Cranbury News Roundup From The Week Of January 14 1916
Cranbury village notes report Mrs. Fred Groves breaking her ankle after a fall. Several residents ill, visiting relatives, or traveling, including Mrs. Ten Broeck, Matthew Reynolds, and Mrs. Emma Snow. Local moves include the Hughes purchasing a house and Ancil Davison Jr moving to Applegarth. A horticulture short course visited Orchardside Farm, and a poultry shooting match is slated for January 22. Local ads invite buyers to place notices and browse bargains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Groves
Ten Broeck
Cicero Lewis
Augustus Farr
Matthew Reynolds
Emma Harder
Gertrude
Trenton
Orchardside Farm
Billy
Sea H
James Wilson
J.H. Barclay
G. A. Bennett
New York State
Bennett & Bennett
Joseph Brown
Cynwyd
H. J. Groves
Cranbury Press
W. H. Johnson
Ancil Davison, Jr
Wm. H. Thomas
Applegarth
Clara Bergen
Della Bergen
Jos, P. J. Dey
South Cranbury
Misa Dora Bayles
Rocky Hill
Ned Wayne
Walter Bastedo
Presbyterian Church
This Place
Blbert Pierson
Monmouth Junction
G. W. Schoenly
John Sigie
Newark
Christopher Kerr
Leonard Smith
Jamesburg
Oliver Nixon
Sarah Yard
Imlaystown
Money and People in a New Jersey Village Notices
Local notices and social items from a New Jersey village accompany a bank report. The page includes acknowledgments for illness and death, church events, marriages, visits, and community milestones alongside the December 31 1915 statement of The First National Bank at Jamesburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bang
Jamesburg
New Jersey
Public Sales Notice Listings January February
Public notices announce multiple upcoming public sales of real estate and personal property. January 19 Simon and Saronowick by Broadway trolley station. January 26 Frank Daoser stock machinery and farming utensils from Lotuet Corner to Plainsboro. January 26 Ernest A Reid near Englishtown. January 27 George W Cranston from Grover's Mills to Clarkeville. January 28 Joseph R Reynolds administrator sells estate stock and Cronbury Water Co. shares. February 9 William H Thomas near Applegarth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Simon & Saronowick
Broadway
Frank ©. Daoser
Lotuet Corner
Plainsboro
Locuat Corner
Ernest A. Reid
Englishtown
George W. Cranston
Grover’s Mills
Clarkeville
Joseph R. Reynolds
Reuben C. Reynolds
Cranbury Water Co
Farmers’ Exchange
Constipation Relief Claims From Chamberlains Tablets
A Wilmington North Carolina reader and his wife praise Chamberlains Tablets for constipation and indigestion. The note appears in a periodical excerpt discussing folklore about why the sea has pearls from Sicilian belief shared after a discussion with Nordic natives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knight
Wilmington
N.C
Norway
Finland
Sicily
Ife
Vancouver
Effects of Lying in Moral Conduct
Sir Matthew Hale argues lying harms God, society, and the speaker. Truthfulness sustains trust and safety, while falsehood degrades character and erodes belief in one’s words. He warns against equivocation and authority-free statements, urging strict truth-telling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Matthew Hale
Christening Boats and Ancient Customs
An array of miscellaneous clippings traces nautical christening rituals to ancient rites and mentions biblical imagery such as the ship in Acts. It cites breaking wine on bows, Neptune offerings, and the duty of heralded deities as patron symbols for vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Malta
Rome
Castor
Pollux
Neptune
Poseidon
Lost bag on Main Street Cranbury seeks return
A Ladies' Fancy Work Bag with embroidery and other articles was lost on New Years Day on Main Street Cranbury. The finder is asked to return it to The Press Office. For rent, a nine room house with city water in Cranbury is offered, contact Miss Hew A. Schuyler at 158 Academy St Hightstown N J Dec 31 1f.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Cranbury
Hew A. Schuyler
Academy
Hightstown
N. J
Public Tax Lien Sale Notice for South Brunswick Township
James McDowell collector of South Brunswick Township Middlesex County New Jersey gives notice of public auction on Friday January 28 1916 at 2 pm at his residence for lands tenements hereditaments and real estate with tax liens including interest and costs of sale or in fee where no bid exists Names of delinquent owners listed with parcels Printers Fee seven dollars seventy cents December 28 1915 January 7 46.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Mo ‘Dowell
South Brunswick
County of Middlesex
N. J
Order to Show Cause in Stahl Estate
Middlesex County Orphans Court orders that all interested parties in the real estate of Herbert M Stahl be summoned to show cause why sufficient real estate should not be sold to pay debts. Hearing set for February 11, 1916 at 10 AM in New Brunswick Court House. Published by Cranbury Press. printer's fee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert M. Stahl
Lizzie C. Stahl
Herbert MM. Stahl
City of
New Brunswick
Peter F. Daly
Peter F. Day
Daniel W. Clayton
Cranbury Press
Palm Beach Dress Fabric Sale and Exhibit Opens
The Palm Beach Dress Fabric Sale and Exhibit offers thousands of yards of new wash fabrics for spring and summer. Types include Bontex fabrics 25c, figured flaxons 10c, chiffons 39c, striped taffetas 59c, marquisettes 75c to $1.00, voile goods 29c, silk voiles $1.00, and a range of silks and satins for all gowns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palm Beach
Southland
Palm’ Beach
Dreas
Dresden
America
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Lawrence Havens
W. H. Havens
Edwin Walker
Allentown
George Perrine
Wm. Steins
Henry Perrine
Emma Snow
John Hughes
Cornelia Mershon
Symmes H. Perrine
Barclay
Will Dey
Ernest Laird
William N. Hughes
Mr. Hughes
Dey
I. S. Everett
John Wilfert
John Castner
Roscoe
Belling Dressgoode
Goldberg Co
M. H. Trenton
Evy Perrine
James Dey
Winrerp
Les
Arso
Dayton
James B. Clark
Deans Chapel
Anna Mauch
Daytor Choir
T. M. Applegate
Mra
David H. Griggs
John Bennett
Lida
Bessie Hubbard
H. P. Cortelyou
Ten Mile Run
A. P
Deane
Trenton Tabernacle
Woman’s Home and Foreign Missionary Society
George Waite, Jr
Virginia
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Reserve Bank
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
Re- Belvo Ciilob
Rss.asee
Federal Reserve
U.8
E.s
Mipdleaex
Milton I. Voorhees
J. Edmund Mannrorz
Jobreot
H. Brooks
M. Davison
Jos
M. Pebrine
William H. Thomas
Babylonia
Tigris
Euphrates
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
IRS
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A. W. Gleearson
Hall
All Drugsista
Toc
James McDowell
Deans
Sarah
Grove
Mary
Haney
Elizabeth
Knittle
Lemore
R. C
Mason
Walter A
Snedeker
John
Tilton
H. L
Middlesex County
Orphans’ Court
MacKay
MacKay Colony
Hillside Poultry Farm
Co. T. Carling, Prop
Princeton Junction
S. P. Dunham & Co
J. Frank Dowdgin
Cranbury, New Jersey
John Winar
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