Passenger schedules and local society notes from Cranbury area
Philadelphia and New York time tables with returning routes to Trenton Freehold Tong Branch and local posts show weekday departures and shore up travel. The column also records visits from Mrs Wyckoff and Mrs Perrine, arrivals from Philadelphia Princeton Ocean Grove and Trenton, church and school events, and social notices of dances, dinners, and a Princeton-Yale game attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wyckoff
Ed ' Bank
Mia
Samuel Perrine
Frank Symmes
Tennent
Cranbury
Raymond Stilwell Thas
Princeton
William Stults
South Amboy
W. Appléget
Carrie Brauby
Spring Lake
Clara Bergen
Dominicus Mershon
Ocean Grove
Birs
Glarente Grover
Belle Mershon
J. V. D. Mershon
Asbury Park
Frank Sleeper
Elizabeth
F. A. Brown
Holmes van Dusen
Sarah Herbert
John Gulick
New York City
Aisa Grace
Perrine
Hortense Hazzard
Hightstown
Mary Webster
Washington, D. C
H. C. Symmes
Ezekiel Ridgeway
Myra
Trenton
Jacob Voorhees
Shoemaker
University of Pennsylvania
Community notices and social happenings in Cranbury District
Bread and cake sale to close the Ladica-Industrial Union season at the Second Presbyterian Church chapel next Saturday June 22 from four o'clock. Harvery H. Hoffman, Monroe township overseer, injured in a wire accident. Lewin and Son report a strong potato crop on a sixteen acre field. Mrs. Margaret Chamberlain of Hightstown hosts Luella Bergen and James Potter wedding in Cranbury with guests and lavish decor. Potter leaves for Pittsburgh after reception. bride a Peddie Institute graduate and musician. Local court verdict favors Forman Stone Supply Co. against Newton defendants amid disputed testimony. Devoe’s carriages paint advertised by Bergon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hutchinson
George Ewinger
Brown & Gibson
Cranbury Station
Mason & Son
Hightstown
E. Burnham Moffett
Wall St
New York City
William Petty
S J. Francia Hospital
Trenton
H. C. Symmes
Princeton University
Misa
Gertrude M. Davison
Monongahela City
Rey
J. C. Holmes
Edgar Newman
Mayme Gulick
Nanny Groves
Florie Bergen
Lotta Goodwin
H.C. Symmes
N. F. Clayton
R. J. BliDowell
Barclay
John J. Bradley
Charles Wah Horn
A. 0
Ladica-Industrial Union
Second Presbyterian Church
Margaret Chamberlain
Hightatown
Luella Bergen
James Potter
Pittsburg
Brown
Ernest Wyckoff
Garfield Chamberlain
Emily Walker
Rome
Bergen
Cranbury
C. P. Euches
D. D
Reir
Peddie Institute
Jeb
Silvers
Supreme Court
Newark
Swayze
Forman Stone Supply Co
Odonnell& McManiman
Newton
Sussex
A. S. Apperger
The
Stone Co
Appelger
Appeleet
God
Paven
Jesus
Celeste
Margaret Curry
Florence Bergen
Sara Perrine
Lizzie
Asa Daviron
Charlie
Symmer
Civea Huttingtop
Ella Applenet
Renn Bradley
Clarence Perrine
Ellie Appleget
Roderick Stonakerad
Stolta
J. J. Curry
Second Presbyterian
Sallie Everett
Olive Petty
Mary Hughes
Sarah Applegate
Lizzie Perrine
Margaret Voorhees
Elsie ‘Bergen
Florence Perrine
Eimu Mershon
Waldo Perrine
David Lewis
Willie Bogart
Eddie Petty
Ernest Buulta
Frank—Pavis
Charles Groves
Russell Silverssunt
Warren Farr
Myra Ridgeway
Sadie Rever
Edna Hagerty
Esther Nixon
Edith Ferris
Wilmer Williams
Willie Taylor
Willie Nixon
Sammy Nixon
Robert Johnson
Stults
Emma Mershon
Belog
Maurie Groves
Beatsie Bergen
Lucinda Nixon
Eva Long
Charles Latter
Adolus Allep
Christ
Liuletk
Methodist Cuerca
Children honor day scenes in Cranbury services
Church services featured young readers and recitations at First and Second Presbyterian, with baptisms and Bible verses. The Methodist event highlighted Loyal Soldier themes as children performed and the High School prepares June entertainment in Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palma
Freddie Cox
An Puerschner
Florence Stimmon
Alex
Harold Appleger
Cicely
Cora Clayton
Sadie Appleger
John W. Lynch
Odd Fellows Hall
Philadelphia
Cranbury High’ School
J. W. Lynch
Minnie E. Brown
Annie R. Voorhees
Salo
Mattio Itula
Spencer W. Perrine
S. P. Dunham & Co. Plans for Spring Dry Goods
S. P. Dunham & Co. reports a remarkable turn in spring dry goods sales as plans miscarry. Unexpected events and extremely low prices on high quality styles drive unusually strong demand, making this the most remarkable selling period in the store’s history.
5,000 Yard Silk Show and Lace Sale Notes
A colonial era catalog fragment advertises silk yardage and lace with prices. It mentions silk fabrics including twilled satin foulards, taffeta silks, plain satin finished silks, silk organises, and chanti lique laces. It touts washability, summer wear, and bright prints, with wholesale season end sales and discounts for lace flounces and appliques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean
Black Silks Sale: Deep Discounts on Finney Silks
Unusual sale offers black silks at reduced prices across several varieties. Prices drop from about $1.10 to 81 cents for taffetas and chiffons, with 27 inch satin foulards and lace-like satins listed. Q1: specifics vary by fabric type. stock includes test armure, Mack shendhai, Shanghai silks, and grenadines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finney
Shanghai China
A Counterful of Silk Remnants
A list of silk remnants kept for sale in various lengths and types. Mentions include Talletas, foulards, liberty satins and waist suitable fabrics. Prices noted range from five to fifty cents and include multiple varieties.
Clothing Fabrics and Cassimere Textiles for Tailors
A catalog of fabrics lists English broad cloths 32 inches wide in various colors and black. Includes mixed cassimeres suited to tailor made suits 46 inches wide. Also golf cloths for tailor made suits inches wide with reversible plaid backs previously priced at 1.54, 1.50, or 1.10 per yard. Colors include grey blue brown and tan blends with solid or plaid backs.
Summer Furniture Parade Invites Verandas and Indoors
The Broad street store converts most of the first floor into a summer furniture showcase offering cool looking pieces at lower prices. Oak porch chairs with brass accents, maple framed chairs, versatile bent backs, and sturdy lawn seats priced from 60 cents to 3 dollars and change highlight a durable, comfortable collection designed for outdoor and indoor use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broad Street
Das Ev
Trenton
Calicoes and Ginghams at Four Cents a Yard
Readable notice promises calicoes and Aaron Ginghams at four cents a yard. Indicated as scarce hourly goods, the ad asserts these fabrics are needed items and rarely reach this low price, urging readers to come and buy.
Cool Summer Gowns Offer Low Cost Washable Styles
Advertises washable summer gowns in madras pique linen and lawns with prices from 2.98 to 6.00. Includes white pique skirts with Hamburg insertion and stitched bands, priced 1.90 to 26.50. Mentions crash linen toweling skirts durable under heavy wear with white duck trim priced 1.10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madras
Dress description with separate styles and prices
An advertisement describes a dress at 1.50 with pink and blue figures. It features a full front and back yoke, a feathered braid edging, a belt from the side, tight waist in front, tight sleeves, and a turn over collar. Another style offered at 1.50.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Bordentown
Freehold and Tong
Wharf
Desbroases and Cortlandt Sta
Lickelapent
J. R. Woon, G
P. A. J. B. Hurcuthyon
Ella Stults
Mien
Rachel Silvers
Princetop—t University
First Presbyterian Chapel
Agting
Goodwin
BM. E. Harvest
Silvera’ Grove
Windsor
Gravel Hill Chapel
First Church
Brel and Cirke Sale
H. Hoffman
Harvey H. Hoffman
Monroe Township
D.C
Lewin& Son
Mre
Frank
Es Fish and Game
Ayers
Metuchen
Potter—Chamberlain
Devoo’s
John 8
Bergon
Ira Olferson
Jamesburg
Frank 8. Davis, Jr
Chin Chamberlin
Bleinor Davis
Asplonun
J.B. Curry
Clara Ogden Chamberlin
Mita
Minnie -Elizabeth Bown
Minnie Wolfe
Pymmes' Davis, Jr
Mise
Ethel Thomas
Martha I. Stultsy
Whitlock Perrine
Jainine Davison
Adolos Allen
Presbyterian Church
Monroe Board of Education
Charles Farr
Cranbury Press
Soviate
D. W. Chayrox
Ieee Gro
Ely
Abijah Applegate
Cranbury, N.f
Devoe
FLW
Devon & Co
Rae
John S. Bergen
Apollo
Cranbury, S.J
Krex Dairy Co
Mapes Fertilizers
Mapes
D.C. Lewis & Son, Agents
Gravibury
N. J
Forman Hardware Co
S. UG. Forman
S. P. Dunham & CO
Trenton,n. J
Sea Isle
White Point Desprite
Calicoes
Aaron Ginghams
Sane Street
Ned
Silk
Grenadines
C.c.blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
Mackintoshes
Vannest, Coleman & Co. Manufacturing Clothiers
East State St
Queens
Hebrons
State of Maine
Green Mountains
Robbins
Eureka
C. Ribsam
the German American Insurance Co., OF
Americuts Compania
Frank A. Blown
OKT
Henry C. Submames
A. Rue
Orandury
Gatfafactory
J. Murphy
CRANBURY, N._J
Bool-Porter House
Perlb
Hamas
Tam
Edward Schaffer
Hightstown, MN
A Brown
Liverpool & London & Globe
German American, Inc. Co
North America
North British & Mercantie, Queen
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Cranbury, N. J
Johnson
W.H. Johnson
Cranbury, NJ
Mason & Hamlin
New Jersey
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N.J
Masonic Temple Music Store
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