Personal Notes from Cranbury and Nearby Towns
Cranbury area residents and guests are listed in a long stream of social visits. Notable entries include Mr. and Mrs. Walter Havens at Gloucester County Grange, trips to New York and Trenton, and visits to Asbury Park Camden and Long Branch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Havens
Gloucester County Grange
Clayton
Mercer County
Pomona
John E. Ervin
H. H. Conover
New York
W. J. Campbell
James C. Campbell
Manalapan
Andrew Beedle
Jersey City
Albert Smith
Old Bridge
Lemuel Beedle
Prospect Plains
Ethel Davison
Leroy Scott
Ernest Scott
Rahway
David J. Wilson
Lewis Bowers
Trenton
Georgia Nutt
Elizabeth Fewsmith
Miss Fewsmith
Camden
Clifford Stults
Asbury Park
Stults
Alex
H. J. Butcher
Kate Steep
Philadelphia
A. H. Symmes
William Cummings
Perth Amboy
Lewis Chamberlin
Wm. McDowell
Cranbury Station
John Ervin
George Larrison
Hightstown
New Brunswick
Joseph G. Dey
John Dorrance
Windsor
Dorrance
John H. Barclay
Manasquan
Taylor Mount
Jamesburg
Arthur E. Perrine
Walter Scott
James I. Hutchinson
Mount Stout
Long Branch
Cox
Margaret Hanning
Wm. P. Gibson
Social Club Halloween Meet Sets Evening with Curry Pair
The Social Club will meet next Tuesday evening October 31 with Rev and Mrs J E Curry for a Halloween affair and unspecified program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Curry
Hallowe’en
Corona Club Opens Season With First Meeting
The Corona Club will hold its first meeting of the season next Thursday evening November 2 with Mr. and Mrs. E. 8. Barclay. Mrs. Phoebe Baker, visiting friends at New Brunswick, has returned to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank P. Jemison where she will spend the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Townsend
New Brunswick
Samuel Perrine
J. W. B. Wicott
Plainsboro
Leroy Scott
W. J. Campbell
Englishtown
Isaac Bogart
Corona Club
Phoebe Baker
Frank P. Jemison
Bread and cider offered at Blaine Davison’s Kolb's
Kolb's Pan Dandy and Mothers Bread are available daily at Blaine Davison's store along with first class sweet cider. The notice highlights fresh baked goods and cider offerings to attract customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kolb’s
Blaine Davisons
Blaine Davison’s
Local man harbors rare English starlings
I Howard Bergen keeps a small flock of English starlings in the pine trees on his lawn. The birds are very rare in this country and admired for their plumage sweet song and mimicry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. Howard Bergen
The Reading Circle Meeting Next Wednesday
The Reading Circle will meet Wednesday afternoon November with Mrs. W. H. Johnson. A discussion on Should Children Read The Daily Newspaper will be held. Papers will be presented by Mrs. G. W. Burroughs Mrs. J. D. Chamberlin Mrs. J. B. Curry and Mrs. Samuel Perrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. H. Johnson
G. W. Burroughs
J. D. Chamberlin
J. B. Curry
Samuel Perrine
Gunners Open Season With Licenses Available
The gunning season starts Wednesday November 1 and licenses are on sale. Township Clerk Walter H. Havens will be at Geo Puerschner’s Barbershop on Saturday night October 28 for convenience of sportsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Havens
Geo. Puerschner
J. F. F. Club Organizes For Upcoming Season
The J. F. F. Club organized at Arthur Perrine’s home with Arthur Perrine as president and Miss Lizzie Petty as secretary treasurer. The next meeting is set with Mr and Mrs G A Bennett on November 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. F. F. Club
Arthur Perrine
Lizzie Petty
G. A. Bennett
Mrs Stults Hosts Executive Board Meeting
Mrs Ella Stults, president of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, presided at a luncheon and the annual Executive Board meeting. Attendees included Mrs Marcy of Riverton Mrs Sinex of Beverly Mrs Probasco Mrs McClevaghan of Jamesburg Mrs Tyack Miss Edna Wickoff of Hightstown Mrs John S Silvers Mrs S H Perrine and Mrs J E Curry of Cranbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ella Stults
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Avonmouth
Iuncheon
Marcy
Riverton
Sinex
Beverly
Probasco
McClevaghan
Jamesburg
Tyack
Edna Wickoff
Hightstown
John S. Silvers
H. Perrine
J. E. Curry
Cranbury
Reverend Webb to Lead Union Valley Church Services
Reverend N E Webb, newly appointed by the Methodist Conference to succeed Rev O L Jones, will take charge at Union Valley M P Church next Sunday October 29. Webb was warmly received in South Amboy where parishioners presented him a gold chain and charm at a farewell reception last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Webb
Methodist Conference
O. L. Jones
Union Valley M. P
Webb
South Amboy
Fort Governor Fort's Family Welcomes Twins
Franklin W. Fort, son of the former governor, is congratulated on a substantial increase in family wealth through the birth of twins, a boy and a girl, last Friday night. The Fort family includes two older children, a 16-year-old boy and a 3-year-old girl, and Mrs Fort is said to be doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin W. Fort
Fort
Breezy Point Benefit Services Planned at Dayton Chapel
Breezy Point will be given at the Dayton Chapel on Wednesday and Thursday, November 8 and 9. Proceeds will benefit the Sunday School and Christian Endeavor Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton Chapel
Sunday School and
Christian Endeavor Society
Till Death Us Part Verse Fragment by Gertrude S. Schultz
A fragmentary verse recalls vows quoted in marriage lines. The speaker invokes traditional vows “Till death us part” and “For richer or for poorer” with references to sickness and health. The text preserves a period tone and centers on enduring fidelity despite hardship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude S
Mrs Eva Williamson Sparks Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Eva Williamson Sparks dies at her mother's home after a long tuberculosis illness. She is 84 and survived by a sister Mrs Harrison Lewis and brothers Jerry Williamson of Camden and Harry Williamson of Hamilton Square. Funeral held Thursday at 2 30 from Second Presbyterian Church with interment in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Williamson Sparks
John Williamson
Harrison Lewis
Jerry Williamson
Camden
Harry Williamson
Hamilton Square
Second Presbyterian Church
Death of Alexander 8 Mason Beloved Hightstown Farmer
Alexander 8 Mason of Cranbury living near Hightstown died Sunday after an illness of six months. He was seventy two, son of Richard Stillwell Mason, retired from farming ten years ago and moved to Hightstown. He served as trustee and deacon of Hightstown Baptist Church, was vice president of the Farmers and Traders Telephone Company, survived by his wife a daughter and two sons, plus a sister and a brother. Funeral was held at his residence with Rev. O. P. Eaches officiating. interment Cedarhill cemetery, Hightstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander
Mason
Cranbury
Hightstown
Richard Stillwell Mason
Farmers and Traders Telephone Company
van Dyke Perrine
Charles
Richard
Albert Chamberlin
Thomas Mason
Ocean Grove
O. P. Eaches
Cedarhill Cemetery
Five Rules for Talk from November Woman's Home Companion
A 1920s style advisory column lists five talk rules for women focusing on brevity self restraint avoiding self centered stories and not topping others with personal anecdotes. It cautions against swapping tastes and overstepping conversational share while distinguishing talk for pleasure from talk for friends. It ends with a brief humor note about making things smooth and a quip about advice for a young man.
The Youths Companion offers 1912 subscription deal
A year’s access to The Youth’s Companion costs 1 75 with samples and a 1912 calendar gift. The paper promises many serials and varied content, including Ralph Paine’s Boxer Rebellion story The Cross and the Dragon and other works by J W Schultz and C A Stephens. New subscribers receive the remaining 1911 issues free until subscription starts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Paine
China
J. W. Schultz
C. A. Stephens
Julia Sylvester
Mercer
Oregon
Washington
Companion
Berkeley St
Boston
Mass
Number Seven Always and Potatoes at Ninety Cents
The note urges trying Number Seven while noting potatoes topping ninety cents per bushel, implying farmers can afford to buy the product.
Timely Advice from Mrs Willough Prevents Tragedy
Mrs C Willough of Marengo Wisconsin credits timely advice from her aunt for stopping a deadly cough and saving two lives. Doctors had called it consumption but Dr King’s New Discovery cured her cough and helped her boy’s bronchial illness. The matchless remedy treats throat and lung troubles, priced 50 cents and 1 dollar, with a free trial bottle and guaranteed by N F Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Clayton
Silvers Number Seven Coffee Delights Fire Company
At a recent Fire Company meeting a comment praised a fine coffee. The brew, identified as Number Seven and made by Mrs. Puerschner, earned unanimous approval with the remark that they do not want anything better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fire Company
Bucklen’s Arnica Salve Promises Superior Healing
Advert reads Bucklen’s Arnica Salve as the perfect healer for cuts corns burns bruises sores and more. It claims unrivaled for piles and lists sore eyes cold sores cracked hands salted rheum and sprains with a 25 cent price at N F Clayton’s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. F. Clayton’s
Local farm and household auctions slated in November
Multiple sales announced on the Trenton Turnpike and nearby areas. Swiller Bro expects stock and crops including 150 chickens and 250 bushels of corn at 12 o clock on November 6. H F Reynolds lists farm stock and 500 bushels of corn on November 9. John Schoenwetter offers real estate and personal property November 1 at the Homestead Farm near Rhode Hall. Elva M Chamberlin schedules a Cranbury sale November 11 at 2 pm for a brick dwelling with outbuildings on Main Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swiller Bro
Trenton Turnpike
Franklin Park
H. F. Reynolds
Aqueduct
Martin Higgins
John Schoenwetter
Homestead Farm
Rhode Hall
South River
Central Hotel
Elva M. Chamberlin
Main Street
Cranbury
N. J
Bright Lehigh Double Heater Stove and Parlor Suite
Auction notice for a near new Bright Lehigh double heater stove with heater pipe, a plush parlor suite, and a chiffonier listed by W. H. Johnson of Cranbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh
W. H. Jounson
Cranbury
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the Cranbury Press
John C. Perrine
Jane Dey
J. C.holmes
Charles Kainey
Kelley
South Bethlehem
Abram Voorhees
Harry Applegate
Mayme Applegate
Fred Applegate
Garret Hartman
Cornelia Hutchinson
Red Bank
C. Heisley
Buffalo, N. Y
the Reading Circle
Mrs. Stults
Union Valley
Eva Sparks
Alexander S. Mason
Houston Post
Silvers
Coffe
Chas. F. Haley
Monroe St
Cranbury, N. J
Holman Jordan
Middlesex Creamery
Middlesex
Blaine Davison
S. P. Dunham & CO
Trenton, N. J
Ss. P. Dunham & CO
Men’s New Fall
E. State Street
Dobbins the Hatter
Trenton, NN
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