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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement urges parents to choose genuine California Syrup of Figs from druggists. It claims full dosing directions for babies and children of all ages and warns to look for the California name and accept no other Fig Syrup.
An angler recalls a four foot eight inch, 28 pound three ounce fish hooked by many, found full of tackle, and finally sold for old iron. The tale alternates with a light note about the hardware department and a Cuticura skin ad.
An aged citizen recounts a tale from the Birmingham Age-Herald about eleven druggists who refused to sell relief for the grip, saying none offered relief beyond cold tablets, highlighting scarcity and mock sympathy.
An absent minded man recalls leaving his umbrella on a train last week. His wife asks where it is and he realizes he may have left it aboard. The exchange captures a light London Answers style moment about a missing item.
A brief dialogue portrays a household scarcity as a coal and flour shortage hits. Maria pleads while the other replies he is financially stretched, highlighting hardship and a refusal to downplay the crisis.
Lou Guernsey cross examines a pretty witness in an auto collision case. He asks how the accident happened and the witness explains she stood on the corner and the man turned to look at something and hit the other car. He deduces she became an accessory before the fact. The witness hedges that it was the accessories he looked at.
A Boston era Tit Bits page quotes The Student and a pianist in playful dialogue about air and age. The banter contrasts women and men with a quip about a queen's blush as a royal flush.
The article from the Agriculture department explains how careful handling of setting hens affects chick outcomes. It covers nest comfort feeding once daily, group exercise for many sitters, cleaning nests removing broken eggs and soiled nesting material, testing eggs after 5 7 days and reassigning fertile eggs to fewer hens to save time.
Guidance on selecting pullets and year old hens for egg production. Tips include cockerel disposal, early breeding goals, definition of chicken versus fowl, feather yields from fowls ducks and geese, feed for sitting hens, care in egg hatching selection, temperature for eggs, chick vigor, paired hen setting, and salt dosing in mash for 100 fowls.
A collage of antique culinary notes detailing Devonshire Pie Strawberry Fee and Strawberry Baskets with instructions for pastry rings, creams, and mousseline. Poetry interludes praise friendship by Holmes and Van Dyke quotes frame the recipes.
A series of vegetarian and semi vegetarian dishes with steps and ingredients. Pea Roast uses pea pulp bread crumbs walnuts and milk baked in an oven. Pecan Nut Loaf mixes mashed potatoes butter salt pepper and hot milk then bakes with meat topping and white sauce. Hot Finnan Haddie Canapes blend onion mushrooms butter flour cream cheese yolks and finnan haddie with toast and cheese. Maryland Fried Chicken outlines a method to fry chicken in lard with pork fat and make a cream gravy.
An old fashioned medicine touted as free of opium alcohol and dangerous drugs. It claims over 50 years of success for colds grip and throat troubles and positions itself as a tonic that rebuilds weak systems. Contains light health claims and moral warnings about stimulant drugs.
In the ballroom Reginald and Claire share a moment alone as he frets about his necktie and appearance. He asks her about a question burning in him, and she responds with emotion and a humorous aside on aviator attire and love’s tune.
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as healing nasal catarrh by building the system and cleansing the blood. It promises testimonials and a $100 refund if it fails, citing F J Cheney Co of Toledo Ohio. Also includes a Bolshevism in Practice joke and short quips about umbrellas and wisdom.
An advertisement warns that kidney trouble underlies many illnesses and promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a remedy. It claims fast relief in 24 hours and ongoing daily use to maintain health, with a money back promise if ineffective.
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