First Presbyterian Church Notes
The First Presbyterian Church Sabbath morning sermon by Rev J E Curry titled The Messiah Crowned. Rev Ebell will preach morning and evening with The Bread of Life and Sewing and Reaping as subjects. Teachers training class after service. Second Presbyterian Young People meet Sunday evening May fifth in the chapel with Miss Della S Bergen leading on The Christian Virtues Unselfishness.
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First
Presbyterian Church
J. E. Curry
Ebell
Young People’s Christian Association of the
Second Presbyterian Church
Della S. Bergen
Missionary Meeting at Second Presbyterian Chapel
A union missionary meeting is planned for Friday afternoon May 10 at 2 45 in the Second Presbyterian chapel. Mrs Mary B Hoy of China will address the gathering. she is visiting the country while her husband labors in a troubled district there. The Village Improvement Society also holds a meeting next Monday at 745 in the Public Library. The Reading Circle studies Wordsworth with a synopsis presented by Mrs Bradly and Mrs Johnson in the home of Mrs H C Symmes. Margaret Perrine recited We are Seven and Anna Chamberlin sang The Violet.
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Second Presbyterian Chapel
Mary B. Hoy
China
Village Improvement Society
Wordsworth
Bank Officials Attend Convention at Atlantic City
President John Silvers and Cashier Geo B Mershon of the First National Bank attend the Bankers Convention in Atlantic City. They travel with their wives and will stay by the sea until Monday.
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John
Silvers
Geo. B. Mershon
First National Bank
Bankers’ Convention
Atlantic City
Strock Receives Unanimous Call at Allen Town Church
At a Thursday evening congregational meeting of the Presbyterian Church of Allentown a unanimous call was given to H. Bo Strock to become minister. Mr Strock is to be ordained at the June meeting of the Presbytery of Monmouth, to be held in Allentown this year.
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Presbyterian Church of
Allentown
H. Bo Strock
Per Pacy
Strock
Presbytery of
Monmouth
Middlesex Lodge No 901 O O F Meets Monday Evening
The regular meeting of Middlesex Lodge No 901 Odd Fellows in Odd Fellows Hall is set for Monday at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend due to important business. W H Johnson, N G.
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Middlesex Lodge No
Odd Fellows Hall
W. H. Jounson
N. G
Car Slams into Child Killing Four Year Old Near Home
A large black car with Pennsylvania plate 12 525 struck Joseph Spittle, four, as he faced away, killing him instantly. Five men in the vehicle fled. police seek owner and occupants for manslaughter charges amid suspected intoxication. The accident drew rapid medical and state police response. The mother witnessed the tragedy from her yard. The driver may face severe charges if found.
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Edgar Carroll
Dayton
Pennsylvania
Prairieboro Church thanks for fine social music
Members and friends express thanks for the excellent music rendered at their social last Thursday evening by Messrs. I. C. Holtman Franklin Walser William Dew and Arthur L. Burroughs of Cranbury.
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Praireboro Church
Messrs
I. C. Holtman
Franklin Walser
William Dew
Arthur L. Burroughs
Cranbury
Plainsboro Council hosts fraternal visit from Mercer Cand No 90
Plainsboro Council No 299 Jr C U A M welcomed Mercer Cand No 90 of Trenton for a fraternal Tuesday evening. State Council Secretary W A Meirs and others gave speeches to about thirty visiting brethren. Lunch was served and a brief spell of fellowship followed.
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Plainsboro Council
Mercer Cand No
Trenton
State Council
W. A. Meirs
Wes
Mr. Cox Starts Large Scale Apple Culture Near Cranbury
William M. Cox, owner of a handsome home and fine farm near Cranbury, has grown fine peaches and many apple trees. He plans a major expansion, setting out between five hundred and one thousand apple trees this year to develop a commercial apple culture.
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Wm. M. Cox
Cranbury
Andrew Miller 96 Dies at Lawrenceville Area Home
Andrew Miller died at his home near Lawrenceville on Tuesday aged 96. He is survived by his wife and one daughter. The funeral is today at 2 PM from Penn’s Neck Church with burial at Pics Neck under the direction of S. Cole and Son Co.
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Andrew Miller
Lawrenceville
Penn’s Neck
Pics Neck
S. Cole, 80N & Co
Smith Bros Co Furnishings Offer Bargains in New Ad
To Our Readers. Smith Bros Co of Trenton advertises desirable bargains in furniture and seasonable fittings for house and porch. The notice calls attention to a very reliable and attractive furniture house.
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Smith Bros Co
Trenton
Henry U. Coleman Dies of Illness in Trenton
Henry U. Coleman, partner in Vannest Coleman & Company tailors of Trenton, died at his home after three months of illness. He was a widely known citizen active in civic and benevolent efforts and helped lead a longstanding mercantile house renowned for integrity and success.
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Henry U. Coleman
Vannest, Coleman & Company, Tailors and Clothiers of
Trenton
Coleman
Cranbury Thoughts Reflect on Faith and Civic Spirit
Woodbury New Jersey 1912 excerpt recalls Cranbury’s enterprise neat homes and social harmony. The writer credits Princeton theology and local ministers for inspiring civic progress with religious devotion guiding public life and village improvement. He praises ministers who work for town good without personal gain, urging reverence for godly zeal. Signed C. W. Hershey.
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Woodbury
N. J
Cranbury
Princeton
Ares
C. W. Hershey
Pownall Undertaking Sold. Hulse Plans Move In
In Jamesburg after more than thirty years Frank H Pownall sold his undertaking business to Laird Hulse of Englishtown who will operate from Pownall’s premises until new quarters can be built. Hulse bought the home of Migs Mary Hoffman on Railroad Avenue and will begin alterations soon. William H Mathews proprietor of the Mathews department store died after a long illness at his home in his fiftieth year leaving a widow and two daughters. Mrs E Herder spent Thursday in Philadelphia with a hat and novelties stock.
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Frank H. Pownall
Laird Hulse
Englishtown
Mr. Hulse
Mathews
Applicants For Positions Salesmen and Saleswomen Selections Friday May
The superintendent will finalize selections of Salesmen and Saleswomen this Friday from 2 00 to 4 00 in the afternoon and from 7 00 to 8 00 in the evening. All applicants or those whose applications were rejected must present themselves on that day.
Girl From Nowhere Revival at Trent Theatre This Week
Norton Musical Comedy and Comic Opera Company opens a revival of The Girl From Nowhere at Trent Theatre. The show features twenty musical numbers including solos duets and choruses with striking costuming. It tells of a married man who flirts while his wife is away and his comic bid to escape the consequences. Performances run each evening with matinees Tuesday Thursday and Saturday.
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Norton Musical Comedy and Comic Opera Company
Trent Theatre
Trent
Yard's Fabric Gloves Price and Kind Emphasis
The passage touts Yard's Fabric Gloves as carefully chosen for demanding customers. It asserts every glove is quality and that selection hinges mainly on price and type.
Glove selections offered in varied styles and colors
Catalog lists Fownes double tipped silk gloves in multiple colors with prices from 50 cents to 1 dollar. Other options include heavier silk, lisle thread gloves in black white tan gray pongee, and children and misses styles with 25 to 75 cents.
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Samuel Perrine
I. ©. Hoffman
John B. Perrine
J. E. Casery
Elva Chamberlin
Woman’s Presbyterial Society For Home Missions
Moorestown
John Perrine
Home Mission Society
First’ Presbyterian Church
Monmouth Presbyterial Society
H. D
Joseph Spittle
Phank Cranbury
Mr. Cox
Jamesburg
E. Herder
Philadelphia
Lehighway
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Black Diamond Express
New
Lehigh Valley ‘Railroad
Broadway
New York
Reading Terminal
Market Street
Newark
Seong Suns
Our Boys’ Clothing Department
R. A. Donnelly
S. Broad Street
Trenton, N. d
E. State
M. J
Dobbins the Hatter
E. State Street
Daniel
South Broad Street
Washington Market Building
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