Pleasant View Farm reception and local social round
Invitations go out for a December 27 reception at Pleasant View Farm hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William C. Voorhees. The Cranbury area social calendar notes visits to Trenton and New York, church week of prayer plans for 1907, and a Woodlawn Farm wedding reception with two hundred guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Voorhees
Pleasant View Farm
E. M. Humphreys
Trenton
Wakely
Embley
Abram Voorhees
Mies Anna Voorhees
Harry Petty
New York
John B. Perrine
Russell Silvers
Frank Perrine
Princeton University
Reuben Reynolds
Chas. R. Dye
Woodlawn Farm
Harry C. Dye
James M. Maxwell
Hightstown
Neices
E. B. Anderson
Burlington
D. ¥. Perrie
Freehold Hoo
Peter Forman
Manalapan
Jacob Wyckoff
Dutch Neck
A. B. Wyckoff
John Higgs
Peter Wyckoff Conover
East Freehold
Ancil Mr. Davison
Cran
Christmas entertainments in area churches and family gathering
The First and Second Presbyterian Sunday Schools host Christmas Eve entertainments in the chapel featuring a Yule Story and Jack and Jill from Louisa May Alcott, with decorated venues and gift distribution. A cradle roll reception, a Methodist program of songs and recitations, and the formation of the Baird Wyckoff Family Association are noted alongside Cranbury’s new midday mail service via the 11 o'clock train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian
Chas, Hoffman
H.C. Gmmed
Misa Elva Chamberlin
W. H. Johnson
Misa Laura Scudder
I. O. Hoffman
Grace Perrine
Spencer Perrine
Anna Chamberlin
Edward Chamberlin
Second Presbyterian Sabbath School
Christman
Jack and Jill
Louisa Alcott
Mra
John Silvers
Ella Stilts
Robert Spaulding
Rachel Silvers
Mario Groves
Emma Low
Dayton Bride Mabel Bastedo Weds Lewis Cottrell at Home
Miss Mabel Bastedo of Dayton and Lewis Cottrell of Hamilton Square married at 3 PM Wednesday in the bride’s home with Rev. Harter officiating under a ring ceremony. Guests from multiple towns attended as the couple began a short wedding tour and received many presents. The issue also notes the New Jersey State Horticultural Society annual meeting set for January 3 and 4 in Trenton with leaders and speakers listed and prizes offered for horticultural exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Bastedo
Dayton
Lewis Cottrell
Hamilton Square
L. Harter
Peon
Lohengrin
Stella Hendrickson
Penns Neck
Addie Emmons
South Amboy
Walter Bastedo
Brooklyn
East Orange
Cornwalls
Philadelphia
Hightatown
New Brunswick
Kingston
State Horticultural Society
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
State House
Trenton
Assembly Chamber
Mary W. Budd
Renton House
Dlaba
Granges
John Craig
Cornwell University
Edmond Braddock
Medford
Gabriel Heuter
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania Horticultural Sodiety
Juliu O. Thilaw
George H. McKay
Reading Terminal
Paiadelphia
J. W. Derr
Denton
Blackwell
Tiuavilly
Albert Repp
Glassboro
Joseph Barton
Marlton
John &. Collins
Morristown
Highwaymen Try Stage and Mail Robbery Between Yardville and Allentown
Edward Bannon James Cato and Capple Willer held up the Yardville Allentown stage on Saturday night. Passengers fought back and the robbers fled pursued by owners William Widmann and Edward Dillatush. Officers traced the trio to Morris & Co cotton sheds in Groveville and they were jailed in Trenton awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bannon
James Cato
Capple Willer
Yardville
Allentown
William B. Widmann
Edward Dillatush
George Johnson
Pearson Carson
United States Oil Cloth Company
Trenton
Widman
Morris & Co
Groveville
Allentown Pike
Farmer and Wife Die in Stelton Train Crash
Isaac Campbell Dunn a Stelton farmer and his wife Elizabeth were killed when a westbound locomotive struck their carriage as they crossed Stelton crossing near the Stelton Baptist Church. The couple had paused for an eastbound train to pass. a flagman’s view was blocked, and the collision occurred just as they were almost across the tracks. The death site is described as a dangerous crossing known as a “death trap.” The bodies were brought to the Stelton area, coroner’s inquiry noted their identities, and a gold watch was found among the deceased’s effects. The incident underscores the crossing’s notoriety for past casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Isaac Campbell Dunn
Stelton
Elizabeth
Mr. Dunn
Mrs. Dunn
Dunn
Reinnins
Moke
Xtelton
Pennsylvania Railroad
Gift suggestion amid holiday cheer from The New York Times
A promotional notice urges giving a one year subscription to The New York Times Saturday Review of Books as a lasting Christmas gift. It touts sixteen pages of world literature news and reviews, quotes endorsements from notable figures, and offers delivery to any U.S. address for one dollar with a free sample on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times Saturday Review of Books
New York Times
Saturday Review of Books
United States
Fla
New York City
James Lane Allen
New York
Bishop Potter
Andrew Carnegie
Thomas Nelson Page
Virginia
Marge Chan
Christmas Book Catalog Offers Juvenile Titles at Bargain Prices
Trenton store advertises Henry’s books for boys with 43 titles and new edition plates. Includes Children's Bible Series 10 titles, Forward Stories for Boys and Girls 23 titles, Artemus Good Time Review 12 titles, plus Holman Bibles and Oxford Bibles in various bindings and prices from 29c to 2.00. Various authors listed among offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry
Artemus
Beriew
Elizabeth Wetherell
Sarah Trimmer
Julis H. Ewing
Florence Kingsley
Hesha Stratton
Rudolph Ralph
Holman
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the Cranbury Press
Irving W. Dey
Geo
I. C. Hoffman
Harry Dye
Harvey Grover
Aay Hooper
Miss Tucker
South River
Johng Duncan
N. F. Clayton
Samuel Perrine
Everett
Gee. B. Mershon
Emma Merson
Lars Perrine
Florency Perrine
Harvey
Dey
Week of Prayer
Corona Club
Nejl Eldridge
I. D. Barclay
Wanamaker's
Bho
Mrs
Clara Huffington
Mary Spaulding
Milton VanDeveer
Enid Walker
Coma Dey
3Fa
Willie Vincent
Miss Scudder
Arthur Bastresa
Sunday Clawn
Pat Raymond
Lawrence
Pop
Santa Claus
Arthur Burroughs
St. Nicholas
Christmar
Margaret Perrine
Angela
Ethel Cole
Lucile Chamberlin
Christine Times
E. Harder
Xone
Walter
Grover
Peter Rue Pear
Hannah Pierson
Geal
Rhode Hall
Deana
Second Presbyterian
Methodist
Methodist Sunday School
H. J. Conover
Humphrey
Lewin
Applegate
Family Association
Mail
Cranbury
Brown
Post Ofice Department
U. T
N. Y
Monmouth Junction
Jersey City
Rahway
Cranbury P.O
Emma P
Alice
Grove
Raymond Grove
Chester Grove
Isaac Bocan
Will N. Harben
Jose Baker
Ann Boyd
Madison Cawein
Owen Wister
Lady Baltymore
Winston Churchill
Coniston
New York ‘Times
Saturday Review
James Whitcomb Riley
Stockholders Meeting
Otdamestine
N.swh
Moy
Voontets
Jamesburg
Ducard
Iat
Fleet National Bank of Cranbury
No J
Jan Tieysth
Elwet Ing
A. Mundemath
Gro. B. Wenstox
N.J
Mus. E. Snow
Spaulding
RY. Spaulding
Ren‘t
Cranbury Station
Charles T. Horman
Thomas Ahern
Red Lion Tavern
Saunders Co. Dept
Jackson Boulevard
Chicago
W. K. Lombard
Raves Tae Sane
Wonten
Whiich
NAUEN
State St
Cosxecren
Wis
Broad St
R. A. Donnelly
Broad Street
Trenton, N. d
East State
Cook
Jaques
Neuman's Store
High Tstown
Automobile
J & CL Fischer, Sohner & Co
Behr Bros
Keller Bros
Baeh
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N. J
Musonle Temple Muale
Ss. P. Dunham& CO
Library
Amy
Beat
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Hall Caine
Conan Doyle
Eggleston
Glasgow
Green
Haggard
Lewis Olivant
Severy
Tarkington Thurston
Watson
Weyman
Marchmont
Epick
Opan
Eden Phillpotts
Gertrude Atherton
B. F. Benson
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
Max Pemberton
Amelia
Barr
Robert Barr
Oxford
S. P. Dunham & Co
First National Bank
Cranbury, N. J
Savings Department
John
Silvers
Pugsipent
B. Mershon
Casares
David
Lewis
Silvers, WM
James H. Goodwin
Alexander
Cole
A. L. Armstrong
D. Nilean Voorhees
William J. Rowland
New-York Tribune Farmer
Review OF Reviews
Success Magazine
NEW- York Tribune Farmer
Albert Shaw
Sihase
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