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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1910
Page
3
Miss Bessie Dey of Newark visits Cranbury friends and attends weekend gatherings. Local residents travel to Asbury Park, Philadelphia, and Atlantic City for visits and church events. Infant Anna Schnoll ill. Edward Petty guests visit. Postmaster Brown ill. automobile news among Cranbury residents.
Couples may obtain marriage licenses from Ancil M. Davison assessor Cranbury to wed. Village Improvement Society calls for large attendance at next Monday evening meeting at the Library 8 o'clock. Middlesex Tax Board visited Cranbury and found Assessor A M Davison's work correct and fair.
The notice invites locals to Harvest Home events on the school grounds Wednesday. It mentions the boys will be present for supper and entertainment, and Cranbury reports a strong turnout and sizable profit from harvest activities.
A group enjoyed a day of fishing at Saddlers Point on Tuesday. The party included Mr. and Mrs. D. J. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. George Davison Mr. and Mrs. Walter Grover Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Conover Mr. and Mrs. H. Scott Mr. and Mrs. Richard Mason Mr. and Mrs. H. Farr Mr. and Mrs. J. Rowland Mr. and Mrs. D. X. Appleget and Russell Johnson. The outing was by automobile and they returned home pleased.
Morning services include a class meeting at 10:30 followed by preaching on Concealed religion. Evening sermon titled The one Great Sign. Sunday school convenes at 3 PM led by Mr Sylvanus Davison with Mrs Fred Heidinger listed on the convalescent list.
Two boys camped on opposite lake sides with names listed for each group. Funerals held for two children, Margaret Eatella Epps and a Conover infant, interments at Plaina boro and Rocky Hill respectively. Mrs. Catherine Fisher, 74, fractured her leg after a porch fall and was hospitalized at Mercer. Colonel Mahlon R. Margerum chosen to manage Asbury Park aviation meet. Princeton Athletics defeat Cranbury 3 to 0 at home. tomorrow they travel to Yardville for a tougher test.
Dr E H Dickey longtime Ocean Grove resident and former Williamsburgh leader died suddenly from apoplexy at 932 Gates Ave. He was 1841 born in Atworth New Hampshire and served in Civil War. He was oldest Past Commander of DeWitt Clinton Commandery Knights Templar and health inspector for Brooklyn since 1898. Funeral held with Magonio ritual under Hyatt Lodge auspices. He left a widow and two daughters.
Citizens shared social calls at Asbury Park and Dayton while neighbors enjoyed Sunday motor trips and new arrivals. The Farmers' Exchange opened for business as A B Cole Son Co delivered a piano to Mrs. John Barlow. Progress of the automobile era and household life provide local context and reflection.
Early Monday a laborer at Yardville fell from the window of the old school house where he slept. the man was shaken but no foundation for a reported fight existed. Also noted are deaths of Joel H. Sprague and Samuel H. Nutt in Hamilton township, Ola M. Conklin named carnival queen of Keyport, and a temperance campaign meeting in Metuchen.
A string of society items from Princeton notes visitors and travelers. James Neil, Mrs James Neil, and Alexander Wesley visit Pittsburg. Wises Ft Charles S Robinson sails for Europe aboard Cedric, plans Scotland and the Alps return in September. Prof Stockton Axson visits family in Lyme Connecticut then plans New England coast trip with sister Pete Axson. architect J Irwin Bright completed plans. A E Vanderbilt vacations at Atlantic City guest at Haddon Hall. Rose photographic rooms on Nassau Street updated with new paint. V Lansing Collins visiting Waynesboro Virginia relatives. Mrs Stryker suspends vacation in Albany until next month. Malcolm Maclaren family at Bay Head summer cottage. Franks Irwin family congratulate birth of daughter Charlotte Martin Irwin in New Haven July 15. Major Vandoren on vacation in Blue Mountains Montereyton. Moses Taylor Pyne hosts a New York party by automobile. Princeton University police James Heenan on two-week vacation. Michael McCloskey joins Princeton Light Heat and Power as lineman. William Gabriel enters cab business in Asbury Park. Mr and Mrs Charles F Imbrie to Sunapee New Hampshire for summer. Harald Imbrie Andrew Tojbrie Charles W Halsey Paul Brentice Ezra Prentice canoe Canada next month. John Lake moves from Rocky Hill to Princeton area. Captain A L Green hosts guests Isaac S Green of Asbury Park. John Warren sails to Ireland for remaining days at old home. Mr and Mrs J Anderson occupy bungalow at Long Point Virginia. John Kane returns from Newport visit. George G Melburg returns from Atlantic City.
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