Cranbury News Irregular Holiday Socials and Visits
Local Cranbury and surrounding area residents share New Year celebrations. Families and guests from Jersey City Philadelphia Freehold Trenton Montclair Englishtown Allentown and New Brunswick join dinners teas and visits. Many names noted among gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo
Burroughs
Myrtle
Mellie Burroughs
Trenton
Arthur L. Burroughs
Betty
Montclair
Geo. W. Burroughs
Fred
Philadelphia
John Frazier
Anna Groves
Card of Thanks for Mrs Walter Reid and family
Expresses gratitude to friends and neighbors for kindness and sympathy during illness and death of husband and father. Mentions loaned automobiles and lists several sales or notices at farms near Windsor Cranbury Robbinsville Edinburg with stock machinery crops and household goods. Signed by M J Bluestein Silas W Olmstead Charles P Emmons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Reid
Silas W. Olmstead
Robbinsville
Edinburg
Charles P. Emmons
Cranbury
Charles Conover
Windsor
Ernest Hancock
Watson Hancock
Carleton Conover
Martha Hutchinson
Joseph Conover
John Mount
Walter Davison
Do You Enjoy Your Meals
Reader ad suggests digestion aid via moderation and thorough chewing. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets to be taken after supper to improve meal enjoyment within hours. The copy targets general health with a period tone typical of vintage ads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Taxpayer notice on Cranbury Township assessment 1920
Notice to taxpayers announces Cranbury Township assessment completion. Assessor C Raymond Wicoff will hear protests January 3 1920 at J B Silvers & Bro office or be sighted in Cranbury. Det 26 21. Includes local ads for Oak Fire Wood and a Cranbury NJ house sale by Thomas B Woolston. Lost auto starting crank between Disbrow’s Hardware and home on Christmas Eve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury Township
J. 8. Silvers & Bro. Co
C. Raymond Wicoff
Disbrow’s
Plainsboro social notices recall holidays and moves
Plainsboro residents and visitors share holiday travels including Misa Emily Jeffera Mexare Richard Stout Jack Gulick Clifford Jackson and others. Local families plan moves to Cranbury and Plainsboro homes as Mrs Johnson recovers after a December fire. Community events include Christmas plays by Sunday school children and upcoming Ladies Aid and Missionary meetings plus a Farmers Institute with noted speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Misa Emily
Jeffera
Mexare
Richard Stout
Monmouth Janctions
Jack Gulick
Kingston
Syracuse University
Clifford Jackson
Swathmore
Winifred Jackson
Thomas Hickey
Pennsylvania
New York State
Frank Foster
Binghamton
Syracuse
Ladies Aid Society
H. W. Jeffers
Ladies Missionary
Manss
Farmers Institute
Ladies Aid
Public sale of farm near Cranbury lists animals and goods
Having leased the farm of John E Silvers one mile east of Cranbury the owner will sell at public auction on Wednesday January 14 1920 at 11 AM. The catalog includes two pairs of horses cattle hogs hens farm wagons a buggy two runabouts and sleighs many farm implements including binders mowers rakes plows cultivators harrows and scales plus 250 bushels of corn and assorted household goods. Terms cash on small items and eight months credit on bankable notes with approved security. Auctioneers W H Johnson and clerk staff listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Johnson
Superior
Paris
McCormick
Boggs
Aspinwall
Planet Jr
Fairbanks
Stewart Horne
Public Sale of Farm on Cranbury Road
Having leased my farm, I will sell at public sale on the premises on the road from Cranbury to Grovers Mills one mile from Cranbury. The sale will offer farm equipment, livestock, and produce as listed in the notice. Auction details and exact date are to be announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Britton
Etta Johnson
Grover
Johnson
Kenneth Bolles
Pennsylvania
Wm. Potts
Bolles
Lehigh
Cranbury
Grovers Mills
Atterbury
Adler Rochester
Farm Sale Advertisement Listing Livestock and Equipment
Auction notice for a sale on Monday January 12 1920 at 11 oclock a m. items include Bay Mare Five yrs Black Horse Six yrs Team of Big Mules Ten and twelve yrs L Cow five Heifers one Steer eight Bulls two yrs old farm wagons and harnesses a carryall buggies hay shelves two pairs hay forks and many tools Osborne binder mower Johnson hay rake and more plus three tons mixed hay household goods and a dining room set terms cash under 25 00 credit for larger sums by Hendrick H Conover W H Johnson auctioneers inside clerk Arthur Layton outside clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Osborne
Osborne Mower
Johnson Hay
Johnson
Aspinwall
Hoover
Planet Jr
Oliver
Syracuse
Hendrick H. Conover
Christmas Day Family Reunions Across New Jersey
Hightstown families gather for Christmas including Donald Rockhill with four great grandmothers and multiple relatives from New Brunswick Wilmington Jamesburg and Windsor. Several couples and individuals share celebrations at homes and with extended kin across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Rockhill
New Brunswick
Donald
Lemuel Beedle
Grove Rockhill
John Peppler
William McDowell
Edward Rockhill
George Peppler
Edward—Rockhill
George-Peppters
Jennie Rockhill
Edythe Peppler
Stanley McDowell
Lewis Rogers
Elsie
William, Rogers
B. Frank Mount
Wilmington
Del
Dawson
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Cranbury: Press
Joseph Gordon
Brooklyn
William Gordon
Aalph Henricus
South Hampton
N. Y
Thomas Hutton
Banks
Wayne
Kathryn Stahl
Lizzie Stahl
St. Peters Hospital
F. 8. Davis, Jr
Montgomery
Edward Appleger
Davis
Fred Airey
Holly
Peter Hagerty
Russell Johnson
Lewis Hoffman
Bertha
William,Hoffman
Englishtown
Alexander ,Paul
Long Branch
Wm—H. Johnson
Abram Voorhees
Ae Elias Stula
South Orange
Harry Appleger
George. Miller
George Puerschner
Dorothy Pierson
Warren F. Johnson
Washington, D.C
Mary and
Elmer Edsall
Marie Groves
Charles Groves
And
Mie
Harry Groves
Jamesburg
Elwood Groves
John Bennett
Clifford Stults
Grover Stults
A.C. Grover
Gordon Clayton
Leroy Scott
Franklin Bennett
Walter Scott
Armstrong Bennett
Hightstown
James Power
Warren Hutton
New York City
Nelson Petty
Olive Petty
John H. Barclay
Mra
Allen Wilson
Lydia Wilson
James Wilson
Allentown
Charles H. Barclay
Charles Davison
Joseph Coburn
Crescent Orchestra
Rebecca Dey
Fred Dey
David P. Dey
Misa Margaret Hanning
Eleanor , Eldridge
Anna Spaulding
H. J. Butcher
Charles
Alex
Earl
Winparen
Alvah Probasco
Carl Sseman
Willis Applegate
H. N. Scott
Susie Scott
Stella
Elva Scott
Howard Stoner
A. Lee Grover
Elmer Grover
Beulah and Russell Grover
Princeton Junction
M. J. Bluestein
Dr. Silver
Hendrick H. Uanover
Frank E, Kennedy
Thomas B
WooLston
Cranbury, N. J
Ernest Be, Campbell
Apollo Lodge
Clarence M. Thorne
W. M
Hall
Medicine Acta
Circulara
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Plainsboro
Anna Beatty
Baltimore
G. A. Burslem
Rue Grover
John MacNamee
Homestead
A. C. Grover
John 8
Jersey
Guernsey
Co. P. Emmons
W. H. Johnson
C. Groves
Wm. F. Perrine
Arthur Layton
Thomas Dillon
J. B. Schenck
Charles Bennett
Holmes Pellett
Bordentown
Frank Wolfe
Martin Wolfe
Consult
William ‘F. . Perrine
Cranbury, N
Joy
Pire
Notary Public
T. H. Jones & Bro
Electrical Contractors
Stockton Street
Hightstown, N. J
Charles C. Groves
Oranbury, N. J
S. P. Dunham & Co
Nainsook
B. F.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
E. State Street
Hotel Windsor
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