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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1914
Page
5
W H Johnson buys Perrine property on Cranbury Dayton road. Jamesburg and Cranbury residents host guests. dances, dinners, and weekend visits noted. Illnesses and recoveries mentioned alongside upcoming events and lectures. Local residents travel to Trenton and New Brunswick for ties to schools, shows, and civic life.
J W Eler of Rhode Hall was driving from Dayton to Jamesbury Friday morning when his Hupmobile caught fire and burned. The vehicle was insured.
Franklin Walker and Dis Row Ber Gen marked thirteen years of service with the U S postal system on February 1. Rural mail carriers were honored for their long tenure and dedication to delivering mail across rural routes.
Senator James E. Martine of Washington DC says the seed quota will be ready soon and sent to all who request them. He urges readers to place requests promptly to receive the allotted seeds.
At a regular meeting of Apollo Lodge No 156 F and A M Tuesday evening the master mason degree was conferred on Horace Jennings and W Lokerson of Jamesburg and Theodore Stewart of Monmouth Junction.
The regular meeting of the Circle is set for Friday February 18 at Mrs Spauldings home with topic Great Steamships of Today. Goodwins Band members are asked to reconvene Monday February 9 for rehearsal of new selections and to ensure full attendance.
Mr and Mrs Wm Russell Silvers entertain members of the Double Male Quartette at their home this evening with a dinner gathering listed in local society notes.
Citizens invite celery tops cabbage corn or wheat for the swans and ask donors to leave items at John S. Silver's home. People named Mia, D. OC, Lewis, H. N. Scott, Wm. Cox, Daniel Croshaw and Samuel Perrine have shown interest in helping.
Attendees at Group No. 1 meeting at Union New Brunswick include John Silvers George B. Mer shon Former Governor Stokes Hon B F Howell and Hon Ira Wood. Stokes delivered a favorable address focusing on financial lines.
Advertises Chamberlain's Tablets claiming cure for chronic constipation. Promotes trial and claims low price of a quarter. Says for sale by all dealers.
A Cranbury Vigilant Society notice reports an apron sale at Mrs E Harder's on Saturday afternoon February 7 1914 featuring ginghams percales lawn and fancy plaids. The article also covers the society annual meeting electing officers directors and a committee of twelve to study adding automobiles to recovered property. The society formed in 1901 to protect members from horse thieves and now has about 180 members.
John Quick died at the Larches on Monday. Funeral services were held on Wednesday and interment followed at Pleasant Plains.
Miss Myrta Cook of Lawrence Station spent the weekend with Miss Mary Groves. Julia Bolles visited New York City midweek. Mr and Mrs Frank Mershon moved to the Reed farm at Penns Neck. J W B Wicoff and wife spent Friday and Saturday in New York for the play Grumpy. A dance at Monmouth Junction occurred Tuesday evening. Plainsboro attendees included Clifford Jackson Walter Perrine Harold Drake Mike Murphy Joseph Byrnes and sisters Rose and Elizabeth Byrnes. William Byrnes of New Brunswick stayed with his father Patrick Byrnes visiting Princeton Sunday. Missionary Society officers elected for 1914 include President Miss Sue Miller and vice presidents Mrs H W Jeffers and Mrs G A Burslem. Charity talk on Korea by A S Reed. Next meeting March 4 at Mrs Luther Grove. Howard Burd of Grovers Mills died of pneumonia in a Trenton hospital leaving a wife and three children. Grange Traveler's Night featured current events a paper by Mrs A S Reed a royal solo by Master Harold Freeman an address on Germany Holland England by H W Jeffers a short story by Mrs Helen Snook and a flag contest by Mrs H A Stults. Lincoln's Night set for February 16 open meeting. Mr and Mrs Walter Havens and Mr and Mrs Matthew Griggs of Cranbury attended the meeting Monday evening.
The notice lists multiple upcoming public sales by W. E. Grove and Son Henry Renk Vanderhoef Applegate Sr. Miller Johnson Peters Mason Reynolds. Items include horses harness farm implements stock wagons and household goods with locations near New Ridge Rhode Hall Jamesburg Lake View Farm Plainsboro Cranbury and Pleasant Hill.
Milaca Minnesota minister Rev James A Lewis writes Chamberlains Cough Remedy has been a welcome guest in our home for years highly recommend it for colds coughs and croup Give Chamberlains Cough Remedy a trial and you will find it effective for years to come For sale by All Dealers
The seventeenth February sale offers oak buffets and sideboards with colonial designs. Prices include a 60 inch buffet at 47.50 and a 54 inch model at 32.50, with other buffets ranging from 8.50 to 17.50 and various French plate mirrors.
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