Increased license fees hit New Jersey saloons in 1908
New Brunswick November 4 Judge Theodore B Booraem raised minimum license fees from 100 to 150 dollars and set specific annual charges for towns across Middlesex County including Cranbury 300 Dunellen 300 East Brunswick 360 Helmetta 300 Highland Park 800 Jamesburg 300 Madison 300 Meriden 350 Milltown 350 Monroe 300 North Brunswick 300 Piscataway 300 Raritan 300 Sayreville 500 South Amboy 500 South Brunswick 800 South River 500 Woodbridge 450 Roosevelt 500 Spottswood 850. Also Sheriff Elect William H Quackenboss appointed Howard Wesner as under sheriff noting his fitness and prior service.
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New Brunswick
Theodore B. Booraem
Court of Common Pleas
Hcense Jves
Cran
Bargs
Dunellen
East Bruns
Helmettia
William H. Quackenboss
Aberill Howard Wesner
Litterst
Quackenboss
Howard Wesner
Middlesex
Mosquito Convention Inspires Colonels Praise On Farm
A national mosquito convention on a farm drew high spirits as a visiting colonel praised the scenery. He extolled the river and mountains as a paradise, but his vivid talk was cut short when a fresh swarm attacked him, cooling his rhetoric with bites.
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America
Graneur
Nature as medicine and life with Bucklen arnica and pills
A narrator extols nature over urban life as a tonic for health and spirit, praising sunshine, trees, and open air as superior to drugs or liquor. He quotes Bucklen's Arnica Balm testimonials and promotes Dr King’s New Life Pills for biliousness, malaria, and constipation, with local drugstore prices.
Edgerton’s Wanderer Gardener Tales and Beliefs
In a reflective piece by James A. Edgerton, the author recounts a tramp gardener who moved potatoes by transplanting, a tangent into observations on gardening, imagination, and nature. He blends anecdote with musings on moonlight, poetry, and a philosophy that life is guided by a just, purposeful order under God, urging constructive living and sincerity.
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Tater
Electric Bitters Endorsed for Stomach and Liver Trouble
Mrs. Mary Dowling of San Francisco endorses Electric Bitters for stomach trouble and general liver ailments. The testimonial claims the tonic purifies the blood, invigorates the system, and aids female weakness. Available at N F Clayton's drug store for 50 cents.
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Mary Dowling
8Th Ave
San Francisco
N. F. Clayton's
Special price on remaining 183 suits from maker
We secured an extra lot of these suits all that the maker had left about 183 suits and put them onto at this special price.
From City Fever to Quiet Farm Life and Renewal
An editor recalls twenty years in newspapers and city life, describing Broadway’s fever and urban obsession. A spring decision leads to a mountain retreat and a wide old farm, where sanity returns, family life improves, and a sense of God’s guidance shapes a new, simpler existence. Also notices: creditors of Duncan MacGown, tax collectors, and local tax dates in Middlesex and Cranbury.
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Tere
New York
Manhattan Island
Columbus
William
Cole
Duncan MacGown
Middlesex
Winns
Cone
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the Cranbury Press
Cranbury, Nv
Geo. W. Burroughs
Booracm
Wesner
Bucklen
A. F. Hardy
Enat Wilton
Maine
N. F. Clayton
Dr. King
Edgerton’s
Wo Arts
Ius
James A. Edgerton
Julian Ward Howe
Brotherhood For
Moonlight and Mysticism
Mike
Rilke
Rhode Island
Michael
W. V. Henry
Panama
Fred—Misa Budding
Bert—Um
Linife
Washington “Star
Milleus
God
Lave Cone
Cold Spring-on-the-ndgson
N.Y
Wea Ae
Autro
State Street
Trenton
N.J
C. C. Blauyveli
Hightstown, N. J
Ofler
Cranbury
Middlesey
Brown & Gibson's
Cranbury Station
Dee
J.B. White
Te Middiggex County Board of Taxation
Duluth
Wm. A. Spencer
Smith Htreat
Perth Amboy
N. J
J. & C. Lischer
Snedeker
N. Warren Street
Trenton, N. J
Masonie Temple Music Store
Stationery
Brink Book Store
E. State ST
Bee
Ton W. Reese
John S. Tease
Bmddlosex
John S. Reese
Iba W. Brest
Williamm. Corwin
Joan
Privet
Gird
Wos
Mary L. Eler
George M. Eler
County of
Middle
Hareby
Anthony Bilver
Mary J
Mortimore
Middleney
Anthony, Sila
Suk
Peppler
McVicker
Andy
New Holland
Jace
Thomas Peppler
Higutstown, N. J
O’neils Cash Crocery Store
James O’neil
Sporting Shoes
Chas. J
Imo
North Eroa
First National Bank
Savings Department
Silvery, Puxsipert
GFO, B. Mershon
Caduten
David C. Lewis
John
Silvers, Wm, 8. Silvers
James H. Goodwin
Walter Grover
Alexander ’, Cole
A. L. Armstrong
D. Molea
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William J Rowland
Chas. Wickoff. & Bro
Pemberton and
Hightstown
The
Union Transportation Company
Philadelphia
Ae. A
Ehort
Wm. J. Thomas
Frank A. Brown
Liverpool & London & Globe
Niagara
Pittsburg
Mercer County Mutual
Shrewsbury Mutual
Oranbury,n. J
Tomers
Sun Optical Mfg. Co
F. G. Leaming
Applegate Optical Rooms
State and
Warren Streets
Tinep
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