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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1908
Page
3
Russell Silvera of Princeton University spent Sunday at home with age guest classmate Milne. The column lists local visits, illnesses, and events including church notices, social calls, a millinery opening, a wedding invitation,逗 and a charity event in Cranbury and nearby towns.
The Cranbury community reports a contract award for excavating a cellar at the Cranbury schoolhouse to HN Scott. Mrs. William S Bergen buys land formerly owned by D. W. Hongland and J. E. Bennett, to make her home there. Marriage invitations go out for Miss Annie A Dey and Thomas E Applegate at the First Presbyterian Church Cranbury on October 14. The Woman’s Home Missionary Society elects officers for the counting year. Post office quarters shift with Brown Cole and Voorhees traveling to Newark. Odd Fellows Hall is rented for post office purposes. The Sabbath service begins at 7:30 PM with special music, and an Anniversary Sabbath address by Rev. Samuel T. Graham is planned for October 18 at 8 PM in the Second Church.
The body of Daniel Malan was found Thursday morning near Cranbury Station along the railroad tracks. He appears to have been struck by a train around 7 o clock. He previously worked for Peter H Johnson near Cranbury Station. Police pursued a suspect in Lakewood robberies but he remains at large after an escape in foggy weather.
Henry Riggs a prominent Cranbury Neck farmer was savagely attacked by Phillip Fitzpatrick, his former two month employee, amid a feud over a rebuke and alleged negligence. Riggs survived after binding, with help from his wife, and Fitzpatrick was captured near Cranbury and taken to Hightstown.
Local items report social visits and gatherings in New Brunswick Newark and Bridgeport. A road macadamization discussion in Hightstown shows State Road Commissioner and Mercer County officials backing the project, with a dinner among borough leaders and businessmen.
Money to loan on bond and mortgage from £50 up. Apply to N. BR at Cowenhoven, 43 Patterson Street, New Brunswick New Jersey. Auctioneering services offered by A W Totten Cranbury New Jersey promising sale of property and goods with satisfaction guaranteed or payment.
Grace Margaret Gould touts satin as the season's chic choice, praising a satin gilet with Persian embroidery and a versatile vest that can substitute for an overbrous or be worn with filet net. The piece highlights French touches and a limited wardrobe appeal, while a lost hound dog is reported at end.
Ida W. Reese Administratrix of Tolim 8 Reese decedent by Middlesex County Surrogate directs creditors to present debts claims against the deceased within eight months under oath or affirmation or be barred from action. Dated October 6 109.
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