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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1913
Page
8
A Hightstown shop advertises a comprehensive May display offering muslin garments and full women’s wear lines from headwear to accessories. The sale features gowns, skirts, drawers, chemises, corset covers, and princess slips with prices ranging from 19 cents to about 2 dollars, highlighting material quality and fit.
A large assortment of cotton and silk dress materials in plain colors and printed figures on white grounds. Looms offer an vast array of designs for summer gowns this season with gins as well as plain fabrics in poplins plissif voiles crepes linens and many printed materials including lawns batistes voiles dimities mulls victoria crepe plus new lace embroideries allovers and flouncings.
New collection showcases chic hat designs in a range of shapes and modest prices. See the millinery show window for the latest summer fashions.
The Cranbury baseball team opens the season against Helmetta on School Grounds Saturday May 17 at 3 o clock with admission 16c for men and 10c for ladies. After that 25c for men and 10c for ladies. Applegarth beats Hights town Giants 21 to 6 with Chick Hoffman saving the day in the fifth. Cranbury High School Junior Team to face Strong Plainsboro Athletic Club at Plainsboro May 17 1913.
Mr and Mrs William H Snow of 56 State Street Hackensack New Jersey welcome their thirteenth child born Tuesday May 13 1913. The family, not superstitious, ponders if the birth date will bring luck as noted by the New York World.
Local residents and visitors circulated through Cranbury Station and nearby towns. Names include Mrs. John Mount Lester, Baird Applegate, Mrs. David Johnson, the Pepplers, Collinses, Ely, Seigle, and many others visiting in Freehold Trenton Philadelphia Newark and Atlantic City.
A Bible lesson on Genesis 42 links sowing to reaping, tracing Joseph’s brothers’ past cruelty and its echoes. It discusses guilt, consequences, and the justice and love of God, urging readers toward repentance, Christ’s atonement, and reconciliation during the Millennium. It notes Jacob’s distress over Benjamin and the meaning of Sheol in the Old Testament.
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