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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1907
Page
4
An advertisement extols Man-A-Lin II as a superior laxative easing constipation and related ailments. It claims gentle bowel action removes need for pills or drastic catharsis and suggests using the remedy for flu like illnesses and headaches.
A historical note describes a school currency at Bluecoat School (Christ Hospital) where pupils exchanged shillings for copper octagonal "housey" money for the tuck shop. The article mentions the coins are now rare and prized by numismatists. It also briefly lists various ad-like items and quotes from periodicals.
An early 20th century verse fragment describes roads winding through green valleys and wild nature. It contrasts rural paths with the city streets, noting the call of the roads and the enduring charm of nature at dawn or dusk as vagrants seek shadowed places.
In Coram at Uncle Oak’s general store, Charles Jones enrages a touring green white car crew by shooting white paint onto them after they threaten his wagon. The scene shifts to a town seance plan with Mrs Hallarnassa and Abel Mapes as guests, revealing Abel’s past and sparking public speculation.
Uncle Oak recalls how a clever hoax taught a lesson to Mrs Halicarnassa and Anthony Fanning. Joe Gish and family react with amusement as the mischievous scheme trims falsehoods from copper pitches and drummin. The tale ends with Mrs Halicarnassa fleeing the island after fear of spirits exposing truths.
A collage from the Seattle Past-intelligencer, quoting aphorisms on humor, marriage, optimism, and social manners, then drifting into seafaring weather lore. It notes how sailors read the sky for forecasts, contrasting land observers who miss the subtle signs.
In a recent case before Mr Justice Darling the judge warned against a future ruling that the Court of Appeals would likely deem wrong. Counsel disagreed, remarking on familiarity with the Court of Appeals, while the judge quipped about seeing them at work and only meeting them at luncheon.
A collection of simple cleaning and kitchen tips including broom supports from spools doors, wallpaper prep with flour dough, glycerine in cake batter, lemon juice for stains and brass restoration, and classic recipes for cookies hominy balls potato croquettes peach tart poached eggs and egg in tomato juice on toast.
Cinere police report to Viceroy Yuan Shu-k'at that photographs of the Empress Dowager Emperor and other high officials exhibited for sale in Pekin and provinces undermine royal dignity. Yuan issued proclamations banning the use of such images to curb disrespect toward the imperial house and officials. Kansas City Star text also notes Mark Twain quote and a rural anecdote about Jim Rack, with no clear connection to the main item.
The onion harvest at Missouri Point across the dyer from Alton is underway with fifty to sixty acres planted. Farmers report offers of 125 dollars per bushel and expect yields around 400 bushels per acre. Hy Mintert notes their patch exceeds seven or eight acres due to labor demands.
A historic grocery page lists dairy prices, meats, fruits, vegetables, and staples. Entries include creamery products, cheeses, canned goods, poultry, and produce with per unit or per quantity pricing, spanning items like white kidney beans, Jersey Fancy cream, blackberries, potatoes, tomatoes, and turkeys, reflecting regional market offerings.
Reported drought affects milk marketing as short crops and scarce pasturage ripple from New York City to surrounding states. In several dairy regions rain has been scarce for two months, forcing farms to pull water from distant rivers and lakes and closing down factories in some areas.
Nebraska faces widespread corn crop failure unless rains arrive. Damaged fields stretch across the state with one fifth of the Lincoln division crop already lost and about half of the crop south of Omaha doomed. Rain is essential to salvage any harvest.
Prices set by a leading Malaga packer for 1907 crop Malaga raisins are very high. Cluster boxes cost about 4.50 to 5.75 dollars while loose muscatels range from 2 to a bit over 5 dollars per box. Thomas C. Platt mailed a circular to United States Express shareholders urging restraint on dividend prospects.
Wilston Colston & Co. brokers of Baltimore, with large Southern business, issued a letter warning against the prosecution of the railroads, saying they cannot place fuses upents.
The article notes money as the key fret of the year and highlights a grape trap that shows promise, with favorable expectations in New York and the Ohio producing regions.
Australian wool exports reach about 2,000,000 bales this season, up 200,000 from last season, with a value near 25 million dollars. U S shipments total around 100,000 bales, 30,000 more than last year, while Apple Shippers Amicus faces shipping package logistics and local price swings amid abundant lumber and containers.
A muddled report notes giles in Michigan flake distillers showing fruit on trees priced from $1 to $2 as buyers meet caps. Northern fruit is scarce with early varieties priced higher. Standard Oil's influence in Paris and a Wall Street fall are linked to policy and imports. Sulphur amines development slows shipments, Ohio fruit prospects drop with apples down 28 percent peaches 23 percent pears 25 percent.
Exhumation of Margaret Kuhlewind reveals grave desecration hours after burial. The child, killed in a car crash near Bernardsville on August 14, was found with the casket opened and organs removed by an unknown offender. The case prompted cemetery officials to reopen the grave with involvement from lawyer Richard Lindabury and cemetery authorities.
Mrs. Rachel D. Barry of Eaton town Boulevard Long Branch died after seven weeks of hydrophobia from a cat bite. Her nurse and physician called it the worst hydrophobia seen. She, 46, left five children and had been an expert telegrapher, often operating the telegraph when her husband was station agent and postmaster at Orford Pennsylvania.
London markets show August stock declines totaling 686 million dollars with year to date losses reaching 1.725 billion. The Bankers Magazine notes securities depreciation as a calamity survey. The Admiralty plans to sacrifice a Holland submarine to study mine explosion effects.
Narry Gurk died in a Philadelphia hospital from injuries after a train plowed into a automobile on Five Mile Beach near Wildwood. His father Henry J. Gurk, driving the car, was killed instantly. Mrs Gurk and Walter I Gurk, along with his wife, escaped serious injuries.
Dr S D Powell aged about sixty died at his Greenwich home after a career marked by controversial self experiments with alcohol as an antidote to carbolic acid. A Alabama native born January 5, 1848 he served in medicine for years and attracted attention for his risky self tests. Also noted were hospital fire rescuer Arthur Thornley of Thrall Hospital Middletown who should recover from injuries after aiding 26 patients. Army transport policy debate. and a Tulsa area homicide involving Henry Barnes and his wife.
Amene firms reject extensive overseas requests for foals as supply constraints and policy concerns curb international orders. Clear noncompliance with expected export terms prompts attention from trade officials.
A Harper's Weekly writer notes a demand for low cost cool air devices in India and other tropical regions. A German firm offers a Bombay portable fan powered by a hot air engine driven by a kerosene lamp, costing about one fifth as much as electric fans and running twenty four hours per quart of lamp oil. The unit weighs about thirty pounds, sits on a small stand, and can be moved easily.
A compact literary collage traces the mixing of foreign influences into American standards, praising beneficial cross currents from Britain and beyond. It recalls Brander Matthews and Eugene Carriere, notes the rise of modern sensibilities, and finishes with a quip from an Irish agrarian case as cited by the Westminster Gazette.
Musoline the once famed Sicilian brigand draws attention again in Italy with fluctuating temperament from resigned calm to verse writing and now possible dangerous relapse into religious melancholia. A madhouse may end his lurid career, notes the London Globe. In Oregon, a cold storage plant case ends with a lawyer’s plea that the decision risks a life as his client’s ice blood and soul are in cold storage.
A London Hospital note concludes tea as a breakfast stimulant is harmless with meat but potentially harmful when combined with proteid digestion. It notes Chinese tea causes less harm than Indian tea and that ginger beer has negligible influence on digestion.
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