Local Notes From Cranbury Area June 11 1920
Mrs Lewis Hoffman of Englishtown visits Mr and Mrs Russell Johnson. B L McDowell hosts house painting with George Bogart as painter. Mrs Arthur L Burroughs and Betty of Montclair visit Mr and Mrs George B Mershon. Minnie Sutton from Newark visits her mother Mrs Robert Sutton. Mrs Benjamin Bayles and son visit Mrs Emma Reynolds. Rev L E Lennox visits daughters in New York. Mr and Mrs Walter Havens attend a grange meeting in Pemberton. Mr and Mrs William Cox attend Judge Daly’s daughter’s wedding in New Brunswick. Mrs Margaret Mershon operated on in St Francis hospital Trenton and improving. Mrs George Puerschner visits Ina in hospital. Puerschner had serious operation Friday and improves. Mary R Symmes ill with tonsillitis. Mr and Mrs W Cummings and daughter visit in Perth Amboy. William Chamberlin of Princeton visits his father Alfred Chamberlin. Miss Georgia Thompson visits Jamesburg friends. Mrs C O Lewis visits Fred Maple in Trenton. Mrs Napoleon Reeves and Mrs Benjamin Ridley in Trenton. Havens attend Pomona Grange meeting in Sussex. John Hughes returns from Blair Academy Blairstown. Mrs Samuel Nixon visits children in New Brunswick and son Archie Nixon in Presbyterian hospital New York after operation. June 16 auction: Stock Farm Machinery Household Goods near Rocky Hill. Ralph L Pullen near Rocky Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnie Sutton
Newark
Robert Sutton
Benjamin Bayles
Trenton
Emma Reynolds
L. E. Lennox
New York City
Walter H. Havens
Pemberton
William Cox
Judge Daly
New Brunswick
Margaret Mershon
St. Francis Hospital
George Puerschner
Miss Ina
Miss Puerschner
Mary R. Symmes
W. Cummings
Perth Amboy
Lewis Chamberlin
CO. H. Lewis
Fred Maple
Napoleon Reeves
Benjamin Ridley
Sussex, N. J
John Mowbrey
John
Mrs. Mowbrey
Welby
Eliza
Wanda
Walter
Dad
Mr. Mowbrey
Filta
Morton
Mrs. Welby
Miss Welby
Liscomb
Local Society Notes and Folklore Features
Hightstown Cranbury Station residents undergo minor surgeries at St. Francis in Trenton while others visit relatives and hosts share weekend entertaining. Also reports travel and family visits to New York, Florence, Harriman and Somerville. A feature on West Indies folklore describes the rolling calf omen and Nassau harbor master phantom shark with phosphorescent glow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
William Thorp
Nassau
Bahamas
Wanda Wins Walter by Secret Plan and Love
In a 1920 tale Walter faces a choice between Wanda and Eliza Welby. Wanda engineers a hidden engagement that reveals her true love for Walter and leads to an approved match, with Eliza's quiet generosity and Wanda's bold sacrifice guiding the outcome.
Cranbury Ordinance for Bonds to Build Township Hall and Fire Site
Cranbury Township Committee introduces a bond ordinance to issue 8000 dollars in serial bonds for acquiring a site and erecting a township hall and fire apparatus housing. Bonds are 500 dollar denominations, maturing 1 to 8 years, at 5 percent interest. Meeting set for June 21, 1920 for final passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Middlesex
New Jersey
County of
Volunteer Fire Company
Bell
United States of America
Odd Fellows Mall
Booze Not a Cure for Colic in Ames Notice
The Ames Iowa Intelligencer warns against using whiskey for pain or stomach trouble. It urges sending the sufferer to a doctor or using Cham Chamberslain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy. The column notes a common belief that alcohol is a remedy is mistaken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Hall's Catarrh Medicine Bellows a $100 Reward Claim
Frank J. Cheney swears as senior partner of F. J. Cheney & Co that the firm will pay $100 for each case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Oath dated December 6, 1886, notarized in Toledo. Public notice promotes Hall's medicine with testimonials and distribution via druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
A. D
A. W._GLEASON
Th. Hall
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Lewis Hoffman
Englishtown
Russell Johnson
B. L. McDowell
George Bogart
Arthur L. Burroughs
Betty
Montclair
Geo. B. Mershon
William Chamberlin
Princeton
Alfred Chamberlin
Georgia Thompson
Jamesburg
John Hughes
Blair Academy
Blairstown
Mrs. W. N. Hughes
Samuel Nixon
Archie Nixon
Presbyterian Hospital
New York
Ralph L. Pullen
Rocky Hill
Hightstown
Jackson Donaha
Cranbury Station
Allen Shanon
Charles Runyon
William Rogers
Applegarth
Edward Malan
St. Peter’s Hospital
BR. J. Gulick
Highland Park
Mrs
Daniel Croshaw
Frank Wolfe
Martin Wolfe
Windsor
Peter Johnson
Elmer Pullen
Harriman
Winfield Johnson
David Johnecon
Wm. P. Ferguson
Clayton
Somerville
Charles Rabold
George Bennett
Geo. B. Ely
Lillian Caine
Viah Absalom
Florence
Western Newspaper Union
The
Ames Iowa Intelligencer
Toonne
Hanneford
Hannefords
Sracer
Firrend Carlson
Cranbury, N. J
Mra
A. Hollenbeck
Plainsboro
Rahway
J. E. Ware
N. J
Schuman & Son
F_J_ScHoErn
N. Main St
John W. Pullen
H. M. Grover
P.O
H. Chandler
Bungalow Poultry Farm
Monmouth Junction
T. H. Jones & Bro
Stockton Street
Hightstown, N. J
S. P. Dunham & Co
Trenton, N. J
Children’s Day
Apollo Lodge
A.M
Clarence M. Thorne
W. M
Notary Public
Charles ¢. Groves
Office North Main Street
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