Local notices from Cranbury area reflect visits and health
Residents report visits to Trenton and Philadelphia and hospital recoveries. Mrs. Perrine and Miss Puerschner recover health. several families plan moves or host visitors. A Billy Sunday event bus and a one day cash sale promo are noted along with local shop offerings and a concert announced for February 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Petty
Trenton
Ina Puerschner
St. Francis Hospital
Bymmes H. Perrine
Alice Holland
Roselle Park
Newark
Cranbury School
Lewis
James Applegate
Lawrenceville
Everett
Evangelist
Billy
Dey
I. D. Barclay
Barclay
Edward W. Q. Borer
Philadelphia
Ruliff C. Perrine
Dutch Neck
Harvey H. Dey
Hightstown
Harry Perrine
Wm. C. Voorhees
Cranbury
Money Making at Home with Dress Goods and Hosiery
Local advertisement for Goldberg Company offering spare time earnings through selling dress goods silks domestics and hosiery. Liberal commissions promised to agents with contact in Trenton New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldberg Co
M. H. Trenton
N. J
Chamberlains Cough Remedy Restores Health
O J Metcalf of Weatherby Missouri says a severe cold nearly put him in bed but two bottles of Chamberlains Cough Remedy quickly restored his health. He endorses the remedy and notes it is obtainable everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
O. J. Metcalf
Weatherby, Mo
Public Sale Ad Says The Cranbury Press Reaches Buyers
A local notice promotes placing a public sale advertisement in The Cranbury Press citing wide reader reach and moderate rates to maximize exposure for sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranburby Press
Farm stock and equipment sales listed for February dates
A series of public auctions announced for February listing sellers and locations including Pleasant Hill School near, Franklin Park, Franklin Park. Isaac Barlow Jr near F. F. Grove auctioneer. Applegarth. 8 miles from Hightstown. Windsor Rear New York. Jamesburg. Notch Neck. Janesburg. Maple Grove Dairy Farm near Old Bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Issac Barlow, Jr
Corneto
F. F. Grove
F. W Mankowski
Maple Grove
Old Bridge
Traveling salesman confronts boss over excuses
A frank office scene shows James Henry of General Products explaining his poor month as bosses dismiss excuses. The secretary reports the visitor plans to leave town, and the boss orders a one hour delay before meeting. The exchange ends with a jab about how buyers treat salesmen. Then a Royal Observatory note extols chronometer trials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry
General Products Company
Making Pastel Colors From Home Supplies
Birge Harrison criticizes pastels from poor materials and urges artists to make their own. He explains a simple method using precipitated chalk mixed with heat dried colored powders, moistened with gum tragacanth solution to form a thick paste, then kneaded and pressed into sticks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birge Harrison
Art and Progress
Harrison
Dogs In Moccasina Across Frozen Canadian Lake
Pros pectors in northern Canada cross a hundred mile lake on a frozen route using a boat with runners and a dog team. They hire a half breed to guide, settin g a sail to aid the dogs and protect their feet with buckskin moccasins. Greece Only an Oligarchy describes Greece ruled by 500 rival families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moccasina
Canada
Greece
Bored Audience Nabbed in Quiet Conversation Gaffe
A Baltimore quip recalls Mr James who did not speak during his wife’s party yet was accused of uttering nothing but a yawning silence. The anecdote frames a muted moment of social occasion humor as a quick jab at politeness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Laws Filed Razors Honed and Scissors Ground
Martin offers custom orders for houses rustic chairs and settees crafted to match client specifications. The ad promotes bespoke woodworking and furniture making services with emphasis on durability and tailored design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin
Job and sale notices mix from Grovers Mills ad
An old classified snippet lists FDR sale of 150 White Leghorn chickens at Grovers Mills and job notices seeking a Team Driver and a general helper with machinery experience in Princeton Junction New Jersey. Inquiries at the press office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grovers Mills
Princeton Junction
N. J
Executors Call Creditors to File Claims in Estate
Edward W. Applegate Henry P. Applegate and Mary Ellen Pullen executors of William S. Applegate announce under the Middlesex County Surrogate notice that all creditors must file debts demands and claims against the estate under oath within nine months from this date October 20 1915 or be forever barred from action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannah M. Perrine
Dominicus C. Mershoo
Samuel Ely Perrine
County of
Middlesex
Agalnet
Hannan M
Perrine and
Dominicus
Mensaon
James M Vandenbergh
Charles D. Clayton
James M. Vandenbeegh
Edward W. Applegate
Henry P. Applegate
Mary Ellen Pullen
William
Applegate
Epward W. Applegate
Ellen Pullen
Notice to creditors in estate of Herbert M Stahl
Middlesex County Orphanes Court orders all heirs and interested parties to appear at the New Brunswick court on February 11, 1916 to show cause why portions of Herbert M Stahl's lands should not be sold to pay debts. Judge Daly notes insufficient estate to cover debts. Publication designated for Cranbury Press with printer's fee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert RO Reds M. Stahl
Lizzie C. Stahl
Herbert MI. Stahl
Herbert M. Stahl
City of
New Brunswick
Peter F. Daly
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the Cranbury Press
John Frazier
Anna Groves
Wm. Steins
Amy McGannon
Ely Perrine
Rebecca Duncan
Furman Stillwell
John H. Cook
Red Bank Register
New York
South America
Margaret Gibson
E. O. Howell
N. F. Clayton
Treble Clef Club
C. A. Lewis
Fred Maple
Maple
Theodore Townsend
Samuel Perrine
Perrine
Goodwin
Tabernacle
Perrine & Priory of
Rogers
Pleasant Bill School
B. D. Reid
Franklin Park
William H. Thomas
Applegarth
Edward Westren
Ada M. Tindall
Edward Tindall
Will Gall
Windsor, N.Y
Harry R Rogers
Jamesburg
Ruliff C. Perrine Will Saell
Public Eare
Notch Neck
Stephen Duncan
Janesburg
Royal Observatory
Greenwich
Royal Navy
London Telegraph
L. C. Smith
Bayton
Cranbury, N. Jd
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
A. D
A. W._GLEABON
Hall
F. al Cheney
A. O. Grover
Cranbury, N. J
Apollo Lodge
A.M
Evong
Middlesex County Orphanes’ Court
Perez F. Daly
Dante. W. Clayton
Cranbury Press
Petre F. Day
MacKay Colony
Hillside Poultry Farm
G. T. Carling
New Jersey
P. Dunham & Co
Trenton, N. J
Clothier-Haberdasher
East State Street
Hotel Windsor
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