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Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Sep 29, 1905

Page

3

Middlesex County Figures and Local Happenings

A broad patch of Middlesex County and surrounding towns is covered with political appointments, social events, and local notices. Names such as Mundy Bunting Pownall Hanson Montgomery Crowther Drake Haines Moke and many others appear alongside mentions of weddings, church services, improvements, fairs, and educational exams.

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Local store openings and community notices in Trenton era

Opening week promotions at H. M. Voorhees & Bros address East State and South Broad streets highlight European arrivals and fashion lines. Trenton Clothing Co awards pumpkins at North Broad Street display. notable winners include Ralph Farr of Cranbury with a 147 pound pumpkin. Sunday School convention to be held in Atlantic City with delegates from 23 counties. Governor Stokes to close. Obituaries note Forman J. Duncan and Cornelius Stults among local deaths. Community updates include Rev Father Thomas B. Nolan’s death, church leadership changes, and local fire and cemetery improvements. Public sale announced for John P. Dey farm near English Town to settle estate.

H. M. Voorhees & Bros East State South Broad’ Streets Trenton Trenton Clothing Company North Brond Ralph Farr Cranbury Pennsylvania New Jersey Sunday School Association St. Paul’s M. E. Church Atlantic City Marion Lawrence Toledo International Sunday ‘School Association Stokes William Croaby Freehold Thomas B. Nolan Belmar E. C. Mason Presbyterian Church Monmouth Shrewsbury

Pioneer Grange hosts state officers and plans Atlantic City visit

Pioneer Grange No. 1, Cranbury, honors Worthy Master Gaunt of the State Grange and County organizer Thomas Q. Taylor for reestablishing the grange. They discuss growing membership, entertainment roles for a National Grange meeting in Atlantic City, and praise Cranbury farms and local wealth. Also noted is Word and Works Magazine editing by Prof. Hicks and details of a October Niagara Falls excursion train via the Delaware Valley Route with multiple pickups.

Pioneer Grange Gaunt Thomas Q. Taylor Humton Square Pioneer Grange No Cranbury Taylor National Grange Atlantic City Pioneer Maine Michigan New York Oregon New Jersey Garden State Unity Master Gaunt Monro Corwin Srl R. Hicks St. Louis Hicks Hicka Hicks Almanac Word and Works Word and Works Publishing Co Locust &J Pennsylvania Railroad Niagara Falls Philadelphia Delaware Valley Broad Street West Philadelphia North Philadelphia Bristol Treyvon Lambertville Frenchtown Sphia Delaware Bordentown Mt. Holly Cape May Sdem Wilmington West Chester Norristown Buffalo

Rich farmer dies penniless after reputation of wealth

An old farmer dies and is found penniless despite rumors of wealth. His will is brief and unusually single in its bequest: “I leave the hearth” as relatives expected wealth. The excerpt includes detached lines on theory and practice with unrelated quips about fish, fattening pigs, and a trough.

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