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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1918
Page
7
An advertising text touts Father John’s Medicine as a prompt relief for colds and throat troubles. It emphasizes being free from alcohol and harmful drugs and warns against neglected colds risking pneumonia while promoting a safe, effective option. A separate note references a ticket man with an old stock of railroad tickets and a pun on selling tickets cheap.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a worldwide household remedy for constipation and various digestive and liver troubles. It promises immediate relief after a few doses and labels the product a gentle laxative, sold by druggists in civilized nations.
A humorous exchange on sugar usage contrasts three lumps in coffee at a restaurant with frugal home use. Garfield Teno herb laxative is advertised as a remedy available from all druggists. The speaker also derides the notion that brilliance equates to knowledge and asserts the world does not revolve around one person.
A wide review notes pan German hardening toward Russia and seeks to temper hopes for early peace. It reports Bolshevik troubles in Petrograd and Moscow, Ukrainian preliminaries with Germany, Finland and Austria turmoil, Yugoslav and Bohemian tensions, and the growing Western front activity.
The hall should serve as an attractive waiting room with ready access to the main room. It must be accessible without passing through other rooms and remain formal for strangers, acquaintances, friends, and relatives. Formality level depends on urban or rural setting and the inhabitants' lifestyle.
Pimply faces are helped by smearing Cuticura Ointment on pimples and blackheads and washing off in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. Free samples available by addressing Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
In a New Puck quotation Mrs. Washington Terrace replies to a question about six hundred dollars a year for dress. She grimaces and says she could not dress her salads on that amount, waiving the inquiry.
A recipe states half a pint of water with 1 oz Bay Rum 2 small boxes Barbo Compound and 1% oz glycerine. Drugstore or home preparation is suggested with directions in Barbo Compound boxes. It claims to darken gray hair gradually without coloring the scalp, stickiness, or transfer.
The colossal church, famed as Moscow’s dedication for liberation from the French, features five gold covered cupolas and lavish interior decorations. Construction spanned fifty years with an estimated cost of 35 million pounds.
A promotional ad touts Garfield Tea as a health booster with wealth implications, claiming improved well being drives financial success and personal vigor. The message emphasizes health as a path to prosperity and urges readers to try the product.
An old man asks for a philosopher's definition and the grouch answers that a philosopher is someone who studies and analyzes his own weaknesses and makes others wonder how he discovered theirs. The Cincinnati Enquirer quote reflects this witty contrast.
An 1880s style advertisement claims Mother Gray's Sweet Powders cure colds in 24 hours and relieve fever, headaches, stomach troubles, teething disorders, and worms. It notes the powder is pleasant for children, used by mothers for 3 years, and offers a free sample with address to A. Olmsted in Le Roy, N.Y.
A man named Mr Rock informs Georgie that he plans to marry Georgie’s mother, initiating a domestic revelation scene. The dialogue presents a tense personal confrontation about a family arrangement.
The ad promotes PAZO OINTMENT promising cure of itching bleeding or protruding piles within six to fourteen days with first application giving relief. It offers a refund if no cure and cites a 60 cent price. The text also oddly mentions a shipboard topic about starboard.
Mrs Frank Henson of Urbana Illinois reports relief from change of life symptoms after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She states she gained strength, anxiety and hot flushes diminished and can do her housework again. The testimonial endorses the product for nervousness and headaches.
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