Fire devastates Alexander Hall at Princeton Theological Seminary
Alexander Hall, oldest building of Princeton Theological Seminary, burned on New Year’s Day in Princeton New Jersey. The blaze began at 2 0 0 pm and burned until after 4 0 0 pm. The fire left the top floor gutted and caused about 15000 dollars in damage, all insured. Fifty students lost rooms as flames melted the 1820 bell. Firefighter aid included F C Thompson who directed efforts from a fire escape in a running suit.
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Princeton
N. J
Alexander Hall
Princeton Theological Seminary
Presbyterian Church
F.C. Thompson
Goose Dinner and Community News from Jamesburg
Jamesburg notes describe a church dinner hosted by Rev. S J McClenaghan and year-end business for 1912. Local residents visit relatives, hedge works near the State Home road are lowered to reduce accidents, and community improvements include a fireproof Robbins Garage and a new shoe factory. Also mentions carnations from J L Ferris, Christmas carols, and local residents traveling to Philadelphia. An advertisement touts Chamberlains Cough Remedy with broad circulation.
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S. J. McClenaghan
Presbyterian Church Manse
George Ivens
Plainfield
J. L. Ferris
C. E
Ferris
Robbins
James H. Mount
Plainsboro social notes mark New Year gatherings and events
Plainsboro residents share New Year visits across Cranbury Jersey City and Harrisburg. Notables include Mr and Mrs Perrine Carson Dey and Okeson with numerous family gatherings. Local church services, births and convalescence update the community as Plainsboro Grange installs officers.
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A. R. Dey
Lewis ‘Okeson
Philip Curran
Plainfield
Local Residents Share Holidays News and Visits
Dayton A. P. Dean spent Wednesday with friends A. V. Stout and family from Monmouth Junction. Harry M. Griggs visited his mother Mrs. Katherine Griggs and family on Thursday. Miss Lida Hubbard was entertained at the home of Mr and Mrs BE A DeLan of Trenton. Peter Barclay welcomed Christmas guests son John Barclay and family from Scotts Corner. Mrs Griggs near the depot has her side porch enclosed. S M Hess of Philadelphia visited his agent Peter Barclay of this place last week.
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Mrs. Galsgie
Philadelphia
Mary E. Davison
N. W. Clayton
South River
Messrs
Sylvanus
Frank
Leroy Grover
Charles Carson
Albert “McNamee
Rose Barnes
Jersey City
George, White
Patrick Barnes
Sullivan
Lawrence Station
Robert Schwarts
Walker-Gordon Farm
Harrisburg
Amos Stults
Frank Perrine
Lawrenceville
Mary Kerr
Barkley Schenck
Stony Brook
Herbert Mather
Emma Schenck
Dayton
Julia Bolles
Luella Hults
Ann Grover
Isaac Schenck
Henry Wrigley
Howell Jones
Bradford County
William. Bolles
Guy Lewis
J. B. Babbett
Newark
Henry Boyd
Trenton
H. W. Jeffers
Boston
Thomas Hickey
Plainsboro Grange
Walter H Havens
A. P. Dean
A. V. Stout and
Monmouth Junction
Harry. M. Griggs
Katherine Griggs
Lida Hubbard
Mrs
BE. A DeLan
Peter Barclay
John Barclay
Scotts Corner
Electric Bitters and remedies advertised in local ads
A reader praises Electric Bitters for curing stomach trouble and rheumatism after ten years of suffering. The ad touts relief for dyspepsia indigestion jaundice and kidney poisons with a 50 cent price at N F Clayton's. Also includes jokes about a portrait and a tip about Chamberlains Liviemest for partial paralysis and rheumatic pains.
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B. Rader
Lewisburg
W. Va
N. F. Clayton’s
The Bull and the Mound: A Farmer’s Huge Farm Scam
Abe Jackson, a disillusioned Iowa farmer, fights a furious broker who uses plunderous relics and a fake historic mound to inflate a land sale. The dealer’s sea of tricks grows as researchers and editors push the price to absurd heights, threatening Abe’s last chance at wealth.
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Abe Jackson
Iowa
Wall Street
Abe
Abel Jackson
Aig
Julius Caesar
Great Caesar
Pliny
Socrates
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the Cranbury Press
Cranbury
R.J
Geo. W. Burroughs
Jamesburg
A. C. Bedle
James Taylor
Buckelew Avenue
Grace
Helen Voorhees
M. I. Voorhees
Elizabeth Davison
Charles Mourse
W. E. Paxton
Eveliie Johnson
J. E. Marryott
Plainsboro
Harry N. Scott
Harold of
William “Major
Frack Mershon
Isaae Barlow, Sr
Harry Barlow
T. C. Perrine
Leroy Grover and
Henry Harris
Roseland Mills
Marian Mount
Morrinville
Edna McKenzie
George McNamee
Roy Okeson
Jennie Perrine
Chamberlain
Victor
Stoll’s
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
Our
Blauvelt
Peppler
New Holland
Thomas Peppler
Gunson
E. State Street
Stor
O'Neil's
James O’neil
Main St. Cranbury
Arthur L. Burroughs
Cranbury, New Jersey
Chas. F. Haley
Monroe Ste
Cranbury, N.d
Charles C. Groves
Liverpool & London & Globe
Commercial Union
Niagara
Ins. Co
Caledonian
Berniees Queen Ins. Co
Camden Fire
N. America
F. A. Brown
North British & Mer
Glens Falls
Mercer Co. Mutual
Pike
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