Revival and social notices fill Cranbury church report
In Cranbury and nearby towns the Methodist church schedule includes a pastor's sermon at 2:30 pm and evening services, with community announcements of visitors from Princeton, Brooklyn, Trenton, and Paterson. Harvest Home plans and a Christian Endeavor convention are noted, along with local social events, birthdays, and a call for a new Fire Company formation at the M C A Rooms on August 2 with D C Lewis leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Christian ‘Endeavor Society of
New Jersey
Asbury Park
M.C. A
D.C. Lewis
Y.M.C
City of
New York
Applegate
Ofrical
State and Warren Sts
Trenton
N. J
Fetter
Macaal
Lightning Strikes Home of Isaac Cubberly Near Cranbury
A heavy thunder shower last Thursday evening struck the house of Isaac Cubberly near Cranbury. The lightning tore wallpaper in one room and caused damage in other areas while the family stood stunned but unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Cubberly
Cranbury
Harvest Home Dates for Local Churches
The Dutch Neck Harvest Home is set for Thursday August 4. The Baptist Church Hightatown Harvest Home occurs Tuesday August 2. Prospect Plains Sunday School plans Harvest Home on Thursday August 11. The Presbyterian Church of Dayton will hold its annual Harvest Home on August 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dutch Neck
The
Baptist Church
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Sadie Perrine Held at First Church
Obituary notices recall Mrs. Sadie Perrine and Miss Mary Walker of the First Church, with services at homes and church, plus a garden gathering in Woods of Grover near Grovers Mills. A child’s funeral and a Tuesday YMC A meeting discuss fire protection and Harvest Home events fill the social calendar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sadie Perrine
Firat Church
Mary Walker
First Church
The Value of College Training for Girls in Domestic Life
A 19th or early 20th century column argues college training is valuable for a girl when feasible, but not essential. It urges restraint for those not suited or physically strong, praising home life as a wiser path and noting college benefits extend to wife and mother roles. It underscores knowledge’s value yet supports choosing home duties over schooling if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bok
August Ladies Home Journal
Methuselah
Nan
Bliasis
Chicago
W. M. Repine
Tiskilwa
Dr. King
Big Fortunes From Small Inventions
A survey argues large fortunes often come from simple inventions or lucky twists in common ideas. It cites fasteners, collars, safety pins, wire toppers, hairpins, and more as examples. Edison, McCormick, Corliss, Bell, Howd, and Tesla are named for wealth from lasting innovations and industry revolutions per George Ethelbert Walsh in Cousier's Magazine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison
McCor
Bio Reaper
Corliss Exigino
Ita
Fortvite
Pee Bell
Elias Howd
Nikola Tesla
George Ethelbert Walsh
Cousier
War Statistics From Napoleons to Civil Wars
A compilation of figures on nineteenth century wars including costs of Napoleon I and Napoleon III conflicts, Crimean skeletons repurposed as fertilizer, and US Civil War ordnance outputs. It notes European soldier diets, and details China and imperial army pay structures, with sources cited as the Boston Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Napoleon Bonaparte
Louis Napoleon
France
England
Union Ordnance Department
Army
Europe
China
Curious Callings and Odd Notices From a Distant City
A note on Servis belief in vampires who inhabit newborns and their blood sucking habit cured by garlic amulets. The Hongkong Press reports a beggar building a fine three story teahouse near the south gate, funded by native charity. A German paper carries a strange ad seeking funds for a penitential journey to the Holy Land under Christian Love.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Servis
Hongkong
Holy Land
Punny Parable Snippets From Old Times
A series of pointed paragraphs mix jokes and wry observations on life, money, and society. The voice riffs on age, prudence, and opportunity with quick vignettes about wealth, fame, and human foibles, including a mock Vegetarian banter and a jail scene with a dramatic price hint.
Willing Exiles in Paris Aids to Its English Life
A London Mail inspired piece notes the English and American presence in Paris forms a substantial, wealthy colony within the city. It describes sociable elites, residential clusters, and church support, arguing expatriates sustain many Parisian shops and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Napoleon I
Fouche
Napoleon
Edmund Monson
Neal
Rue Castiglione
London
Leicester
Scho Square
Aprak
Paria
Rene
England
London Mail
Spain's losing game and other old excerpts
A mixed collage of 18th and 19th century miscellany. The piece discusses Spain's ancient empire and its once vast power under Philip II, then moves to remarks on an Apple Tree in Rhode Island, Tom Keene anecdotes, the Bay of Mondego sun dial, and brief jokes about personal appearance, poison almonds in peaches, and a Boston Transcript quip about a lad wanting schooling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Solomon Crowne
Mount Hygeia
North Foster
Rhode Island
Pomona
Tom Keene
California Theater Stock Company
San Francisco
Jake
Paderewski Guided by Hotel Porter in New York Maze
A detailed reminiscence recounts Paderewski losing his way in a vast New York hotel maze while seeking his apartment. A black hotel servant offered directions, leading him to a barber shop instead, prompting the manager to apologize and explain the staffer meant well in aiding a guest in trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paderewski
Paderowski
New York
Tha
Coon
Blackamoor
Sloper
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the Cranbury Press
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J. E. Curry
Gannata ScHool
Fs ‘Faylor
Paaten Mzerine
Methodist Churce
J. Ben Torpin
Banoata Bonoor
Ernouts Leaaue
Temperance Les Bom
Mr. E. Humphreys
de Nelson
Gen
Grenkung
First National
Bank
Mrs. van Deventer
Brooklyn
Mr. B. Bradley
Mrs. Symmes Bergen
A. J. Duncan
Gertrude Hart
West Philadelphia
Alex
Amy Sutton
Paterson
Robert Sutton
Ivins Horner
Burlington
William Bronaker
Frank Barr
Hightstown
Henry Rue
Clifton N. J
Alfred Hae
Jamesburg
Wigwam Grove
Lewis Var ‘Dusen
Point Pleasant
Tim
Elwood van Dusen
PeVoe Soyn
Buidhy
Myrta Chamberlain
Albert Chamberlain
Hightatown
8. J. Chamberlain
John Dunham
Elliston
Stanley Bergen
Princeton
Russell Bilvers
Neal Gulick
Ben. Levett
David Thurston
L. Suydam
Atlantic City
Cicero Lewis
Perth Amboy
Ellison Petty
Carrie
Newark
John Petty
Cranbury and
Tennent
Geo. B. Mershon
Emma
Messrs
John
Alfred Puerschner
George
Alfred
Sandy Hook
Porto Rico
Fred Whitlock
Schnectady
Harvest Homes
Burroughs
O. P. Eaches
Jesus
Heaven
Harvest Home
Joseph H. Grover
Grovers’ Mills
Princeton Junction
Goodwin
Manning & Brink
Christian Endeavor Society of the
First Presbyterian Church
Wacneas
Mia
Sadie Porrine
Waerts
Granbury Peeas
Marn A. Rus
C Mas
W. H. Johnson
Fonence Beroen
Mauve L. Buggevans
Aya Soule
WAR Statistics
Vegetarian Society
Great Plain
Hal
Manila
Dewey
Spain
Macaulay
Philip I
America
Elizabeth
Algorica
Indian Ocean
Philip
Keene
Bayon Moroo
Moerorna—Uusafmad
Wilder
Clara
Mamma
Tom
Mr. Manning
Fred
Academic Groven
Boston Transcript
Tommy
Small Tommy
Wall
Gulchtown
Washington Star
Terry
Chicago Tribune
Detroit Free Press
Tex
Cincinnnati Enquirer
Sligo
Judy
Atchistn Globe
Somerville Journal
India
Higgins
Indianapplies Journal
Bucklen
N. F. Clayton
James Jones
Jones & Sons
Cowden
Ill
le Grippe
Pana
N.J
Frank
Mamel Murrougha
Walker
Mary
First Nationa
U.B
LawFun MoNney Rerervein Bank
Ameeie - Ees
Lexus
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Bute
New Jessy
Mippiesex
George B. Nershan
Casnten
Fraxe A. Brown
Notary Public
Conteor—Atlant
Avex
Cone
Joan S.srivene
David GC. Laws
Lemuel Brulta
Plymouth Rocks
Franklin Walker
Alex. Foder Walker
County of
Middlesex
Walter Scott
Frank Acott
Albert B. Bootty
Benjamin
A. Acott Deenn
Middisaex
Bengamini A. Scot
Elaine
Albert B
Mott
Oth Ave
WM. D. Perrine
Newmouth Junction
Iw. J
Shire
Il. Voorbees
E. State St
Trenton, N.J
North Broad
East State Street
Marseilles
Palmer
Bard
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
Sharpless & Carpenter's
W. H. Patty
Torker
A. Featherstone & Co.,of
G. D. van Derveer
Dayton
Sobmer & Co
J. & C. Fischer
Emerson, Smith & Barnes
Waldorf & Royal Pianos
Mason & Hamlin
Carpenter, Wilcox & White and
Waterloo Organs
Snedeker & CO
Warren Street
Trenton, N. J
Magonic Temple Music Store
A. S. Cole & Son
Faulmers' Fence Machine Co
Mageiotona, Mat
Tan Ar
Bastedo & Errickson
Dayton, N. J
Ee Ageovts
Henry C. Symmes
Ormce
German American Insurance Co
Bates Caer
Frank A. Brown
Orahbury
Alin Street
A. Ros
Cbanbury
J. Murphy
Cranbury, N. J
Catainzua
Brent
Sven Ee Lee
Cranbury Station
Vick
James Vicks Sons
Rochester, N
Grounus
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