Various Local Notices and Events in New Jersey
Miss Emma Rue of New Market visited family. Ellsworth Applegate moved to a new rental opposite Jacob Snedeker. Miss Emma Everingham opens a millinery at the Press Building for spring. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farr move to Ralph Farr’s home near Cranbury. Mrs. Stonaker is kin to hon. Joseph Choate. Northcott signs $9000 for a Willard statue in Washington. Spring signs: birds, straw hats. Fred Davison gains a Treasury Dept post in Washington. U S cruiser New Jersey and Indiana arrive at Havana under Rear Admiral Sampson. Annie Miller returns from St Francis Hospital in serious condition. 30 acres from late Judge Spier heirs bought by E. P. Benjamin for building lots near Allenhurst. Montgomery Bastress and Banks Bastress move to Pennsylvania. Monty led Middlesex Dairy, Banks takes over. J. H. Goodwin store improves with paint and paper, son Harry contributing. Long Branch to get second fountain. $870 contract to J. L. Mott Iron Works. fountain by May 1. Mr. and Mrs. C. Edgar Newman host a progressive euchre for ~40. prizes to Miss Mary Groves and M. A. Rue Jr. Clara Wyckoff and Edwin Lupton wed at Holmdel. plan Matawan housekeeping. Buffalo Acetylene Gas Co. launches 30 days trial machine to replace illuminants. promoted as insurer favorite. Smallpox hits Princeton. two student cases. faculty bars correspondents. some students leave town.
Burlington dentist seeks home in Hightstown
Dr. Adams, a Burlington dentist, seeks a home in Hightstown. Peach growers near Hightstown report crops will be unusually small this year as buds are dying and only about fifty remain alive.
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Adams
Burlington
Hightstown
Hightsown
Large Party in Dayton Celebrates Prosperous Merchant Opening
A large party at Dayton home of William Rue drew about eighty guests on Wednesday evening with dancing and music by New Brunswick performers. H M Voorhees of Trenton, a two year entrepreneurial success, hosts Spring Opening and Anniversary of Tailor made garments. Willing Workers Mission Band fundraiser in First Church chapel raised substantial funds, with a decorative fair featuring crafts, ice cream, and flowers, netting $55 for the band’s work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Rue
Dayton
New Brunswick
H. M. Voorhees
East State St
Trenton
Voorhees
Garmenta of
Paris Designa
Kattenburg
Ladies’ Aid Society
Mra. Symmes Perrine
U'S
New Jemsly
John G. Grover
William Hunt
John FB. Hunt
New Jersey
South Brunswick
Middle- Rox
James B. Dayton
Alexander Gulick
Henry van Dyke
John van Dyke
Noe
Wiliam Boyles
Echaina
Elghty
Lana
Beery van Dyka
Henry Gullek
William J. van Dyke
George J Litters
Peten Francia Daly, Loltetter
Epidemic scare eased as no new varioloid cases reported
The Morning News reports no new varioloid cases at the University and that Robert Stein is recovering. Authorities calm excited students, believing prompt measures prevented further infection and epidemic danger. Kipling improves daily. his two daughters also ill with pneumonia, with doctors cautious on full recovery. The Pope slept well after Wednesday operation. Queen Marif ill with bronchial pneumonia. Choate in London meets officials as labrador wreck details emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert 8. Stein
Rudyard Kipling
The Dying Convict's Last Words Inspire Song Release
A Civil War era style confession is recounted as Reverend Thomas Delaney, chaplain at a state penitentiary, comforted a dying convict who requested a future message to his family. The piece details the man's plea for privacy and the chaplain’s oath, then shifts to notice of the Greene Music Publishing Co releasing a related song for 20 cents. It also covers broad notes on the Boston Peace Jubilee of 1872, its orchestra, chorus, and attendees, plus brief corporate filings for Union Bag and Paper, Lanyon Zinc, and Washington Power Transmission companies with stated capital and founders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thos, Delaney
Greene Music Publishing Co
E. Fifth Street
Cincinnati
Ohio
Boston
Monmouth Chorus
Luther L. Holden
America
Merch Home Journal
Marine Band of
Washington
Reading Circle Meets Next Wednesday on Curiosities Topic
The Reading Circle will gather at Mrs. Ezekiel 8 Barclay's home next Wednesday March. Roll call responses and miscellaneous selections precede a discussion on Curiosities of Nature and Plates of Note in Our Country. Participants include Mrs. C F Taylor, Mrs BE Stults, Mr Symes Perrine, Mrs H C Symmen, and Miss Rachel Silvera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ezekiel
Barclay
C.F. ‘Taylor
Mra
BE. Stults
Central States
Symes Perrine
Auctions at Cranbury list sales by March dates
W H Johnson Auctioneer Cranbury NJ announces sales for J H Krewson near Monmouth Junction March 6 stock farm implements household goods March 7 new farm machinery H H Mershon Monmouth Junction March 9 horses cows and farm machinery Mercer RB Reed Princeton March 14 stock and farm implements A Moses Kingston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnson
Cranbury, N. J
J. H. Krewson
Monmouth Junction
H. H. Mershon
Mercer RB
Reed
Princeton
A. Moses
Kingston
Last Tour of the Season to Jacksonville by Pennsylvani a
Pennsylvan ia Railroad announces the final personal conducted tour to Jacksonville leaving New York and Philadelphia by Pullman Palace cars Tuesday March 7. Round trip tickets with meals included and valid to May 31, 1899 are priced from $48 to $64.85 plus proportionate rates. agents in New York Philadelphia Canandaigua Erie Wilkesbarre Pittsburgh and others offer itineraries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jacksonville
New York
Philadelphia
Canandaigua
Erie
Wilkesbarre
Pittsburg
Broadway
Thomas Purdy
Long Branch District
Broad Street
Newark
N. J
Thomas E. Watt
Western District
George W. Boyd
Odd Horse Shoeing Customs From Around the World
The article describes diverse horseshoes including straw shoes in Japan and Iceland, horn shoes in the Sudan, camel skin footwear in Australia, and a German experiment with oil treated paper shoes. It also includes a humorous school anecdote from Landor's Retort at School involving a boy and a Latin apple pun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Iceland
Horseahoar
Oxoa
Sudan
Australia
Local Grocery Ads Highlight Cheap Dry Goods in Cranbury
A Cranbury advertisement urges shoppers to avoid outside trips and shop Goodwin's for groceries and domestic dry goods. It lists ginghams at five cents, light colored outings at eight to ten cents, Masling and Prints at five to seven cents, and towels and table linens at very cheap prices.
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Cranbury
Goodwin's
New Wedgewood Blues Unveiled For Cadets
Colors Dove greens greys and browns feature the new Wedgewood line for cadets. A 40 inch width priced at 1.00 is highlighted amid fabric and decor options.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
E. W. Dunham
Emma Rue
New Market
Uing Place
New Jersey State Reform School
Jamesburg
Ellsworth Applegate
Jacob Snedeker
Emma Everinghham
Richard Farr
Ralph
William Stonaker
Joseph Choate
Northcott
Illinis
Francis E. Willard
Capitol Building
Fred Davison
Englishtown
Busines College
Treasury Department
Washington DC
United States
Sampson
Indiana
Havana
Annie Miller
St. Francis Hospital
J. W. D. Beekman’s
Spier
E. P. Benjamin
Ocean
Allenhurst
Messrs
Montgomery
Chester Eastress
Pennsylvania
Montgomery Bastress
Middlesex Dairy
Banks
J. H. Goodwin
Harry
Long Branch
J. L. Mott Iron Works
C. Edgar Newman
Mary Groves
M. A. Rue, Jr
Mr. Lupton
Clara M. Wyckoff
Holmdel
Edwin Scott Lupton
Matawan
John H. Wyckoff
R. B. Fisher
Holmde! Baptist Church
Lupton
Buffalo National Acetylene Gag Company
Buffalo
N. Y
Princeton University
the Morning News
Kipling
Marif
MR. Choate
London
Earl of Pembroke
Lord Stewart
Royal Household
Choate
Claridge’s Hotel
Lord Salisbury
Foreign Office
Labrador
Dominion Line
St. John
N. B
Halifax
Liverpool
Mockingie Rock
Sherryvore Light
Hebrides
Scotland
Skerryvore
Tober Mory
Viking
Paper Trust
Union Bag and Paper Company
Secretary of State
Montgomery Street
Jersey City
New Jersey Title Guaranty and Trust Company
Hawillon H. Dorrand
Alexis P. Bartlett
Winthrope E. Dwight
John J. Tracy
T. M. Day, Jr
Lanyon Zinc Company
Benjamin Haskell
Bloomfield
Martin W. Littleton
Brooklyn
L. B. Grant
Washington Power Transmission Company
Fredrick B. Hyde
Harry W. Meen
Kenneth K. McClaren
Western States
H.C. Symmen
Rachel Silvera
Florida
State News
George E. Dorcas
Danville
A. D. Wickman
Lake Como
John Kean
Franklin Murphy
Capitol
Hobart
Sewell
Samuel Davison
Upper Jamesburg
Third Regiment
Asbury Park
Veterans’ Association
The
National Guard
Dividing Creek
George W. Thomson
Clayton
Woodbury Presbyterian Church
South Jersey
Clement W. Shoemaker
Charles Hill
Denis Hayes
Elmer
Glasshoro
Minotola
Elizabeth
E. 5. Atwater
Union County
Govenor Sheehan
Govenor Voorhees
H. H. Isham
A. F. Young
W. A. Clark
A. M. Mulford
Atwater
Bridgeton
Dennis Hayes
Cumberland Glass Workers
Hayes
First
Hanwa
Plato
Landor
de James
Ronso
Beck
Christopher Bork
Holland
Cranbury Station
William W. Holland
Hia Uta
Itequor
Bering
Yours Truly
Jeaeutitall
Cook & Jaques
France
East State Street
Sheriff's
South Cranbury
Edward Pullen
Sb Usota Lodge
No. 150
O'Elack
Jans O'Nel
Bhangle & Son
Hightstown, N. J
Cranbury Township
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Last Movting
Craig & Son
Acray
Bergen & Rae
Moesra Cotta Pipe
D. C. Lewis
Joho G Grover
John R Runt
Middlesex
John G Grover
Gal Bard
Eddies
Wolf
Uh Ave
Sharpless & Carpenter’s
W. H. Petty
Applegate's
la Mode
Paris
Norice
Santiago
Manilla
H. Ti. Oorhees
E. State St
Trenton, N.J
SP Duncan & CO
North Broad
Satin Barbers
China Silks
Bohmer & Co
Emerson, J.& C. Fisher
Smith and Barpos
Royal Pianos
Mason & Ham Nn
Carpenter, Wilcox & White
Waterloo
Severnal
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N. J
Masoni¢e Temple Music Store
Battenberg
Bureau
Brainerd & Armatrong
Old Inn Hotel
Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Hottel
Hatter
Xoods
G. G. Blauvelt
the Farmers’ Fence Machine Co
Hagertown, Md
Bastedo & Errickson
Dayton, Hi. J. Am
Wented
A. Featherstone & Co
G. D. van Derveer
Agen
Dayton, New Jersey
the Mutual Life Insurance
Richard A McCurdy
Insurance Department
State of
Polleysholdern
Robert A. Granniss
Gilerrte
Isaac F. Leon Farpruh
Crom Nie
Emony MecCristock
Trasurer Actuary
George HB. Raymond
Market Street
Newark, N. J
Mershon
P. Dunham & CO
Henry C. Symmes
German American Insurance Co
Raton
Prane A. Brown
Nad
A. Perdoni
Malin ‘Street
A. Ete
Oranbube
J. Murphy
Matt
Bradley
Bradley Fertilizer Company Ltd
Chard Avenue
Chemical Laboratory
Rutger’s College
New Jersey State Scientific School
State Agricultural College
Walter T. Bradlay Co
New Bhanantes
Myers
F. C
WM. D. Perrine
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