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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1912
Page
7
Resinol Soap marketed as free from harsh alkali and matching Resinol Ointment’s soothing balsams. Claims it prevents rashes and scalp troubles in babies. Drugstores carry Resinol Soap and Ointment with sample requests directed to Dept. 12K, Resinol Chemical Co., Baltimore, Md.
Senator Isaac Stephenson the oldest member of Congress braves the heat in Washington and is nicknamed Uncle Ike at home and Dr Ike among colleagues. He recalls early years in Lake Superior logging camps where he tended the sick and bound wounds after forest work and fights, claiming hardy health from long journeys and hard labor.
Advertising copy asserts nine times out of ten a well functioning liver ensures a healthy stomach and bowels. Pills gently stimulate a lazy liver to work, claiming relief from constipation indigestion and headache after eating. Small pill small dose small price. Genuine must bear Signature.
The piece notes long interest in Arctic ventures culminating with Amundsen and Peary, and reports a barber shop surge in China after political change. Singapore businessmen imported many American chairs and now face supply delays while Chinese customers favor American clippers, signaling rising U.S. barber supply trade.
Information from New York indicates Cipriano Castro plans another descent on Venezuela. Castro left Germany after an operation and is aided by Venezuelan exiles in New York. General A Pimentel travels to join the opposition to President Gomez, blamed for dictatorial rule.
The Vatican confirms Pope Pius X has completed nine years as pope despite earlier beliefs he would die before a ninth anniversary. The life of Giuseppe Sarto divided into nine year segments guided his career from priesthood in 1858 to bishop, cardinal and patriarch of Venice. He received congratulatory telegrams and many Vatican officials and friends sent best wishes on the milestone.
The Mikado Yoshihito ascends after Emperor Matsuhito's death. He is the third son crowned in 1888, a military officer with notable war and statecraft experience. Married in 1900, he has three children and is educated in modern ideas, seen as a worthy successor in Japan's sacred imperial line.
Historic piece recalls the Palais Royal once a center of flirtation and power in Paris, now replaced by the Bourse. It highlights the palace as a stage for Europe’s intrigues, wars, and social change, its notorious scenes, and the shift to a modern looking city where past glamor lingers only as ghosts.
Fan Shih Chien, Harvard 1910, son of a Tientsin mandarin, marries Helen May Court of Peabody, Mass, in a July 13 ceremony revealed by a Cambridge return. The bridegroom earned a Harvard business administration degree and the couple departed for China.
Captain Collins of the Wilson liner Galilee reports a school of fifteen big whales off Rockaway as his ship arrived in New York. He says he threw coal to scare the creatures away from the propeller to avoid danger.
Uncle Sam released a first batch of laundered bills totaling 500000 dollars into circulation in Washington. The action marks a beginning of the new issue program and follows government authentication procedures.
Harper's Weekly notes explain the 1691 provincial charter uniting Plymouth Maine and Massachusetts and reserving large white pines for the royal navy. A surveyor general enforced the mark of the crown on pines near the coast and mast hauls drew crowds as massive sleds and oxen moved the timber.
Miss Edna Bidwell of Brownville New York describes a stubborn eczema outbreak following scarlet fever. She reports swelling open sores and skin shedding until Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured her, with clear skin since and no relapse. The letter promotes Cuticura products and invites inquiries to Boston.
A local resident, Mr. Mips, is described as singularly pure and upright. Rumors spread of a Burns detective operating secretly in the neighborhood he frequents, but he dismisses them as nothing to him.
An Odd, Virginia testimonial claims dramatic health gains from Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Martha L Hottoway describes relief from long hemorrhages and fatigue after years of heavy work and inability to lift water. The ad asserts the product's wide endorsement and invites confidential letters for advice.
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