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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1913
Page
4
Former Governor Edward C. Stokes announces his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Governor. He states he will enter the primary to measure public sentiment and will advocate party principles if chosen, while emphasizing civic duty over personal ambition. He rejects self-promotion and pledges loyalty to supporting the eventual nominee.
Edward Boger of Newtown was driving a wagon loaded with peaches tomatoes and eggplants when a trolley car bound for New Brunswick struck it at a crossing. The mule was killed, the horse injured, Boger injured and taken to St Francis hospital. Fruit littered the road as car passengers helped themselves.
An advertisement claims Kickapoo Worm Killers remove intestinal worms in children and improve appetite digestion and growth. The copy urges mothers to give the remedy immediately and notes availability at druggists or by mail for 25 cents from the Kickapoo Indian Medicine Company in Philadelphia and St. Louis.
Delegates from Middlesex county and sixteen New Jersey counties urged former Governor Edward C. Stokes to run. Voters across Perth Amboy New Brunswick Woodbridge Roosevelt South Amboy Metuchen Piscataway Jamesburg and Cranbury reported unanimous support for Stokes. Stokes said a decision would come Monday.
An advertisement urges use of Chamberlain's Tablets to keep bowels regular and avoid numerous ailments. It notes the product is for sale by all dealers.
A playful exchange quotes Mrs. Gailey asking where her absent present husband is, with a fortune teller offering a future marriage reading in a Philadelphia Press snippet. The light anecdote reflects social humor and domestic curiosity of the era.
A Snow Hill North Carolina resident reports a severe bout of dysentery starting mid July that reduced weight from 145 to 125 pounds and left him unable to work. After two months he tried Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, used two bottles, and regained lasting health. For sale by All
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