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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1909
Page
3
The Delineator recounts how a father who attends baseball games, serious and steady, inspires boys and their sisters. His visible support steadies players like Bob and Ed, while the moral tone links gallantry to enduring youth, courting, and self improvement.
A collage of short notes from London to Louisville describing busy bees, a bird near EnocH Arden, tariff jokes, new mint marks on coins, and prison money hoards. It mentions a warden claiming hidden cash in a prison and a man forced to spit out eighty five cents.
A New Hampshire woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing indigestion and stomach pain. She describes relief from pain, improved digestion, clearer mind, renewed energy, and weight gain after switching from her previous diet. She says she is a "new woman" in mind and body and references the product and the book in the package.
A Boston Post narrative follows Lorenzo, hailed by Italians for his art, as he captivates crowds with a peasant costume and radiant performance. An English audience would require explanation, while Lorenzo seeks no wealth, valuing genuine appreciation over prize money.
At The Gaiety a Sicilian peasant musician performs a piano piece evoking Sicily and homeland memories. The audience erupts as the narrative ends with a child and mother, the crowd cheering “He has found her” amid emotional uproar. The manager contends with an unruly, fervent Latin quarter audience while deciding which acts to advance.
A second eight foot cougar tailed Miss Mary Burr near Messlers in the Rainier forestry area. Pursued by P V Cook and A Fenton with dogs, the animal was treed and mortally wounded after a dog was killed. The cougar showed curiosity rather than predatory intent, following people and observing them.
A collage of aphorisms from Marcus Aurelius to Shakespeare and Sophocles, praising truth, perseverance, and wisdom. The text mixes classical and religious lines about fortune, effort, and moral conduct, noting how thoughts shape ire and how small acts reflect larger character.
The era of nerve specialists sending patients to Europe is over. Modern ships tempt with speed and gambling, nonstop wireless, and busy entertainment. People crave a simple, healthy voyage with quiet meals, no gambling, and sea air to ease neurotic strain, a genuine long voyage rather than a fake ferry trip.
A New England guest in a western mining town hotel hears the hotel staff dismiss a upstairs commotion as a spring bed mishap in room 6. The anecdote, drawn from Youth's Companion, notes a recurring bed spring problem and a playful remark about moving the bed. It also mentions a native company forming to exploit asbestos deposits in Rajputana and Afghanistan for production.
A collage of household tips and recipes from New York papers, offering lemon sherbet instructions, salmon pie, gooseberry dessert, egg canapes with truffle garnish, and general guidance on cereals, cooking meat, and stain removal. Includes advice on kerosene use for stoves and fabric care with practical notes for daily kitchen needs.
The article traces a running trope of gargoyles from Tennyson to Queen Mary, linking the term to the French gargou ville meaning throat. It notes how carved architectural monsters channeled rainwater and recalls the Rouen dragon slain by Saint Romanus, with a yearly gargouille procession long remembered in memory of deliverance.
In Twlegs County Georgia a judge lectured a street crowd on proper shingle display for roofs. He declared the weather should show no more than four inches rather than six, while a passerby quipped about showing none. The judge noted many shingles are needed.
Mrs A and Mrs Z relate a Chicago News tale of a turkey seller who allegedly pumped air into a bird to seem larger and even borrowed a car tire pump to do it, prompting sharp rebukes.
Reports from Turner's Falls Massachusetts and Toledo Ohio detail multiple fatal accidents. George Van Dyke, lumber magnate, died after his car plunged seventy five feet from a cliff into the Connecticut River. chauffeur Hogdon also perished. In Toledo, a launch capsized near Maumee Bay leaving three dead, nine aboard rescued. Worcester Massachusetts saw chauffeur Stanley Taylor killed in a joy ride crash. Bethlehem Pennsylvania saw Charles Flower die from injuries after a Nazareth auto accident. The incidents span several states with victims and surviving passengers.
Four of a party of twenty were drowned when a gasoline launch struck pilings and toppled into four feet of water near Baltimore. The victims were Mrs Katherine E Brown sixty, Marie Hawes five, William Leach twelve, Frank Pryor nineteen the engineer. Sixteen were rescued and two bodies recovered at Canton police station. The incident occurred during a Huntington Avenue Baptist Church Sunday school picnic near the Patapsco River in Maryland.
London fund trustees allocate 1 260 000 to build and endow a cancer hospital in memory of Barney Barnato and Woolf Joel. The piece notes sports items including Jack Johnson’s heavyweight title binding, Dartmouth athletics, golf near Van Cortlandt Park, and early 20th century racing and track news.
New York City markets show rising prosperity with more help wanted ads and strong crop and mill activity. Reports from New Orleans push cotton prices higher while harvest worker shortages appear in Minnesota and North Dakota. Butter supplies grow, freight car demand rises, and California almonds lag. Dairy milk shortages lift prices across regions amid drought.
Munyon's eminent doctors offer a free medical examination and diagnosis by mail, with no obligation. The item also notes peculiar nautical tales about Nimrod and other legendary ships seeking missing islands, then reports a seven foot black snake found in a field near East Greenville, killed after a stand in the furrow.
An old advertisement touts Dean's Kidney Pills as a simple cure for back ache head aches rheumatic pains urinary disorders and diabetes risk. A testimonial from John Corey claims restored mobility after using the pills and crutches. Include dosage and price details. Also a unrelated Maori saying on women's freedom and a church wedding anecdote about Nora the cook providing comic relief at Mr. Richey’s fourth marriage.
A fragment describes a tense exchange between two youths in darkness with a kiss question. It notes a character wondering about rivals moving ahead in life while referencing a lurid, transitional moment in a youth tale and a lighter romance tone.
Marin Ward Brown presents Memoirs of Dan Rice The Clown of Our Daddies a 500 page volume of jokes songs sketches and anecdotes from the sawdust arena. Aimed to provoke laughter the work recounts Dan Rice’s One Horse Show era and Civil War era humor. Published by Book Publishing House 134 Leonard Street New York City priced at 1.50.
In the Everyone's Magazine tale, Robert awaits grocer Jim at his promotion from dresses to Knickerbockers, while Jim ignores his friend’s eager expectations. A Manchester Guardian notice board lists a potato pie supper and a Sunday night subject titled A Night of Agony at the local church.
A Detroit mother reports her six month old daughter suffered about sixty boils on the head cured entirely by Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment. Recurring spring rashes behind the ears spread to the head, treated with Cuticura products and Resolvent, leaving the child well for two years. Also noted is a local penitentiary cow theft tale and Saxony violin making with 15 thousand inhabitants.
A Vienna West Virginia ad feature quotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Irving Bacheller, urging that true gentility comes from being all right in oneself and then forgetting it rather than outward show. The item appears as a vintage advertisement layout referencing a decade of use and a famous author quote.
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