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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1914
Page
4
Geo. W. Burroughs announces that he and his son Arthur L. Burroughs will operate the Cranbury printing and publishing business as Geo. W. Burroughs & Son. The elder owner asks continued patronage after nearly thirty years of service and notes the family’s transition to the new firm.
The article urges farmers to select corn seed during harvest to suit local climate, noting the New Jersey Experiment Station guidance. It explains choosing ears by size shape and grain length, storing selected ears for winter testing, and emphasizes practical germination testing when farming is slower. It also includes unrelated passages about social legislation and a testimonial for a diarrhoea remedy.
Philip Brasher, new Peddie football coach and former Princeton end, predicts the team will outrank all preparatory schools this season. Returning veterans and new recruits bolster a tough schedule featuring Lawrenceville, Hill, Tome, Blair, Pennington, Barringer and the Princeton Freshmen.
Notice says Jamesburg Borough will hold a general election on Tuesday November 3 1914 from six a m to seven p m at Borough Hall Augusta Street. Voters will elect one U S Representative for the Third District three General Assembly members Sheriff County Clerk two coroners and three councilmen plus Board of Registry with final revision October 27 1914 from 1 to 9 p m. William H Brooks Borough Clerk dated September 25 1914.
Public notice by David D. Bergen, collector, states lands in West Windsor Mercer County will be sold at public auction on October 24, 1914 at 2 PM for unpaid taxes the 1911 1912 and 1913 assessments plus interest costs and fees. Listed parcels include farms of Vanderbilts Slicker Rogers DeCoy Howell and others with amounts per parcel. Sale occurs in the election room at Dutch Neck. The notice dates September 19 1914.
The election will be held on Tuesday November 3 1914 from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Cranbury Odd Fellows Hall for District One and Grange Hall Plainsboro for District Two. Voters elect one U S House member for the Third Congressional District and three General Assembly members, Sheriff, County Clerk, two Coroners, one Township Committeeman, Township Clerk, and two Constables with a final election register revision meeting from 1 to 9 p.m. Walter H Havens, Clerk.
The ship of South Brunswick announces a November 34d 1914 election at VanDerveer's Hall Day ton and American Mechanics Hall Monmouth Junction for federal and county offices including U S Representative Third District and multiple local posts. Howard Jemison, Clerk, dated September 25 1914.
From six o'clock a m the election will be held in the School House Prospect Plains for three General Assembly members Sheriff County Clerk two coroners one township committeeman township clerk and appropriations Joseph Shaw Clerk of Monroe township oversees registry and corrections of the registers.
Election to be held at the Hose House for choosing one U S House member for the Third Congressional District three county clerk two coroners two councilmen one constable and two highway surveyors P J Hogan Borough Clerk of Helmetta
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