Advertising rates and mixed notices from a 1885 issue
The notice mixes advertising rates five cents per line for local ads with first insertion and free space for matrimonies and deaths. It interweaves social notes about the Christmas shipping for poultry and dogs, then shifts to reflections on the year’s end and hopes for 1886, mentioning figures like Grant McClellan Hendrick and Vanderbilt, and a cave-in disaster update with rescue efforts and grim prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Len Gants
Gs Beiring
Himan Society
Sanie
United Nen
Fortune God Fame
Grant
McClellan
Mayes
Hendrick& the
Enten Tire
Gotmry
Vanderbilt
Creosus
America
Europe
Atlantic
Kouching
Welcome New Year and Prosperity in Cranbury Press
A nostalgic 1886-era note from the Cranbury Press expresses thanks to readers and advertisers, hopes for a prosperous year, and invites merchants to advertise. It emphasizes community support, continued business, and the newspaper’s readiness to provide timely printing, bidding, and public sales services to sustain local commerce.
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Cranbury Press
Thanksgiving Sermon Echoes Selfishness vs Gratitude
The sermon urges gratitude to the Giver of all good gifts over selfish seeking of future benefits. It laments the Christian world’s focus on personal gain and calls gratitude as a test of genuine Christianity, noting contrasts from biblical examples and modern behavior.
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Miui
Christ
Lun
Chist
Nvcesaries
Thanksgiving Amid Prosperity and Moral Reflection
A speaker urges gratitude for abundant harvests and national wealth while warning that moral progress must accompany prosperity. The essay argues wealth without virtue corrupts society, praises honest labor and religious families, and cites the duty of citizens to support temperance and charitable conduct as central to national strength.
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Europe
China
oLsiam
Africa
Bynkok
South
America
Asia
South America
Central America
Mexico
Maine
California
Pitti
Neres
United States
Incu
Gratitude for God and progress in faith and health
The article reflects on gratitude to God amid progress in church and society. It notes church generosity, better health trends with fewer deaths from yellow fever and other diseases, and calls for thanksgiving for national issues like tariff reform and political renewal. It urges sincere devotion and gratitude despite ongoing faults.
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Hieper
Sneather
Uists
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Edwas
Rendyr
Borrierr
Vandike
Sicoud Presbyterian Church
Cranbury Naxender
Lass
Davison & Dye
Trenton
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