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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1920
Page
7
Promotes Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a trusted cure for kidney liver and bladder ailments. Claims endorsements from a prominent druggist and thousands of sworn testimonies with sample bottles available by mail while urging readers to purchase large and medium bottles at drug stores.
Uncle Bill Bottletop notes the old oaken bucket no longer hangs in the well. The bucket is reported present in the kitchen being used to mix yeast cakes.
The ad touts Diamond Dyes as simple to use on wool silk linen cotton or mixed goods with rich fade resistant colors. It urges readers to ask druggists for the Diamond Dyes Color Card and claims any woman can diamond dye worn garments and draperies. It also includes unrelated quips and beauty ads for eye balm and a dating quip.
Christmas gift ideas include handsome sealing wax beads on silk cord with optional glass or steel beads. The beads are formed by heating wax over an alcohol flame and shaping on a knitting needle. Hatpins are crafted similarly, reflecting festive novelties of the season.
A newspaper item describes Christmas rag dolls appearing in two high class figures. They are crafted from heavy domestic stock with paper patterns sold separately. Faces are water colored, hair is yarn, and the outfits are removable, even including slippers possibly made of black cloth. One doll is a boy with romper attire under his coat.
A baby carriage robe is described as a splendid gift after Christmas with satin ribbon detailing, as shown in the illustration. The piece highlights a rich robe suitable for the royal baby’s state ride.
Light and phone screens for electric lamps and telephones showcase ornate Christmas gifts. Beautiful French ladies in long crinoline outfits, with silk draperies on wire frames, use imported bisque heads for ornament.
Christmas time brings handsome new pillows suited to gifts for everyone. Two styled examples are shown: a circular taffeta pillow shirred over cotton cord and an oblong satin ribbon pillow edged with a frill.
Practical gifts include handmade waste baskets crafted from fabrics such as cretonne sateen tapestry and satin. Foundations of heavy cardboard or light wood are wrapped in material. Two examples shown feature tapestry satin and a hanging sateen basket with braided cord handle.
Santa Claus favors Christmas by presenting three new cushions. A moire edged long roll cushion with a plain ribbon frill a small lace edged round cushion and a barrel shaped hanging cushion decorated with lace baby ribbon and satin covered fruit.
Those plushes now called wool furs make neck pieces and muffs that are as warm and handsome as skins and more durable. A sea plush set is displayed.
A 1920 kitchen column lists simple recipes including Lamb Broth with Rice Mock Orange Marmalade Tapioca and Date Sponge and Toast with Cheese and Onions. It closes with a homely moral about living today and not worrying about yesterday.
The passage outlines three recipes for readers: Onions Stuffed With Peanut Butter using mild medium onions, bread crumbs, peanut butter, paprika or chili pepper, served with a cream sauce. Rice and Mushroom Croquettes using fresh mushrooms, rice, stock, and cream, shaped and fried. and Holiday Pumpkin Pie made with pumpkin, ginger, cream, milk, and citrus zest baked in pastry.
An advertisement warns to look for the Bayer name on all aspirin products for authenticity and safety. It notes aspirin treats colds headaches neuralgia rheumatism earache toothache and pain, and mentions small twelve tablet tins sold by druggists. Includes a joke about a doctor and a constipation remedy text following the aspirin section.
Quoted remarks discuss beefsteak for breakfast. One speaker questions how anyone can eat beefsteak at breakfast time while another notes the irony of affording steak for the meal.
A Louisville Courier Journal note quotes a stereotype that reasoning with women is futile and suggests light interaction can sustain a conversation.
Dialogue-filled excerpt shows Piute Pete and others debating luck at cards, old-fashioned manners, and self control. Characters like Couldn't Forget and Codger exchange quips about expenses, propriety, and ambition as they discuss personal habits and aspiration.
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