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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
6
Mother advised to give a teaspoonful of California Syrup of Figs to constipated children to cleanse stomach liver and bowels within hours. Claims the product is harmless, loved by kids, and effective for all ages with directions on the bottle.
A humorous exchange has Henpeck recounting a marriage proposal in which his silence was deemed consent. His friend asks why he didn’t stay silent, and the response notes that silence allegedly satisfied the proposal.
An advertisement extols a cleansing soap and a soothing ointment promising to prevent skin troubles by keeping pores clear. A free sample is offered by mail with a Book from Cutiurn Dept. L Boston and sold widely. A humorous note recalls an old New Hampshire governor death and a wry exchange about filling Colonel Barrett’s office.
A vintage advertisement urges readers to buy Parmint from a druggist for cough relief. It instructs mixing 1 oz Parmint with 14 pints hot water and 4 oz sugar, then taking a teaspoonful as needed. Claims rapid throat soothing and healing with low cost and high efficiency.
In central Virginia at Cobham a storekeeper named Mr. Bell is approached by a young boy who presents a freshly laid egg. The boy asks for change in cheese, claiming a demand from mummer. Bell replies that an egg is worth two needles, illustrating a quirky barter anecdote from Youth's Companion.
The cartoon shows a farmer declaring work is needed but noting the average person bears higher costs for what farmers raise, highlighting the economic gap between production effort and consumer prices.
The newly chartered Gloucester co operative will open at Filmore and Market streets as economists monitor its effort to curb H C L. Rugs worth about 1000 dollars stolen from Atlantic City boardwalk appear in jitney buses after arrest of William Wallace for stealing two rugs from Shill Company. The Cape May City Commissioners buy the Physick estate beach front block to build a convention hall with bonds. The Glassboro auditorium fire disrupts major events. Smith Davidson, 17, drowns skating at Salem water works pond.
The lesson discusses Nicodemus a Pharisee and member of the Sanhedrin seeking Jesus by night. It explains the necessity of being born again through the word and the Spirit, Jesus teaching that salvation comes from faith in him and eternal life follows belief.
The 1915 wheat crop shows Western Canada driving continental output. Canada produced 376 million bushels at 29 bushels per acre, while the United States yielded 17 bushels per acre from 1.01 billion bushels. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta combined 342 million bushels, with U.S. growth outpaced by Western Canada outside the United States.
A judge remarks on a candidate’s talk of running for the legislature as gossip. J Fuller Gloom consoles him, noting that people will talk. The exchange mirrors local political scrutiny and public rumor dynamics.
The family of a U. S. president used Hoxsle's Croup Remedy at the White House with success. Available for 50 cents from Kells Co. Newburgh New York by druggists or mail order.
The Baltimore American calls snow pestiferous in the city and poetic in the suburbs, while the Syracuse Post-Standard retorts that snow can delight both city and country when it remains unspoiled.
An old advertising piece promotes Cascarets for sluggish bowels and liver cleansing. It touts a ten cent box that works overnight to relieve sour stomach, foul gases, and constipation, promising clear head and healthy bowels by morning.
Advertisement extols Mother Gray's Sweet Powders as a cure for sickly children offering quick relief for delicate feverish and cross kids. Claims stomach cleansing and liver action plus worm remedy and 30 years of use with sample free and druggist price.
Mrs Lettie Dunlap of Du Bois Pennsylvania testifies that Father John’s Medicine eased her winter bronchitis and throat troubles. She says the remedy benefits her children Edith and Clair and claims it builds strength while soothing irritation, with no alcohol or dangerous drugs.
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