Cranbury notes and local visits in 1886
Cranbury region items include visits by Miss Maggiedine Bulway and Mrs Hutchinson of Yardville, various Cranbury residents in nearby towns, a harvest home planned for Pleasant Grove Drive, and temperance talks by Rev A. E. Kallard. Stolen horse and carriage recovered near New Brunswick. monument plans for William Clark estate. prohibition delegates chosen for Perth Amboy convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newbramewick
Wilinta DeWitt
West Windsor
D McLean Woeorliogs
William Clark
Samuel Fryer
Quincy
Cranbury Township
Chamberlin's Hall
Perth Amboy
Congress
Derrick G. Perrine
John 5
Davison
John &. Day
Middlesex Lodge 901 Officers Installed and Baseball Report
Middlesex Lodge 901 officers were installed by D D G M Ratyaher finishing his duties. He reports the district flourishing with 500 contributing Old Fellows in Middlesex County. A Saturday baseball game on July grounds had two strong sides and a 12 40 26 score. Jim Pheris broke a finger while attempting a catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. D G.M. Ratyaher
D. D. GM. Rathyaher
Middlesex County
Middlesex Lodge
Jim Pheris
New Educational Depart ment Opens For Young Pupils
Prof Edward Wiese plans a special primary department at Brainerd Institute with a separate room and a local teacher, supervised by Wiese, aimed at small children needing individual attention. Rates will be kept low and playground time set separately for the younger group. Also reported are a Washington Territory royal case and embezzlement charges against William P. Pierson, ex cashier of the American Baptist Publication Society, with losses near 30 thousand dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Wiese
Brainerd
Wiese
Wicse
EB. Weise
Cranbury N. J
William P. ‘Pierson
Baptist Board of Publication
Fortieth and
Ogden Streets
Pierson
Board of Publication
Tlow
Arigen
Srey
Litera
Epa
Punapetrma
William P. Pierson
Sucenty
Benjamin Welsberg
Society
Hye
Feleburg
Felsberg
Rattlesnake Bites Farmer in New Jersey Wheat Field
Joseph Totten of Sussex County was bitten on the right hand by a five foot rattlesnake amid a wheat sheaf. His crew killed the snake, a Branchville doctor cauterized the wound, and Totten suffers severe arm pain with fears of a fatal outcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Deroxertons
N.J
Joseph Totten
Susex County
Totten
Ulance
Branchville
Francis
Jersey City
Bard of Education
Hudson County
Frenincron
Tueday
Oon Aluil
David Dailey
David Dilts
Abridged Advice on Courtship and Marriage Roles
The passage offers cautionary counsel on romance and domestic life. It warns against deceitful flattery and soft promises, stresses practical duties, warns about rival suitors and in laws, and notes how cold weather and early missteps can seed marital strain. It emphasizes honesty about finances and the value of work, warning that neglect leads to later resentment.
Intemperate eating and a buried logbook mystery
A moral discussion links overeating to illness and crime while a Delaware River salvage reveals a seized 1742 Cavassiere box from Burlington with a creole woman's miniature, a lock of hair, a ship log, and notes on a slave owner who died of yellow fever. census and school funding details follow amid local curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boutuien
Delaware
Governmentiity
Fisher's Point
B.D. Cavadien
S. E
Ward of Ascension
B. D. Cavaliere
Burlington
Pennsylvania
Dank’s Ferry
New Orleans
Dr Kings New Discovery and Electric Bitters Advertisements
A Knoxville police chief testimonial praises Dr King s New Discovery for consumption and other throat chest and lung ailments with trial bottles at 9 A French s Drug Store. An Rome Georgia resident credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen s Arnish Salve for kidney trouble relief and recommends Electric Bitters as a blood purifier sold by 8 French.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J.J. Atkins
Knoxville
Tenn
Dr. King
J. M. Norris
Rome
Bezeman
Bucklen
Diverse Brightwares Adorn Mason & Allen Hightstown Shop
An inventory of goods at Mason & Allen in Hightstown features new mnncekerel extra No 1 and other grades, wallpaper and bordering, dress fabrics, curtains, lace, and silk boucle dress goods. Dey Beekman & Chamberlin offer lumber. E H Savage markets building materials and fencing. promotions include 10 dollar all wool suits and baking powder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin
Ghulie
Dey Beekman, & Chamberlin
Hightstown
Mason & Allen
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Maggiedine
Bulway
Englishtown
Misa Rilis Jurrough
New Brunswick
Maggie Cole
Luella Bergen
Phladelphia
Garrio Yetuuah of
Auboy
Benjamin Uarragh
Mrs
William Silvers
Mise Rachel Silvers
Asbury Bark
Baird Wryckoff
Squaw
Cranbury
Brainerd [Ustatute
Alfred M. Perrine
Rev. J
van Dyke
Cecelia Snedeker
Mr. VD. Bergeon
A. E. Kallard
State’ Temperance Alliance
Sause
Pleasant Greee Dr
P. Griggs
Roolwin’s
Ind
Sue Music
Gossip Jr
Trenton
Wail
Osun
Msc
Dertvvit
John Bikemen
Blackwoodstuci N. J.cune
Jamesburg
Rev
B.S. Everett
Mr. Everett
Ent
Newell
Centralia
Washington Territory
William A. Newell, Jr
Insane Asylum
John Black
Mt. Holly
Ne Jersay
New York World
Lane
Newark
New Jersey News
New York
New Jeraey News
US Lake
Plainsboro
Matherine
Ocean Grove
R. Y
P.O. Box
Cransury, N.J
Sein Satemge
Ero
Kenly Mide
D.W. Hoagland
Mason & Allen’s
Hoagland
E. I. Savage's
Dey
Beekman & Chamberlin’s
Sarah Silks
Fenet
E-He-Savage’s
Alhirge
Goodwin's
H. Savage
Mason & Allen's
Mason & Alles
Kenton’s
St Goodwin's
Sadie
Misses
Dey, Beekman, & Chamberlin’s
A.T. Skillman
E. H. Savage
Thomas Scarlett
Railroad Ave
Meals-ag
Peter Rathgeber
John Schneider
Jeweler
Peace St
Schneider
Steweley
Magic Starch Co
Philadelphia
Peace Street
New Brunswick, N. J
Jin
Crixkiro
Crixxrep
Crinkiup Srensvexen
Mussin Baraaty
Hill
Wuitt Birroxsg
Priestley
Lapiés
India
Warre
North, Greene, and
East State
St. Way
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