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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1920
Page
7
A quirky exchange contrasts a lawyer stereotype with a boastful claim of affordable, shabby offices. The piece shifts to a moral vignette where a naughty girl is denied pudding, then given a blessing to end the meal with thanks for what they have received.
An advertisement touts Cuticura products for clear skin with ointment soap and talcum. It also cites Germany's milk production during the war, and a notarized claim from 1886 offering one hundred dollars for a catarrh cure by Hall's Catarrh Medicine from J. Cheney & Co. The piece ends with a proverb about guardians and trouble.
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer’s Swamp Root as a pure vegetable herbal remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles. It notes bottles come in medium and large sizes with a sworn purity statement and offers a sample for ten cents.
The Bayer Cross marks the true Bayer Tablets of Aspirin used for headaches toothaches and other pains. The name Bayer is trusted by physicians for eighteen years with small tin boxes of 12 tablets and larger packages available from druggists.
Market notes show dairy scores with 92 in creameries and extras. References to unsalted creamery quality and state dairy standings indicate prime products and varying yields. Prices and percentages appear garbled but suggest strong market interest in creamery items and dairy grades.
The article recalls Greek musical life with cithara and lyre, flute ensembles, and public choirs linked to religion and festival. It notes private use preferring lyre and harp, while wind instruments were linked to loss of restraint. Anecdotes include a 650 B C choir song for girls and a humorous exchange about bachelor social habits.
A collage of quotes notes the pressure of endless tasks and fatigue in daily life. It laments being driven like a galley slave and questions how to cut back to focus on worthwhile duties. The excerpt also jokes about Shakespeare titles and cash worries.
A village tale shows a teacher short on funds and how pupils contribute coins weekly. A mother discovers her son Tommy's three pence entry is down to ink limits rather than theft, blamed on the ink supply. A parallel tale from Muncie recounts a minister's wife exposing a vanity case with cigarettes.
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