Cranbury Social Notes and Visitor Roundup
Cranbury residents recount weekend visits from Dayton Trenton and Montclair. Mr Geo W Burroughs marked his 75th birthday with a family supper. Obituaries greetings and church notices accompany local shopping and a sale of dress percales at Mrs E Harder's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Thomas
Dayton
Alice Suydam
C. R. Wicoff
Anna Harris
Andrew Harris
Trenton
Maude B. Bue
Bessie Dey
G. W. Burroughs
Asbury Park
Geo. W. Burroughs
The
Cranbury Press
Arthur L. Burroughs
Betty
Montclair
G. B. Merrion
Albert Walters
Prospect Plains
William Chamberlin
Princeton
Alfred Chamberlin
Lemuel Stults
Spring Lake
Major Voorhees
Joseph Symmes
M. E
Lawrence Havens
Rutherford
Anna Spaulding
Peter’ Urban
John Barlow
Kingston
Thomas Hutton
Ella Reese
David Griggs
Mies Hazel Compton
South Amboy
Mies Gertrude Harder
Elias Stults
South Orange
Abram Voorhees
Women face higher insurance risk due to smoking and drinking
Frances Partridge, general secretary of the Women's Benefit Association, told the National Fraternal Congress in Chicago that women who smoke or drink are not good insurance risks. She notes she monitors 250000 female risks yearly and cites lower mortality for the modern woman who avoids smoking and drinking, while adding smoking and drinking have declined among workingwomen. Also advertised hosiery at Mrs E Harder’s Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mies Frances Partridge
Women’s Benefit Association
Fraternal Congress
Chicago
Illinois
Miss Partridge
Chicago Herald-Examiner
Public Sale Notice for Cranbury Homestead Goods
October 15 Mrs. J. E. Bennett will sell household goods at the homestead property on Maplewood Avenue Cranbury. The sale will include household items and other personal property listed in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bennett
Maplewood Avenue
Cranbury
How Better Than Pills Chamberlains Tablets Superior
A note praises Chamberlains Tablets as easier and more pleasant to take than ordinary cathartics. Their gentle action not only moves the bowels but improves appetite and strengthens digestion. Mrs E Harder debuts a new millinery display with tailored hats and beavers in season shades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain
Pilla
Middlesex County Agricultural Exhibit Planned for Cranbury
Middlesex County county board agrees to hold the agricultural exhibit at Cranbury on November 8 during the annual board meeting. The show features corn and potato classes with named varieties and a cake class for men. Dr. W H Martin of the Experiment Station will speak on sulphur use. full details to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Board of Agricultural Committee
Cranbury
Middlesex County Board of Agriculture
W. H. Martin
A. E Perrine
John Bennett
LeRoy Scott
Leon Hyland
Everett Errickson
Frank Denton
F Boye
H. Wilson
H. Hoxie
Good Neighbors and the Change of Town Life
A short tale from Indianapolis News about Mrs. Merriweather who moves with her children to escape nosy neighbors. Geraldine, now grown, notes that her new neighborhood is quieter but less neighborly and more private.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapols News
Daniel Boone Rock Inscription Reported in Lincoln County
A group of locals claims to have found a rock carving at the mouth of a cave on Pond Fork of Four Mile Creek near the Wayne line in Lincoln County. They say the inscription reads D Boone and matches the famed frontiersman’s name carved in Kentucky rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Boone
Kentucky
Wayne
Lincoln County
D. Boone
Pond Fork
Four Mile Creek
Wayne Line
Boone
Huntington
George W. Kaul Tailsors Opens Cranbury Shop
George W Kaul will open a shop offering cleaning repairing pressing dyeing and altering of ladies and gentlemen clothes. The new store occupies the Hendrick s building on North Main Street Cranbury New Jersey and opens Tuesday October 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hendrick’s
North Main Street
Cranbury, N. J
Bani Viola
Cranbury
N. J
J. Murphy
Plumbing business moves to Murphy Building Park Place
W. V. Stewart relocates his plumbing venture to the Murphy Building on Park Place. He offers steam and hot water heating, hot air heating, tin roof painting with a special roof paint in any color. Do not paint tin roofs with tar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphy
Park Place
R. Lewis
Jamesburg
N. J
Real Estate Opportunity in New Jersey Wanted Agent
An advertising notice seeks a part time exclusive representative to list and sell farms on commission. No experience required, reliable person to apply for an application blank. Contact New Jersey Farm Agency at 154 Nassau St or 837 R. E. Trust Bldg Philadelphia. General Election notices follow for Cranbury and South Brunswick townships including election dates and offices to be filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW Jersey Farm Agency
Nassau St
R. E. Trust Bldg
Philadelphia
Cranbury
Odd Fellows Hall
General Assembly
State of
New Jersey
Board of Chosen Freeholders
State Board of Control
Howard J. Butcher
South Brunswick
Dayton
Said
Monmouth Junction
Middlesex
Board of Registration
Board of Registry and Election
State Board of Control of
Lucky Seven Sale Teasers Highlight Deep Discounts
A vintage sale advertisement touts a list of heavily discounted items under a Lucky Seven promotion. The notes feature reduced prices on silverware coupons, steel wool, nails, toilet paper, oil stove wicks, barn paint, rubber goods, fly swatters, batteries, hammer handles, milk cans, paints, inner tubes, plugs, and tires with limited sale dates from October 8th to 15th.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. Y
Pitkins
Sherwin-Williams
Essex
Titan
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the Cranbury Press
Willard Applegate
Middlesex County
John N. Stonaker
Phone
George W. Kaul
W. V. Stewart
B&b. F. Esq
Quality Hill
Hightstown
Dayton Parsonage
Bringer L. Stults
Bungalow Poultry Farm
Plainsboro
George Walter
S. P. Dunham & Co
Upper Broad Street
Ss. P. Dunham & CO
E. E. Orton
Charles G. Groves
Office North Main Street
Disbrow & Son
Allentown, N. J
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