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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1909
Page
4
An advertisement touts Lane's Family Medicine as a powerful tonic laxative tea that cleanses the bowels and restores natural function. It urges purchase for 25 cents at any druggist.
The Chicago Post reports retired magician Harry Kellar in Philadelphia criticizing modern stage magic as tame due to younger magicians’ lack of study. An anecdote follows where an elderly fat man visits a tailor. the tailor notes slight measurement changes, prompting the man to joke about his figure staying the same.
A Georgia physician describes his personal illness and recovery using Grape-Nuts, saying the food rebuilt his nerve and muscle and restored strength after a prolonged illness. He urges trial for convalescents and notes the book The Road to Wellville.
Clinton Palmer's marriage brought a clever ruse by the Newlyweds’ Pastry Co Inc. to solve his pastry woes. The firm supplied pies and cakes so his wife’s baking could pass as expert-made, with payments to keep the deception quiet. Palmer’s wife discovers the scheme but forgives him after the strange lesson in trust and cooking.
A government order in council outlines the disposition of waterfront lots at Prince Rupert after long negotiations with the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. The final plan grants blocks along the route at several points, totaling 17,000 feet but not as a single unbroken line, preserving public wharves and aiding terminals while aiding the railway. Surveying will take about three months, with lots expected for sale next spring.
A collection of aphorisms and quotations from Lincoln Beecher Cervantes and others about wisdom honesty diligence and solitude. The excerpts juxtapose moral guidance with reflections on self reliance and human frailty.
Readable fragments offer advice on radiator brushes doorstep mats silk washing and boiling water. It mentions gifts of cretonne powder canisters and lists simple recipes for chocolates prune whip beef tea jelly stuffed peppers mulligatawny soup eggs canapes and peppermint drops.
An early Philadelphia Ledger item mixes a fable about a boy and a lady with dense market notices. It lists nitrate shipments to Argentina and Brazil, then dives into wholesale milk prices, dairy items, beans, vegetables, fruits, eggs, poultry, and live stock with varied prices and product types across many lines.
A New York City based report notes expectations of the largest acreages seeded to oats and planted to corn ever, with land shifted from wheat to coarse grains and favorable soil conditions seen for spring planting. Last year’s corn area reached 101,798,000 acres and oats 32,344,000, records that heighten optimism for in light of favorable weather in the next thirty days.
Reader recounts a three year skin illness with painful swellings leaving scars. After two doctors failed, three bottles of Cutiru a Remedies nearly healed the sores in a week, with eventual full recovery. Includes ads for Allen's Foot Ease and Hall's Catarrh Cure and unrelated notes on patents.
A Norfolk VA merchant, Co. L. Wood of Fentress, reports kidney trouble relief after using Dean's Kidney Pills. He describes intense pain and a passed stone, then no further kidney issues and notes the product's 60 cent price.
A reader describes a sleep aid using two hot water bottles placed under the arms and on the head, with cold water bottles used alternately. She notes the hot water is soothing, cold water helps maintain sleep, and changes are initially frequent but then reduce as the brain settles. A humorous anecdote from Home Chat closes the piece.
The page mixes drugstore adverts for Allen’s Foot-Ease Woolford’s Lotion and Garfield Ton with a promotional notice for Memoirs of Dan Rice. It references 15th century plasters, reading like a catalog of health products and popular entertainment offerings in New York listings. Interests include drugstore remedies, sensational books, and show life anecdotes from the Civil War era.
Congress now includes seven individuals named Smith. Three serve in the Senate and four in the House. Michigan contributes two Smiths, while Maryland Texas Iowa California and South Carolina contribute one each.
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