Granbury Press 1898 Fourth of July Notes and Local News
Granbury Press reports Fourth of July activities with minor incidents in Cranbury and nearby towns. Notes include patient recoveries, visits by residents, church services, a drowning tragedy near Jamesburg, school trustee notices, and local agricultural progress including Walter A. Wood Binder demonstrations and crop prospects.
Cranbury Beaten Narrowly in Fourth of July Game
A July 4 baseball tilt saw Cranbury lose a close 3 2 battle to the Favorites of Milltown in a contest that stayed tight until the visitors rallied for three runs in the eighth inning. Cranbury’s lineup included Rougara Vanderveer Shepherd Kiker Osborn Bradley Grover Rue Porrino Meeker Burgusty Kilthow White Flos Snedakur Merroso Kinney and others as the town eyes a rematch and a season start. The report also covers Prospect Plains track events with Nettie winning the 8 minute race and a feature 49 elise race with Silver Tall and a stock-farm horse leading, plus local notices on medical operations and church plans in Cranbury and nearby towns.
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Milltown
Cranbury
Hheir Town
Prospect Plaing
Quita
Richard Fare
Nettie
Mr. Baker
Franklin Wark
Elise
Bennett
Emily
Richard Barr
Groy
Lady F
Jag
Field
Sharon
Bay Horne
Silver Tall
Mr. Hartshorn
Stock Farm
Milford
Tragic Electrocution of Lineman in Jedged City
Thoma Smith, a lineman for the New Tre Naw Jorsey Telephone Company, died instantly on Saturday in Jedged City after a wiring accident. He touched live wires while repairing, was shocked, fell, and died. his palm burned and a ring partly melted. A second item reports a tramp’s threats near Bricksboro, with livestock deaths the next day and a carved grim message. Also noted are advertisements for Dr King’s Now Discovery and free samples from a local drug store.
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Hightstown
D. A. van Doren
Wi. L. Wilbur
George I. Franklin
W.O. Hermanca
Franklin
Mesa
Hendrickson
Clarkson Woodward
Snow
John FL Wageman, Jr
Mercer County
Tur
Princeton
John Frelinghuysen
Sarah Miller Hageman
General Assembly
Republicars
Atrestes
First Presbyterian Church
Lyman S. Atwater
Princeton Bank
Mies Lydia Spencer Blight
Philadelphia
Thoma Smith
New Tre Naw Jorsey Telephone Company
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Jedged City
Smith
Minke Repaire
Sad Smith
Vida
Death
James Hammond
Bricksboro
New Dress Goods On Display At Challies Window
Our buyer closely watches dress fabrics with a wide assortment. Saturday features solid values like Printed Persian Mulla at 16, Printed Diaity at 1106, and vivid grounds in Navy Black and Green. Broad Street window attracts customers as Challies department showcases silks, dimities, suizes, and china silks, with many colors and patterns.
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Ge Challies
Challies Department
State Street
World’s Fair souvenir spoons offered with purchases
With every five dollar purchase customers receive a fine souvenir spoon as a keepsake of the World’s Fair and the Columbian year. The spoons retail around two dollars and store prices remain low. The shop markets its wide selection of hats, dress goods, silks, velvets, capes and coats for ladies and children.
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