Churches and societies schedule busy in Cranbury area
Local church services and multiple meetings mark a busy period. The Methodist church hosts Sunday services and Billy Sunday events. women’s missionary groups meet February 4. Cranbury Vigil Society to elect officers January 30. Grangers plan Billy Sunday night at Trenton. Reading Circle set February 23 reception. various social gatherings and a February 2 wedding in Newark are announced with organizers and hosts named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Methodist Church
Alice Gamin
William B. Christie
Billy
Fourth Presbyterian Church
Corner State St
Clinton Ave
Trenton
Tabernacle
Special Public Train Jamesburg to Trenton for Billy Banday Service
A special train will run from Jamesburg to Trenton on Thursday February 3. It departs Jamesburg at 6 30 P M and stops at Prospect Plains Cranbury Hightstown Windsor and others. The return leaves Trenton at 10 35 P M offering the public a convenient way to attend the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamesburg
Trenton
Prospect Plains
Cranbury
Hightstown
Windsor
Ladies Aid Society Seeks Sewing and Comfortables Work
The Ladies Aid Society of the Second church invites sewing quilting and knotting of comfortables for those in need. They will do the work well and at a moderate price Request your donations through Mrs. Lewis Chamberlin Mrs. Warren Elsing or Mrs. Lemuel Stulte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. W. Forman
Mershon
Ladies Aid Society of the
Second Church
Lewis Chamberlin
Warren Elsing
Lemuel Stulte
Obituaries and notices from Hightstown area deaths
A series of local obituaries and notices from South Cranbury Mire to Hightstown recount deaths of Catherine Gulick aged 69, Earl Jemison at Park Place, Francis Cuyler Van Dyck, and Jacob Stults founder of The Hightstown Gazette. Funeral details, survivors, and cemetery interments in Brainerd and Cedar Hill are listed, with service times and directing undertakers. Additional notes mention Robert Stults who started Cranbury News in 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catherine A. E. Gulick
A. J. Gulick
South Cranbury
Mire
Gulick
J J. Bradley
Cranbury
D. O 'Croshaw
Hightstown
John
Earl Jemison
Harrison Jemison
Park Place
Brainerd
Jacob Stults
Morrison Mansion
Lawrenson Correll
The
Methodist Church
Cedar Hill Cemetery
J. 8. Rogers
Hightstown Sportsmen Return Home From Sunny Trip
Pine Bluff North Carolina January 23 1916 after ten days in the south J O Norris E B Chamberlin Clifford Shangle J H Wetherill and Dr Buchanan returned home with fifty quail per hunter allowed by law plus possible extras they carried their birds in the grips and headed home by Pullman car to be with family and friends also note a Princeton firm lands Rockefeller Institute contract for buildings in Plainsboro New Jersey construction worth 287530 with local firms Wicoff Lanning Coolidge Shattuck and Matthews involved plus additional road costs 22540.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Bluff
N.C
J. O. Norris
E. B. Chamberlin
Clifford Shangle
J. H. Wetherill
Buchanan
R. L. Mc Dow
P. S
Princeton
Rockefeller Institute For Medical Research
New York
New Jersey
Matthews ‘Construction Company
Plainsboro
Wicoff & Lanning
Trenton
Middlesex County Clerk’s Office
New Brunswick
Coolidge & Shattuck
New York City
Vankirks Mark Golden Wedding At Rosedale Home
A hundred guests join Mr. and Mrs. John Vankirk at their Rosedale farm near Princeton to celebrate their 50th anniversary. Mr. Vankirk, turn 78 next April, and wife 69 later this month. The couple, in good health, have nine children and two grandchildren, with Grover and J Vankirk Silcox among heirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John 8. Vankirk
Rosedale
Princeton
Vankirk
John Stryker
Kingston
Amzi Duncan
Alea
James Silcox
Esther Vankirk
F. Walter Vankirk
Grover Vankirk
George Vankirk
Lawrenceville
Sadie Blackwell
J. Vankirk Si
Fire destroys store and barn on Ridge Road
On Saturday morning a blaze levelled the butcher shop of William H. Van Dyke and an adjoining barn on Ridge Road near Monmouth Junction. Damage is around 8000 dollars. The fire started from a gasoline explosion while Van Dyke repaired his car in the rear. He escaped uninjured as the machine, farm tools, two wagons and a large meat stock burned. A horse in the barn escaped and was later captured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. van Dyke
Ridge Road
Monmouth Junction
van Dyke
Prohibition Resolution Adopted by Ottawa Prohibitionists
A motion by the Dominion Alliance Executive Senate and Commons Ottawa Committee calls for liquor prohibition in Canada during wartime and for three years after, or until a people’s vote. The group plans a bill for the Commons and a cabinet visit to urge government support and follow up with legislation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
Canada
Dominion Alliance Executive
Senate and Commons
Commons
Message to Billy Sundaymore Power to Your Punch
Employer notes deep appreciation for Billy Sundaymore power to his punch. Tributes from H M Voorhees & Co staff and others praise Sawdust Trail work in Trenton and send blessings to Billy Ma and Rhody. Also mentions a closing note of gratitude from Mrs Asher and Miss Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy
Trenton
Billy Sunday
Rhody
Sunday to Buffalo Following New York Campaign
Mr Sundays bookings run through summer 1917. After the New York campaign next year he will start a Buffalo conversion. The Buffalo campaign is planned for May and June 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
New York
Let Us Print Your Sale Bills
Local printer guarantees neat effective printing of sale bills and promises customer satisfaction with every job.
New Self Filling Fountain Pen Promises Popu larity
The ad touts a popular self filling fountain pen claiming yearly sales in bushels and promises enhanced appeal. It also highlights a large stationery display with holiday bargains.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Missionary Society
Woman’s Home Missionary, Society of the First Presbyterian Church
W. H. Johnson
Kings Highway
American Indian
A. H. Symmes
Woman’s Foreign Missionary Society of the Second Church
F. A. Brown
Alice Gamlin
John B. Perrine
Reading Circle
Helping Hand Society of the
Union Valley Church
Eva Heldinger
Miss Lewis
Marion Campbell
Clementine Lewis
Florence Perrine
Mlss
Laura Scudder
Vigilant Society
Cranbury Vigilant Society
Odd Fellows Hall
Misa Clementine Lewis
H. Lewis
R. Bruce Gordon Jr
Newark
F. C. van Dyck
Francis Cuyler van Dyck
Lawrenceville Preparatory School
Mercer Hospital
van Dyck
Francis C. van Dyck
Rutgers College
Mary, Penelope
Florence van Dyck
Robert Morrison Stults
H. Warren Stulte
R. A. Oxtecalt
Mies Helen A. Stults
Charles H. Stults
Forked River
N. J
Robert E. Morrison
Stults
Robert Stults
Hightstown Sportsmen
Vankirks
H. M. Voorhess & Bro
H. M. Voorhees & Bro
Marvin A. Riley
Grover Bros. & Co
Hay Press
Dill
Petry Express Company of
E. State St
Trenton, N. Ds
Fred’k. W. Donnelly Co
Fred’k W. Donnelly Co
A. F. Williams
East State Street
Trenton, N. J
Christmas Club
First National Bank
SBS
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
S. Joad St
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