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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 09, 1917
Page
1
church notices list sermons by Rev J E Corry and Rev Warren Elsing with topics Divine Healing and Predestination. adds Sunday school events, reading circle, canning demonstration, club meetings, social planned at Schultz Memorial M E Church and willings light bearers gathering with mission work notes. also reports two injuries from falls and land sales are mentioned.
Mr and Mrs Samuel Dey hosted a Saturday party for their son James to mark his tenth birthday with games and a fine supper. Guests included Clifford Laird Enos Hutchinson Karl Puerschner Stanley Barclay Eddie Schnell Irving Bennett Harvey Wicoff and James Dey. The Ladies Guild of the First Presbyterian church plans its annual chapel meeting next Monday afternoon March 12 at 2 30 to elect officers and discuss society matters and collect dues for the coming year.
An appreciative audience despite poor roads attended the Peddie Clubs concert at the Second church on Tuesday evening. The Glee Club under Professor Ford and the Mandolin Club with Professor Mark Swetland received strong praise, along with a notable cornet solo by Mr Bent. The Stitch and Chatter Club’s committee, led by Mrs David Griggs, celebrated a successful program with refreshments served afterward.
Mount Peterson daughter of Locust Corners resident Thomas Mount and Helen I Peterson daughter of Mrs Lillian Peterson of Hightstown were married at the Baptismal parsonage with Rev. William A Stanton as officiant. After a trip to Washington D C they will reside on a farm near Locust Corners after April 1.
Schultz Memorial M E Church groups held monthly meetings electing officers. Elizabeth Petty became president of the Ladies Aid Society with R S Griggs as vice president and Martha Carlson as secretary. Other groups elected officers for the year and held socials. Auctioneer Wm H Johnson announced a two day farm sale for March 27 and 28 at Falkington Pa.
The Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Tyack closed his twenty-ninth year as pastor of the Hightstown Presbyterian Church. At the annual meeting the congregation voted a $300 yearly salary increase in appreciation of his work. Reports showed all departments healthy, bills paid, and a tidy treasury balance.
Borough officials warn artesian water supplied to Hightstown contains high iron levels and both carbonic and sulphuric iron. The corrosion damages pipes and hot water boilers, prompting plans for an updated purification system during repairs to keep water clean and pure.
The Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company expands its St. Louis facility at an estimated cost of 2.5 million dollars to manufacture soft drinks. The move comes as prohibition voices claim the industry will fade, while brewers diversify amid national policy shifts and recent elections. The piece notes social calls, local visits, and church events alongside the business item.
Two suburban neighbors near New York joke about endless laundry as they compare socks and shirts to vast quantities. The banter captures a light domestic moment from the week’s wash.
The piece discusses earning versus saving money, urging regular set aside of funds for emergencies. It notes how quickly pennies burn a pocket and suggests depositing 50 cents a month with interest can reach $10,000 in a decade. The adage is paired with a quip about how marriage changes a man from the San Francisco Chronicle.
A child describes another girl’s party attire noting her slippers were so tight the knuckles on her toes showed. The remark appears in a Chicago News item.
The article lists daylight lengths in various locations. London and Bremen see sixteen and a half hours of daylight at their longest. Stockholm eighteen and a half hours. Isramburg and Danzig seventeen hours. Petrograd and Tobolsk nineteen hours. the shortest day five hours. Tornea near twenty-two hours on June 21 and under three hours at Christmas. Wardburg bears continuous daylight from May 21 to July 22, and Spitzbergen experiences about three and a half months of daylight.
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