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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1914
Page
4
A historical piece marks the Cranbury Press first appeared July 17 1885 by George W Burroughs and notes the paper's growth, mission to serve the community, and its role in reporting with fairness. It lists upcoming local entertainments and public notices including concerts and College Day preparations.
The piece recalls Judge Mason of South Amboy claiming to be the state’s oldest active justice of the peace since May 1875 and a veteran newspaper correspondent since the Civil War era. It traces his career with the Hightstown Gazette, Cranbury Press, Daily Home News, and Perth Amboy Evening News, noting he still serves at seventy four, inviting readers to write for updates. It also notes a Jersey City case upholding a husband’s obligation to share wages within reason and with dependents, urging fair distribution of luxuries.
The Rider-Moore & Stewart School of Trenton celebrates its fifty years of uninterrupted operation under F. B. Moore and J. E. Gill. The all-year commercial school hosts about 1200 daily and night students, with a three-floor campus at 10 South Broad Street and a 18-member faculty producing many graduates serving major companies and banks in Trenton and beyond.
Warren Emens, a carpenter, mashed his thumb under a heavy timber while working on Dr. Hutchinson’s property near Cranbury Saturday. Dr. Hutchinson treated the injury. Funeral services for Mrs. Symmes McChesney were held Sunday at 2 30 in the Presbyterian Church with Rev. W J B Edgar officiating. Interment followed at Fernwood cemetery. Mireel Helen and Marion Smith are visiting friends in New York City.
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