Mercer County Pomona Grange meets at Cranbury March 1
The Mercer County Pomona Grange No 5 held its quarterly meeting in Cranbury with Senator G W F Gaunt as guest and speaker. The program featured addresses, recitations, music and a playlet while attendees included many members and visitors from numerous towns. In other news, Dey Street work improves road access and nearby property remodeling proceeds as new homes are planned. Magnets: a steel horseshoe magnet can suspend up to twenty times its own weight.
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Mercer County
Pomona Grange
Cranbury
G. W. F. Gaunt
New Jersey State Grange
Walter ‘Havens
Pioneer Grange
Edgar L. van Zandt
Hopewell
Lizzie Thomas
Hightstown
M. R. Dawley
Lawrencevill
Quartette
Pioneer Grang
Reading
Joel Wainwright
Cream Ridge Music
Hiram Brown
Aona Stackhouse
Alientown
Luella Everitt
Hamilton Square
Thbusory
Spencer Perrine
Clarence Perrine
Grace Perrine
Sarah Hutchinson
Hulick
W. D. Hulick
Mary Y Tindall
Walter S. Haines
R. E. Haines
Ralph Paller
C. N.hutchinson
M. V. Nutt
Hattie Burk
Les
Wm.Taylor
T. Q. Taylor
John C Errickson
Geo W van- Dyke
N. F. Woodward
P. H. Vanney
Pennington
Uz. Davis
R. T Ridgway
J. BE. Harrison
Joe Wainwright
Singleton
New Egypt
P. Q. Voorhees
F. W Cruser
C. T. Vansant
K. C. Victor
Mickelton
Gloucester County
J. T. Miller
Ramsay
Bergen County
N. J
Peter A. Vankirk
Frank Applegate
Phillip Johnson
A. J. Hendrickson
Raymond Dyke
William Walker
M. R Dawley
Fred Maple
Frank Barr
Lawrenceville
Wm. V. Ely
Frank Nor
Chas. E. Rue
Eilison Hutchingon
Behjamin Emmons
Windsor
A. G. Hendrickson
R. Havens
Bergen
G. H. Kirby
E. Yard
C. P. Larrison
E. L. Otterson
Carroll Burtis
Frank
Harry N. Scott
Dey Street
Main Street
Dey and
Munro Atreeta
Pretty Wedding at Jamesburg
Miss Lina Dey daughter of Mrs Rebecca Dey of Jamesburg and LeRoy Grover of Cranbury wed under the Jamesburg white rug once used by 35 couples. The bridal procession formed at six o'clock in the reception room and met Rev S McClenaghan under a colonial laurel arch with a suspended white bell. Miss Nellie Dey attended the bride and C C Emens gave her away.
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J. Barryott
Lina Dey
Rebecca Dey
Jamesburg
LeRoy Grover
Cranbury
J.msclenaghan
Nellie Dey
C. C. Emens
Celebration Dinner for Mrs Annie Petty in South Cranbury
Mrs Annie Petty hosted a Saturday dinner party at her South Cranbury home to mark her seventy fifth birthday. The pink decorated dining room featured pink carnations and ferns as guests include Henry and Ambrose Petty, Carrie and Eleanor Petty, William Petty and many Petty relatives from New York, Perth Amboy, Bristol, and nearby areas.
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Annie Petty
South Cranbury
Dayton
Nelson Petty
Wm Petty
Ira
Evelyn
Joseph
Warren Petty
Reuney Petty
Jobo Hutchinger
Harvey Hutchinson
Edoward Groves
Jane Dey
Charles Petty
Lizzie Petty
Corneliua_Petty
Dayton entertainment draws big crowd and financial success
The CE Society of the Presbyterian Church in Dayton presented a popular entertainment on Tuesday February 14 and seeks repetition after strong crowd response. A second show is planned for Thursday March 9 with new acts including several pens and entertaining numbers. The farce An Economical Boomerang will be staged with The Family Album featuring more faces than before.
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Dayton
CE Society of the Presbyterian Church
Baird Wyckoff Reunion at Mrs Maxwell’s Lawn
The Baird Wyckoff reunion will be held this year on the lawn of Mrs J M Maxwell at Hightstown. A very large attendance of these families is expected and all Wyckoffs or Bairds are invited and welcomed. The reception committee includes Mrs Rev J M Maxwell Mrs Annie Perrine Mrs Bergen Wyckoff Mrs Virginia Wyckoff Mrs Ida Perrine Mrs Catherine Brearley and Messrs J B Wyckoff D Baird Davison and Aaron V Dawes.
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Baird-Wyckoff
J. M. Maxwell
Hightstown
Wyckoffs
Bairds
Annie Perrine
Bergen Wyckoff
Virginia Wyckoff
Ida Perrine
Catherine Brearley
Mesars
J. B. Wyckoff
D. Baird Davison
Aaron V. Dawes
Silver linings in cut glass after dining room mishap
A WOMAN's Home Companion March note urges saving cut glass after breakage by examining pieces for reuse. It recounts a bride who witnessed the dining room mishap when an extension table separated and shattered pieces, yet several vessels were salvaged by careful trimming to fit smaller items.
N. J. Children's Home Society Appeals for Homeless Children
The N. J. Children's Home Society appeals earnestly for homeless children to be treated as family members rather than adopted. Children may be returned to the Society at any time and are not indentured. A trained agent personally visits applicant families to ensure proper child family adjustment. The Society notes many children have found loving homes with good citizens, and all children deserve individual care and a mother's love.
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N. J. Children’s Home Society
Aek
Regular weekly seamstress saves time for six women
A March suggestion from Woman's Home Companion proposes a six‑woman household plan. Each household keeps a dedicated seamstress once a week, with every garment and needed material organized in a basket and labeled with printed directions.
Plainsboro Community News Updates and Weddings
Geo. MacNamee recovers from illness while J D VanDoran tours Philadelphia on business. Miss Luella Hultz becomes teacher at the state normal school’s lower department after Miss Emma Rue’s resignation. Mrs William Leishman recovers from surgery in Philadelphia and her sister Ina Herman receives ear treatment. Visitors include Prof G A Billings and Rev James Leishman now with Dunmore church in Scranton. Lina Dey of Jamesburg wed LeRoy Grover at home in a quiet ceremony. Plainsboro Church invites all to a Nickel Social at Town Hall on March 7.
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J D VanDoran
Philadelphia
Luella Hultz
State Normal Schoo Frenton
Emma Rue
William Leishman
Presbyterian Hospital
Ina Herman
Walker—Gordon Farms
G. A. Billings
Washington
James Leishman
Plainsboro Church
Dunmore Presbyterian Church
Scranton
Plainsboro
LeRoy Grover
Lina Dey
Jamesburg
Town Hall
Surmounting a Crisis in a Humorous Tale
Edward Everett Hale recalled a boyhood habit of misplacing gloves. His mother sent him with one red and one white glove to jog memory. He joked that passersby would see white on front and red on back. The anecdote ends with a quip about a melancholy Egyptian king named Dumops and the phrase in the dumps.
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Edward
Everett Hale
Dr. Hale
Dumops
Tuat
A Heathen's Idea Satire Cited on Foreign Stereotypes
A book by a secretary to a former Chinese minister to England mocks national traits. It claims an American will say anything an Englishman will eat, an Italian will sing, a Frenchman will dance, and Russians will covet.
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England
Blauvelt Spring Dress Goods in Hightstown
C. C. Blauvelt in Hightstown New Jersey promotes a choice stock of spring dress goods wash goods white goods and embroideries. Shoppers are urged to plan selections and sew now with prices said to be below city store special offers.
Specialty housewares entice the young shopper
The advertisement urges the young housewife to view current stock and learn prices before purchasing. It highlights sheetings tickings towels table linens napkins counterpanes curtain laces draperies challis and quilting cottons as desirable items for home use.
We Are Losers Sell Coats and Suits at Great Discount
A retailer promotes a clearance event offering coats and suits at reduced prices to lure customers. The message emphasizes the aim to reduce inventory and attract shoppers with strong discounts.
We Have Made Still Deeper Cuts in Our Prices
We have slashed prices on ready-to-wear garments with coats from five dollars upward and suits from ten dollars upward. No bad styles remain in our new stock, and shoppers are urged to act quickly to take advantage of the low prices.
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Miss Lina Dey
Baird- Wyckoff
The
Geo. . MacNamee
C. C. Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
C.C. Blauvelt
St. Patrick
O'd Erin
St Patrick Favors
Stoll’'S
State St
Trenton, N. J
Fred’ W. Donnelly
Opera House
South Broad Street
Front St
Ribsam
Marquisette
Trenton
Sweet-Orr
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S. Broad Street
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