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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement explains tissue as the body's fuel and claims Father John's Medicine builds new tissue by supplying nourishing elements. It asserts the product strengthens the body, helps organs resume function, and can heal throat and lung issues while aiding weight gain for those lacking nourishment.
A collection of strange bets and feats from the 1800s. Lloyd walked 30 miles backward in nine hours with 14 minutes to spare between Bagshot and Portsmouth. Lord Orford backed geese racing turkeys from Norwich to London. geese won as turkeys roosted. Captain Bennett trundled a hoop from Whitechapel to Ongar in 22 miles in three and a half hours, winning 100 guineas. A Cambridge man walked 12 miles on stilts in under four and a half hours, finishing in three hours fifty-five minutes without stopping.
An orderly officer surveys morning rations at a long table. Private Jones tests a can and reveals a dubious mix named soup by the corporal, coffee by the cook, with a scrubbing brush found at the bottom of the dixie. The exchange ends with a formal inquiry into the mishap.
A humorous exchange recalls a wife stamping her foot in irritation and the artist reflecting on shared misfortune. The tale evokes the trope of misfortune in creative life with a wry tone.
A recent Charleston incident sparked by a passenger described as a negro led authorities to believe they had caught a bootlegger. They forced the man to open a heavy suitcase and a lean ancient hound emerged, smuggled on the train by the colored brother.
A British Journal of Children's Diseases article argues that moral imbecility and abnormal naughtiness arise from exaggerated concern about natural child impulses. It urges stopping harsh punishment and avoiding shock, praise good behavior, and ignore misdeeds to reform swiftly.
A new fruit found near Torreon named chiropoxtle contains about 25 percent high value oil suitable as a lubricant for industrial use, per engineer reports and experimental results.
Fragmentary quote about giving versus receiving and the idea that friends may include enemies. The text notes irony in advice or knocks and hints at social perceptions without detailing concrete events or individuals.
The speaker declares Easter brings renewed joy and reunion after grief. Images of returning birds blossoms and bright skies accompany memories of loved ones, now nearer and dearer. The verse links Easter to healing, peace, and ongoing longing as Easters pass.
The piece reflects on how life power sustains belief beyond daily trials and how people seek the spiritual truth beyond material worship. It notes the Easter season drawing believers to churches yet questions whether real resurrection is seen by all and suggests the deeper spiritual rise lies in the heart.
The article explains Palm Sunday as the sixth Sunday of Lent and the start of Holy Week, describing palm blessings, processions, and symbolic meanings. It details regional variations from Rome and Bavaria, the use of alternative branches where palms are scarce, and the link to Ash Wednesday ashes. It notes the term Pascha and traces Florida’s name origin to Spanish exploration in 1512.
The passage contrasts ancient myths with Christian resurrection, arguing the grain's death yields fruit as a central truth. It extols inner spiritual growth and the eternal flower within, while noting old myths promise only shadowed, hopeless immortality before presenting a light through a universal life law.
Modern artificial Easter eggs appear in cities with rival confectioners. The article cites oversized eggs including a three yard high English gift for a mil-lionaire daughter in South Africa and a Paris made 90 000 franc Easter egg for the Infanta of Spain, with elaborate mechanical features.
A London Answers quip notes Esmeralda the servant burning cinders to warm a home during hard times. An Evansville schoolteacher shocks her family by announcing marriage plans amid sisterly advice and a reflection on tombstone wording and relics of education.
Ad notes Othine double strength to remove freckles with nightly and morning applications. Claims most needs are under one ounce for full clearing and offers money back guarantee. Also reports U.S. government pine deliveries from 1917 to 1918 totaling 2.6 billion feet and playful analogies about train length and world circumference.
An 19th or early 20th century advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Medicine as a remedy for nasal catarrh and frequent colds. It asserts internal action through the blood to cleanse mucous surfaces and reduce susceptibility to colds with testimonials and a Toledo, Ohio company address.
A brief quip frames Tommy asking what a vacuum is and El answers with a playful dialect definition implying a thing with pulling action. The exchange highlights regional speech and humorous misunderstanding.
An advertisement promotes Boschee's Syrup as a remedy to quiet coughs soothe sore throats and lungs ease bronchial irritation and aid sleep. It claims fifty two years in American manufacturing and usefulness in lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis with sale in civilized countries. The piece ends with a biblical quote.
On the street Sistah Jackson laments to Pahson Brown about loss and a trifling husband. The pair discuss religion and time as healer while noting a judge's view of the husband as trifling rather than sick.
A playful dialogue contrasts a cone with a triangle as a classroom joke. The piece hints at rising political tensions as top leaders face pressure and some may spill over into public view.
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