Second Presbyterian and Village groups schedule events
Rev Warren Elsing preaches at Second Presbyterian with mornings theme A Broken Fence and evening Three Good Things. First Presbyterian C E Society meets with Perseverance led by Miss Margaret Perrine. Village Improvement Society meets next Monday at 7 46 in the Library. Reading Circle gathers Nov 7 at Mrs Clifford Conover to discuss Our Dependencies and New Possessions. A and Wicoff named school janitor succeeding John Soehler. Ladies Guild supper at First Church chapel election night at 5 30 Menus 60 cents children 35 cents.
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Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
Village Improvement Society
Clifford Conover
Mra
J. B. Perrine
Mra Davis
Ladies Guild of the First Church
Movie Man Gave Prizes on Hallowe'en at Palace Theatre
The Palace Theatre manager handed out prizes on Wednesday evening for best costumes. Gladys Petty won first, a small oak clock, and Bertha Oehler earned second, a flash light. The house was crowded.
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Movie
Hallowe’en
Palace Theatre
Gladys Petty
Bertha Oehler
Bennett and Denison Buildings Destroyed by Fire
Last week a blaze swept Bennett and Denison hay and grain buildings at Hoff man Station. A large stock of logs and produce was stored inside with no firm total yet available. The Dutch Neck Church Ladies Aid plans a chicken dinner and evening entertainment to aid the Red Cross on election day. Police hunt three men in cars who stole a pig from J. C. Applegate’s farm a mile above Lawrenceville, loading it into a vehicle.
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Bennett & Denison
Hay
Hoffman Station
Ladies Aid Society
Dutch Neck Church
the Red Cross
J. C. Applegate
Lawrenceville
Plainsboro
Jeffers
Hale
Department of Agriculture
Washington D. C
St. Louis
Barnard
Reford
Walker-Gordon
Worth While Investment in Youth Temperance Work
A veteran W C T U worker credits early life training in the Young People's Branch with fueling modern leadership in the Duluth dry campaign. The article urges organizers to prioritize youth societies as the seed of lasting temperance success and a popular local youth organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Young People’s Society
Abe
Loyal Temperance Legion
Young People’s Branch
Young People’s
Death of Joseph V. D. Mershon in Denver
We record the death of Joseph V. D. Mershon at Denver Colorado on Wednesday afternoon He was secretary treasurer of the New Brunswick Trust Co and had recently moved from Highland Park with his wife and daughter Martha to start a new life in Colorado He was in his fortyeighth year and had long served in Cranbury banking and local religious and social circles He will be deeply mourned by his wife daughter brother George B Mershon and many Cranbury and New Brunswick friends Funeral services will be held Tuesday at two oclock at his brother Georges home conducted by Dr W W Knox Interment in the Second Presbyterian Cemetery Cranbury
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph V. D. Mershon
Denver
Colorado
Mershon
New Brunswick Trust Company
Highland Park
Martha
George B Mershon
Cranbury
New Brunswick
Isaac and
Isabel Mershon
Cranbury Bank
Asbury Park Bank
New Brunswick Trust Co
George B. Mershon
W. W. Knox
Second Presbyterian
Car Hits Pole Kills Woman and Injures Two Men
A Perth Amboy couple traveling with Mayor Kercus near Hightstown in an early morning crash died when their car struck a telegraph pole. The husband, driver of the car, and the mayor were severely injured and hospitalized after the collision with a Mercer Auto shop car driven by Carl Bush of Trenton.
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Hightstown
Joseph Polkowitz
Kercus
Perth Amboy
Polkowitz
Karcus
Camp Dix
Mercer Auto Company
Carl Bush
Trenton
W. L. Wilbur
Tax on Telephone Messages Under 1917 Revenue Law
Patrons are informed that starting November 1, 1917 the 5 cent tax applies to any telephone message or conversation with total charges of 15 cents or more. The Telephone Company must collect this tax from the payer in addition to the regular charge. The rule covers initial rates of 15 cents or more and situations where overtime raises the total to 15 cents or more.
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Congress
Republican Ticket Rally Urges Vote For State and County Race
A call to Republicans to vote next Tuesday highlights Charles Forman for Middlesex Sheriff and lists James A. Edgar Frederick C. Schneider George S. Applegate as Assemblymen and Louis J. Belloff William S. Dey Frederick Gebhardt Sr Clarence M. Haight Walter H. Masterson as Freeholders. Also recounts a Trenton school visit to a milk farm and a Thanksgiving reflection on wartime economy.
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Charles Forman
Middlesex County
Louis J. Belloff
William 8. Dey
Frederick Gebhardt, Sr
Clarence M. Haight
Walter H. Masterson
Our Food is Safe Read the Following
James F. Fielder of Jersey City criticizes rumors spread during the Food Pledge Campaign claiming the government would confiscate household food from signers. He insists the claim is absurd and unlawful and draws prosecutorial attention to those circulating it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Fielder
Jersey City
N. J
Herbert Hoover
Make A Good Showing In A Home Reflecting Its Inmates
A quotation from Word and Works asserts a home reveals the character of its residents. It argues that intelligent, refined people create homes that mirror virtues, while a fine character may reside in modest surroundings, driving efforts toward better living spaces.
Remembrances for Boys in Khaki at Stoll Stores
Remembrances for boys in khaki are plentiful at Stoll stores with Army shaving sets drinking cups puttees Thermos bottles fountain pens pen knives sweaters vest pocket cameras and other small items. Shoppers may visit to choose suitable gifts for soldiers in training.
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Stoll
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C. E. Society
C. E. Society of the First Presbyterian Church
Miss Margaret
Perrine
A. & Wicoff
John Soehler
THE
Farmers and Traders Telephone Company
James A. Edgar
Frederick C. Schneider
George 8. Applegate
Walker-Gordon Laboratory Co
Civics
Good Housekeeping
Uxbridge
E. State St
Trenton, N. J
Rea Downe
First National Bank
R. A. Donnelly
State Street
Broad
Block’s
Daniel Block Clothing CO
Washington Market Building
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