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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1886
Page
3
Cranbury pages report new goods at Mason and Allen in Hightstown, hardware and building materials at Dey Beekman Chambertin, and ads for wallpaper, trim, and papering services. A dog suspected of hydrophobia was shot near Hamilton Square, while residents note robberies at Princeton area homes and improvements across town.
The Burlington New Jersey convention report will appear in book form from Wm. A. Baker & Co. Newark. Advertisements note hats bonnets feathers and silks for ten dollars at local shops. Potato bugs invade crops and Paris Green proposed for control. A church concert at Sightstown drew praise despite rain. A Mason & Allen store incident mentions workers joining labor, with tensions about labor influence.
Mason & Allen and C C Blauvelt Co advertise new dress goods and fabrics while Dey Beekman & Chamberlin ship lumber to Hightstown. An upcoming May 16 gathering at Newark aims to protect weekly rest days amid local road and township disputes and a notable obituary notes the 76 year old William W Clark Esq. formerly of South Brunswick Cranbury area.
A reader's letter discusses spring near ponds and an accident, praises Mr. Porter for interest in public welfare, and critiques local effort and charity. It urges timely action on town improvements and notes Mason & Allen's advertising for ready made clothing.
Board adjournment set for May 26 and Albany Street Bridge Committee tasked to inspect the bridge and report at the next meeting. A notice praises Rev. J. S. Van Dyke for Theism and Evolution, a defense of the Bible against scientific attack, priced at $1.50.
The county board adjourned to 2 pm and reconvened to appoint committees on Finance Garretson Viehmann Barclay Van Anglen. County Buildings Ten Broeck Warne Pender Van Anglen. Printing Pender Voorhees Ten Broeck Oberman. County Records Lyons Walker Acken Oberman. Sheriff Accounts Martin Warne Garretson Stults. County Claims Beebe Acken Martin Williamson. Lunatic Asylum Viehmann Acken Scully Stults. The band of Richard Serviss as County Collector was approved with bond of 50000 dollars and named sureties. The Finance Committee authorized the Collector to keep accounts and deposit county funds in New Jersey banks in New Brunswick, Cranbury, and Port of Allan. A lengthy discussion follows on Dr. Van Dyke and the compatibility of science and the Bible.
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