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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1898
Page
3
Church notices list multiple services across First, Second, and Methodist churches. Sermon topics include Our Father's Care, The Blessedness of Communion with God, The Christian's Confidence, and Living close to Christ, with times from morning to evening and leaders named.
Local notices report the grip affecting Mr and Mrs 8 Jones Bergen and Ex Postmaster John G Grover improving. Mrs Eliza G Reed is dangerously ill at the home of Andrew Perrine in Freehold. A Town ship Committee meeting is set for Feb 9 in Odd Fellows Hall to finish last year’s business. A Cranbury typewriter purchased by J 8 Silvers & Bro will be run by Minnie Underhill of Newark. The young son of Nellie Britton died of pneumonia at Dayton. First Church will observe the Lord’s Supper next Sabbath with a preparatory lecture Saturday afternoon. Marcus Farr joins Princeton University as assistant in certain studies. A scarlet fever case closed the Cranbury public school temporarily. Cranbury bachelor girls hosted Katherine Perrine for supper and games. Sermons were delivered in Cranbury as Rev. Garrison and Rev Tyack preached with evening service omitted. I 8 Everett & Son plan a Spring relocation to Cranbury with fine horses and mules after selling in New Brunswick. The L W Grover sash and blind factory at Hightstown suffered partial fire damage from an overheated stove, with water damage. J 8 Silvers and family from Trenton embark on a Southern tour via Palm Beach. two weeks away. Edwin Allen & Son release a Spring catalogue for New Brunswick Nurseries with lowered prices on fruit and flowers. send for catalogue.
The Spring election center on Freeholder choice with petitions for greater State funds for stone roads. Red Bank prepares a new Maple Avenue school building with modern amenities and limited boarder spaces. Also notes a runaway horse incident, sleighing scenes in Cranbury, a Reform School sleigh ride, and two local marriages with receptions.
Auctioneer lists sales on Feb 9 10 12 15 17 19 at Cranbury Monmouth Junction Princeton and near Kingston NJ. Also notes February 9 concert by the Oratorio Society of Heights town in Baptist Church with 50 voice chorus and soloists under C Mellville Ashton.
Various public auctions announced for February near Dayton Cranbury and Monmouth Junction including Nehemiah Dey stock at C. C. Beekman farm near Dayton and John B. Mount estate near Jamesburg. Other sales include Mrs. Lamatta Wakeley property at Cranbury and H. H. Mershon auction at Monmouth Junction with farm implements and vehicles. Also notices on reduced prices at Yard’s in Trenton and local optical shop Applegate’s in Trenton.
An assortment of furs including Astrakhan coats capes and redefined plush pieces. lists of beaver and boucle capes and childrens reefers with prices. Also a sale on horse blankets and a new line of lace valentines plus a cure claim for consumption and a sale of stove ranges and carpet samples. Public notice of land description in Middlesex County and estate administration for Peter R. Stalts with nine months to file claims.
A sale lists capes and electric seal fur items including Baltic seal and marten collar options. Coats range in lengths from 24 to 38 inches with silk or satin lining. Prices drop from $18 to $35 to reduced figures like $10 to $19.87 and $30 to $20 for collarettes, with $20 collarettes at $10 and $12 and $10 items at $5. A selection of fur collarettes previously $7 now $3.50.
Winslin Specials features Hamburg embroidery in 3 and 4 inch widths at 5 cents. Fine Hamburg embroideries from 2 to 4 inches wide priced at 10 and 12 cents. Children’s good muslin drawers in all sizes at 10 cents. Women’s good muslin drawers with cluster tucks and hem at 5 cents. Women’s embroidery ruffle white petticoats priced at 39 cents.
A midwinter shoe sale offers women's sample shoes and a special lot at 150 dollars for items originally 250. Women's patent leather lace shoes and cloth top button styles drop to 2 dollars. Children's rubbers in sizes 7, 9, 9 4 and 10 priced at 16 cents. Women's overgaiters sell for 23 cents.
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