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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1918
Page
6
Advertises Gold Medal Haarlem Oil Capsules as a health tonic for overwork poor eating and fatigue. Claims to restore strength with three capsules daily and to aid uric acid kidney and digestive ailments. Promises money back if no help and urges looking for the Gold Medal name on the box.
A cheery visitor named Glubclatter greets the Right Place Store proprietor in Petunia with flattery. The shopkeeper presses for the visitor’s aim, suggesting the man seeks a sales pitch or a marriage proposal in a humorous exchange.
Aoxsies Croup Remedy promoted with no opium or nausea and priced at 50 cents by Kells Co Newburgh N Y An exchange of jokes follows about the Irate Circus Manager and an animal trainer blaming a sprained arm on the ape and a monkey wrench in the show
The Boston Transcript notes Altice-So Maude are divorced and remarks that she would repent at leisure if she had married in haste. It adds Kate-Oh receives $200 a month alimony.
A damaged excerpt shows a child’s difficulty in learning English with the line Has he difficulty in learning Bug lish Indeed he has His difficulty Is pronounced The fragment hints at a focus on language education challenges and phonetic spelling.
The piece surveys Christmas poetry across English speaking nations from England and America. It traces carols and poems from "As Joseph was a-walking" to Longfellow and Sill and notes the influence of Christmas on California and New England imagery. It highlights Santa Claus verses by Moore Ruth Raymond and James Whitcomb Riley reflecting regional voices and traditions.
A collage of holiday verses evokes the season. Paul Laurence Dunbar reflects a Christmas feel in dialect while Margaret Sangster recalls Bethlehem and the Lord's birth as Christmas unfolds with angels and children.
A woman explains annual charity work dressing 50 dolls for orphans in an institution. She buys dolls wholesale and arranges for volunteers to sew outfits but warns against sewing the clothes on. Patterns for doll clothes are cheap but patterns often require alterations to fit varied dolls. Pieces of lace, ribbon, and scraps supply finishings, with no material cost.
Mr and Mrs Ralph C Norton of Moody Bible Institute fame extend aid toBelgian soldiers with 120 000 troops in mind for this Christmas gift valued at 40000 dollars The package includes chocolate soap and candy plus a Flemish French card urging faith and deliverance The Nortons have earned Belgian royal recognition and access to front line trenches with 12000 members of the League of the Holy Scriptures 6000 boxes were sent to German prison camps last year and requests for Gospels followed quickly.
England's prison population before the war stood at 18,000 and has fallen to 9,500. A portable electric device screens coal and loads it into wagons. Among 3,000 plus Philippine islands about 400 are inhabited. An English motorist claims fuel savings of 20 percent by adding camphor to gasoline. A new pulley design purportedly prevents belt slippage. Japan plans three wool sheep farms to meet future demand. Some Japanese women are employed as conductors on Mino Electric trains due to labor shortages. more may follow if satisfactory.
The Emergency Fleet corporation operates a girls chorus led by Miss Beatrice Eaton. A concrete motion picture theater 80 by 45 feet and 18 feet high has been built in England with walls only two inches thick. In Sweden a Viking era loaf of bread made from pea flour shows peas were cultivated in Europe over 1,000 years ago.
A humorous vignette features Mean Man and Biffkins discovering a brief half column heading in the evening paper. The exchange highlights curiosity and surprise as they react to a scantily sized feature titled Woman's Talk.
A reflective piece cites a wife’s influence as turning points in a man’s behavior. The author hints at deeper social commentary about personal change and exposure to the seamy side of life.
A Washington housewife finds visible fuzz under a bed during an inspection for a finicky guest. She asks her servant, Peartine, what to call the deposit, and the girl replies with a feigned time-gaining charm that it is house moss.
The exchange features Doctor X asking if old money grubts eased yield to treatment. Doctor Y responds the yield did, noting about 400 dollars in six months.
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