Personal notices and society events laden with local names
Ernest Stults buys a handsome new piano for home. Florence Stimpson visits in the vicinity while Mrs Heidinger improves. J. F. F. Club and Reading Circle plan meetings. Several residents travel to Philadelphia and Trenton. A Lincoln speech marks President’s birthday. Local clubs, church services, and charity notices appear with numerous names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Stults
Howard J. Butcher
United States
Petit Jury
Hightstown Grange No. 96
Florence Stimpson
Trenton
Wm. M. Cox’s
Jacob Heidinger
W. &.Cole
Philadelphia
Death in Locust Corner Farm Family Mourns Grover
John B Grover dies of typhoid fever after weeks of illness on a Locust Corner area farm. He leaves a wife daughter of Emerson Applegate and a child, plus brothers Isaiah and Harvey Grover. The family name Grover figures prominently in the local community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Grover
Mr. Grover
Cornelius Grover
Locust Corner
Emerson Applegate
Isaiah
Harvey Grover
Circle meeting and community improvements noted
The Circle met at Mrs Billa Stults home with H D Zandt of Jamesburg presenting a paper on Arts and Crafts and Reba Vreeland performing two piano solos. Members shared insights on self reliance and bright remarks followed. Bennett Harris installed Forbes hot sir heater and steam heat in Mrs Alice Suydam and Dutch Neck chapel. A Furman steam boiler was added for Samuel Perrine and city water piping completed in Mrs Snow’s house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra
Billa Stults Mra
H. D. Zandt
Jamesburg
Mise Reba Vreeland
Bennett & Harris
Forbes
Alice Suydam
Dutch Neck
Reynolds
Furman
Samuel Perrine
Snow
Washington's Birthday Eve by Cranbury Improvement Society
The Cranbury Improvement Society plans a February 22 event at the First Presbyterian chapel for local and visiting residents. Volunteers donate time free of charge to support the diversion and encourage community involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
First Presbyterian Chapel
Voorhees installs Pneumatic Tank water system at Fairview Stock Farm
William C. Voorhees has installed a Pneumatic Tank System delivering 65 lb pressure and 1130 gallon capacity at Fairview Stock Farm. The system supplies the house and outbuildings with all needed water and provides adequate fire protection, enhancing the value of his fine home and farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William C. Voorhees
Fairview Stock Farm
Correction of Debating Roles at Pioneer Grange Debate
A corrected report on the Pioneer Grange No 1 debate clarifies the affirmative side and the opposition. The judges remained impartial and decided solely on the arguments. The topic was women’s suffrage with debaters H J Butcher Mrs H J Butcher and J Murphy for and Laura Scudder W H Havens Spencer W Perrine against.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Grange
Wee
H C. Symmes
Mies Quimby
D. W. Clayton
H. J. Butcher
J.—Murphy
Laura Scudder
W. H. Havens
Spencer W. Perrine
Entertainment and Fair At Dayton Churches February 14 15
The Dayton Presbyterian C E Society hosts a Valentine program featuring music The Family Album and a one act farce An Economical Boomerang in the chapel on February 14. Ice cream and cake will be served. A church fair follows February 14 15 in the Methodist Lecture Room with many useful and fancy items for sale and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Handley
Methodist Church
C. W. Heisley
Lincoln
C. E. Society of the
Dayton Presbyterian Church
Charles Cox
Apron Booth
William Cox
Ella Carlson
George Puerschner
Daniel Applegate
Emma Harder
Lizzie Petty
Blaine Davison
Mrs Susan Clark Dies At Home In Hightstown
Mrs Susan Clark wife of Rev George W Clark died suddenly at her home in Hightstown on Wednesday night She was nearly 79 and survived by a daughter and a son The son is a prominent Brooklyn physician She was active in church work especially home missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Clark
George W. Clark
Hightstown
Brooklyn
For Sale Two Horses and Colts Near Cranbury Station
For sale two hardworking horses and two bay colts aged about two years, offered by Jacop Hidinger near Cranbury Station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacop Hidinger
Cranbury Station
Public Sales Notice from February Gatherings
Public sales list includes Charles F. Danger selling an eleven room dwelling in South Cranbury on Feb 16 at 11. Mary Pullen sells farm stock hay implements and household goods on premises along the road from Jamesburg to Dayton on Feb 16. Dr William G Kyle to sell at his residence near Princeton Junction on Feb 20 including stock farm equipment household goods and hay stalks and possibly other items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles F. Danger
South Cranbury
Mary Pullen
John E Pullen
Jamesburg
Dayton
Wm. G. Kyle
Hig
Princeton Junction
Temperance Union Fair and Willard Memorial Program
A temperance event features a fair with women in charge of booths for fancy articles, bric a brac and foods with named organizers. The W C T U held a Thursday meeting including a program on Frances Willard with readings, hymns and a memorial fund offering.
Martha Washington Supper Set By Jamesburg Church
The Ladies Aid Society of Jamesburg Presbyterian Church will hold their annual Martha Washington Supper on Wednesday evening February 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading Circle
E. S. Barclay
Ladies Aid Society
Jamesburg Presbyterian Church
Martha Washington
Electric Bitters Brought Relief to Stomach Ailment
John W Modders of Moddersville Michigan suffered fifteen years from a curable stomach trouble. After trying many remedies he found relief with Electric Bitters. He reports improved appetite and digestion and credits the tonic with benefiting liver and kidneys. Each bottle costs 50 cents at N F Clayton's drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Modders
Moddersville
Mich
N. F. Clayton's
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Harry G. Cubberly
Samuel Bennett
New York
Ethel Cole
Elva Chamberlin
Randolph Chamberlin
Jennie Duncan
Charles Garretson
LeRoy Scott
Biss Lizzie Petty
Ambrose Petty
Bristol
Walter Havens
Thurasday
Albert Barclay
John W. Pulle
George Duncan
Mrs
Harvey Duncan
Prospect “Plains
J._H. Goodwiesday
D. C
Mershon
Franklin Danser
Washington, D. C
Mia
Charles Danser
Middlesex Lodge No. 90
Woman's Home Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
the Reading Circle
Improvement Society Entertainment
Detroit Free Press
Apollo Lodge
Acm
Evong
Joseph E. Curry
W. M
Wm T. Jones
Gro. B. Perrine, Jr
Cranbury, N. J
Geo
M. Appelget
Monkgos Sr
Cransury
N. J
James A. Surry
McCleland Street
Perth
Amboy
South Main Street
Charles F. Danser
W. H. Jounson
Peppler
New Jersey
Warner
Thomas Peppler
Hichtstown, N. J
P. Dunham & CO
Trenton, N. J
Ss. P. Dunham & CO
W. H. Johnson
Holman Jordan
Middlesex Creamery
Gream Milk
Middlesex
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