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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1914
Page
7
In a 1914 tale Doctor Syntax, a widowed mathematician mentor, contemplates life with Milly his housekeeper and ward. Milly proposes a future beyond the house as they debate love and social norms using algebraic wit. He finally exclaims he has found his spectacles.
A Medford pastor wed a beautiful stranger with the line I am black but comely from Song of Solomon. A wizened widower preacher married a widow after two rejections with Cast not away your confidence. Abby Smith chose John Come neither eating bread nor drinking wine, and ye say, he hath a devil, for her wedding sermon.
Highland tradition tells of Loch Awe forming when a careless girl forgot to cover a fairy spring. Overnight the spring flowed and the lake appeared, now praised as a gem of beauty in Argyllshire with islands and legends along its shores.
In Matthew 22 parable of the king’s feast, Jesus contrasts God's gracious invitation with Jewish leaders' rejection. Some refuse or misuse the call, others accept with varying motives. The king judges unprepared guests and clothes, highlighting righteousness, judgment, and the Gentile inclusion in grace.
Real Estate transactions show a business awakening across counties with churches fundraising for worthy causes. The piece lists road work by convicts from Trenton, a sheriff candidate paying for meals, and various local incidents from fires to accidents and council actions.
A Bloomington Republican leader recalls Adlai H Stevenson arguing that party politicians view opponents as wrong and their own side as holy. He notes Stevenson’s joke comparing rigid partisanship to a teacher testing Willie on six plus four yielding ten.
The Blanks maid Serelda muses on marriage and career choice. She wonders if she will wed a steady suitor despite a good job with her mistress and the lure of pay, noting uncertainty about leaving her post.
William J. Burns decries his exclusion from an honorary police chiefs list calling the move linked to graft exposures. He compares the action to a clothier's guarantee and quips about pants shrinking after heavy rain and a fire hose soaking them, underscoring the perceived insult.
Dr Edward L Trudeau founder of the Adirondack Cottage Sanatorium argues the facility poses no health risk to neighbors. He recalls paying 25 per acre for land in 1885 and five acres for 5000 in later years, asserting no employee in sound health contracted tuberculosis there.
Obituary notes the inventor of the first player piano has died at age eighty five. A mourner offers peace to his ashes and forgiveness for the device's impact on nervous urban Americans. An advertising request appears for an eye remedy product from Chicago firms.
A humorous exchange recalls a husband giving his wife a donkey at marriage. An ad touts Dr Peery’s Vermifuge Dead Shot as a worm killer. A jilted young man is portrayed as blaming petticoats for all his troubles.
In a heated exchange the Frenchman admits preferring swords to pistols in a duel, arguing the blade allows for more gestures and dramatics. The remark highlights a taste for flourish over modern weapons.
An advertisement urges readers to take Wright's Indian Vegetable Pills for quick relief of grumpy mood claiming liver support. The snippet ends with a question about how Percy De Soft improves his time, suggesting a partial ad or comic insert.
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