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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1917
Page
8
A flor ist explains a peanut plant grown in a warm indoor pot yields a unique small tree with close leaves that fold at night and tiny yellow flowers. The piece also notes German betrothal practices where engagement documents and town hall rites reduce breach of promise cases.
A Bronson Alcott quote extols a good book opened with expectation and closed with profit. It praises a well-crafted masterpiece that prepares readers for greater works while leaving exhaustive detail for calmer moments.
The mullein stalks used as funeral torches by Romans and as candle wicks in the middle ages. It is reputed to have medicinal virtues for people and animals, with mullein tea and smoking leaves used for colds. In England it earned the name bullock longwort for cattle disease healing reputation.
A Washington Star quote laments fashion’s push for youthful look. A man says trends may force women to abandon cars and ride in baby carriages, inviting disbelief and humor.
Dialogue shows two lawyers discussing the source of trouble and identifying the late Mr Bigwad as the financier. The exchange underscores a plan to reach the root cause of the problem.
The periscope is a mirror fitted tube allowing observers under water to view surface activity when its eye is above water. Visibility depends on object size weather and eye height. a battleship can be seen from six to eight miles on clear days.
Dan Eversham boards a railway parlor car with a pretty woman mistaken for a bride by a wedding party. A New England motherly woman probes the couple, prompting a prank and a crowd gift. Dan pays a faux groom’s debt, then exits at his station as the girl continues her journey alone.
A London Tit-Bits summary recalls brutal penalties from Tudor and Stuart eras. It details boiling alive for poisoning, drawing and quartering for treason, maiming acts under Henry VIII and Elizabeth I, pillory ordeals, branding, ear removals, and hanging for thefts. The piece notes these were enforced into George III's era.
A dialogue snippet depicts a couple debating announcing their engagement to the girl’s father. The man fears the father’s potential disapproval while the woman presses to share the news.
A brief editorial asserts that measured speech holds greater value than flashy eloquence, praising restraint and practical clarity in public discourse. The remark underscores virtue in communication over ornate than mere rhetoric.
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