First Church Community Notes and Picnics
Church reports include sermons at First and Second Churches with titles Ye have done it unto me and How to have a happy home. Attending visitors, farewells, and patient updates mix with news of Emson Hartshorn’s injury, Wishert’s foreign mission talk, and Sabbath School picnics at Wigwam Grove drawing 280 attendees.
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J. E. Curry
Dunretian
Mra W
Johnson
Gharatter Brady
Paates Megana
Oost
Luther D. Wishert
New York
First Church
Wishert
Mr. Wishert
Cranbury Group Plans Meeting for Tuesday Evening
The Cranbury Mutual Improvement Association calls members to a board meeting in a YMCA room on Tuesday at 8 o’clock to discuss important business with full attendance requested. D. C. Lewis presides.
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Cranbury Mutual Improvement Association
Harvest Home Dates Across Plainsboro and Area Churches
Harvest homes are scheduled at Plainsboro on July 28, Dutch Neck on August 4, Hightstown Baptist on August 2, Prospect Plains Sunday School on August 11, Hamilton Square Presbyterian in Wildwood Grove on July 27, Dayton Church on August 2, and Union Valley on July 27 with large attendance sought to hear War with Spain remarks by Rev. Win. Mitchell. Music by bands and plentiful suppers with Shaffer's ice cream and other refreshments.
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Christian Endeavor Society of the Presbyterian
Church Dayton
Cornelius Brett
C/E. Union and
Solon
A. C. Buck
Jamesburg Reform School
Angel of Death
Sadie Perrine
Saranne
First Church
Christian Endeavor Society
Bessie
First Presbyterian
Plainsboro
Dutch Neck
The
Baptist Church Hightstown
Prospect Plains
Presbyterian Church of
Hamilton Square
Wildwood Grove
Dayton Church
Reform School
Union Valley
Spain
Win. Mitchell
Shaffer
Granbury
Front Line Faithful Letter From VanDeWater At Santiago
Rev George R VanDeWater chaplain of the Seventy first NY writes from the battlefield at Santiago to John Boulton Simpson of Lake George. He speaks of tending the wounded burying sailors and soldiers and the hope for an end to the war as bombardment looms and 800 Spanish prisoners remain nearby. He notes near captures of Santiago and his wish to return home.
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Silvera
Lake George
George R. VanDeWater
Seventy-first Regiment
New York
Santiago
John Boulton Simpson
Sizoney
Cua
Warden
C. RB
Vaandewatter
Lord Tennyson
Duke of Norfolk
Duke
Duchess of Marborough
London
Lucas von Cranach
Marshal von Blowenthal
Diplomata
Prince Doroneoff
Russia
Paris
Rome
France
Lord William Seymour
Canada
Montgomery-Moore
Marquis of Hertford
Lord Alcester
Vaughan
Plymouth
British Isles
Allahabad
Saiyid Ahmad Khan
India
Christian Commission aids soldiers amid camp wit and famine
The Christian Commission grows across camps and ships, distributing hymn books and pocket Testaments while addressing drink in camps. It visits sick and wounded at Camp Thomas, where a dying soldier asked for Jesus Savior Pilot Me as staff sang.
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Christian Commission
Chickamauga
Eighth Massachusetts
Commission
Camp Thomas
Jesus Savior
Caffee
Missoouri Volunteera
Sea Bathing Rules and Recipes in a Nineteenth Century Column
Practical health notes advise short sea baths for cold or weak individuals and longer dips for stronger ones, with 15 to 20 minutes as a general guideline. The section also shares Bavarian cream, liver and mushroom pâté, grape storage tips, and various kitchen recipes, plus light humor and domestic hints.
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New York Voice
Measured For Matrimony Odd Exchange in Washington Star
In dialogue, Mrs Torkins and Charley discuss government shrewdness and shipping mules to Cuba. They joke about using mules for wartime needs and postwar canal work, implying strategic planning and a wry view of politics.
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Charley
Washington Star
The War Gossip and Oddities of Many Voices
A collage of humorous and satirical snippets from papers and columns. Jests about uniforms, fashion, and travel mix with wartime quips, a dental joke, and light commentary on editors and soldiers. Includes ads and notices for remedies and optical exams.
Humorous exchanges on social fortune and weather prognostication
A collage of quips and cartoon captions critiques social class ease and weather forecasts. Beedick-Young Browne adds a suffix after inheritance. Fosdick notes wealth confers ease while Henpeck jokes about warmth for travel. Har_m Life offers light fare. A Punch-style snippet mocks forecasters amid wartime uncertainty.
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Beedick
Young Browne
Fosdick
Harlem
Children's Garments Surprise Mothers with Quality and Value
These finely made outfits for ages two to twelve amaze mothers who expect home sewing. Superior materials, neat construction, and low cost combine to make the garments a smart choice for young wearers.
All-Wool and Silk Dress Goods at Deep Reductions
Dress patterns from this season’s lines offered at 2.50 and 3 from a major sale. ensembles include washable silks, brocaded taffetas, and all-wool serges with deep discounts. Also featured are silk waists, travel gear like canvas trunks and telescopes, and a midsummer shoe sale with women’s lace shoes at 1.89 and children’s Oxfords at 83c.
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