Cranbury Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Geo W F Bennett buys car in Hightstown. Many residents and visitors pass through Cranbury and nearby towns with absences and returns. Notables include Nelson Forman visiting his mother, Mrs Abijah Applegate, Miss Viola Bergen and Miss Sadie Applegot in Trenton, and Mrs J Gordon hosting guests from New Brunswick. Community details mix travel, illness, and social calls across towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. W. F. Bennett
Hightstown
Nelson Forman
Abijah Applegate
Elizabeth, Bowers
Larchmont
el, L. Ep
Abe
John Martin
Willard Riley
Danial Maple
W. . Johnson
Warren
Philadelphia
Lewis Appleger
Viola Bergen
Point Pleasant
Destructive Storm Hits Farms Across Local Area
A Saturday electrical storm caused extensive damage with hundreds of dollars in losses. Grains were blown over on John Hughes and Peter Barclay farms while a J. Silvers silo toppled. Apples fell from F. A. Brown trees and a barn near Plainsboro was struck, with insured losses noted. The Peter Clayton Union Valley barn burned after being struck, with $200 barn and $100 contents insured by F. A. Brown. The Hightstown Presbyterian Church also sustained about $300 in damage, insured by F. A. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hughes
Peter Barclay
J. Silvers
F. A. Brown
Havens
Edmond Rue
Plainsboro
Peter Clayton
Union Valley
Clayton
Presbyterian Church
Hightstown
Perrine Will Probate Illuminates Englishtown Estate
The will of Redford J. Perrine of Englishtown was probated in Monmouth County surrogates court authority. The $50,000 estate mainly goes to the decedent’s brothers’ children, with the Englishtown farm deeded to nephew Redford J. Perrine. Executors named are John S. Silvers and Geo. B. Mershon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redford J. Perrine
Englishtown
Monmouth County
John 8.Silvers
B. Mershon
Queer Capers of Lightning Kill Fowl and Split Trees
In Windsor area two large locust trees were struck by lightning during a storm, splintered and felled near Jacob Stults's farm. A hen and thirty chickens in a nearby coup were killed. The family felt the shock. the farmer saw the bolt from the doorway. Two other local accidents killed a five year old boy and scarred a girl of fourteen. A Behr child died after a milk bottle shattered and petrol mishaps caused severe facial burns. The report also discusses malaria and mosquito science, noting malaria is caused by protozoa and can be affected by mosquito control. Legal and church notices follow, including a suit for 10,000 in the Culver estate dispute and harvest home events in nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Stults
Windsor
Mr. Stults
Alfred
Fredrick Behr
Piscatawaytown
Sadie Davison
Mary Schaldy
New Brunswick
William Cunningham
Silk and general goods sale cuts deep in stock take
Distressed stock sale offers silk fabrics at fractions of former prices with many styles in short lengths and half pieces a wide range of colors and finishes. Household and sewing items follow with glassware, buttons, corsets, and assorted small wares discounted as stock is cleared.
Donnelly to Open Clothier in Taylor Opera House
Frederick W. Donnelly will lease the upper store in Taylor Opera House and start a clothier business September 1. The salesroom and show windows will be remodeled. after improvements, it will be among the finest in Trenton. The lease has been held by Richard A. Donnelly since 1867 when the Opera House was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick W. Donnelly
Richard A. Donnelly
Taylor Opera Housé
Asa Clothier
Trenton
Hoe
Donnelly
New York
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the Cranbury Press
Robert Spaulding
Allen Apent
Alfred M. Perrine
Famil
Ernest Voorhees
Jamesburg
Spencer Perrine
Newark
John B. Perring
Howard Brown
Chicago
H. M. Brown
Methodist Church
Lottie McBride
Theo, McBride
D.C. Lewis
Georgia Nutt
Wm. Graham
Perth Amboy
John M. Chamberlain
Susan Faber
Blonday
John Davison
Lyle van Nuis
J. Gordon
I. D. Barclay
Charles Suydam
Mary Smith
Charles V. VanHorn
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
John Ingling
Bessie
L As Adams
Mary Forman
J. 8. Silvers and Family
Marie Groves
Bridgeton
Nell Eldridge
Leila Dilatush
Mrs. Eliza Reed
Mrs. Thos
J. Perrine
Walter Havena
Prof. Winner
Mrs. Otto, Hartman
Emma ‘Lewis
Mra
Manning Everett
Lawrence Station
Samuel A. Grover
Frank B. McGill
Lawton Court Foresters of America
Monmouth Junction
John R. Dey
Old Church
Wr, Brent
Samuel Bennett
Totten
Newtown
Robbins
Morris
Hamilton Square
P. Dunham
Asbury Park
Rev
Henry Dubham
Mount Holly
W. Dunham
Geo, H. Dickey
Mias
Ethel Dickey
Flushing, N. Y
Ocean Grove
Dr. Dickey
Woodstock
Catakills
Clifford G. Brown
Eale
Church News
J. E. Curry
Armstrong
Dutch Neck
Mr. Allen
Middlesex Lodge
W. E. Arrowsmith
Matawan
A. L, Everingham
V.G
W. H. Johanson
Alfred Chamberlin
R.S
N. G
A. Voorhees
Jacob Gordon
E. W. Applegat
Charles Everingham
W. M. Cox
BR. P. Stillwell
V. G
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W. D. Wilson
W. Stein
John
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Fidelity Lodge
Harvey N. Petty
Mr. Petty
Board of Freeholders
Middlesex County
County Buildings Committee
Budd
Franklin Park
Somerset Board of Freeholder
Rockaway
Joel Parker
Lemuel Stulty
R. 1
Mc Dowell
Anna Dey
Florence
Anna Chamberlin
Bello Appleger
Jennie Duncan
Rhoda Dorrance
Bicarra
Frank Davis, Jr
Russell Silvers
Stanley Conover
John Dorrance
Harry
David Dey
Blaine Davison
W. F. Perrine
Ernest ‘Btulta
Richard Hugerty Jr
D. W. ‘Clayton
Woltern &Co
Newark, N. J
Saturday Evening Post
John H. Culver
South Brunswick Township
Furman Culver
Mr. Culver
Amanda
Sarah Culver
The
Methodist Harvest Home
Odi Fellows Hall
Goodwin
Dayton Harvest Home
Dayton Presbyterian Church
First National Bank
Savings Department
Joan
Silvels, Paesrpryt
Geo, B. Mershon, Casaren
David C. Lewis
Johns Silvers
Wal
Silvers
James WH. Goodwin
Joseph H. Grover
Alexander 8. Cole
A. J. Armstrong
T. McLean Voorhees
William J. Rowland
Trenton, N. J
American Sale
Plenty Moore
Oscar Delong
Florida Water
Erederick W. Donnelly
Ale Fall
Tinker
Berkshire County
Mass
C. Wolters '& Co
C. G. Brown Cranbury
Arren Rur
Major Voorhees
Princeton Junction
N. J
Egies
CHEAS
Peter 2
Fashions Pub. Co
Arch St
Philadelpe
Sarah Bennett
Orphans Court
Amiddlesux
Aggunt
Janes E. Bexserr
Jame H. Conover
John W. Dancan
Cornry
Middlesax
John W. Duncan
James H. Conover
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. dl
Trenton Trust and Safe Deposit CO
State and Chancery
Hugh H. Hamill
Trust Oficer
Washington A. Roebling
Baker Guemere, Jr
Nelson L. Petty
William G. Moore
R. Henry C. Symmes
Cranebury
N. T
J. Murphy
Cranbury, N. J
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Porlb
Pennsylvania Railroad
Errzor
Weatwanp
Weex-Davy
South Ambo
Jymeabuns
Cranbury
Hiwhtstown
Bordentown
Burlieyton
Camden -Seseee
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Urington
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Gag
Teow
Waal
Hightetown
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Jamesnung
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W.W. Attersury
WR. Wood
Gon‘s Manner
Paser Trafft
Geo
WV. Boyd
Pemberton & Hightstown
Union Transportation’ Company
WM. Burtis
Burr
Wistwanp
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Egypt
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Wrightstown
Lawisztown
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Enlintoiphis
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Wrightato
Cookatown
Hotaceea Cream Ridge
Sharon Allens
Vety
Fay
Frank A. Brown
Ins. Co. of
North America
North British & Mercantile
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Kzempt
Oranbury,n. J
Harvey Hutchinson
Main St., Cranbury, N. J
Mapes Fertilizers
Dp. C. Lewis & Son
Snedeker & Co
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N.J
Masonic Temple
T Am
Edward Schaffer
Aia
Oak Hell
Market Sts
Uliteat Agency
Theoura Onis
Matenta
Munn & A
Scientific Arhericatt
Yargvat
Anyacientiva Journal
Torna
All
MN & Coster
Washington, D
Sun Optical Ofg. Co
State & Warren Sts
George F. Applegate
Tron
Masons
Oxford
Lion
Arbuckle
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Main St
Hightstown, N. J.J
New York Weekly Witness
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Cranbury, A.J
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Brooklyn
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City
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