Cranbury Personal notes and local sightings
Mrs. J. Gulick visits Trenton Junction. Rev Adolos Allen preaches in Newark. families attend Asbury Park outings. W C T U meets. local births, injuries, and illness noted. Cranbury Baseball Club beats Waldrons of Trenton 9 to 0 on July Yth. Several residents visit relatives in Jersey City Newark and New York. multiple social calls and visits described throughout the week. New dishes bought by Ladies Aid Society for church festivals. Falls and injuries reported including Newell Errickson and Frank Stout. Picnic planned for August 10 in Ochler’s woods with church services scheduled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Graham
Newark
Second Presbyterian Church
Cranbury
Waldrons
Trenton
Henry P. Chamberlin
Hightstown
Clifford Chamberlin
Bailey
New York
Annie Holland
Camden
J. C. Holmes
Ladies Aid Society
Sunday School
The
Methodist Church
Marguerite
Katherine Whitaker
J. L. Whitaker
Harvey Adams Dies After Short Illness At 32
Harvey Adams died Sunday morning at his mother Mrs L A Adams home after a short illness aged 32. He was a well educated man and a prominent teacher for several years. His father was a respected Methodist minister. Funeral services led by Rev C W Horsley were held at his late home with interment at Hightown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey Adams
L. A. Adama
C. W. Horsley
Highta Town
Cranbury Board, new teachers and Rider- Moore ad
The Cranbury township Board of Education hires several teachers for the coming year including Miss Fenswith Miss Nutt Miss Scudder Misa Applegate Miss Ervin and Misa Mc Cleneghan Floyd Evans will supervise and oversee South Brunswick schools. A new Rider Moore and Stewart School advertisement in Trenton is highlighted with endorsements from local business people and former students praising its high standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Cranbury Township
Miss, Fenswith
Rider-1
Moore & Stewart School
Trenton
Rider- Moore & Stewart School
Colonial House to Become Boarding House and Library
Road contractor H M Scott plans to transform the former American Hotel on Main Street into a boarding house and public library. He will also build a handsome residence for his family. The report notes a plan to relocate the hotel site and repurpose it for community use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main Street
H. M. Scott
Scott
Cranbury Team routs Waldron g team 9 to 0 on home ground
Cranbury easily defeated Waldron g 9 to 0 as Applegate struck out 20 and held opponents to three hits. Next Cranbury plays away at Newtown, a key match with strong local rivals, with a large crowd expected. Dey’s stage will shuttle fans to Hightstown for the 2:35 train and return at 7:00, arrangements via Mr. Dey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Applegate
Newtown
Dey
Hightstown
Harvest Homes Attract Local Youth With Music Series
Harvest Homes draw big crowds in the community grove with young couples and well attended events. Reese's Crossing hosted a Presbyterian Church fundraiser in Plainsboro featuring Goodwin's Band. The band will perform at Dayton on July 19, Hightstown on July 20, Kingston on July 21, and Old Tennent on July 27, with additional August dates possible.
Local News Gathers Visits and a Car Purchase
I B Rowland Endures several days with a sore eye. Nat Carroll and sister visit relatives. Robie Mrs George Hutchinson of Birmingham Alabama visits Mr and Mrs John Dey. Miss Florence Reynolds hosts Newark friends. Mrs J B Clark returns from Lancaster PA. Mr and Mrs W E Groves entertain Brooklyn relatives. Mr Errickson buys a new Pickard car from BR D Norton of Hightstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. B. Rowland
Nat Carroll
Sister
G Robie
Mrs
George Hutchinson
Birmingham, Alabama
John Dey
Florence Reynolds
Newark
J. B. Clark
Lancaster
W. E. Groves
Brooklyn
Errickson
BR. D. Norton
Hightstown
Seventeenth Birthday Surprise and Local Notices
Miya Hazel Roszel celebrated her seventeenth birthday with a saturday surprise as Cranbury residents joined the party. Obituaries note Mrs. Sarah Hughes dying at her son in law Symmes H. Dey’s home aged 71 and Mrs. Orianna Van Dyke passing after a year illness leaving five children. A Pennington and Hightstown baseball game is set for saturday. Principal Swetland walks with a crutch after injuring his knee at Asbury Park. A lawn sociable is planned at G H Wests friday. A Fairbank five ton platform scale is built by Hightstown Branch of Monmouth County Farmers Exchange. Former Cranbury Supervising Principal William H. Conners and wife toured the state by automobile with their young son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miya Hazel Roszel
Cranbury
Sarah Hughes
Symmes H. Dey
Pennington
Hightstown
Swetland
Asbury Park
G.H West
Plainsboro Birth and Local News Roundup
An eleven pound daughter was welcomed at the home of Mr and Mrs Frank MacNames on Tuesday daily 6th. Mr J D VanDoren returned Tuesday from Scranton Pa with his daughter Oliver in improved health. HW Jeffers made a business trip Wednesday to the EB T Gill Farme Haddonfield N J with family by auto. Dr H F Reynolds of Carbondale Pa has purchased the Mark Higgins farm on the Trenton New Brunswick turnpike near Kingston. Higgins will move to a smaller farm near Kingston August 1. Reynolds is a college friend of HW Jeffers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank MacNames
Daly
J. D. VanDoren
Scranton
Oliver
HW. Jeffers
EB. T
Gill Farme
Haddonfield
N. J
H. FP. Reynolds
Carbondale
Trenton-New Brunswick
Kingston
Mark Higgins
Higgins
Dr. Reynolds
H. W. Jeffera
Hutton Family Returns After Three Weeks Visit
Mr and Mrs Thomas Hutton of Monmouth Junction hosted a visit by Mra Nobert 8 Borel and daughter Dorothy, joined by sisters Mias Eva and Dorothy Hutton here Beverly. Mr and Mrs Joseph T Hutton of Monmouth Junction visited relatives in Brooklyn. John Barlow of Monmouth Junction presented his wife with a piano bought from I C Hoffman of Cranbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nobert
Borel
Dorothy
Beverly
Mias Eva
Dorothy Hutton
Thomas Hutton
Monmouth Junction
Mra
Joseph T. Hutton
Brooklyn
John Barlow
I. C. Hoffman
Cranbury
Services at Union Valley M. P. Church July 17
Sunday services include a 10 30 a m class meeting and preaching on Christian Perfection, Sunday School at 3 p m, Y P C E in charge of evening services, and a Friday 8 p m meeting to plan Harvest Home. Free band concerts start next month in Thompson Hall park with electric lights and Chinese lanterns. Princeton Water Co. installs a 10 inch pipe in Mercer and Nassau to Washington road and an 8 inch pipe in Witherspoon to Spring for fire protection. Business and residential growth noted around Mercer Heights and golf links. Several notable moves and purchases linked to Princeton area, including Hold en hall construction and Holden Hall tower excavations. Taft praise from Gov. Murphy. Lincoln comparison and call for unity. Advert suggests Electric Bitters as health tonic for vitality.
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Union Valley M. P
Y. P
C. E
Princeton Water Company
Mercer
Nassau Streets
Washington Road
Witherspoon
Spring Street
George H. F. Covington
Morningside
Mercer Heights
Graduate College
Princeton
Expensive trial for the county in 1900s New Jersey case
Brunswick reports show the Whitfield Rastall McCauley and Motrin libel trial was costly for Middlesex county. Experts Osborn and Kingsley were paid 2198.1 dollars for preparation, grand jury testimony, and trial work. The board, while approving payment, deemed expenses high and noted the county’s expected lower costs. A separate note approves road signs and bids to straighten Bennett's hill curve amid road-condition concerns. A Pennsylvanian flagman at Monmouth Junction survived a gunfire incident. Sea Girt announces the 20th annual shooting tournament from September 1 to 10 with national and military competitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunswick
Jacob H. Whitfield
Alfred P. Rastall
Tunig McCauley
Charles H. Motrin
H. Raymond Groves
Middlesex County
Board of Freeholders
Albert 8. Osborn
Rochester
New York
William J. Kingsley
Elizabeth
Osborne
Ihe ‘Villa
New Jersey Automobile Club
Bennett's Hill
Ely Tthat
Helmetta
Spotawood
Trenton Turnpike
Aqueduct
Monmouth Junction
Delaware River
New Jerey State Range
New Jersey Rifle Association
New York State Rifle Association
Pennsylvania State Rifle Association
America
United States Army
The
Navy
United States Military and Naval Academies
National Guard
Jersey Politics In Chaos Yet Threads of Order Appear
The piece surveys New Jersey political maneuvering with Republicans fielding four gubernatorial contenders and Democrats three. It notes John W. Grigg declined Senate bid, Vivian M. Lewis as GOP favorite, Frelinghuysen and Garveth as others, Katzenbach and Silzer mentioned for Democrats, and Wilson tied to Princeton. Also mentions a World’s Biggest Wine Tank at Asti California and a sale of deodorant product.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Jersey
United States
John W. Grigge
Paterson
Vivison M. Lewis
Joseph Frelinghuysen
Peter P
Kean
Murphy
Baird
Stokes
Briggs
Lewis
Frelinghuysen
Garveth
Trenton
Frank 8. Katzenbach, Jr
George S. Silzer
Middlesex
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
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the, Cranbury Press
J. Gulick
Daniel Croshaw
Trenton Junction
Adolos Allen
Harry Scott and Son
W. H. Johnson
Asbury ‘Park
Helen Butcher
Alexander Stults
E. Clayton
B. S. van Dyke
Fannie VanDerveer
J. P. Gluck
Richard Gluck
Emon
Jersey City
William
Cole
W. Russell Silvers
James H. Goodwin
Phoenixville
Goodwin
Harvey Hutchingon
Perrine and Buckslew
Jamesburg
Mr. Litchfield
Clayton, N. J
Jrom Holmes
Joseph Wicoff
Harvey
Carie Naffey
Reba Roszel
E. C. Wilson
James
Misa Moe Everett
Elva Chamberlin
Harvey Petty
Nelson Petty
George Puerschner
Wm. Coz
Ernest Scott
Walter
J. Walters Westnight
H. Goodwin
Waitright
Annie Sutton
Robert Sutton
Laura
Misa Edith French
Mra. Rix
Josh Leen
Bya
Mirs
Claudius Hammond
Hannah Hammond
Archibald Nixon
Samuel Nizop
Misa Eleanor Swain
Elya Chamberlin
J. E. Bennett
Mra, Chew
Amanda Farr
Lydia Davison
Charles Stults
Wm. &. Cole
A. S. Cole
Rev. Snd
A. G. Hagaman
Atlantic City
W. J.flartman
Raymond Disbrow
Long Branch
Harry Appleyet
Eila Appleget
Baltimore
Chester Buttress
Newell Errickson
Frank Stout
Frank & Davis, Jr
Davis
Methodist Sunday School
Ochler'a Woods
Walter Reid
Willing C. Voorhees
Dr. Symmes
Harvey Adadbis
Cranbury Schools
New Jersey State Horticultural Society
Horace Roberts
Moorestown
West Moores Town
Market Street Wharf
Main
Church Streets
Camden Ferry
Baseball
Harvest Homes
Dayton
Fairbank
Monmouth County Farmers’ Exchange
William H. Conners
Minetola
Plainsboro
Union Valley
Sesson
Thompson Hall Park
D. Cameron
South Carolina
Texas
H. C. Bunn
Chestnut Hill
Philadelphia
Mr Bunn
W. M. Adriance Bug
Gitford
Lawrenceville Road
Holden Hall
Russell Sage
Edward Howe
Princeton Bank
California
Taft
Franklin Murphy
Republican State Committee
Fortotr Kean
Union States Senate
State Committee
Abraham Lincoln
Republician Congress
Lincoln
Jie
Congress
Boyhood
N. F. Clayton
E. C. Hunt
Pennsylvania Railroad
Hunt
Asti
Cal
Business Education
Rider-Moore & Stewart
S. Broad ST
Trenton, N. J
Monroe Street
Livingston
Broadway Road
P. O. Box
Cranbury, N. J
Jas
A. Smrra
Perth Amboy
W. C. VanHise
Casaville
Matilda
Carrof
Clarian N. Buckulew
Olrissa M. Bucka Low
Marioa H
Cangoun
Wiliam H. Brooke
Thomas H. Dillon
Thomas Elliott
Thomas Eliott
Willliam H. Bnooxs
Thomas B. Dintox
Lexecutors
Marcus
Farr
Robinson F.wils
Pater R Bergen
Middiasax
Peter B Bergen
Ugdim
Tho
Mancus
Rowson
RA. Donnelly
Broad ST
Gunson
Canson
E. State St
S. P. Dunham & CO
Tefft, Weller Company
Telft
Weller
Tefft
Weller’s
Madras
Ss. P. Duniam & CO
Ingersoll
DavIson & Chamberlin’s
Fred W Donnelly
Farmers’ Supply House
Columbia
Wyckoff Bros
Hightstown, N. Jd
John Carlson
Dobbins
State Street
SBS
Piet
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