Drowned Boy and Hero Cue Kingston Canal Tragedy
Four children played near the old Kingston canal basin when the Bunyon boy fell in and the Riddell children followed. Abe Rickerold saved the Riddell siblings with a long stick while the Bunyon boy drowned. In a separate case Joseph R Cornell of Ye Olde Inn Pennington committed suicide by shooting himself in his room after announcing plans to retire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingston
John Bunyon
J. Bunyon
Abe Rickerole
Thomas Riddell
Canal Company
Bunyon
Riddell
Abe Rickerold
Bunyan
Joseph R. Cornell
Pennington
Cornell
William Fisher
Fisher
F. D. Hagaman
Edgar Hart
P R R Station Work Advances On Cranbury Turnpike Improvement
Unusual activity at the P R R station signals progress on a Standard Biulithic Co project to lay warrenite for a widening Cranbury turnpike from the Mercer County line to New Brunswick City line. Liddle and Peiffer have completed part of their section while a 1600 foot stretch near Kingston Lane already shows warrenite. The contractor moved equipment to Cranbury to finish a concrete section on main street, expanding the turnpike from 12 to 22 feet wide and laying warrenite 18 feet wide at two inches deep, aiming to finish before cold weather. The crew under Mr Stone includes Brokaw, Boylan, McLarty, and Durla cher. President Washington and President Jackson are noted for their farewell addresses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Biulithic Co
Cranbury Turnpike
Mercer County
New Brunswick City Line
Liddle & Peiffer
Kingston Lane
H. N. Scott
Cranbury
Main Street
Dayton
Mr. Stone
Messrs. Brokaw
William H. Boylan
Malcom McLarty
Plant Forman
A. J. Durlacher
Road Forman
Constipation Linked to Many Ills In Health Note
A health note claims constipation triggers many illnesses and suggests keeping bowels regular. It recommends Chamberlain's Tablets as an effective laxative that also improves appetite and digestion. Available everywhere.
Local residents share travels and visits across towns
Roger Stanton returns from Salem after a few days away. Miss Hester Burtis visits her grandmother in Mercerville. Major Voorhees owns a new touring car while Lydia Pugh of Philadelphia visits Lancaster to see her parents. Various residents travel to Cape May Asbury Park Wildwood Scranton and Trenton for short stays or visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester Burtis
Mercerville
Hannah Harden
Weekend Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Car Purchase
A lengthy social roundup lists Mr. and Mrs Voorhees Fisher and Miss Jessie Dey at Long Branch. the Malans and Connertys visiting, plus guests of Thomas Collins and Hamilton Square residents. Other entries note Roy Messlar’s return, Mrs. Rogers’ recovery, and Frank Hand buying a Hudson touring car. Also mentions Mildred Perrine’s Ford and various Rail/Beedle family movements. Chamberlain's remedy is recommended for sudden colic and diarrhoea with urgent relief and wide availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Voorhees Fisher
Jessie Dey
Long Branch
Cranbury Notice Sets November 7 1916 Election Details
Notice of Election for Cranbury Township Middlesex County New Jersey. General and primary election to be held Tuesday November 7 1916 from six a.m. to seven p.m. Voting in Odd Fellows Hall and Grange Hall Plainsboro. Officers to be elected include fourteen Electors Governor U S Senator U S Representative Third District three General Assembly members Middlesex Surrogate one Cranbury Committeeman and township appropriations. Also on ballot a highway commission bond issue seven million dollars to be repaid from state motor vehicle licenses and fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
Odd Fellows Hall
Grange Hall
Plainsboro
United States
New Jersey
United States Senate
House of Representatives
Third
General Assembly
State of
Middlesex
Highway Commission
Monroe
Prospect Plains
Menmiber
Justice of Peace
Cottstable
Primary Election Notice in Cranbury Township 1916
Township of Cranbury schedules a primary election on September 26 1916 from 7 a m to 9 p m at specified polling places to nominate candidates and elect Republican and Democratic State and County Executive Committees. Registrations and corrections take place October 31 1916 from 1 p m to 9 p m at the polling places. Walter H Havens Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boards of Registry and Election
Cranbury Township
Walter H. Havens
Township of
Cranbury
Keep It Dark. Simplicity and the hall's light.
A fragmentary note by Lehigh Burr contrasts dullness with clarity. The terse lines question whether the light in the hall is on and imply a preference for simplicity in setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh Burr
Notice of Monroe Township Elections and Officers
Notice of time and place for general and primary elections in Monroe Township Middlesex County New Jersey. Officers to be elected include Representative Surrogate Township Clerk Justice of the Peace Constable and highway officials. Meeting of boards of election and registration to be held at the School House Prospect Plains from six o’clock a m. proposals for appropriations and state highways are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbury
County of
Middlesex
State of
New Jersey
Monroe
Monroe Township Primary Election Notice Details
The notice states a primary election for Monroe Township will be held at 9 o'clock p.m. at the polling place above given to nominate candidates for offices named in the general election. Executive Committees are listed for respective areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monroe
Monroe Township Board of Registry Meeting Notice
The Board of Registry of Monroe Township will meet at their polling place on Tuesday October 31 1916 from 1 p m to correct and revise the registry list. Dated September 8 1916. Fred A Clayton Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Registry
Board of Registry and Election
Monroe Township
Fred A. Clayton
Monroa
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Ony
Dix
East State St
Trenton, N. J
Federal Reserve System
First National Bank
The
Walter
Oakland
Oakland Motor Cars
Firestone
Edmund S. Walters
Prospect Plains, N. J
Psttioe
SUN Opeeae Mfg.c Fc
Leaming, Pres
Cor. State and
Warren St’s
Trenton
Washington
Hamilton
Madison
Andrew Jackson
Hightstown
Jacob Wetherill
Peddie Institute
Roger Stanton
Salem
David K. Archibald
Mrs. Hey
Philadelphia
Major Voorhees
Lydia Pugh
Frank T. Norcross
Lancaster
M. R. Blackwell
Frederick Blackwell
Viola Lewis
Peddie
Norfolk
Thomas Peppler
BR. H. Rivenburg
Scranton
M. P. Chamberlin
Frank Field
Cape May
Sarah Mount
Ward Street
John F. Lanning
Dawes & Dilatuab
John R. Shangle
Asbury Park
Misa Florence Schoen
Wildwood
John W. Early
Amos Mouat
H. A.markley
Maine
Charles Stanton
New York
Cranbury Station
Edward Malan
Ella
Jennie and
Josie Connerty
Daniel Malan
Jamesburg
John Connerty
Thomas Collins
Robert Murphy
Hamilton Square
George Conway
John Daily
Taylor’s Grove
Roy Messlar
Wesley Neary
George Rogers
William Rogers
Edw. Gravatt
Freehold
Frank Hand
Arthur Clayton
J. Edward Chamberlin
Clara Chamberlin
Walter McDougall
David Beedle
Esther Beedle
McDougall
George B. Ely
Addison Mount
Perrineville
Raymond Davison
Dora Platt
Burlington
Helen Rogers
M. M. Perrine
George C. Peppler
Russell Rockhill
New Brunswick
E. W. Rockhill
McDowell
L. D. Bayles
Chamberlain
Europe
Steinbach
Nemerary
LUX Electric
Stults & Rhenow
N. Main St
Hightstown, N. J
Spain
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