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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1913
Page
7
Advice column urges self reflection and action not complaint. Encourages exploring new options to improve circumstances. Prompts reader to assess current path and consider changes rather than dwelling on past results.
The Union Pacific promotes colonization across Idaho to Nevada. It invites inquiries to R A Smith in Omaha about acreages, soil yields, apple and truck farming regions, and prices. The company aims to settle the West with creditworthy settlers who understand conditions before departure.
The article contrasts American life in Panama with home customs, noting mid day siestas, market bargaining, and tropical domestic woes. It details Jamaican housekeepers, pervasive ants and roaches, social clubs at Tivoli and Washington, YMCAs aid to workers, and the pull of “home” as canal work nears completion.
A courtroom dialogue shows Mrs Knicker asking about a business college course while Mrs Becker answers she wants learn to get more money from Jack. The judge presides over the exchange highlighting domestic financial tensions.
An advertisement outlines a nightly scalp treatment using Cuticura Ointment applied in parts across the scalp, followed by a Cuticura Soap wash the next morning. It claims to soothe itchiness, remove dandruff and crusts, reduce hair loss, and promote hair growth, with samples available by mail from Boston.
In early Arizona a pompous chief justice presided over a murder case. An aged negro is killed and the only eye witness is a small negro boy. When asked what would happen if he lied the boy answered that the devil would get him and the judge warned he’d also get the lawyer, prompting the boy to declare the judge’s statement true.
Menelaus refuses Helen's request for a hat noting no is shorter than yes. Helen tears up and runs away with Paris-Puck. The tale frames happiness in terms of chosen worth rather than many friends.
In a Tennessee farm community a wary farmer opposed a railroad right of way claiming trains would ruin property. After condemnation and construction, he watched the first train pass and admitted it caused no harm though he quipped that if it had come sideways it would have wrecked every cow in sight.
The common bladderwort is an aquatic plant that defends itself and traps prey. Floating beneath the water, its leafy branches spread with leaflets covered in air filled bladders. Each bladder has a trap door that opens under pressure, letting worms or small fish enter but preventing their escape.
A brief whimsical note recalling a boy growing up and his sheepish look when called my little lamb, capturing a domestic moment from Lipplncott's.
A collage of quotes shows a lively picnic anecdote with rising crowds near drowning, a joke about a cracked builder, a haunted house fissure remark, and a cubist still life pie painting. The snippets evoke a quirky era tone from the Age Herald.
A wry exchange on aircraft costs contrasts with tasting the cook’s praise as mere references. The quip notes that high prices reflect value while cautioning against judging by words.
A quoted exchange questions gossip about Miss Maude and her eyebrows. The woman asserts the eyebrows are not as dark as rumored, challenging the painted impression.
The scene features a flirtatious exchange about a suitor who spoils the speaker by choosing inexpensive entertainments. The dialogue hints at affection and light domestic humor.
A local city experimented with luminous paint on park benches to deter intimate gatherings. Citizens debate safety and aesthetics as officials defend the measure as a prudent step.
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