Cranbury Personal Notes Share Local Visits and Events
The Cranbury Press notes visits and guests across town including Mr. and Mrs. D. Baird Davison hosting in Cranbury and friends from Freehold Rahway Trenton and Asbury Park. A Rutgers lecture raised nearly $40 with Crescent Orchestra providing music. The Board of Education votes to extend school by an hour on rainy days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Livingston Barbour
Rutgers College
New Brunswick
Second Presbyterian Church
Crescent Orchestra
David P. Campbell
Beatrice
Trenton
W. J. Campbell
Reading Circle Meets With Mrs Perrine Program Pleasing
The Reading Circle met on Wednesday with Mrs Samuel Perrine for readings from witty writers and a dialect song. The next meeting will be with Mrs G W Burroughs on the Tuesday preceding Thanksgiving November 28 with Russia as the subject.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Perrine
G. W. Burroughs
Russia
Go and See For Yourself At Fen ton’s Jewelry Store
Readers are urged to visit O. T. Fenton's jewelry store in Hightstown to view Christmas gift stock and prices. The message promises beautiful goods for elaborate or small gifts and aims to persuade purchases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. T. Fenton’s
Hightstown
Two Anniversaries To Be Celebrated At Wilson Home
Mr and Mrs David J Wilson host a Saturday party marking their twenty sixth wedding anniversary and the third anniversary of their daughter Mrs William Dennison. Guests include Mrs Taylor Mount and Miss Mary Mount of Jamesburg and Mr and Mrs William Dennison of Newark. Pioneer Grange meeting drew a large crowd with talks by Mr and Mrs H W Jeffers about travel in Colorado and the West and a display of fruit from local farms including Havens, Scott, Barclay, Perrine and Reynolds. A gift of choice apples was given to Mrs Jeffers at the end of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David J. Wilson
William Dennison
Taylor Mount
Mary Mount
Jamesburg
Newark
Pioneer Grange
Pioneer Grange No
H. W. Jeffers
Colorado
Grange
W. H. Havens
Walter Scott
John H. Barclay
Samuel Perrine
Somine Oa
Reuben Reynolds
Popular Pastor Returns to Central Methodist Bridgeton
Rev. S. Monroe Van Sant, formerly pastor of the local Methodist church, is the popular pastor of Central Methodist Church Bridgeton. By unanimous vote, the congregation asks for his return.
Plainsboro Socials and Local Changes in 1912 Scene
Plainsboro hosts a twenty fifth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs George Garret with about sixty guests. Dr H F Reynolds sells his Kingston farm to W E Foote of Freehold and travels to California. Visitors from Washington and Kansas arrive at Walker Gordon Farm. Adams family returns to Kingsley Pa. Reynolds and Jeffers dine with H N Scott. Savige Son lumber firm sold. will operate as Shangle Hunt from 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Reynolds
Kingston
W. E. Foote
Freehold
Mrs. Reynolds
Trenton
Philadelphia
California
Messrs Farrell and Cardon
Agricultural Department
Washington, D. C
Deaa Webster
Prof
Jardine
Manhattan Agricultural College of Kansas
Walker—Gordon
F. J. Adams
Plainsboro
Kingsley
H. W. Jeffers
H. N. Scott
Cranbury
Edward A. Savige
Dayton church events raise funds for stained glass windows
Members of the Ladies Aid Society at Dayton Church earned a dollar in a novel way and invited men to hear rhymed tales of their earnings. Cake and coffee were served, and the money will buy stained glass for the church. Repairs to the Presbyterian Church include fresh paint, metal walls and ceiling, a new carpet, and a new concrete curb in front. The school building is nearly finished, raised to two stories with concrete first floor. An American heating plant is being installed by Wm. J. Thomas of Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies Aid Society
Dayton
Presbyterian Church
Wm. J. Thomas
Norris and Robbins Wed in Broad Street M E Church
Miss Alta B. Norris daughter of Mr and Mrs George B Norris and Mr Forrest Robbins son of Mr and Mrs Addison Robbins Sr were married Wednesday at the parsonage of the Broad Street M E Church Trenton by Rev James L Gardner. The bell for the Baptist church is at the church and will be placed soon. Dr Dey has returned from a visit with his daughter in Chambersburg Pa. Miss Beatrice Hutchinson of Trenton was a recent visitor in town as the guest of her mother Mrs Frank Thompson. Miss Gladys Applegate at St Mary School Burlington spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alta B. Norris
George ©. Norris
Forrest Robbins
Addison Robbins
Broad Street M. E
Trenton
James L Gardner
Baptist Church
Dey
Chambersburg
Beatrice Hutchinson
Frank Thompson
Gladys Applegate
St. Mary School
Burlington
Public Sales Propose Farm and Personal Property Auctions
Charles Mason executor of Alex Mason deceased schedules a Nov 23 sale of a 146 acre Cranbury Hightstown road farm with eight room house, barns, and outbuildings. A Nov 25 sale at Hightstown lists bank stock and telegraph company shares. Nov 27 Joseph Oker of Dayton to sell household goods and furniture. Also a light humor exchange about climate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mason
Alex. S. Mason
Cranbury
Hightstown
Samuel Mount
Wm. P. Dey
Main St
Etra Road
First National Bank
Stock Peoples Bank
New Brunswick
Farmers and Traders Telephone Co
Dtock
Tenmonth County Farmers Exchange
Minor Pullen Shoe Co
Joseph Oker
Will Sall
Dayton
For Sale Six Year Old Bay Horse Hamiltonian
Six year old bay horse with Hamiltonian pedigree for sale. Registered and suitable for breeding or riding. Inquiries accepted at the stables of J. B. Silvers & Bro. Company dated November 10. 1f.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiltonian
Silvers & Bro. Company
Tax Payers Notice Cranbury Township 1911 Tax Days
Notice to taxable inhabitants of Cranbury Township Middlesex County that taxes are due The collector will attend at Brown Gibson store Cranbury Station December 12 1911 3 to 6 pm Plainsboro Walker Gordon Laboratory Co office December 14 1911 11 am to 1 pm J E Whites store Plainsboro December 16 1911 11 am to 5 pm Armyhoms Cranbury weekly in November December 6 to 8 pm also Dec 20 for tax payments Delinquent notices will be issued December 20 and appeals to Middlesex County Board of Taxation must be filed by December 28 1911 Blank appeal forms available from Wm A Spencer Perth Amboy 110 Smith Street Dated October 13 1911 WM F Perrine Collector of Taxes
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
County of
Middlesex
Brown & Gibson’s
Cranbury Station
Walker- Gordon Laboratory Co
Plainsboro
J. E. White’s
Armyhoms
Middlesex County Board of Taxation
Wm. A. Spencer
Smith Street
Perth Amboy
N.J
WM. F. Perrine
No Chicken in the Pie and Quips Across the Page
A collage of humorous snippets opens with a joke about a chicken pie missing actual chicken and a waiter’s explanation. The page also includes cartoons and light quips about office life, singing practice, a cat and berries, and social observations.
An Epicure's Pilot and Witty Exchanges
A fragmented collection of quips from Washington Star Baltimore American and Puck. It features an animal frightened by a caterpillar, a humorous job-hunting remark ending in a barker, and a quip about universal peace where victory may cover pensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epicure
Washington Star
Baltimore American
Time and Money and Speechless Strife
A clipped dialogue excerpt contrasts time money and relationships. A Boston Herald quote notes a man saving $1.50 and reading two novels since stopping visits. The exchange muses on presence versus presents and a fisherman giving bait to a fish he already caught.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
Jack
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the Cranbury Press
D. Baird Davison
Ww. Smock
Alice
Lillian
Clarence Little
Frank Wickett
John B. Perrine
Hopewell
Pomona Grange
Ernest Scott
Rahway
J. E. Carry
Ida Belle McDougall
Prospect Plains
Mrs. Smith
Long Island
Anna Petty
Lizzie Petty
Blaine Davison
Ella Stults
A. M. Genung
Asbury Park
A. A. Rue
Arthur Clayton
Henry Conover
Cranbury Neck
Alta Lamb
Wm. H.thomas
Elmer Hutchinson
Allentown
Charles Stults
Furman Updike
Family
Jos. C. Chamberlin
New York
Beekman Perrine
Elwood Onderdonk
Harvey Duncan
Wa. F. Perrine
W. I. Stults
South Cranbury
Franklin Bennett
Stults
Bunker Gill
Abram Voorhees
Elias Stults
Voorhees
John Applegate
Con Joseph
Walter McDougall
Jessie VanDerveer
Fannie VanDerveer
Spafford Davison
Rose Voorhees
E. J. Davison
Rebecca A. Clayton
Long Branch
Wm. M. Cox
Lemuel Beedle
Leroy Scott
J. W. B. Wicoff
Catherine Wicoff
Miss Marian Campbell
Wm. H. Thomas
Thos Dey
Hippodrome
Jane Dey
Mary Edsall
Hannah Hammond
Hiram Mount
Leon Mount
H. C. Symmes
Kate Steen
BR. L. McDowell
Elva Chamberline
Plainfield
Walter Leming
Allertown
W. H. Thomas
Applegarth
Matthew Reynolde
Lillian Dey
Baird Davison
George Hopple
Annie Petty
Bristol
Elmer Vandenbergh l
Frank A. Brown
Charles Vincent
Board of Education
the Reading Circle
M. van Sant
George Garret
A. 8. Reed
Hewitt
Jewitt
Apollo Lodge
A-M
Joseph E, Curry
W. M
Kolb’s
Blaine Davison’s
Kolb's
Sam
Everybody’s Magazine
Owen
Houston Chronicle
Paris
Patrice
Yonkers Statesman
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pernicious Literatura
Yash
Cleveland Plain Desier
Willis
Gillis
Puck
North
New York Sun
Dunham
Trenton, N. J
S.p.dunhaie &Co
Payra
O. T. Fenton
Hightstown, N. J
Men’s New Fall
Onstearth
the Hatter
E. State Street
N. J
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