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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1914
Page
4
The January 2 1914 issue notes rising costs and bestows higher prices on Sunday papers to five cents, with weekday editions following suit. It cites penny papers failing and general cost increases, urging readers that even dollar yearly plans are unsustainable. It argues the trend reflects broader newspaper industry changes.
Christmas day events include Mr and Mrs John MacCabe with Trenton relatives, Mr Kelsey Scudder witnessing a play, and Misses Bessie and Lida Hubbard hosting Nellie and Robert Miller from Lewistown Pennsylvania. New Years gatherings bring relatives from Newark Bound Brook Belmar Cranbury and nearby, with other holiday visits across the area.
Elizabeth and Gertrude Davison of Golden and Smith College student Helen Voorhees return home for holidays. Families gather for Christmas dinners in Philadelphia and Newark. Harold Ogborn visits Augusta Street, John Zerwick III receives Santa gift, and a newborn is reported. The First National Bank declares an 8½ percent dividend after January 1. Ex Mayor Abijah Chamberlain ill with pneumonia after funeral. Bliss Chandler returns from New York City for holidays.
Abijah Mount attends Troy college and stays with his parents. Several families from Rivertop Camden Westmont Riverton Cranbury and Dutch Neck visit relatives and friends in town over the holidays. Education figures and a postmaster host gatherings as residents share time with loved ones.
An advertisement for Daily Heavenly Manna a Scripture based daily text collection with annual readings and inspirational quotations. It also promotes Your Friends Birth Dates an autograph and birthday record with sections for Birth Records Marriage Records and Death Records plus a weekday calendar for 150 years. Prices 35 cents post paid and 1.00 in imitation alligator skin. Bible and Tract Society 17 Hicks Street Brooklyn NY.
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