Hightstown Community Happenings and Peddie Prom Plans
The Friday club reception for Mrs. RB W Swetland was postponed due to Mrs. Thomas M Field illness. David Terry's funeral was at his York road home. Peddie Institute seniors prepare for the February 10 prom with a subdivided committee including Gor man White Fikes Hatton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RB. W. Swetland
Thomas M. Field
David Terry
York Road
Peddie Institute
B. Gorman
Theodore White
Jameson
Fikes
Carmack
P Taylor
Hatton
Jones
Mikech
O. Lannin
Heard In Court and Literary Snippets Cited
A compilation of quotes from newspapers and magazines. A Boston Transcript remark on gray hair contrasts with a blackhaired opposing counsel. The Louisville Courier Journal notes an observation about sunset painting. Lamb quotes reflect on pocket picking as a difficult art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Louisville Courier- Journal
Found A Sure Thing from Farmers Mills Advertiser
LB Wixon of Farmers Mills New York praises Chamberlains Tablets for years of stomach and liver upset relief. He calls Chamberlains Tablets the best he has ever used and notes they are obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LB. Wixon
Farmers Mills
N. Y
Dayton Church Sermon and Social News Highlights
Rev. James B. Clark preached on Samuel 12 7 at Sabbath services in Dayton. Local residents entertained relatives from Great Neck New York Cranbury guests Estella Van Derveer and Mrs Raymond C Wicoff. Visitors from Vineland and Friend ships Road shared illness recoveries and family time. Camp Fire Girls Wa Yu Waste plan an Evening program Spruce Cone and Bunch Berry January 25. Elephant trunk trivia notes Ireland tree logging potential true fact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James B. Clark
Samuel
Mary Osboro
Henrietta
Great Neck
N. Y
Estella van Derveer
Raymond C. Wicoff
Cranbury
H. T Rice
Vineland
N. J
Henry MacDonald
Jamesburg Moves Family to Miami for Permanent Location
Jamesburg resident William Quackenbush plans to relocate his family to Miami, Florida, with departure set for Thursday. Mayor Elmer Patten remains homebound due to a foot sprain. Miss Mary J. Schenck of this place wed James E. Turner of Hightstown at the M E parsonage, officiated by Rev. Henry Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Quackenbush
Miami
Florida
Elmer Patten
Mary J. Schenck
Hattie Hoagland
James E. Turner
Hightstown
Cataba
N. C
M. E. Parsonage
Henry Johnson
The Force of Gravitation and Ether Explanation
A summary of Garrett P. Serviss's explanation in the New York Journal describing gravitation as a possible push via an ether medium rather than a pull, examining weight, planetary motion, and the mystery of gravity with reference to the Moon, Earth, and aeronauts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earth
Moon
Garrett P. Serviss
New York Journal
Japanese Festival Dates Recalled Through History
The text lists traditional Japanese festivals by month including New Year, dolls festival for girls, boys festival, love deity day, Tonabata, mountains escape, and chrysanthemum festival, noting the last is no longer widely observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonabata
A Diplomatist Keeps His Court With Clever Wit
A witty exchange unfolds as a diplomatist courts a daughter with humor about family resemblances. He compliments the mother while asserting his intent, and the notion that a tactful man can extract a sting without being stung echoes through the conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorimer
Bethlehem Steel Puts Cost Over Profit in Navy Shell Plans
Eugene G. Grace of Bethlehem Steel argues against high profits in shipbuilding and shells. He notes wartime cost bases and proposes a barter plan: build two battle cruisers in government yards while Bethlehem matches certified costs on two more, with ships ready ahead of government vessels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terrapin Club
Philadelphia
Eugene G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Bethlehem Steel
Europe
United States
Navy
Lght
Navy Department
Congress
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wilton
Axminster
Brussels
East State’St
Trenton, N
Sarah E. Eldridge
C. M. Franklin
Martin M. Nolan
South
Isabella D. Perrine
Mrs
A. H. Dey
Trenton
Russell Egnor
First National Bank
R. W. Swetland
Ruth
New York City
Dayton
A. C. Shreve
Mary A. Ely
A. Ely
David Griggs
Friendship Road
Bertis Anderson
Florence Hunkele
Bessie Hubbard
Earl M. Powell
Vincetown, N. J
South Dayton
James B. Rowland
Tillie
Ireland
Jamesburg
Uncle Sam
Grace Saga
Coney, Fox and Seal
Strinkard
Asiary Park
New Jersey
County Vocational School
Cranbury Public School
Floyd L. Evans
Dayton, N. J
Cele
The
Cerne
Ford
J. Ernest Laird
Garace
Cranbury, New Jersey
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