Church Notices and Community Events in Cranbury Area
Local church services and community gatherings listed from May to June 1919. Includes Preaching schedules at First and Second Presbyterian, Stitch and Chatter Club meeting, Union Valley Strawberry Festival, Pioneer Grange, and a postponed fireless cooker demo. Also reports obituaries for Peter Merrill, wedding party notes, bank convention attendance, a motor-vehicle damages verdict, Medal Contest at Schultz Memorial Church, and a bride elect surprise party. ends with an editorial remark from Norton, Kansas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred F. Stuka
Hightstown
Stuka
Anna L. Updike
Helen Applegate
Helen Forman
Cranbury
Gladys Applegate
Helen Wilson
Eleanor Grover
Isabelle C. Perrine
Eleanor Stala
Lydia Dew
Ethel May Hutchinson
Robbinaville
Mra. Maida Ridgeway
Mary Thomasson
Mra
C. Branley Stalta
Christian Endeavor Society
Second Presbyterian Church
Catherine Alden
New York
Harden Bartheoprano
Brooklyn
Ethelwyon Walker
Mercerville
Hugh Jansen
Allentown
Peddie Orchestra
Rule of People Should Begin at Home
A Salmon Idaho Herald letter argues that the Democratic party and Mr. Wilson focus on rule of the people while neglecting the South where one in six lacks franchise. It criticizes aid to Europeans and defends national responsibilities at home.
Synthetic rubber factory planned in Germany for war supply
Artificial rubber, once experimental, is reported a practical success. The dye works at Bibersfield Germany are building a large factory to produce synthetic rubber on a large scale to supply Germany in coming years when natural rubber from the tropics becomes scarce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biberfeild
Germany
Tropics
Invitations Issued for Mildred Franklin and Hurst Koblegard
Notices list a Stockton Street couple arranging the June 4 marriage of Mildred Franklin to Hurst H Koblegard of Clarksburg West Virginia. The town page also records local visits, military honors, job moves, illnesses, and residents’ family updates across Hightstown and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles E. Stuka
Stockton Street
Mildred Franklin
Hurst H. Koblegard
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Smoking and Tuberculosis Link in Military Examined
A Johns Hopkins bulletin notes ronchi in smokers versus non-smokers among young men, suggesting tobacco irritation could awaken latent tubercular infection. The study aligns with TB patterns: higher male mortality after adolescence, rising TB in men as tobacco use increases, while TB declines in women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. H.kenoce
M. D. Webb
Krause
Johns Hopkins Hospital
United States
Congress Plans Tax Cuts on Luxuries Amid War-Era Rules
Washington May 23 The Republican Congress proposes to cut luxury tax provisions from the postwar revenue law. Critics say high prices make necessities taxed as luxuries, raising living costs. Rep Bascom Slemp suggests reducing overall taxes to a normal level and funding government via bonds for abnormal postwar expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Republican Congress
Democratic Congress
Ways and Means Committee
House
Finance Committee
Senate
Bascom Slemp
Virginia
Appropriations Committee
Cause of Headache and Relief with Chamberlain's Tablets
This article notes that headaches often stem from a disordered stomach or constipation and may be avoided by treating the cause. It promotes Chamberlain's Tablets as a remedy, claiming many readers found permanent relief and describing the tablets as easy to take and mild in effect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Europe
Hills
Lawrence
Kansas
Journal World
Some One Named Mrs Wilson Attends Peace Treaty Ceremonies
The piece notes Mrs Wilson witnessing peace treaty ceremonies and comments on the distaff side of a presidential expedition. It compares reception of women in roles across French and American contexts, mentioning Gallantry and public opinion.
Also Mentioned on This Page
First Presbyterian
J. E. Curry
Second Presbyterian
Paul Martin
Princeton
H. F. Doran
Stitch and Chatter Club
Earl Wilson
Union Valley
Goodwin
Pioneer Grange
Leroy Scott
Peter Merrill
Freeman Merrill
Abbie Dorson
Portsmouth
N. H
A. 8. Cole, Son
Bankers Convention
Andrew Ely
Walter S. Grover
Barclay
Geo. B Mersber
New Jersey Bankers' Association
Chelsea
Atlantic City
William N. Runyon
James M. Beck
James Sheffield
Richard D. Norton
Christella Silvers
Norton
Silvers
Norton Auto
Mercer County Supreme Court
Schultz Memorial Church
Courier
the Reading Circle
Ladies Reading Circle
D. W. Clayton
Stuke
New Jersey
Spaulding
Washington's Crossing
Trenton
Barclay Bordentown
Clayton
M. Russell Johnson
Gertrude Davison
Burlington
Mrs. Johnson
Miss Davison
Bert Williams
Navy
Federal Trade Commission
Cleveland
Harry Hancock
118Th Infantry
France
Lamogneux
Charles E. Waite
Philadelphia
Mrs
Ferris C. Waite
Margaret Mason
Cook
Frank Grover
Clarence
Grover
LeRoy West
James Norris
Rutgers
James C. Norris
South Main Street
Calvin H. Perrine
Mayhew Swinger
Ezra
B. Frank Mount
Bergenville
George Davison
Elsie
William C. Mount
Applegarth
William Rogers
Scarlett
Cranbury Station
St. Petera Hospital
New Brunswick
Eva
Warren Ely
Russell Rockhill
Holmes Pellett
Bordentown
Frank Wolfe
South Street
John Early
William Totten
Charles Wilson
George Brown
Samuel Ford
R. M. VanDenburgh
H. C. Mount
Prospect Plains
Congress
E. State St. Trenton,sn. J
Donnelly’s
Donnelly Lines
Freak'w Donnely Copulor Opera House Stores
Trenton, N. J
A F Williams
Williams
East State St
Ocrenton
Horace Mann
Mer
Memorial Day
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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