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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1909
Page
4
The upcoming primary election is set for next Tuesday with calls to vote for the preferred candidate. The item also notes many local social events and community notices from Hightstown and surrounding areas including visits, meetings, and school entries.
Cranbury residents unite to push for a rail or trolley connection with Cranbury Station and to attract business. A Board of Trade may be formed if the railroad project fails, with a committee to press the Railroad Company. Also notes social events, a burglary, Grand Jury appointments, a death, and local ads.
The report thanks supporters of the W C T U convention and notes the first Mission Band meeting in the Chapel on September 26 at 3 o clock with Sara Perrine and Margaret Curry leading a varied program. Election of officers is planned for September 30 at 3 40 with Mrs Lydia Davison hosting. James O Neil has a new store ready for occupancy and plans to operate there, reflecting growing local commerce.
H S Day will run extra stages daily to meet the 8 o clock train at Hightstown and reach the Inter State Fair in Trenton by 9 o clock in the morning Then a return trip will meet the train leaving the fair grounds at 6 05 o clock In the evening providing an easy long day at the Fall event.
The Jamesburg board of education summoned parents with students absent from school. Annie Deacon visited Mr. Holly at Mr. M. I. Voorhees's. Katherine Helfman opened a new primary room in Lang's Hall. Delegates from local churches attended a CBE meeting in Hightstown. Various residents and families circulated, visited, painted homes, and traveled to Atlantic Highlands Belmar and Lakewood.
John Perrine becomes clerk at the First National Bank vacancy after John West. Miss Elizabeth Osborn plans to move to New York City. Mr. and Mrs. Ariel Lee return from their honeymoon and stay with Abijah Applegate. The Stalls return home after visiting Oxford Maryland. Mrs. Cassie Scroggy visits relatives in Burlington. Anna Burch returns from Asbury Park. D H Cunningham returns from New England trip. Mrs. Nelson Green of Peddie Institute dies in New York City. funeral held at home of Swelland. Cedar Hill Cemetery in Cranbury. Cranbury will host a season finale game against the Colliers of Trenton tomorrow at 3:30 PM. admission 10 cents for ladies. team funded by limited capital and seeks crowd support.
After years of ill health Thomas Mount Dey died at his Mujin Street residence in Hightstown on Wednesday evening. He married Catherine Amanda Cubberley in early manhood and they lived on the Hightstown and Mapalapan road, where their three daughters Sadie Bertha and Cora were married. Dey was superintendent of the Pleasant Grove Sunday school and a deacon of the Hightstown Baptist church, noted as a worker for others. He lived in Hightstown for the past two years and funeral services will be held tomorrow.
A kerogene lamp in the Hightstown post office district nearly caused a fire on Tuesday evening. A merchant across the street spotted flames and sounded the alarm. firefighters arrived but the blaze was quickly controlled and no damage occurred.
A new shoe factory for Hightstown is under consideration. The borough has campaigned for such an industry as a permanent feature and deserves credit for its effort. The piece urges careful preparation and a solid foundation to ensure project success and profitability.
A local home remedy ad touts Bucklen Arnica Salve as curing burns cuts and skin ailments for family use. It notes sales through N F Clayton and mentions a hats and novelties display next week at Mrs Amna Harder’s store with a provocative mock quotation about pipes and war.
Advert says Dr King's New Life Pill cures sour stomach constipation indigestion biliousness jaundice sick headache chills and malaria. Clayton says he never saw the like. Mrs Emma Harbor to occupy Murphy building vacated by James O'Neil for 26 cents.
Cranbury residents report the disappearance of Miss Glen Felter who allegedly eloped with Horace Forker of Trenton, husband of her cousin. Forker, 21, recently left his job at National Flue Cleaning Company and is believed to have taken Felter while visiting relatives. Mrs Forker, left with limited funds, has sought legal aid as authorities investigate the couple's whereabouts.
At a Middlesex County Teachers Retirement Fund gathering in New Brunswick High School Miss Chrissie M Bartle Miss Sadie Smith and Miss Susan M Willips were named delegates to the State House Trenton September 25 1909. The meeting also set plans for a Middlesex Branch gathering at Perth Amboy and for Supt Armstrong to brief Supervising Principals. Mary McCoy highlighted fund growth with total receipts surpassing four hundred thousand dollars and benefits totaling $26801080 to 236 teachers. She praised State secretary Elizabeth A Allen of Hoboken. New Brunswick Sept 20.
The New Jersey Sunday school season opens with Somerset on September 8 and runs through Atlantic on November 5. Rev F Morris Fergusson and Miss Alice B Hanlin report rising interest and graded lessons adoption across counties and the state convention in East Orange November 17 to 19 with a stronger program and larger expected attendance than last year.
The article claims the Trenton fair is well protected by police with few breaches since its founding. It asserts women and unattended individuals are safe, comparing protection to city streets and noting Cromplek pockets and men are safeguarded.
An old advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a premier health builder. It claims to regulate stomach, liver, kidneys, and bowels while purifying blood and invigorating the system, appealing to those weak or ill. Sold for 50e and guaranteed by NW Clayton.
Pennsylvania Statehead Company offers special excursion tickets with fair admission for the Inter-State Fair near Trenton from September 27 to October 1. Tickets from New Jersey stations are valid for return until October 2 at reduced rates. Obtain full details from ticket agents.
Reduced rail fares to the Mt Holly Fair October 5 6 and 7 for trips from all Pennsylvania Railroad stations in New Jersey. Special excursion tickets valid to October 9 return inclusive issued by ticket agents.
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