Community Notes From Cranbury and Surroundings 1918
Cranbury and nearby towns share a summer of visits and family news. Residents include the Groves and Bergen families visiting relatives in Cranbury Neck, Trenton, Hightstown, and surrounding areas. Burglars target Asher Bellis's home, while local clubs and individuals report social visits, renovations, and a new garage for Samuel E. Dey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Groves
Jamesburg
Elwood Groves
David Petty and Son
Bergen
Philadelphia
Disbrow Bergen
Symmes Bergen
Trenton
Anizi Duncan
Cranbury Neck
W. Elmer Bergen
John Gordon
Freehold
Asher Bellis
Hightstown
Dorothy Symmes
Tennent
H. C. Symmes
Grace McDowell
New Brunswick
John D. Chamberlin
Ernest Stults
Gladys
Arthur Clayton
John I. Bergen
Clarence Ervin
Edith Stauffer
Downington, Pa
Georgia Nutt
Collingswood
Elizabeth Fewsmith
Camden
Bertram Clayton
Helmetta Snuff Co
South Cranbury
Samuel E. Dey
Kickapoo Worm Killers Advertised For Children
A newspaper ad promotes Kickapoo Worm Killer candy lozenges for children with worms and indigestion. It claims to expel worms, regulate bowels, tone the system, and improve mood, offered by Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co. in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kickapoo Indian Medicine Co
Philadelphia
St. Louis
Goodwin's Band to Play at Belmar on Independence Day
Goodwin's Band has been engaged to give an afternoon and evening concert at Belmar on the Fourth of July. The event promises a full day of music and entertainment for residents and visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goodwin
Belmar
Hardware dealer takes over Bennett Harris shop in New York City
Bernard B Kadetsky of New York City purchases the stock and fixtures of Bennett Harris Hardware Dealers and will locate at the same site. He has six years in the Plumbing Heating and Tin ing trade in New York and comes highly recommended. He plans to open today and invites locals to visit. Special Panel of Jurors Drawn for Perrine case. Forty eight jurors named twelve to be chosen for next week’s trial in Hightstown. Air consumption rates per minute vary with activity from eight liters at rest to fifty seven liters during long distance running per Scientific American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Schafer
Hightstown
Frank Jemison
James Carton
Philadelphia
William F. Perrine
Marion Barclay
John Barclay
Finch
Trenton
Hannah Hammond
Claudius Hammond
Princesa
Ann
Maryland
Franklin Bennett
Elias Dey
Union Valley
St. Francis Hospital
Harry Beach
Rutherford
Wm. Hughes
John Chamberlin
Isaiah Barclay
Wm. N. Hughes
Mimah Newhouse
T. B. Woolston
C. T. Hoffman
Railroad Avenue
Richard Hagerty
Orville Moore
Brainerd Lake
H. N. Scott
David J. Wilson
Wm. Dennison
Wm. H. Johnson
Daniel Applegate
A. S. Cole
Sara Applegate
D. J. Wilson
Wm. Deningon
Bernard B. Kadetsky
New York City
Bennett & Harris Hardware Dealers
N. Y
Addison J. Perrine
Harry V. Holden
Scientific American
Chamberlain's Remedy Advertised for Summer Ills
A vintage advertisement touts Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for summer use. The copy urges every family to keep it on hand, claiming high value and likelihood of needing it, and notes it is for sale by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Eale
Take Plenty of Time to Eat and Chamberlain Tablets
An old health note urges slow eating to avoid indigestion and constipation and recommends Chamberlain's Tablets for relief after meals. The ad claims many stomach troubles have been cured and notes the tablets are easy to take and sold by all dealers.
Messiah's Kingdom and Coming Kingdom Come
The text proclaims a near glorious day of divine favor ushered in by Bessiah as the Sun of Righteousness to heal and bless, counterbalancing a long dark night of sin, sickness, and death. It invites readers to send thirty five cents for the Helping Hand for Bible Students tract Thy Kingdom Come from Bible and Tract Society at 17 Hicks Street Brooklyn NY.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bessiah
Bible and Tract Society
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
Plates in ancient kitchens and their rise in Europe
The passage notes that plates were unknown to ancient peoples who held meat by hand or used flat wheaten cakes. First mentioned around A D 600 among continental elites, by the ninth century plates became common in England and Europe. Early plates were made of wood or earthenware to avoid dulling knives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Generosity Stressed as Moral Guideline
A reflective exhortation urges readers to be magnanimous and charitable without regret. It advises opening the heart, giving freely, and accepting possible betrayal or ingratitude as the moral cost of generosity.
Pyramid of Gizeh No Longer Enigmatic
The Great Pyramid of Gizeh is presented as revealing solutions to long standing problems. The Watch Tower Society offers a two volume chapter with descriptions, astronomical and geographical verifications, and biblical allusions, obtainable for 35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pyramid
Gizeh
Watch Tower Society
Hicks Street
Brooklyn
He Laughed Till He Died
Abe Skinner of Taylorsburg laughed himself to death while reading Biff The National Magazine of Fun a cheerful illustrated periodical aimed at the whole family The ad promotes a one year subscription for 100 cents offering a special price and urges sending a clipping with payment to Dayton Ohio for affiliation and access to humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylorsburg
Ohio
Abe Skinner
BIFT
Biff
Dayton
It Serves You Right Wedding Girls For June Brides
June bride shoppers find affordable wedding attire with a broad range of prices on display. The shop highlights selection aimed at brides seeking timely fashions and value.
Sale of H Johnson Groves estate belongings
On the death of H Johnson Groves the executor offers for sale numerous farm and household items at bargain prices. Assets include two wagons, mowing machine, carriage, wood tools, harness, plows, thrashing outfit with steam engine and threshers, windmill, saws, grinder, and more. Prospective buyers urged to call early to inspect stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Johnson Groves
Auburn
Butterworth
Axminster Rug Length Strips Offered at 2 ft 3 in by 12 ft
Rug strips woven in the factory and sewn to form unique mats selling for 2.49 each though their value reaches 7.50. Strips measure 2 ft 3 in by 12 ft and can be joined to create larger runners. Also offered are Japanese matting samples priced at 10 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Axminster
Royal Axminsters
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the Cranbury Press
Applegarth A. C
Bordentown
John Labaw
Stella Labaw
Clarence Hagerty
Windsor
Ann Stults
Ely Perrine
James Dey
Samuel Dey
Samuel Bennett
Charles Hoffman
J. E. Bennett
Spring Lake
Charles Davison
Willis Applegate
Albert
Grover Snook
Ewing
W. Russell Silvers
White Plains
Alexander Milne
Helen Fenimore
Viola Fenimore
Burlington
Matilda Voorhees
John H.barclay
Allen Wilson
John Applegate
Allie
Anna
Red Bank
Harvey
Dey
William C. Voorhees
Arthur L. Burroughs
A. G. Hagaman
Helen
Edward
Atlantic City
E. C. Wilson
Pyramid OF Gizeh
Muna & Gost
New York Ranch
F St
Washington
China Shop
E. State St
New Jersey
Prerer H, Bennett
Cranbury, N, J
Safe Investments
W. Meredith Dickinson
Commonwealth Building
East State St
N.J
V. P. Bradley
O’neil's
Main Street
North Cranbury
James O’neil
Cranbury, N. Dey
P. Dunham & CO
Trenton, N. J
Eee
Norfolk
Ixcome
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