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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1913
Page
4
Rev C W Heisley recalls 30 citizens meeting with President Lincoln who listened patiently, granted a reprieve to a German soldier, and advised officials with gentle humor. He notes Lincoln’s mastery of self and ability to persuade through honesty and circumstance.
The letter notes measles at the Walker-Gordon Farm under physician care with precautions to prevent spread. Other items list visits by Mrs. Walter S. Grover and N Leroy Okeson, Grange meeting with Robert Swartz James Kingsley and Miss Minnie Schenck receiving degrees, and various social calls to Princeton Trenton New Brunswick and Stoney Brook residents.
An advertisement promotes Electric Bitters as a tonic for weakness and fatigue with a money back guarantee and a 50 cent price at N. F. Clayton's. It also touts Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as best for colds, aiding lungs and expectoration, for sale by all dealers.
A narrator recounts the deathbed tale of his rich uncle who mentored him and hoped he would manage the estate after his demise His plan unraveled when the narrator smoked a cigar offered by the dying physician and hearkened the old man to change his will The uncle died two days later leaving his fortune to charity rather than the heir
The article discusses ancient flood records, notably the Babylonian Noah story, and argues Genesis as superior. It links Noah’s rainbow promise to modern interpretations, explains the Tower of Babel as cause of linguistic and racial diversity, and foresees a coming era of fire that will purge and reshape society under Messiah. It frames current capitalism and labor as modern towers facing divine intervention.
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