Cranbury Personal notices mix of visits and illnesses
The Cranbury Press lists numerous social updates. Mr and Mrs Samuel Stults hosted an inner party. Emma Rue suffers grip. Helena Boeger visits Miss Adelaide Cole. Mrs Elwood Ouderdook and baby visit New Brunswick. Rev H J Conover moves to Hurffville. Rev Buck starts as Methodist pastor. multiple neighbors and relatives travel to Trenton Philadelphia Princeton and beyond. Measles whooping cough mumps pneumonia and a serious foot puncture are noted among children and adults. A Ford 20 horsepower slated for May delivery and a public reception for Rev C F Garrison in Allentown is announced along with local club activities and a Princeton Choral Society concert details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Stults
Emma Rue
Robert Hagaman
Hagaman
J. E. Curry
Danil Faunce
Philadelphia
Wm. P. Gibson
Faunce
Brainerd Institute
Cranbury
Ienac Everett
James Hutchingon
Trecton
Joshua Lee
Mra Everett
Karl Puerschoer
W. H. Petty, Sr
Trenton
John Wienar
John VanDerveer
H. Perrine
Micq
Elva Chamberlain
David Warfeld
Lyric Theatre
R. P. Stillwell
Princeton
Besale Stults
Lilly Farr
Chas, Farr
Cornelia Harkness
School House Fumigated Over Teacher’s Smallpox Case
The Monroe Township Board of Education closed Prospect Plains school after Mrs. Ralph visited Hightstown with her brother who has smallpox. Druggist Clayton fumigated the school Saturday. The Reading Circle met at Mrs. N. F. Clayton’s home with a program led by Mrs. Butcher and Mrs. Jeffers covering Esperanto and Fletcherism. Easter card favors were distributed. Inaiah Barclay’s friends back his bid to win the Saturday Evening Post prize for best sales increase during March and April, where he now leads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
Hightstown
Board of Education
Monroe Township
Prospect Plains
Clayton
Mra. N. F
Inaiah Barclay
Little Fellows
Saturday Evening Post
N F. Clayton
Barclay
R. P. Stillwell
Geo
B. Mershon
Emma Mershon
Fannie Vanderveer
van Dyke
M.A Rue
Trenton
Theodosia EB. Lenox
Nelson Lenox
Second Street
Oren
K. Arnold
East Washington Street
Roebling
Arnold
It Saved His Leg by Bucklen’s Arnica Salve
A Watertown Wisconsin man says ten years of eczema resisted fifteen doctors until Bucklen’s Arnica Salve cured it completely. The note praises the salve for skin eruptions, eczema, salt rheum, boils, fever sores, burns, scalds, cuts and piles and advertises it at 25 cents at N F Clayton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Swanson
Watertown
Wia
Bucklen
N. F
Cranbury spring moves and local notices reported
Widespread changes of residence unfold in Cranbury and vicinity with many families relocating by April first. Also reported are community notices of sneak thefts, social visits, entertainment plans, and a debate over harsher kidnapping penalties in New Jersey, alongside a Washington death by suicide involving Mrs. Lorillard and a promotion for King’s New Life Pills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Caroline Hamilton Lorillard
Pierre Lorillard, Jr
New York
Hilyer Place
N. W
Winter residents return and local changes noted
Joseph H Black and Charles Black return from Florida to their home. Trey H Norton plans a large violet house this summer. Ground breaks for St Anthony's parish house. Rev J B Conway aims to complete debt free. Methodist parishioners attend pastor meeting at church parlors. Ill child of D Webster Tying improves from pneumonia. Harry Jones marked birthday with many cards. Conductor Jones recovering after sustaining injuries in express car fire. A T Skillman installs heating for Edward Riggs home. Morgan J Wright moves to Lantz Hotel to run boarding house. Rev Stephen Morris returns from Philadelphia. James Vandenbergh buys Buick runabout. Dr C J Hazard buys Maxwell. Albert Chamberlain buys Maxwell. Mrs Richard W Norton elected secretary of Woman's Motor Club of NY. Croshaw family moves from Etra to farm near Pennington Junction. Allen & Stults renovate their office. Fire on Joseph K Mounts house caused by defective chimney. quickly contained. Harvey G Riv attends Yale Club Dinner at Waldorf Astoria with President Art present. decorations praised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Thia Spring
H. J. Conover
Hurttville
Conover
Mr. Buck
George Duncan
Ming
Jennie Duncan
Prospect Plains
Railroad Avenue
James Courtney
A. S. Edsill
Cranbury Neck
South Eeees
Harry On
W. 5
Appleget
Lang Hanged For Killing His Niece In New Jersey
Fred Lang was hanged today in New Brunswick for the 1906 murder of his 19 year old niece Katie Gordon at Bonhamtown. Witnesses included her father Henry Gordon and Lang’s sister. The condemned man, 22, shot Katie after she refused his marriage proposal. Mary Gordon was lightly wounded. The execution occurred before about 500 spectators amid tight security, with James Van Hise of Newark carrying out the hanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brunswick
Fred Lang
Katie Gordon
Bonhamtown
James van Hise
Newark
William H. Quackenboss
Henry Gordon
Lang
Bis
Langy
Katie
Mary
Rose
Durham's Hill
Social, appointments, and health notes from New Brunswick area
A sequence of social visits and club activities is reported from New Brunswick area including Mr and Mrs Walter Grover hosting visitors from Chambersburg and Philadelphia. John S Mount takes a new job with Lewis Bowers. Various locals and visitors are named with brief mentions of illness and social events. An explosion at Parlin factory kills John Ossermeyer and injures Frank Pullan. Smallpox reports spread in New Jersey with Perth Amboy most affected. A rifle practice camp is authorized at Sea Girt from April 1 to October 31 with costs borne by participating units. The piece closes with an observation about the Englishman in a London pub and his ease in his own country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Brungwick
International Smokeless Powder and Chemical Company
Parlin
John Ossermeyer
Frank Pullan
Charles A Reid
William Libey
William A ‘Ewes
David M. Flynn
Sea Girt
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the Cranbury Press
Ian Helena Boeger
Jersey City
Cole
Ottle Puerachuer
Grace Hodapp
Spotswood
Charles Mason
Wm. H. Johnson
R. Ella Chamberlain
Harry Scholl
Harry Jr
Mrs. Elwood Ouderdook
Baby
Wim. F. Perrine
Nelson Forman
Abijah Apple
Harry Stevens
Child
E. W. Appleger’s
George Perrine
Misa Adelaide Cole
Helena Boeger
Harry Scott
Everett
Quentay
Minnie Sutton
Harry Schnell
C. F. Garrison
Methodist
Allestown
Garrison
Allentown
Pioneer Grange No. 1
Xquiuel Perrine
Odd Fellows Hall
Corona Club
Corédne Club
Geo. B. Mershon
Bessie Bargen
Princeton Choral Society
Second Presbyterian
Marcus
Jamesburg
Lang’s
the Reading Circle
Chas. F. Danser
Wm. H. Petty
Reuney Petty
Arthur Perrine
J. Seward Perrine
Mrs. Masterson
Bertha Manterson
Court of Chancery
Clifford Masterson
John Afe Donald
Maine
Lango’n Hall
Ladies Aid Society of
The
Presbyterian Church
State Home Orchestra
Mr. Clayton
Boy Burns
Raymond Tees
L. P. Rogers
Tuat Bunday
Bellatab
Edmond
New Jersey Children’s Home Society
Kogera
Ralph Farr
Scotts Corner
Harvey Scott
D. C. Lewis
Farr
Margaret Horning
Nell Eldridge
Lemuel Stults
Elwood Perrine
Bayonne
Tiane Bogart
Jos. Bavnge
Bogart
Samuel Nixon
Charles Vincent
Samuel Conover
Sylvanus Wilson
Dayton
Ida Kurtz
Penns Neck
Wm. Schenck
Kingston
A. V. Stout
Monmouth Junction
Mildred ‘Thomas
Wilson’s Business College
Bessie Hubbard
Paul Matzke
M. Avery
Ola Bidwell
A. Vines
Chas. Rowland
John Baremore
Willard E Groves
Willard Hutchingon
Metuchen
F. Schenck
Willie Whitla
John F. Clark
Clark
Dr. King
New Life
N. F. Clayton's
Joseph
Black
Charles Black
Florida
Trey H. Norton
St. Anthony's Church
Buster
J. B. Conway
Methodist Episcopal Church
LS. Yerkes
D. Webster ‘Tying
T. Harry Jones
Conductor Jones
David Smith
A. T. Skillman
Edward Riggs
Morgan J. Wright
Lantz Hotel
Stephen Morris
James Vandenbergh
C.J. Hazard
Albert Chawberlain
Richard W. Norton
Woman's Motor Club of
New York City
Daniel S Croshaw
Etra
Ppénton Junction
Niece
Rhoades
Edmond BR. Rhoades
George R. Devlin
Watson Hancock
Garr
Heorge Ro Dey
James ‘Rhoades
Franklin Street
C. P. Fuches
First Baptist Church
Satelle
Walter Grover
Mra. Wolf
Chambersburg, Pa
John S. Mount
Lewis Bowera
Richard Romig
Mrs
Fred Cook
Melvin ‘Tindall
Mercerville
Mary Rue
Hiram Cook
Grip
Eliza Kohover
Mrs Rogers
Max
George Denison
David Wilhon
Plainsboro
Y.2.5.c. E
Chaoel
Lillian Reed
Beulah Grover
Lee Grover
Leroy van Ness
Saturday Afternoon Club
Alice Wyckoff
Mra Cook
Grover
Miss Wyckoff
Mra
Gilbert D. Bua
W. Hi. Johnson
State Board of Health
New Jérsey
A. Clark Hunt
State Board
Perth Amboy
Paterson
Lodi
Camden
Woodbridge
London
Turkey
Germany
France
England
Wattin Reed
Cranbury, N J
Stuart Mate
Priess Office
Cranbury, N. J
Rhode Island
Bregpy & MpeRute
South Lakewood
N. J
Ocean Grove
Ocean
Brainerd Cemetery
Alex
Stunts
Treas
Frank Jecattbon
Sexton
Outfitters
E. State St
Broad St
Fred’k W. Donnelly
Fred'e W. Donnely
Aubor Ofera
Trenton, N. J
S. P. Dunham & 60
P. Dunham & CO
Butler
Cranbury, New Ersey
Dobbins
EE. State Street
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