Church Services and Union Anniversary at Two Presbyterians
Morning sermons at First Presbyterian led by Rev James K. Shields and Rev Warren Elsing. Sunday school resumes at 10 o clock. Union anniversary exercises at 8 pm with Dr Carolyn Geisel as keynote. Second Presbyterian hosts Go-to-Sunday School Day with 10 am classes. Christian Endeavor meets Sunday evening led by Charles C Groves.
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First Presbyterian
James K. Shields
New Jersey
Anti-saloon League
Carolyn Geisel
Second Presbyterian
Warren Elsing
Woman's Christian Temperance Union of New Jersey Convention Moves
The forty third annual W C T U convention shifts to First M B Church Asbury Park from Haddonfield and runs October 17 to 19 with Dr Carolyn E Geivel Professor Livingston Barbour and a gold medal contest as evening attractions. Miss Anna Brown and John Owens wed quietly at Schultz Memorial Church parsonage with Rev Z W Wells officiating and plan to live in Cranbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union of
New Jersey
M. B
Asbury Park
Haddonfield
Carolyn E. Geivel
Battle Creek
Mich
Livingston Barbour
Rutgers College
Anna Brown
Cranbury
John Owens
Richmond
Schultz Memoria
Z2 W Wells
October Meeting of Women’s Missionary Societies at Second Presbyterian
The annual October gathering of the Women’s Missionary Societies met in the church chapel with large attendance. Welcoming remarks were given by Mrs. Ella Stults, followed by responses and prayer, a solo by Miss Hattie Lewis, and talks including “Missions in General” by Rev Warren Eling. A quartet featuring several members performed, then readings by Marie Groves. A social hour and refreshments closed the event, hosted by Mrs. I. D. Barclay, Mrs. Anna Spaulding and Mrs. Brults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Missionary Societies
Second Presbyterian Church
Ella Stults
Foreign Society
Hattie Lewis
Warren Eling
Miss Lewis
Marion Campbell
Missy Mary
Hughes
C. P. Emmons
Marie Groves
First Presbyterian Home Missionary Society Officers Elected
At the annual meeting held last Friday afternoon at Mrs. I. C. Hoffman the First Presbyterian Church elected officers including President Mrs. B. J. Bergen and Vice President Mrs. Symmes H Perrine. The program featured readings and prayers led by Mrs. Curry, Mrs. Chamberlin, and Mrs. Dey, with Mrs. Perrine presiding in the president’s absence. Later Miss Sara S. Perrine hosted a porch party with sewing and refreshments for friends including Mrs. Rusae Johnson and Miss Hattie Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Home Missionary Society
First Presbyterian Church
I. C. Hoffman
Curry
John D. Chamberlin
Ancil Dey
Wm. F. Perrine
S. Perrine
Miss Perrine
Sara S. Perrine
Circle
Ladies Reading Circle
Charles T. Hoffman
Anna Chamberlin
Clarence Perrine
Hattie Lewis
Havens Beautifying Home in North Cranbury
Mr and Mrs Walter Havens have added a bay window wired the house for electric light and repainted and papered rooms in their North Cranbury home. Synod to Meet in Atlantic City. The Synod of New Jersey will convene next Tuesday and Wednesday at the First Presbyterian church in Atlantic City with Rev J H Curry and Elder R J Guick from First Church of this place. Mrs Curry will accompany them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Synod
Synod of
New Jersey
First Presbyterian Church of
Atlantic City
J. H Curry
R J. Guick
First
Mrs. Curry
Walter Havens
Havens
New Jersey State Grange
Grange Hall
Columbus
Burlington County
State Grange
Wm. H. Thomas
Hightstown
Local Union Meeting Set for Spotswood Tomorrow
The Local Union of Christian Endeavor will meet at Spotswood tomorrow. Addresses will be given by Rev Warren Elsing of Cranbury Rev J B Clark of Dayton and Rev G A Burslem of Plainsboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union of Christian Endeavor
Spotswood
Warren Elsing
Cranbury
J.B. Glark
Dayton
G. A. Burslem
Plainsboro
Widow Mary E Van Hart Dies in Prospect Plains
Mrs. Mary E Van Hart widow of Jacob L Van Hart died Monday morning at her sister Mrs. David G Stults home in Prospect Plains where she resided She leaves two sisters Mrs Sturt and Miss Minnie Applegate and a brother Abijah Applegate Funeral services were held yesterday at 1130 from her late home and interment followed at Brainerd Cemetery Cranbury under A S Cole Son Co authority The obituary notes her late residence and family connections.
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Mary E. van Hart
Mary E van Hart
Jacob L van Hart
David G. Stults
Prospect Plains
van Hart
Armstrong Applegate
Sturt
Minnie~Applegate
Abijah Applegate
Brainerd Cemetery
Cranbury
A. S. Cole, Son & Co
Geigel to Speak at Town Sunday School Anniversary
Carolyn K Geigel Am M D of Battle Creek Mich will speak at the town union anniversary exercises for Sunday schools next Sunday at 3 PM in the First Presbyterian Church. She lectures for the Medical Temperance Department of the National WCTU and holds other offices. Press comments praise her engaging presence and personal style and note favorable reviews from the Atlanta Constitution and Jackson Patriot.
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Presbyterian
Carolyn K. Geigel
Battle Creek
Mich
Geigel
Medical Temperance Department
Miss Grove Hosts House Party With Music and Refreshments
Miss Mary W. Grove entertained many friends at a Saturday October seventh house party. Music was provided by Luella Combs and George Comb of Hamilton Square. Guests included Edgar Golden Roland Skilman Harold Appleby Harry Bodine William Golden Hazel Stout Ada Barlow Luella Grove Irene Barlow and the Groves of Plainsboro among others.
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Miss Grove
Mary W. Grove
Luella Combs
George Comb
Hamilton Square
Missex Luella Combs
Eoma Cottrell
George Combs
Harvey Stelle
Edgar Golden
Roland Skilman
Harold Appleby
Harry Bodine
William Golden
Trenton
Hazel Stout
Cranbury
Luella Grove
Ada Barlow
Luella Hults
Helen Barlow
Olive van Dorp
Irene Barlow
Minnie Schenck
Helen Grover
Ruth Grover
Howell Jones
Andrew Porter
L W. Grove
H. H. Grover
Plainsboro
Miss Mary McKay and Thomas Peppler United in Hightstown
Miss Mary McKay and Thomas Peppler of Hightstown wed at the bride’s home on South Main street in a ceremony conducted by Rev Hs A Markley. The bride, active Universalist and newspaper worker, will continue in insurance after a brief honeymoon through New York to Niagara Falls. Peppler, a merchant with Thomas Peppler Son & Co., serves on the East Windsor board of education. They will reside at the Old York road home after November 1.
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Peppler
Hightstown
Thomas Peppler
Niagara Falls
Old York Sond
W C T U Meets. Perrine Steps Down as President
The monthly meeting of the Women's Christian Temperance Union was held at the home of Afra D C Mershon. Mrs William F Perrine resigned as local president and Mrs Joseph G Symmes was elected to lead the group with Perrine as first vice president. Delegates to the State Union meeting in Asbury Park were chosen, including Mrs Perrine and Miss Marion Campbell. The program centered on Christian Citizenship with devotion led by Perrine and topics on moral issues and youth safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Afra
D. C. Mershon
William F. Perrine
Joseph G. Symmes
Perrine
Symmes
A. ‘H Symmes
State Union
Asbury Park
W. FF. Perrine
Marion Campbell
Curry
A. H. Symmes
Misa R. Ella Chamberlin
Harvey Reese
Wm. Perrine
Mies
J. B. Perrine
Razor Question Echoes In Garber’s Exchange
A garber asks a man about shaving, the man refuses to admit pain, replying he would not give satisfaction, in a brief Louisville Courier Journal exchange.
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Garber
Louisville Courier-Journal
Pioneer Grange Meeting and Trenton Machinery Fatality
Pioneer Grange No 1 opened its season with a large turnout and an incomplete program due to no heat. Mrs. W H Blackwell spoke on home economics and prizes of canned fruit, as Mercer County Pomona Grange planning for the November 15 event was organized. Edwin M Wilkes, a Trenton machinist, was killed when a piston blew through a stuffing machine after a valve was opened, with his death reported alongside his family and Wilkes Machine Works connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Grange
Pioneer Grange No 1
Wm. J. Campbell
W. H. Blackwell
Pomona Feturer
Titusville
Mercer County
Pomona Grange
W. H. Havens
John B. Perrine
H. J. Butcher
The
Grange
Edwin M. Wilkes
Second Street
Trenton
Watt
Wilkes
Harry Wilkes
Harry
Wilkes Machine Works
Laura Lawrence
R P Stillwell
Girls Turnout After Candidate Speech Goes Dancing
A Louisville Courier Journal snippet quotes a man lamenting that he could not get girls to take politics seriously. He held a home meeting with speeches by a popular candidate, but the girls reportedly left for a dance record on the graphophone.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Fire Devastates Bennett Store Sparks Jamesburg Blaze
A major fire on Rail Road Avenue damaged L. T. Bennett & Sons dry goods store and two neighboring houses in Jamesburg. Miss Bells Matthews of the local telephone exchange heroically summoned aid from Freehold Hightstown and Englishtown, keeping Jamesburg connected before flames forced her to flee. Cause suspected defective flue. damage estimated at 20000 with stock ruined and losses partly insured.
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Jamesburg
L. T. Bennett & Sons
Railroad Avenue
Freehold
Hightstown
Englishtown
Bennett Place
Miss Matthews
Bennett
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TAE
State
W. c
Owens-Brown
Society
Local Union
Carolyn Geixel
Miss Chamberlin
Carlotta Davison
Wm. Russell Silvers
H. Perrine
W. Ruase
Silvers
Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea Company
Charles Groves
Bert Stahl
Grand Lodge
Matawan
Grand Lodge of
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Knickerbocker Lodge
Goodwin
Main Street
Great Lodge of Odd Fellows
B C Lippincott
Frank Howard Lloyd
William T. Robbins
Edwin F. Osborne
John Strattan
Samuel Garretgon
Forman R. Thomson
Edwin S Dupton
Charles R Stryker
Adam Banke
Ww. Cc. T. U. Meeting
Edwin Wilkes
L. V. Pullen
Donnelly
Fred'k W. Donnelly
A. F. Williams
Williams Jewelry Store
East State Street
Trenton, N. J
LOGIG
First National Bank
Daniel Blook
Washington Market Building
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