Giant Sycamore of Wheatley Hills Claims Majestic Era
The Old Sycamore on Janes Hill in Wheatley Long Island is said to be 300 years old or more, with a 24 foot trunk circumference and limbs larger than many trees. Experts including Normal Taylor estimate its age spans from 1800s to earlier decades, noting its history as a butcher’s home site and soil deposits piling around the base.
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Janes Hill
Wheatley
L. I
Long Island
Taylor
Brooklyn Botapie Gardens
Columbus
San Salvador
Hendrick Hudson
New York World
Aill
Retired Sea Captain Christie Follows 51 Years at Sea
Captain J W Christie who commanded the White Star Dominion liner Canada has retired after a 51 year career at sea. He began as a ten year old apprentice in 1877 aboard Seaforth and survived a daring landing under fire during the Russo Turkish War when a horse he rode led a beach assault toward Turkish lines before being driven back to sea.
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J. W. Christie
White Star Dominion
Canada
Christie
Seaforth
India
Dardanelles
Cyprus
Wood and Furniture: Wood Varieties Shape Civilisation
The article notes thousands of wood species with unique textures and cuts, comparing wood growth to human development through pores carrying water and minerals. It argues civilization and national progress depend on hardwood belts and wood’s evolving uses in furniture and home furnishing.
He Belonged There
An evening walk turns tense as a passing car blocks the curb. The narrator and escort ask if room indoors, but the driver and occupants refuse, revealing strangers in front of their own house. The moment ends with an unasked forgiveness.
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Studebaker
Furnishing the Home for a Distinctive Style
The text advises starting with a definite effect and type of furniture when furnishing a room. It urges avoiding copying others schemes to achieve individuality for a home and encourages taking time to plan a personal design suited to one’s taste.
New York and New Jersey Stock Land Bank of Newark
A Federal Land Bank Charter forms the New York and New Jersey Joint Stock Land Bank of Newark to serve New York and New Jersey farmers. With $250000 capital and $25000 surplus, it aims to provide long term first mortgages up to fifty percent of appraised value, offering bonds equal to mortgages and charging under six percent interest. Officials include Senator Frelinghuysen as president and Henry W. Jeffers as vice president, among other directors and officers.
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Federal Land Bank
New York
New Jersey
Harrison P. Lindabury
Federal Trust Company, and Commercial Casualty Insurance Co
Newark
Alva Agée
New Jersey State Board of Agriculture
Frank C. Ferguson
Union Trust Co
Jersey City
Frank App
New Jersey Federation of County Boards of
New York and
National Bank Act
Joint Stock Land Bank
Sale Posters Printed for Public Notices in Granbury Press
Advertises poster printing services for public sales in any size at short notice via The Granbury Press Granbury Texas. Promotes low prices and wide reach to attract buyers. Maria Laura Hoyt of Rockport New York endorses Chamberlain's Tablets for headaches and bilious attacks in a testimonial.
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Granbury Press
Chamberlain
Laura M. Hoyt
Rockport, N. Y
Auction Sale of Personal Property at Stults Corner Farm
I will sell without reserve on the farm where I reside at Stults Corner on the road from Prospect Plains to Cranbury. The sale lists various personal property items to be auctioned off as I retire from farming. Proceeds to be used to settle affairs on the farm.
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Stults Corner
Prospect Plains
Cranbury
Auction Sale of Farm Horses and Machinery Opens Dec 27 1922
On Wednesday December 27 1922 at 1 PM a sale will list 1 team of heavy bay horses 8 years old, 1 team of bay work horses, farm wagons harness gear farm tools and equipment including Hoover potato digger planter riding plows cultivators hay rake and more. Household goods and corn manure are included. Credit of eight months on sums over 2500. Auctioneers W H Johnson and W Perrine stenographic clerk.
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Hoover
Ohio
Subscriptions Open For The Daily New York Times
Subscriptions are received at the Cranbury New Jersey office for The Daily and Sunday editions and any other Times publications. Phone number 490 listed for inquiries and signups.
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NEW York Times
THE
Cranbury Press
Cranbury, N.J
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Rossell—Vanderhoef
Elsie R. Vanderhoef
Cornelius P. Vanderhoef
Jamesburg
Robert B. Roszell
Hightstown
J. Edmund Marryett
Weaver K. Eubank
Jamesburg Presbyterian Church
Kennth Marriott
Trenton
Irene Wheeler
Berrell E. Bowne
Hightatown
Cornelius Vanderhoef
Jamesburg High School
Riders Business School of
Trenton Chamber of Commerce
Mutual Building and Loan Association of
He Belonged
Cranbury, N. J
General Electric
Eldredge & Burroughs
Laurel Ave
Berwyn Ave
Electrical Contractors
New Brunswick
People’s Store
Young's
Department OF Draperies and Decorative Fabrics
Madras
Chenile
Axminsters
Brussels
Wiltons
Beacon
Bissell
P. J. Young Dry Goods Company
George and Paterson Sts
John J. Oehler
Charles G. Groves
North Main Street
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W. Carleton Campbell
W. H. Johnson
W. F. Perrine
Lyght-Six
W.B
A. P
H. P
Paso
W. B
J. Arthur
Applegate Studebaker
Middlesex County
Perth Amboy
N.J
Schureman
N. J
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