Personal notices reflect Cranbury summer visitors and locals
The Cranbury Press reports a busy summer with visitors from Newark New York Jersey City and Trenton. People like Miss Claire Carmichael Amiel Dietz and Miss Elsie Borgen are noted guests as well as numerous Cranbury residents hosting and visiting in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Local events include church services annual harvest plans and a notable injury at J H Conover's grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. O. Rue
Abraty Snow
Mr. Parkins
Springfield
Mass
Emma Snow
Claire Carmichael
Amiel Dietz
New York
George Puerschner
Mira
Annie Sutton
Clifton
George Norton
Hopewell
Harvey Duncan
Prospect
Richard Rowland
Stella
Princeton
Cranbury
Kelsey Scudder
Rahway
Elva Chamberlain
Mame’ Chamberlain
Katherine Janvier
Baltimore
Gertrude Davison
California
Monongahela City
Chas. VanHorn
George &Nifflen
John Petty
Mary Rue
Jersey City
Alfred Rue
Win
Hughes
Rutherford
Join Hughes
Harry Groves
Hamilton Square
Lotta Goodwin
Josephine Yost
Phoenixville
R. ¥. Willis
Baby
Ida Robbins
Penngrove
P. R. Bergen
Freeholders dispute Public Service bill over bridge work
New Brunswick July 6 At yesterday's meeting of the Board of Freeholders the Public Service Corporation presented a bill for 643 for work strengthening the bridge over Woodbridge Creek by contractor Cutley. Freeholders objected claiming lack of warrant and that work benefited the claimant's cuts. The bill was referred back with orders to settle the dispute with the contractor who is deemed responsible. Also notes Van Dyke House burned near Rocky Hill with family absent and defective flue blamed. farmer Alfred J Voorhees found dead near Griggatown after being attacked by a bull. advertises DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve and Red Bugs coffee can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Board of Freeholders
Public Service Corporation
Woodbridge Creek
Cutley
Freeholders
John van Dyke
Rocky Hill
Alfred J. Voorhees
Griggatown
Glorious Fourth Celebrations in Cranbury End in Pleasant Joys
On the Fourth of July Cranbury held a lively day with flags, family reunions, and a Fire Company versus Clover Leaf A.C. baseball game won 17 to 10 by the Firemen. A town festival at the High School and Alumni Association hall netted about 150 dollars toward a new town clock, with music by the Cranbury orchestra and Willard Totten’s patriotic songs. Also reported is the arrest of Albert Closson for poisoning two sons to collect insurance, with one death confirmed and evidence from detectives and Penn medical exam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Totten
Old Sol
Cranbury
Son
Cranbury Fire Company
Clover Leaf A. C
A. Snow
F. Davis P
J. Bradley
A. Rue
M. Rue
Groves
R. Wychell c
John Barlow R
James Barlow
Cranbury High School and Alumni Association
Menin
Pathfinders
Cranbury Orchestra
Willard Totten
Albert Closson
Morrisville
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Doyles Town
Walter M
Harry
Closson
Walter Closson
Jad
Rhoda Anderson
I. N. Woodman
Cororner Rue
Bristol
Dr. Woodman
Jssue
Metropolitan Insurance Company
Alfred E. Estemn
R. L. Wattenburg
Philadelphia
Anh
Stey
Tees
Walter
Emma
N. J
Barnegat Bay
Tragic death and local notices in a late 19th century issue
Domestic worker Mrs. Samuel Gee allegedly hanged herself near Dayton on July 4. The note cited old age and lack of purpose. Other items include obituaries, a ministerial appointment offer, a July wedding in Mount Mulletts area, a death of Dr. George W. Chamberlain, Barnegat Bay fishing reports, reflections on loneliness, and an advertisement for Silvers Brow coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Gee
Wm. Conover
Dayton
Ashmore
Carroll
A. S. Cole, Son & Co
Sand Hilla
Linen and Cotton Goods at Low Prices in Sik
The store offers the finest linen and cotton fabrics at 7c and up. Thousands of yards have just arrived and can be found at low costs, with styles and fabrics not available elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sik
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Misa May Messler
New Sharon
Jacob Gordon
Charles Rathgeber
Newark
Alfred Chamberlin’s
Rathgeber
Hag
Mbs
Elsie Borgen
David Petty
Trenton
Ralph Thompson
Gertrude ‘Thompson
New Egypt
Cranbury Friends
Clara Borgen
Arthur Green
Estelle Hedden
Jersey City Heights
Edward Rue
Gordon's
J. L. McDowell
Mire Laura Scudder
Boston
Emeline Mershon
Walter Grover
Princeton Junction
Ezekiel Ridgeway
Hoboken
Mears
Brooklyn
E. M. Humphreys
Joseph Gordon
Altoons
Ladies Industrial Union
Helen Croshaw
Ezra
R J. Gulick
Biss Rose Lewin
Perth Amboy
Judge Lyon
Hiram van Nest
Hightstown
First Presbyterian Church
Mabel Harris
Charles Petty
Robert Rhenon
Asbury Park
James Denney
Helmetta
John Davis
Frank Walker
Allentown
R. F. D. Carrier
John W. Pullen
Elwood Groves
Ernest Stults
Hattie Lewis
Augustus Farr
Union Valley
Harry Schnell
Nell Britton
Bogart & Co
Silvera
Long Branch
Nelson Forman
Abijah Applegate
P. J. Fitzgibbon
C. K. ‘Rehrig
Madaline
Helen
Dorothy Rehrig
Harry Fitzgibbon
Chicago
J. Murphy's
Frank Vreeland
Walter Applegate
Ashbury Park
Heo
Second Presbyterian Manno
North Cranbury
H. H. Sleeper
Elizabeth
James T. Brown
Railroad Ave
Isaac Bogart
A. T. Skillman
Helen Murray
Maud Rue
Mary
Celeste Curry
Margaret Curry
Sara Perrine
Lizzie Thomas
Bessie Perrine
Lizzie Davison
Clara Huffington
Rav
Albert. Mershon
Astoria
J.S. Silvers & Bro
Stev. J.B. Curry
Foreign Mission Society of the First Church
Helen Murry
Jesus
Arthur Burroughs
Orville Moore
Moore
J. H. Conover
Oliver Smith
Camden
Florence Seynoida
H. R. Henderson
A. M. Secor
Brooklyn, N.Y
W. ©. Groves
Herman Sandens
Henry Stults
A. Stults
Joseph Reynolds
Englishtown
J. W. Errickson
Harvest
P. S.C
van Dyke House
DeWitt
DuWitt
N. F. Clayton
Silvers Bros. No
Prret
Beacen
Justice of the Peace
Prerer R. Bencen
W. M. Curry
State Sunday School Association
Kev
Lime
Reepublican Gazette
Lima
Freehold
Charles J. Jackson
Mount Mulls
Laura Clayton
Taylor Clayton
Union Hill
James Ho- Witt
Haus
Methodist Church
George W. Chamberlain
de. Chamberlain
The
National Bank
Counc
Golden ‘Eagles
Charlotte
N. C
Silvers
Joel Parker
South Amboy, N.d
North Beach
New York City
Long Island Sound
Wadnesday
Tbl
Prospect Plains
Jamesburg
Tas
Glebie
Tekets
Perth 'Amboy
GulLbeamn
Tvlo-wxzers
Martin C. Ribsam
R. As
Donnelly’s
C. C. Blauvelt
Irl
C. A. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
Burlington
Eastwanp
Pennsylvania Railroad
Newark- Routh Am Jamesbury, Jamesburg Cranbury, Hizhtatory Bordentown
AL Ast
Bordentown Hightatown
Ona
Sightstown
Bordentown
Freehold and
Lhi
Jamespuna
Jastranuna
Jamespuna Junction
Janespura
Jamesburg Junction
W. W. Atterbury
J. J. Wood
Pass
Geo. W. Boyd
S. P. Dunham& CO
Trenton, N. J
S. P. Dunham & Co
Haberdashery
Taylor Opera House
Broad Street
Pemberton & Hightstown Railroad
Union Transportation
Lessees
WM. Bultie
Surz
Hightstown Bharon
Cream Ridge
Hornerstown
Cookstown
Wrightstown
Lewistown
Pemberton
Cooktown
Egypt
Davin
Imaystow
Bharon
Bunday
Keller Bros
Sobmer & Co
J. & G. Fischer
Yand
N. Warren Street
Masonic Tranple Music Store
Christopher Duryea
Contracting Mason
Charlton Street
Princeton, N. J
First National Bank
Cranbury, N. J
Savings Department
Jonn
Silvers, Prusident
Geo, B. Mershon, Casuier
David C. Lewis, John S. Silvers
WM. S. Silvers
James H. Goodwin
Walteius
Grover
Alexander 8
Cole
A. L. Armstrong
D. McLean Voorhees
William J. Rowland
Spaulding
Mount & Pratt
R. V. Spaulding
Satad Miared Ai
Axste Hurcninnon
Executrix
Orn Bennett
Orphans’ Court
County of
Middlesex
Jauva Bert
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool
London & Globe
Ins. Co. of
North American
North British & Mercantile
Niagara
Pittsburg
Mercer County
Shrewsbury
Thei Goard
Oranbury,n-J
Davison
Dewitt’s
Hazel
Prerarco
E. C. Dewitt & CO
Stetson
Iobbiws
Trenton's
East State Street
Cab
Edward. Schaffer
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