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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1898
Page
3
A crowded church notices page lists sermons by Rev. Wm. Curry of Linesville Pa and Rev. O F Taylor, home mission meetings led by Mrs. Murray and Mrs. Perrine, plus August events at First and Second Churches, a birth, house moves, a fire company organize, harvest home events, and local visits.
Mrs John Murray will address First Church next Sabbath evening on mission work in China. A native of that land she has lived in the U S over three years and plans to return to China this month. Heat and humidity have caused deaths and prostrations while rain and a green earth offer relief. A heavy Wednesday storm damaged crops and caused fires near Philadelphia. Destructive showers struck Rhode Hall and Cranbury areas with livestock losses. The State C E Convention of New Jersey sets Sept 28-30 at Asbury Park with many speakers and religious events.
Large crowds attended Harvest Home gatherings in Dayton Hightstown Tennent Dutch Neck and Cranbury areas. Moonlit Tuesday attracted many. Wednesday’s damp weather did not deter attendees. Goodwin's Band played for Hightstown and Dutch Neck music.
A Detroit Free Press reminiscence recalls a failed elopement plan twenty years ago. A bachelor sought a quiet country romance with a charming girl, but an observant aunt overheard and a burglary scare at the aunt’s cottage scuttled the plan. The man wonders if fate or luck doomed him.
A modest Cleveland youth from Adelbert College boards a south side streetcar and, while a crowd of girls fills the car, misplaces his gripsack. After a comic scramble he mistakes a foot for his bag, ends up with a girl’s foot, and the passengers finally retrieve the missing bag.
A lengthy anecdote contrasts a brave suitor’s urge to fight with a heroine’s demand for battle glory. The scene shifts from Cuban rain season to a farewell kiss that tests love, duty, and sacrifice amid wartime pressures. Hinted quips from other papers punctuate the collage of era reportage.
A fragmented humorous collage shows a wild figure darting through banks, a chaotic chase, and blunted dialogue exchanges. It blends street slang, drawing-room irony, and stray jokes from papers like Chicago News and New York Journal, reflecting a noisy era of humor and gossip.
A collage of quotes and jokes from various periodicals and authors, followed by advertisements for Dr King’s New Life Pills, Electric Bitters, and eye exams. It paints a snapshot of late 19th century popular press humor and patent medicine marketing.
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