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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 22, 1895
Page
3
Ten cent admission invites readers to a Thanksgiving night program at the First Church chapel with a varied program including ice cream, confections, and novelty acts. A “Gypsey Encampment” and a wedding scene titled “Guy Wedd” are billed as central attractions to raise funds for a worthy cause.
Cranbury community explores establishing a creamery after years of trial. speaker Mr Charles Howell Cook outlines conditions for operation with 200 cows, a Hall, and five year lease. local leaders form committee to seek patrons while noting rising crop yields and changing agriculture pressures. Also mentions First Church sermon and local meetings.
Brunswick faces a deadly epidemic with about 800 cane cases and roughly a dozen deaths reported. A blaze in Elteworth Hathor, Hamilton townslip, yesterday destroyed a structure, with no cause yet found. Howard MacSherry, once a Middlesex lawyer who left to pursue acting, is staged for a return to the legal profession in nearby courts after years in California.
Operations by the Pennsylvania Railroad on the proposed extra track through Broad Street Burlington were stopped by an injunction served Tuesday morning. Vice Chancellor Bird granted the order after ex-Judge Westcatt of Camden secured it for local property owners along the street.
Incendiary blaze at A. B. Leigh’s stock farm scorched three large barns and outbuildings. Cattle and some livestock saved. extensive losses include horses, sheep, hay, grain, machinery, dressed meat, and poultry. The event marks Princeton’s largest fire in years. insurers limited. Also noted are publication changes for Lavina Evens Satvxpay and local vendor notices and whiskey recommendation at Summit Street, Hightstown.
The piece urges wives to spend wisely on home goods and clothing, shop locally rather than traveling to cities like Philadelphia New York or Trenton, and compare prices. It questions yearly merchant books and suggests carrying cash to avoid high interest and overpaying for inferior goods.
S P Dunham Co offers a wide stock of 15 and 18c era corsets and rib bon pieces in a state street window display. Demonstrations promise corset merits and fashion accessories for Christmas gifts with prices 75c 99c 125 and 150. Also advertised are fine Dongola stock ladies shoes with patent feather tips and affordable pricing.
Window display highlights All Wool Cheviots and Scotch Wool Tweads 38 inches wide. Mentioned fabrics include soft twisted Cheviots with minimal cotton content. Sale includes yardage described as sturdy and previously popular, priced at fifty cents per yard.
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