What Our Mothers Used To Do In The Home
A January Woman’s Home Companion piece contrasts past and present middle class domestic standards. It quotes an editorial describing how women once managed with fewer resources, avoiding impossible expectations and teaching simpler childrearing and daily routines. A separate Burlington incident recounts eight saved from a Riverside Traction crash when a bridge collapsed, with the car plunging into Assiscunk creek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Home Companion
Burlington
N. J
Riverside Traction Company
Pearl Street
Assiscunk Creek
Iron Bridge
Electric Bitters touted as cure for liver and stomach woes
A 1906 column cites Electric Bitters as a life saver for a West Burlington man cured after eight months of virulent liver trouble and jaundice. It claims low lightning death odds and promotes the tonic as the best remedy for stomach liver nerves and kidneys. The piece also notes a New Year sermon by Dr. Charles E Jefferson urging hopeful renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Madsen
West Burlington
N. F. Clayton’s
A Tender Hearted Animal in London Tales
An old cab horse is depicted as patient and attentive, always ready to pause and listen to a tale about whoa in a London Telegraph piece. The story highlights the animal’s gentle nature and role in urban life as a trusted listener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Telegraph
Saved His Wife’s Life By Dr King’s New Discovery
O H Brown of Muscendine Ala credits Dr King’s New Discovery with saving his wife from severe bronchial trouble and a dangerous cough. He recalls she was bedbound but improved after using the remedy. The ad claims it treats coughs colds lung trouble hemorrhages grippe asthma bay fever croup and whooping cough. 50c and 1000 trial bottle free guaranteed by N F Clayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. H. Brown
Muscendine
Ala
Dr. King
N. F
Clayton
Dress Patterns and Decorated China Specials Sale
The ad lists wool dress patterns and a wide range of gift items in fancy boxes. It features hand painted china including salad bowls fruit dishes chocolate pots and sets, plus purses, writing tablets, brushes, and many small luxury goods priced from a few cents to several dollars.
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Cranbury Press
Cranbury, N.S
Geo. W. Burroughs
A. Bridge
Charles E. Jefferson
Home Furnishings
China
Blauvelt
Hightstown, N. J
R. A. Donnelly
S. Broad Street
Trenton, N. J
Ella T. Norton
Canson
Dobbins the Hatter
E. State Street
Tinton Clothing@e
Clothiers
Hatters Haberdishers
Trenton, N. d
Blaine Davison
Cranbury, New Jersey
Farmers’ Supply House
Columbia
Wyckoff Bros
Hightstown
New Jersey
Charles C. Groves
Frank A. Brown
Automobile
Liverpool & London & GI Commercial Union, Niagara Ins. Co
Caledonian
Queen Ins. Co
Camden Fire Ins. Co
Ins. Co
N. Americ
F. A. Brown
O'neil’s
James O’neil
Cranbury
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