New Brunswick on December 23, 1908. Includes detailed tract descriptions and all appurtenances under a 1879 and 1079 chain of deeds.
The Bubreribers administrators intend to exhibit their final account to the Orphans Court for Middlesex County on Friday in January 1904 for settlement. The Surrogate will first audit and state the accounts. Dated December 2 1909, C. Addinon, Santa Danter, W Chuaitox, Administrators.
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