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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 31, 1901
Page
3
Philadelphia and New York schedules given with connections via Bordentown Freehold and Long Branch. Local society news includes visits, sermons, weddings, and church events plus a widow Perrine death and upcoming Children’s Day observances.
South Brunswick township held a School Day in Dean's Grove on Friday with addresses by J Brognard Betts assistant State Superintendent Rev JOH Folwell of Kingston and Ray Thomas 9 Song of Dayton. H H Mershon presided. Organist Gertrude Shaw and many township teachers organized the event. Pupils like Watten Garretson Grace Voghte Nan Aken Emma Schenck and others took part. County Superintendent H B Willis reported certificate counts for eighth and fourth year work and attendance.
A crowded Reading Circle reception Wednesday at the J. S. Silvers home featured Miss Elizabeth Swain and Miss Clute with piano and vocal offerings. The event included a photo guessing contest, tea and cake, and a committee list of Mrs. Perrine, Mrs. Butcher, Mrs. Symmes, Mrs. Newman, Miss Bergen, Mrs. Perrine.
Hightstown items include Mrs Mire Skillman still in danger, Elmer F B Anderson moving to Burlington, Edward Anderson and Emma Wilson’s marriage, and a Children’s Day program at the Presbyterian church. Other notes cover church and veteran affairs, inspections of Amboy Division stations, farm equipment orders, a new Cranbury Vigilant Society, game law reminders, and local letters and ads.
S P Dunham & Co in Trenton markets silk fabrics in multiple colors and weaves at discounts, listing prices from 50c to $1.25 and describing a wide array of silks. The ad promotes furniture bundles including oak and mahogany bedroom suites with prices from $11.75 to $25.00, plus various beds, springs, mattresses, and parlor furniture at deep discounts.
Trade notices tout backward season sales lifting sales past prior year highs as manufacturers and mills rush to clear stock. Discounted fabrics include India linens 10c to 16c, Persian lawns, French nainsooks, batiste, chiffon and madras with prices from 8c to 50c.
The article notes a long period of favorable cotton dress goods conditions with the largest stock in years. It highlights low prices on dimities, swisses, batiste, organdies, and mercerized chambray, listing several items with prices from 5c to 29c and describing imported fabrics and patterns in demand.
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