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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 26, 1918
Page
1
Rev J E Murry preaches Sunday morning on Undeveloped Befo1rces based on John 14 19 and Rev Warren Elsing offers a community service lamps that failed from Matthew 25 8 with Our lamps are going out and The Word of Christ as topics on Sunday morning.
The BE Society of the First church will meet in the chapel next Sunday evening for Lessons from the Bible Proverbs led by Bir Henry Wilson. The Woman's Home Missionary Society of the First Church meets next Friday at 4 PM to discuss Cuba and Porto Rico with committees listed. The Second Church Woman's Home Missionary Society meets next Friday with Mrs Wm Rogers, topic Our Young People in church presbytery and synod. committee members named. Ethel Johnson attended the Federation of Colored People at Bordento Thursday. A fire alarm sounded today when Frank Jemison, church sexton, burned brush but fire was quickly extinguished. Thursday's weather was ideal for picnics. The Second Presbyterian Sunday School enjoyed an outing to Manasquan Beach with swimming and lunch. Schultz Memorial Sunday School picnic Thursday at Carnegie Lake featured canoeing, swimming, and a good lunch.
County Detective John R. Ferguson arrested Joseph Wicott of Cranbury on a manslaughter charge after Ross Greene of New Brunswick was struck near Cranbury July 17 by a vehicle driven by Wicott. Bail of 3000 was posted, with sureties William Cole Daniel W. Clayton and Harry Scott.
Announcement of the marriage of Mies Elsie Bergen daughter of Disbrow Bergen Cranbury to William M. Stout Monmouth Junction. Stout stationed at Camp Dix. Ceremony held in Trenton Saturday July 13 at eight o clock by Rev. Dr. Wm. M. Curry Fourth Presbyterian Church. Bride wore blue satin and georgette crepe. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Russell Spratford Cranbury. Mrs. Stout to reside in Trenton for now.
Miss Hannah Koerner daughter of Samuel Koerner Cranbury married Dr Adolph Herdman Friedman at 837 Princeton Avenue Trenton. Ceremony by Dr Harry K Jacobs. Bride wore navy panne velvet suit and pink rose bouquet. Couple will honeymoon and reside at 205 Black Walnut Trees Wanted.
State officials urge wood as winter fuel to save coal for towns and aid freight flow. Circular notes 350000 tons of excess wood in New Jersey forests could substitute coal. removal will improve woodlands. Residents should thin woods, not strip areas, and seek free guidance from State Forester in Trenton.
Mrs. R. P. Parker of a Cherry Hill area chicken farm, alone with a 20 month old, used a dog and a gun to fend off John Moore who hid near a gate and attacked her. Moore fled after Parker threatened to shoot him. Authorities tracked him to a bush near Princeton and jailed him in Somerset county. Moore, 65, previously served a 12 year sentence for a similar assault near Mount Holly.
At a Senate hearing on war prohibition, Secretary Daniels asserts the dry order boosts efficiency across shipyards. He cites Mare Island and Newport yards, noting increased output and a world record launch time at Mare Island. He argues workers remain patriotic and noncritical of prohibition, including in Washington's future gun factory. A separate faint local note mentions a barn fire at the Selvoski farm and a brief line on spring healing.
An article explains calf cramps, their causing factors such as exercise and arterial hardening, and a simple relief method: stand on tiptoe to stretch the calf and rub the contracted spot. Recurrent cramps suggest a constitutional fault needing medical advice.
The piece mocks a trend toward fish skin leather noting a fish skin shoes idea amid shortages. Experts claim aquatic skins offer a new resource while Walden disciples debate leather curing. Fishermen advise courting youths to wear stockings if fish skin shoes appear in society.
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