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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1913
Page
1
The Young People’s Christian Association of the Second Presbyterian Church will gather Sunday evening. The topic is Vital Living, the lesson of Easter. Leader is Dygid C. Lewis Jr.
An entertainment program in the Hall on Thursday evening March 27 features Violin solos by Prof A T Stretch from Trenton with accompanist Eddie Wilson and elocutionist Clara Chamberlin. Also appearing are singers Seidwell and Hunt of Asbury Park and piano soloist Arthur L Burroughe of Cranbury. A social time follows in the main room.
The Circle held a pleasant meeting on Wednesday with Mrs Clifford Chamberlin. Mrs Bila Stults was elected treasurer for the remainder of the year. The next meeting will be at Miss Marie Groves home.
All members are requested to meet in the band room Monday evening for business matters and rehearsal.
A Tuesday afternoon blaze on the Gordon Clayton farm near Cranbury destroyed ten buildings including barns and wagon houses. Although the house was saved, fifty tons of fertilizer and much machinery and wagons were burned. The fire brigade from Cranbury responded bravely. no insurance covered the contents and losses are heavy. Also announced is the engagement of Miss Helen Allen of Hightstown to Prof. Charles Stuart Mitchell formerly pastor at Hightstown now English instructor at Peddie School.
Henry A. Joyce of Philadelphia, an escaped inmate, was found wandering near Cranbury by Charles Cox and a neighbor. Joyce claimed he walked from the Byberry asylum to Cranbury and was placed in the county jail while an asylum officer pursued further action.
If you miss the show scheduled for next Thursday evening at Odd Fellows Hall you will miss something worthwhile and local residents are urged to attend for an engaging program.
Addison H Symmes longtime church elder and Sabbath school assistant superintendent died after a prolonged illness. He was son of the late Rev Joseph Gaston Symmes and Mary Henry Symmes and brother to Rev F R Symmes Rev J G Symmes and Dr H C Symmes. He is survived by wife Minnie te Dyke and children Charles Van Dyke Symmes and Miss Mary Symmes. Funeral services were held at the First Church conducted by Rev J E Curry and Rev Adolos Allen with interment at Brainerd Cemetery. Bearers: John B Perrine W S Stults Alexander S Stults W P Gibson R J Gulick D C Mershon.
William Perrine son of William D. Perrine of this vicinity died suddenly at his Philadelphia home on Tuesday night. Funeral from his father's home on Saturday at eleven in the morning. He leaves a wife and two children.
Constable C Gulick Snedeker of South Brunswick Township died suddenly Friday afternoon at his Dayton home after a period of illness, begining with indigestion. He leaves a wife and four children, with funeral services held Monday afternoon conducted by Rev J B Clark. Interment followed in Second Presbyterian Cemetery.
A grand entertainment will be given in the Lodge room of Odd Fellows Hall next Thursday evening under the auspices of the Odd Fellows and Pioneer Grange. Proceeds aid the piano recently purchased. Tickets at Clayton's Drug Store. Program features piano solos, violin and vocal solos, two readings, and a vocal duet. A select dance follows in the assembly room with good music.
Warner's complete orchestra will perform Saturday with afternoon and evening sets at the Easter Fashion Show hosted by Steinbach Company in Asbury Park.
An old advertisement urges readers to take Dr King’s New Life Pills for constipation. It claims to stimulate the liver improve digestion and purify the system. The ad notes a price of 25 cents and lists N F Clayton’s as the seller.
John G. McCoy died Tuesday morning from heart failure at 6 o clock in Hamilton Square at his son Oscar McCoy s home on Notting ham Way He had been in his usual health and worked Monday as a blacksmith He was stricken while getting out of bed and died within minutes He is survived by five children Mrs Geary of Akron Ohio Mrs Kurtz of Martinsburg Pennsylvania Roy McCoy of Minnesota Oscar and Miss Bessie McCoy of Hamilton Square Ohio
Mr and Mrs Charles Cox hosted a St Patrick Day gathering with green decorations and a supper. Guests included numerous couples and families. the article lists many names. It then shifts to a health advisory warning about colds and endorses Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as a safe quick cure, sold by all dealers.
More New Fancy Work is on our shelves the latest novelties. Among them baby dresses made up which simply need the finish of embroidery to become wearable. Other new ideas too a display worth coming to see.
A catalog excerpt lists children's pique dresses ready to wear when embroidered in sizes 1 to 4 years for 4.00, poplin dresses 1.25 to 1.50, white bloomers 1.50, breakfast caps 1.00, filet net pieces for embroidery, pillow tops 0.50, scarves 0.75, pincushion squares 0.12, filet braid 6 yd piece priced low, and Bulgarian work sets 0.25 or 0.50. New collars and cuffs for Bulgarian and French knot shirts offered, stamping 0.75.
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