Cranbury Personal News and Lodge Notes Report
Local items report illnesses and recoveries among residents including Hon James H Goodwin Raymond Lawrence and John Ervin. Lodge Apollo No 156 F A M conferred entered apprentice on Stults and Ervin. Community updates note new piano appointment, visits, business moves and a gun incident near Cranbury. Easter millinery and shop openings referenced with several residents traveling or hosting visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James H. Goodwin
Raymond Lawrence
John E. Ervin
Belmar
Walter Scott
Ocean Grove
Apollo Lodge No. 156 F. & A. M
Grover E. Stults
John Ervin
Forty Year Test of Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy
A vintage ad touts Chamberlain s Cough Remedy first offered in 1872. From a small start it grew to worldwide reputation and is presented as a superior cure for coughs and colds. It promises relief and care, sold by all dealers.
Public Sales Schedule for March at Monmouth Area
March 21 W E Grove sons offer combination safe horses harness etc March 28 Henry Renk sells 28 head of goods horses near Monmouth Junction March 25 Samuel Green stock crops and farm implements on premises John A Bergen farm Scotts Corner March 26 George Lane real estate farm utensils and household goods near Jamesburg March 28 Charles L Thomas and D Baird Davison sell household goods Main St Cranbury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Grove & Son
Henry Renk
Monmouth Junction
Samuel Green
John A. Bergen
Scotts Corner
George Lane
Jamesburg
Charles L. Thomas
D. Baird Davison
Main St
Cranbury
Pennies in the Box by the Rural Carrier
A humorous poem from a rural postal worker lamenting pennies dropped in the mail box. The speaker, Uncle Sam’s favored postal carrier, complains of cold weather and the steady drain of pennies, urging readers to buy stamps instead of placing coins in the box. The piece ends with a reminder that paying postage keeps the mail system running.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uncle Sam
Saint Peter
Peddie Wins and Loses to Debates Between Schools
The annual debate between George School and Peddie Institute took place Saturday with Peddie opposing and George School supporting the motion that the United States should disarm the navy. Judges Geichtel Curry and Oswald ruled for the negative at Peddie and for the affirmative at George School. Debaters Ernest Eaton and Carr spoke for Peddie’s advocacy at George School. The event was praised as the best in the schools’ history, reflecting careful thought and study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George School
Peddie Institute
Peddie
United States
Navy
Howard Tindall
J Herbert Krieck
T. Newton Reisinger
Stanley A. Watson
Howard Mitchell
Walter Maule
Frederick W. Geichtel
Trenton
J. E. Curry
Cranbury
O. J. Oswald
Ernest, Eaton
Carr
Optimist in wreck claims gain from gasoline savings
An injured man in a wreck lies beside a thorn bush and torn clothes, bleeding and dazed but serene. He boasts, I am making money now by saving gasoline, as reported by the Chicago Record-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
Little George Declines Haircut Like Gome Color
In a humor note from Chicago Daily News, Little George sits in a barber chair as the red haired barber offers a color cut. George refuses the style, saying he does not want his hair cut that color.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Gome
Chicago Daily News
The Mothers' Favorite Cham berlain's Cough Remedy
A cough medicine for children should be harmless pleasant to take and effective. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is advertised as all of this and a mothers favorite everywhere. For sale by All Dealers.
Spring Style Show Opens at P. Dunham & Co
P. Dunham and 60 Trenton N J announce an opening week event from March 19 to 21 a Spring Style Show to teach and showcase the latest fashion for spring and summer with on site purchasing to satisfy shoppers and keep them in top fashion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson & Bergen
C. C. Blauvelt
New Goats for Spring Wear Bright Checked Top Coat
A fashion item introduces a black and white checked top coat priced at 9.75 with a cutaway design and satin collar and cuffs. New sport coats at 14.75 use a corduroy like soft weave in colors Fern green and Copenhagen with Japanese collars. Black Crepe Poplin Coats at 19.75 offer three quarter length, rounded fronts and silk lined interiors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copenhagen
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
William Vincent
Liberty Theatre
Laura Scudder
Samuel Bennett
Richard Mason
Joseph Petty
Blaine Davison
David Schenck
Asbury Park
Charles Thomas
Town
Margaret Gibson
John Frazier
Philadelphia
H. J. Groves
Andrew Harris
W. E. Groves
Harvey H. Groves
Walter Dock
W. H. Johnson
Bernard Kadetsky
Clifford Conover
South Cranbury
J. E. Bennett
Lillian Hutchinson
Freehold
Arthur Clayton
H. T. Pullen
Misa Clementine Lewis
Bruce Gordon
Newarkee
Cicero Lewis
William Gordon
E. H. Bergen
Princeton
Charles H. Davison
W. Irving Stults
D. C. Mershon
Ocogan Grove
New York State
Alexander Milne
White Plains
N. Y
Wm. Russell Silvers
Milne
Silvers
Clara Bergen
Della Bergen
Apollo Lodge
No. 156
H.N. Scott
William F. Perrine
Daniel W. Clayton
R.pp. Stillwell
W. H. Havens
R.C. Wickoff
van Dyke
George C. Peppler
Hightstown Lodge
Clarence Grover
Frank Grover
Daniel Messerol
Harry Dey
Prospect Plains
Leroy Scott
Alice
Cranbury Neck
Alfred Bennett
Ernest Laird
Elwood Onderdonk
New Brunswick
W. F. Perrine
Charles Davis
St. Francis Hospital
James Bogart
William Dey
Dayton
George Forman
Raymond Dillatash
Hightstown
John Errickson
Edward Hutchinson
Loren Jemison
George M. Perrine
Benjamin Ridley
National Superintendent of Scientific Temperance Instruction
BR. F. D. Carrier
Brionne
Duane St
New York
W. P. Allen
N. J
Davison & Chamberlin
Cranbury, N. J
Majin St. Cranbury
Fred Erker
J. S. Silverns
H. Lewis ScHaNnck
Cornelia Hutchinson
Park Place
H. E. Hutchinson
W. H Johnson
Audt
Sunnymead Poultry Farm
Princeton, N. J
H. C. Swentzel
C. Chandler
Michell
DS Pkt
Alluce Oo
Ve Ue
Pkt
Phila
Ernest L. Stults
P.R. R. Depot
Leghorn
BABY
R. J. Keppel
P. Dunham & 60
Trenton, N. J
Eton
First National Bank
Cranbury, N. d
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