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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1915
Page
7
Public warning about false cold remedies warns against cough balms and tonics containing opium or morphine. It promotes Father John’s Medicine as drug free and claims over fifty years of success for colds and throat and lung troubles.
The Frankfurter Zeitung recounts a rose blooming in a shell torn trench hole before German guards in France on Christmas Eve. The soldiers tended the plant with pride, plan to send it to the emperor, who ordered poet Richard Voss to write a poem about the incident for distribution to the guards involved.
advertisement promotes Cuticura Soap Baths and a healing ointment for babies skin troubles including eczema rashes and chafings. It invites free trial samples by mail from Boston with postcard requests and notes the products are sold widely. The second fragment mentions a luminous Nevada witch tree readable in the dark and a hammock remark.
Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, famed sculptor of The Fountain of El Dorado, is praised as America's most gifted woman sculptor. She works in MacDougal Alley NY studio and funds charitable efforts. During wartime she runs a Paris hospital aiding wounded soldiers. Eldest daughter of Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, wife of polo star Harry Payne Whitney, sister of Countess Gladys Szechenyi who backs a hospital corps in Austria-Hungary.
Otto H. Tittman retires after 48 years with the coast and geodetic survey and is praised by President Wilson and Secretary Redfield. Born August 20, 1850 in Belleville Illinois, he joined at seventeen and rose to superintendent. He led Antarctic and Asian expeditions, oversaw weights and measures, and represented the U.S. on Alaska Canada boundary work and northern boundary commissions.
Sir Henry Howard becomes the first British minister to the Vatican in centuries and is noted for a long diplomatic career including roles in The Hague. He married Cecelia Riggs, whose banker father George Riggs died in 1907, and their son George Howard lives in Washington as an American citizen.
The article portraits Vice-Admiral Sir Lionel Car den leading an early Allied fleet operation at the Dardanelles before illness forced him to relinquish command. It highlights his grizzled, plain sailor image and a long navy career from cadet to sublieutenant with service at Alexandria Suakim Chinese waters Benin.
Lesson treats Psalm 23 focusing on David the shepherd king as type of Jehovah the good shepherd. It outlines the shepherd–lamb relationship, guidance through life, restoration of the soul, darkest valleys, and the Lord’s generous provision including the anointing of the Spirit.
Reading a kitchen tip, half a raw turnip rubbed on a hot griddle eliminates grease and smoke. Cakes baked after rubbing turnip surface brown nicely with no greasy odor.
Common bracken fern laid down in places frequented by cockroaches will drive them away. The note describes a simple pest control tip using native fern laid in affected areas.
A Belgian on a tram platform refuses to light a Prussian officer’s cigarette, politely lending a light despite the man’s insistence. The officer thanks him, then learns the Belgian does not smoke, leaving the German with awkward silence and a cigarette half in his mouth.
Public advisory urges mothers to inspect each Castoria bottle for the official signature Ck StL and notes Castoria has been in use for over 30 years. It emphasizes Castoria as a safe remedy for infants and children and reminds that children cry for Fletcher's Castoria.
A witty cabinet of remarks contrasts EU peace efforts with domestic quarrels. An ad for Marine Eye Remedy Co claims relief for weak eyes and promotes a free book. A riddle about a man with unsellable goods ends with a quip on raffling them.
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