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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1917
Page
4
The president of Standard Oil urges gasoline economy and curtailment of joy rides to conserve oil, while critics say supply and demand laws are overridden by executive decree. Democrats argue for power to commandeer prices and control in wartime.
Musical America reports inquiries from artists and clubs about whether next season should include German composers. It argues against anti German sentiment as irrational and states the U S is at war with Germany over aggression, not German art or language.
The piece argues that wartime imports from Germany stopped and English imports shrank while US manufacturers cannot expand quickly enough. It cites a tariff shift under Wilson Underwood and notes increased cutlery imports, Japan’s role in the market, and a New Britain Connecticut factory closing due to cheaper Japanese blades.
Families keep a bottle of Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy at home and find it a good investment that saves them much suffering. For reliability ask anyone who has used it.
Middlesex county politics shift as Democrat Freeholder Andrew Ely faces possible primary fight against ex Sheriff Arthur Appleby for the Democratic nomination while Republican John Hanson of Perth Amboy emerges as a leading sheriff candidate. Berlin notes Wyckoff Forman and New Brunswick contenders also discussed with Dey steering clear. If primaries occur Ely favored by the party machinery, Hanson backed by G O P leaders. The sheriff term is three years with a 6000 dollar salary.
The article explains the distinction between declaring war and declaring a state of war. A government declares war to make war on another country whereas a state of war exists after an attack has occurred. It cites the United States as an example of the latter.
The text notes fleas as abundant in the orient and the subject of many proverbs. It cites two biblical mentions in Samuel chapters twenty four and twenty six, verse twenty.
In Flickton residents praise a young singer whose expressive performance dazzles onlookers. Aelin Flickton notes the daughter sings with unusual feeling, while a skeptical mother struggles to recognize her own child on stage.
The dialogue contrasts opinion on a play with lines about authenticity and money. A speaker argues the wife requests money repeatedly, while another quote asserts action reflects the manner of doing it. The end results resemble a theatrical or literary exchange.
In the heat of summer families risk loose bowels and must keep medicine ready. Mrs. F. F. Scott of Scottaville New York says she used Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy during a severe summer bout and one dose relieved her. Others in her family have had similar relief after using it.
Captain Barnickel on Cape Cod observes a full rigged ship, the Esperanza, sailing deserted by all aboard. He helps dock her, reports to authorities, and learns the vessel’s backstory of migration and the adventures of Captain Alvarez, whose voyage ends with salvaged fortunes and a return to Cadiz after wartime peril.
Cadiz seaman Jose Alvarez, who rose from crewman to first mate, learned on returning from a voyage that ship owners planned to promote him to commander. The news marked a significant ascent for a young sailor.
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