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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1920
Page
2
An old dialogue notes a man losing his job and a boss saying the man made mistakes. It promotes Dr. Peery's Dead Shot claiming it expels worms and cleans the mucous, tones digestion, and that one dose is sufficient.
Workers on a Max Kopp corset factory tennis court at 256th Street and Palisade Avenue unearthed two skulls and bones. Robert Stepler of the Bronx morgue believes the remains are probably Indian. A prior discovery of two skeletons on October 29 suggests an indigenous fishing and burial area near the same spot.
A dialogue fragment shows one speaker praising the other as a good loser while noting practice improves the skill. The brief exchange hints at a focus on losing gracefully and the routine of practice.
Gloucester City milk dealers cut prices two cents a quart while gun and thirst related arrests surge in Trenton. Notable items include a Somerville jury clearing Mrs Moody of murder, rail welfare leadership in Portland, and municipal education shifts in Millville and Vineland.
A fifty year old man amnesiac genius, found wandering by a patrolman, is hospitalized in St Louis. He quotes Shakespeare and Homer, recalls Venice and Paris, knows the binomial theorem, speaks English and French, and wears laborer’s clothes though he talks like a college professor. Doctors study him to restore memory.
Fol som arraigned for drunkenness after claiming he kissed his cat to ease an injured paw. The judge questioned the scene, the officer recounted the cat’s paw in his mouth, and the prisoner admitted likely drunkenness. The charge was dismissed as a first offense.
Mrs. Joseph Martin drenched her clothing with gasoline and struck a match, ending her life in a fiery flare. Neighbors and husband beat out the flames but she died from severe burns amid poor health and despair.
Robert W. Patton of Concordia Kansas known for living in jails will share half of a $60,000 estate. Relatives tracked him after a jail lodging request led to an interview at the Uwe jail in Concordia.
Jerry Shine of the municipal water district at Alpine dam near San Raphael California raised a fawn named Billy after finding a dead doe and later returned to find Billy grown with two pronged horns. A photo shows Shine and the buck together on the dam parapet as workers recall the tale. A second note mentions Cuba's sugar output rising over one million tons since 1914.
Miss Mary G Kilbreth denounces modern girls as flippant and indifferent to elders views She blames woman suffrage for this trend Citing a bathing beach incident she recalls a girl who mocks an Aunt by defying propriety with a bold reply about a future gown.
Little Edna visiting a museum with her aunt sees an ancient queen's mummy in the Egyptian room. The aunt explains it as a mummy and the child responds with relief that her own mother does not look like that. Boston Transcript.
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