Cranbury Social Roundup Highlights Local Visits and Events
Cranbury residents hosted relatives and guests from Trenton Jersey City Newark Asbury Park Long Branch and Philadelphia during a busy week. The note mentions church activities a translation of local leagues and a newborn girl for Mr Ancil Davison and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Lawton
Trenton
Cranbury
Charles Cox
Ethel Brinkerhoff
Helen Cook
Jersey City
John Ten Broeck
Perth Amboy
Adai
Matthew Rue
Afra
Ten Broeck
Dorothy Hutton
Charles Schnell
Fred Cox
Penns Neck
Banks Stahl
John Barlow
Monmouth Junction
Wm Voorhees
Joseph Dey
Kathryn Stahl
Marion
Kathryn Scott
Hoffman Station
Imlay O'Neil
Cornelius Bennett
Long Branch
Ladies Aid Society
Schultz Memorial Church
John Nostrand
E. W. Dunham
J. 8. Silvers
Dunham
School of
Asbury Park
Dayton Harvest Home Sale at Mrs Harder's Millinery
August 1917 notice announces a Dayton Harvest Home sale at Mrs E Harder's shop with July reduction on all millinery and trimmings at cost. Bargains advertised for at home shopping as a community event. the clipping also includes humorous Detroit Free Press quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Detroit
Free Press
Sleeper Sharks and Their Savage Hunger
The sleeper shark is described as a dull glutton, often resting on the sea surface. When roused it attacks whales and other creatures, biting with knifelike teeth and showing apparent fearless resilience. It grows to thirty to forty feet, rivaling the size of true man eating sharks.
Best Grips for Hands and Feet in Golf Play
Advice on selecting grips for hands including rough rubber as an alternative to pitch or wax. Emphasizes gloves for warmth and preventing soreness. Stresses proper footwear, avoiding gym shoes in wet conditions, and warns against bulky pockets. Recommends placing balls with the caddie and carrying a rag to dry hands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post
Auction for Threshing Machinery at Everett Farm
An auction of threshing machinery will be held at the residence of George R. Everett on the road from Lawrence Station to Dutch Neck, one mile from the former place. The notice specifies location and timing details pending final instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Everett
Lawrence Station
Dutch Neck
Local Sale Catalog English 1917 Auction List
The sale on Saturday July 14 1917 includes items such as a Mogul 25 H P tractor a Butterworth universal thresher a 4 bottom Moline plow a New Holland feed grinder a 1916 Dodge touring car a buggy and road horse plus other articles. All sums 50 or less cash over 50 bankable note accepted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. P
Butterworth Universal
New Holland
Hall's Catarrh Cure Adverts in Toledo News
Frank J Cheney declares his firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh not cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. Notarized affidavit dated December 4 in Toledo Ohio. The remedy is said to act on blood and mucous membranes. testimonials offered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. W. Gle
ASON
Cheney & CO
United States Hotel property sale in Cranbury New Jersey
Sheriff sale in chancery of New Jersey to be held July 18 1917 at 2 PM at the Sheriff’s Office New Brunswick. Property described as the United States Hotel in Cranbury Middlesex County with detailed metes and bounds and conveyed to Charles H Reichert and Sophia Reichert by Harry C Miller in 1913. Solicitors Mulligan & Koenig for Edward F Houghton sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherife
New Jersey
Arthur C. Hensler
Charles H. Reichert
Sophia Reichert
New Brunswick
Cranbury
County of
Middlesex
United States Hotel
W. R. Johnson
Main Street
Johnson
Abijah Applegate
Elmira Voorhees’ Lot
Matthew A. Rue
Rue
Harry C. Miller
Edward F. Houghton
Take Pictures of all Outdoors
Summer recreation invites camera use for picnics fishing trips park days and garden excursions. We offer developing and printing with no charge for failures to help preserve leisure time memories.
Cultivate Your Wife's Friendship
A historical passage quotes Bulwer Lytton on marriage advising a wife as a friend to respect his character and reputation. It argues women combine tact with sound judgment and will safeguard a husband from shabby acts, while cautious by nature, steering clear of imprudent deeds.
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Bulwer Lytton
He Was Farsighted and Ready in One Week
An ambitious colored man quits his job to take a new position and is asked if he can start in two weeks. He says two weeks would be hard, but one week could work because he can finish garden work in one week yet home another week would force him into housecleaning.
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Christian Herald
Sealed Bids Sought for School Transportation
The Board of Education of South Brunswick Township invites sealed bids for transportation of pupils from Scott's Corner area to Plainsboro Public School. Bids due July 23 before 8 PM to Frank W. Stout, District Clerk. Board may reject any or all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
South Brunswick Township
Monmouth Junction School
Scott’s Corner
Plainsboro
Frank W. Stout
F. W. Stout
Notice to Creditors for Ely and Ruding Estates
Notice to creditors of Stephen D Ely and Margaret Ruding deceased to present debts demands and claims against their estates under oath or affirmation within nine months from dates in Middlesex County surrogate notices. Executors Leonidas J Ely Charles Ely and Joseph B Shreve dated June and July 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonidas Ely
Charles Ely
Sephen D. Ely
County of
Middlesex
Nereby
Stephen D. Ely
Lionipas J. Ery
Cuoanes Ery
Joseph
Shreve
Margaret Ruding
Osther
Josefh
Matilda D. Cubberley
Wyckoff D. van Nest
M Cubberley
Isaac M. Cubberley
Wyckerr Vannest
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Minnie
Annie Sutton
Stella Schumaker
Newark
Walter H. Havens
Elizabeth Darnell
Emms Reynolds
Luella Reynolds
Benjamin Bayles
Matthew Reynolds
Andrew Perrine
Lemuel Simonson
Augusta Braunlick
Fred Braunlick
Elwood Groves
Highland Park
Chester Hoagland
Warren Elsing
Margaret
Monterey
Mass
Helen Murray
Clifton
First Presbyterian Church
Jesse VanDerveer
William Cole
William Baldwin
Disbrow Bergen
Option League
Middlesex County
Second Reformed Church
Mrs
Samuel Perrine
Atlantic City
Rebecca Clayton
Wm. Cox
Lizzie Stahl
Nubert Borrell
Beverly
Raymond Griggs
Dey
R. W. Hagerty
Gertrude Danby
Palmyra
Clara Bergen
Frank Perrine
Alice
Samuel Bennett
Gladys Snedeker
Prospect Plains
Spring Lake
Virgie Stout
John Stout
Anna Spaulding
Frank Brown
W. Russell Silvers
Olive Petty
Elizabeth
Hasbrook Heights
Bertha Applegate
Charles Carson
Ancil Davison
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Golf Players
Southard S. Everett
W. H. Johnson
Stoll's
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
Farmers’ Co-Operative Association
Mercer County
Broad Street Bank Building
Charles £. Groves
Iranbury, N. J
PF. Dunham & Co
B.f.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
E. State Street
Hotel Windsor
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