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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1909
Page
4
A testimonial from Mrs. Cras. Banday of Graniteville Wisconsin says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health during the Change of Life. The ad claims the medicine has a long record of cures for female illnesses and is inexpensive to try.
Henry Dixey voices suspicion in a tale about a dishonest world. A watchmaker is asked to fix clock hands missing from the clock. The old nagro brings the two hands to be repaired but refuses to yield the clock itself, insisting on keeping the hands.
A brief dialogue from the Boston Post describes a woman declaring she will go on the stage and never marry, while a young man laments his loss and suggests she might make a hit as a sleight-of-hand artist after she threw him down causing bone aches.
A Paris report notes over 4000 pounds of frogs legs sold daily in the Halles mostly from the Vendes region with flat swampy soils. Frogs are shipped in large numbers to London clubs and hotels where they appear on menus as nymphes en brochetto. Top frogs fetch about a dollar per ten on skewers as the new frog season runs until May.
A sentry bites a valuable retriever and baysoned the dog prompting an owner’s lawsuit for the animal’s value. The judge’s quip and the soldier’s reply elicit laughter as the case suggests the dog’s gentleness. The piece also describes a rock blasting expert in New York Central yards and a royal portrait incident in London. A Grape Nuts testimonial from Boston mothers extols health benefits for children and parents alike.
The fragment describes Randolph Augustus Malcolm Tait entering a venture with Mitlette, swallowing offers, and contemplating bargains amid business misfortune. It notes his joke about imprudent buyers and hints at consequences, with a cryptic reference to Hancock and a location in New York.
A narrator recalls a 19th century farmhouse story told by a centenarian grandmother. Two sisters imagine a romance around Aunt Hephzibah Jones as a tramp in the barn turns out to be Mr Samuel Brown seeking a lost love from forty years past, leading to a comic domestic confrontation.
In a Boston Post excerpt, a man pursues Misa Hephaie across Maplewood seeking an interview. After fruitless visits and lodging in a barn, he learns Aunt Hephaie moves to a new farmhouse funded by her gold savings, raising questions about Mr Brown’s discreet courtship and the dairy window meeting.
The article celebrates Holland’s wooded towns with canal lined avenues in Utrecht and The Hague. It notes hygienic, cooling benefits and per capita costs for tree care, plus challenges from gas leaks and underground electricity. Elm and linden are favored street trees including historic Edam and Mallebnnen lindens.
A parade of witticisms about love marriage and society. Observations on wealth vanity and daily life poke fun at both genders from a Chicago News column. Each aphorism offers a bite sized humorous truth or dig at human foibles.
The retreat of the great ice sheet left Connecticut and surrounding areas marked by many lakes now evolving into peat bogs. Vegetation debris accumulates to form peat, offering scientific value to geologists and botanists and practical uses as fertilizer and potential employment sources. The survey mapped bog locations and depths and collected samples for analysis.
The article notes Mary Whiten Calkins earning a Doctor of Letters from Columbia, first woman honored since 1887, and Mabel K. Babcock as MIT’s sole female MS graduate. It mentions other women in architecture, a prize definition of a lady, and advice on handling surplus silver and gold. It covers society observations on women’s roles, fashion trends, and consumer tips.
A new watch for the blind from Germany uses twelve knobs instead of figures. Each knob sinks into the dial to mark the hour and a raised short indicator shows minutes by feeling its position. The device enables precise time telling by touch.
In a playful exchange a young woman hints that Geoffrey’s plan to double gifts may backfire as his birthday coincides with Christmastide. The light dialogue echoes holiday whimsy from a Chicago Tribune excerpt.
The text discusses a remarkable episode with unclear context and garbled phrases about a Kansas newspaper, government tests at Washington, chain samples for Panama Canal gear with tensile tests and a watch composed of ninety alert pieces.
A Boston Post item describes a scarf for a boy using unbleached crash fabric with red wash silk ends and the initials in a barge letter. It also lists home remedies for worms using tansy and a midnight stomach wrap, and a stain removal tip using sour milk on spilled ink with follow up washing and ammonia for grease.
A collection of kitchen tips and household advice from the era covers removing fruit stains with sulfur and alcohol fumes, luncheon etiquette, servant care, and various recipes. It includes practical colorfast stain treatment, guidance on maid quarters, and multiple fruit, cake, and dessert preparations with stepwise instructions and measurements.
The article argues American farmers will sell an abundant wheat crop at high prices, with prices unlikely to rebound to famine levels. It notes railways can move expected grain, exports may rise by 25 to 40 million bushels, aiding international exchange and easing Europe’s wheat trade strain. It also mentions fluctuating commodity prices and market adjustments across milk, steel, and labor demand.
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