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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1894
Page
3
Readable fragments report store ads for Blauvelt's dress goods and Ritters Digestive Lozenges. Local society notes include church moves, marriages James Stout Nora Stahl, repairs, farm shifts, and a large fire at Helmetts Snuff Mills with $20,000 loss. social events at Reynolds and Potty homes, and Donnelly's suspenders promotion with accident policy.
The Christian Endeavor Society hosts an orange sale at A. E. Snow's house on Wednesday January 24. A weekly prayer meeting at the Chapel is set for Monday evening with a talk by Dr. Whitaker. Prof James H. Mason will exhibit the Edison Phonograph Friday January 26 at Hightstown Baptist Church under the Farther Light Missionary Society with tickets 25 cents, children under 13 pay 15 cents. Lizzie Farr marries Harvey Duncan at Prospect Plains in a Windsor home, with Rev. Armatrong officiating and a large reception and gifts. Gordon Stalts tie the knot at Windsor with Mr. and Mrs. Gordon hosting a grand celebration and notable guests from several towns, followed by a large supper and gifts. Bordentown plans electric car service to Trenton with survey work extending toward Allentown.
E W McKiwarne plans a trip to Southern California while Jacob Anderson of Carnon's Mills dies of grip with a widow and four children. Lewis C Mount parcels Van Liew property on Main Street near Peddle campus for 2800 dollars. W S Norton falls and injures wrist at Helmetta Iro. New Main Street road near the pond boosts southern corner development by George W Bennett’s crew. Shoe factory resumes work and Bunrdat Trade seeks modernization. Emrich clothing building being rebuilt with plate glass front, available for grocery rental. Train No 839 wreck near Spotswood narrowly avoided by quick actions. Turkey supper at Opera House supports Ore Company with music by Goodwin’s Orchestra. Helmetta Institute fire damages several grooms. several alarms follow at Peddie Institute and D Baird Dey stack fires. Benjamin M Price of Middlesex named Customs Collector at Perth Amboy. William Mitchell of Hamilton Square M E Church marries Mr Wilcott at Eatontown. New Jersey Central wreck near Springtown injures none. William Meant of Penta Army dies of heart failure. Princeton revival meetings draw large crowds under Rev B F Mills and J B Willis. Stores close early to maximize attendance.
Obituary notes the death of a prominent Trenton leader and financier. He served as Judiciary Committee chairman, directed the Mercuries National Bank and Trenton Savings Institution, and held roles with Trenton Gas Company and railroads. A Presbyterian lay leader, he supported education, temperance, and charitable work while leaving three children.
Prominent New Jersey lawyer and former State Senator Hon A G Richey died at his home on West State Street after a long illness. Born March 1819 in Warren County, he practiced law in Flemington and later moved to Trenton in 1855, building a noted career in Republican circles and state politics. He attended Lafayette College and was active in jurisprudence until his death.
The advertisement proclaims Rutchinson's Flour as a top brand with Fancy Sunbeam priced at 1.95 per hundredweight and Better than Gold at 2.70 per hundredweight, noting a sale of trade goods and competitive prices. It urges readers to compare stock and prices, listing 4 quarts of fancy cranberries for 26 cents and 3 pounds of prunes for 25 cents.
A sales pitch urges readers to buy an organ or piano, claiming affordability and easy payments. The ad promotes a complete musical merchandise stock including violins, banjos, guitars, accordions, strings, and 10c music, with a catalogue offered free.
A Broad Street window showcases a vast dress goods sale with silk shotted bengalines, All-Wool Garment fabrics, cheviots, flaked cheviots, dress cloths, serges, cottons, ginghams, crepes, flannels and silks. Prices range from 5c to about $1.50, with many items marked down significantly from former highs. Large selections include 40-inch silk warp Henriettas and black silks at reduced rates, plus dozens of dress fabrics advertised as exceptional values for early spring.
A local retailer advertises a broad line of cloaks jackets and wraps with prices from $1.49 to $14.98. Beaver coats infant and missy outerwear coats fur scarfs and sets are listed with several price points. Blankets quilts and heavy quilts are also marketed at low sale prices.
A lengthy historic price list shows canned goods like Monaro Brand tomatoes and Pure Gold corn with multiple per doz prices, assorted soaps and starches, dry goods including Henrietta black silks, broadcloths, blankets, nightgowns, and winter underwear with discounts up to twenty percent, all marketed by Mason & Allen and associates.
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