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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1918
Page
6
A fragment shows a man named Auastus claiming his wife depends on his support. It also advertises Cuticura beauty products with free samples and a Boston address. The piece includes a wartime slogan about right conquering might and a short humorous exchange about authority and a spanking incident. It ends with dress and religion themed quips and a rhetorical question about a guidebook.
A Newark man Luigi Colombo 43 was shot and killed while in his wife’s bedroom. The shooter boarder Joseph DeTota 32 escaped but was captured hiding in a nearby cellar. A shipyard machinist Richard Grace died in Newark leaving a $19 000 bankbook. A Dover church reader Julia Young died after neuritis. Jersey City boy John O Leary 11 was killed by a freight train near Lehigh Valley bridge. A Pennsauken man. several towns report housing, roads, and school board efforts amid local tax and public safety concerns. Numerous incidents include a thrift stamp drive in Newark, a dog-licensing warning in Paulsboro, and a Philipsburg fire alarm issue.
The 1917 crop and livestock sales in Western Canada generated about 270 million dollars from grains and 40 million from Winnipeg livestock, with hogs yielding over 11 million. Calgary and Edmonton gains topped 6 million, fueling tractor sales, land purchases, home improvements, and new debt repayment as settlers increase and land values rise.
The Swift & Company year book for 1917 outlines high stock prices, meat prices, and federal actions including the federal trade commission investigation and government licensing of food distributors with profit limits of 9 percent on money employed. It notes 2,800 employees in U S service, and presents livestock price and production statistics with profits per head for cattle, sheep, and hogs. It emphasizes the packer’s service to producer and consumer and features attractive illustrations.
A terse exchange quotes a wife asking about her husband’s bridge skill and a reply noting he criticizes more than helps. The line captures social humor about expertise and critique in a bridge-playing household.
The fragment presents a cryptic exchange about a woman named Jack and a man’s silence toward another girl. It reads like a stray line from a longer personal or literary piece with a quip about matrimony as an optical institute for the blind.
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