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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1900
Page
3
Weekly timetable lists from Philadelphia to New York and Trenton cruising routes with departure times from Market Street Wharf and W 23rd Street Station. Following are local society notes: visits, illness, and family news across Cranbury, Freehold, Princeton and Jamesburg, plus upcoming Firemen’s Festival and anti-saloon lectures.
The week includes the School of Methods session at Asbury Park, harvest home at Dayton Presbyterian Church, and the Jamesburg Convention in Wigwam Grove with a Farmers Conference and religious talks. Also reports a storm-related incident near Cranbury Station, Pennsylvania Railroad excursions to the coast, and the death of J Stanley Joyce. Louise Ferris dies after illness, with funeral planned at the Second Church Chapel.
East Trenton Presbyterian Church will hold a harvest home in the Interstate Fair Grounds grove on Thursday July 26 at 3 PM with Rev. Jos Howell Rev F P Parkin and Hon John J Gardner addressing. Winckler's Band will play afternoon and evening and a glee club will sing in the evening.
A sequence of damaging events unfolds as a tornado at Freehold destroys houses and crops, a fire at Trenton Fair Grounds destroys major buildings, and a shooting near Yardville injures two women. Police and detectives pursue suspect William Nelson, while Camp Foster M Voorhees inaugurates at Sea Girt with 850 soldiers. Advertisements tout Chamberlains remedies and health products amid local notices and civic happenings.
The second annual exhibition of the Atlantic City Horse Show Association will run at Inlet Park Atlantic City on July 11 12 18 and 14 1900. Liberal prizes attract many entries and a high class of exhibits with a military band in attendance. Excursion tickets to Atlantic City and return will be sold by the Pennsylvania Railroad from all stations on its line.
The Pennsylvania Railroad announces ten day excursions to Niagara Falls from Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington on July 26 August 9 and 28 September 6 and 20 and October 4 and 18. Trains depart Washington 8 00 am Baltimore 9 06 am with routes via Harrisburg Susquehanna Valley or Trenton Maponka Chunk and Delaware Valley. Tickets from Philadelphia and other points priced 10.00 to 11.25 varying by origin. stops at Buffalo Rochester Canandaigua Watkins on most dates. Parlor car extra. tour agent and chaperon accompany each trip.
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