Cranbury News Highlights From May 1914
Local items include Mrs. G B Mershon ill at Park Place and Miss Mary Spaulding from Cranbury in a High School play at Hightstown. Church choirs and residents visit nearby towns. new Ford touring car bought. several residents travel to Trenton Philadelphia Spring Lake and Newark. A stone coat project on Cranbury Station Union Valley road proceeds under Voorhees Fisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Spaulding
Cranbury
Hightstown
Fred Maple
Trenton
C. H. Lewis
Beggie Conover
Brooklyn
Richard Mason
Wm. M. Cox
Rebecca Clayton
Philadelphia
Walter McDougall
Mary McDougall
Barclay
G. B. Mershon
Spring Lake
George Terrell
Campden
John Jemiso
South Amboy
Frank Jemison
Richard Hagert
Cranbury Station
Peter Hagerty
Russell Silvers
Hightstown Presbyterian Church
Helen Butcher
Eleie Bergen
Symmes Duncan
Englishtown
Louis Schenck
Union Valley Road
Voorhees Fisher
Crapbury High to Face Hightown Club on School Grounds
The Crapbury High School team will play Hightown High School Club on the school grounds tomorrow after noon at 3 o clock. Perrine and Davison announce boats for hire on Brainerd Lake next week. Mr and Mrs John Winar rejoice over the birth of a son named Stanley John.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crapbury High School
Hight&town High School
Perrine
Davison
Brainerd Lake
John Winar
Jong
Stanley John
Plainsboro Grange Meeting and Local Notes Summary
Plainsboro Grange met midweek with programs on vegetables, butter making, decoration, piano, and current events led by Miss Grove and Mr. Jeffers. Local notices mention Chester Meyers traveling west, Elmer Reed improving, and social visits among McNamee and White families. Fishes reportedly show learning, are fed at known spots, and may split oversized morsels on a sharp stone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainsboro Grange
Miss Grove
H. W. Jeffers
Silvers
Oakerson
J. E
Rheumatism Quickly Cured with Liniment Report
A Newton Town resident reports his brother in law recovered from a rheumatism attack in the arm after applying Chamberlain's Liniment. The note claims the rheumatism vanished by morning. Sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Chamberlin
Social Visitors and Local Hi Squad Gatherings
Mr and Mrs H C Mount of New Brunswick spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs William McDowell. Charles Dann Miss Beatrice and Master Walton Dann of Beverly were Sunday guests of George C Peppler and family. Daniel Malan owns a new Ford touring car. Mrs William Messler of Monmouth Junction visits her daughter Mrs William Alter all week. Bertram Dey visited his parents Ancil and Mrs Dey. Earl Harland and wife return to Philadelphia after several days with Matthias Perrine and family. George Wolfe, previously homebound with rheumatism, now goes out briefly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Campbell
Pennington
J. E. Bennett
Samuel Bennett
Spring Lake
Rebecca Clayton
Long Branch
Wm. M. Cox
Mary Drei
Chester Petty
New Brunswick
Walter McDougall
Elwood Groves
Gifford Gifford
California
F. A. Brown
Gifford
Henry Hale Gifford
Highland Park
New Jersey
Harvey Hutchinson
Elmer Reed
George McNamee
A. McNamee
New York City
Jay White
Charles Carson
Scotts Corner
A. "McNamee
Albert
Asbury Park
Frank Perrine
Isaac Barlow
John Dey
Jamesburg
Luther Grove
H. C Mount
William McDowell
Charles Dann
Beatrice
Walton Dann
Beverly
George C. Peppler
Daniel Malan
William Messler
Monmouth Junction
William Alter
Bertram Dey
Ancil Dey
Earl Harland
Philadelphia
Matthias Perrine
George Wolfe
General Hay Presing Business advertises services in Dayton NJ
After purchasing the General Hay Presing Business of John W Errickson Dayton NJ Forman and Dilatush invite patronage for hay straw and potatoes with fertilizers and seeds at fair prices. Their motto is Fair and Honest Dealings. Also Chamberlains Tablets are recommended as stomach disorder cures sold by all dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John W. Errickson
Dayton
N. J
Forman & Dilatush
Notice to Contractors for Gravel Road Project Bids
The Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders seeks sealed proposals for building the Apple garth and Clarksburg Road gravel road from Perrinesville Hightstown road to Hightstown Manalapan road, about 1.027 miles. Bids due June 1 at 2 30 PM in New Brunswick. Deposit $10 for specs. $1000 certified check required with bid. county may reject all bids. Officials: A J Gebhardt Director and Asher W Bissett Clerk.
Middlesex County Seeks Bids For Bridge Over Devil's Brook
The county invites sealed bids Monday May 25 at 2 30 PM from residents of Middlesex at their room in the County Record Building New Brunswick for building a steel and concrete bridge over Devil's Brook on the Aqueduct Plainsboro Cranbury Road. Plans and specifications are on file with County Engineer Alvin B Fox Perth Amboy and County Collector Thos Hagerty New Brunswick. A deposit of five dollars and a certified check for 200 dollars are required with bids. the check is forfeited if the bidder fails to enter into contract and bond within ten days of award. Asher W Bissert Clerk May 1 8 15 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Chosen Freeholders
County of Middlesex
County Record Building
New Brunswick
Applegarth and
Clarksburg
Perrinesville-Hightstown
Hightstown
Manalapan
Alvin B. Fox
Perth Amboy
N. J
Thomas H. Hagerty
N. CJ
A. J. Gebhardt
Devil’s Brook
Plainsboro- Cranbury Road
Thos. H. Hagerty
Large Store Prospect in Cranbury with Attached Shop and Farm Offshoots
An ad touts a large 30 by 90 foot two story building with a cellar tinning and plumbing shop, plus a barn and stables, ideal for hardware and farm implements. Includes address of W. H. Johnson, Cranbury NJ, May 8 to 21. Also lists tomato plants for sale, eggs for hatching, strawberry plants, Berkshire pigs, and a farm sale near Clarkburg NJ with 150 acres including an apple orchard and 60 acres tillable, mortgaged to fit cash needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.H. Johnson
Cranbury, N. J
May Silk Sale Promises Unmatched Value at S P Dunham Co
S P Dunham Co Enton N J announces its May silk sale featuring wide range of silks at unusually low prices. Striped and checked Messetine and foulards from 39c to 59c, silver Chernyes et al. Foulards 69c, Beatrice prints 1.29, Crepes Meteors 1.89, Charmeuse 2.59, with many colors and patterns, aiming to attract thorough investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dresden
Messaline
Cheney Brothers
Foulard
Indra Shantung
Beatrice
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Granbury Press
First Presbyterian Church
Clifford Stults
Alyabh W. Forman
South Cranbury
John B. Perrine
Hopewell
New York
Bessie Perrine
Jennie Davis
Mrs
James Deming
Helmetta
Samuel Dey
Carrie Davis
Smith & McCumber
Charles McCue
Chamberlain
George Hutchinson
Rightstown
Mies Olive Petty
William Hoffman
Mies
Gertrude Harder
Clarence Hagerty
Jayson
John LaBaw
Ernest L. Stults
Mra. Worthington Cummings
Cicero Lewis
George Puerschauer
William
A. 8. Cole
Atlantic City
Rev
A. G. Hagaman
Lemuel Stults
George Norton
Princeton
Goodwin
Sela Gulick
Connecticut
R. J. Gulick
Winar’s
Plainsboro
Mrs. Burslem Pictures
Chester Meyers
West
J. D. van Doren
Frank Applegate
W. Stalcup
Mra, Kerr
Burch
Asher W. Bissettt
Asher W. Bissert
Camden
Dow
Penna. KR
Calne Ee St. Ferries
Federal Bt
Camden, N. Dk
Stone
W. H. Jounson
Rose
Rhode Island
Griegs
Wm. Belt
Berkshire R
Grices
J. Hamburger
East 123Rd Street
C. R. Zacharias
Eagle Hall Block
Albert Wade
J. H. Goopwin
H. Lewis Schance
Sunnymead Poultry Farm
Princeton, N. J
H. C. Swentzel
C. Chandler
Prospect Plains
P. R. R. Depot
R. J. Keppel
Monmouth Junction, N
Enton,n. J
Double Protectio
Charles G. Groves
Office North Main Street
Automobile
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