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Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Feb 12, 1909

Page

4

Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims and Anecdotes

A collage of testimonials praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for curing female ailments without surgery, with letters from Louisville and Adrian. It also includes satirical snippets from Brit ish humor pieces and stray notices, noting anecdotes about officials and a mummy card from a museum visit.

Louisville Lydia E. Pinkham Lydie E.pinkham Sam'l Lx Fourth St Adrian Lena V. Henry Lydia FE Pinkham Ham

College or Business for the Boy in Harsh Lesson

A woman suggests sending a Harvard graduate to college with a janitoring course as a warning. She recalls letting him go to college but finding him incapable of running steam heat or the hot water boiler, contrasting with the boy’s prospects. The remark questions whether schooling should prepare practical skills or steer toward business work.

Harvard New York Times

Children’s aid story and a dog breed note in one piece

A summer visit to a country home ends with Rosie explaining that Katie wore her shoes since Katie’s mother had no work and Rosie lent her own pair. The tale ends with the girl’s friendship cited as the reason. Also explains the origin of the name spitz for certain dogs and Dalmatian as a breed.

Rosie New York Tribune Katie Gling Roale Dalmatia

NO MEDICINE But a Change of Food Gate Relief

Many people learn that drugs do not rebuild worn nerves but proper food. Grape Nuts contains phosphate of potash and combines all food elements from wheat and barley. A Wisconsin bride testifies it helped her nerve weakness, enabling her to keep her job and feel improved.

Postum Co Wollville Lane

The Peregrine Falcon Rescue of a Hudson Lad

Lin Bristow, a poor fourteen year old with wood lore, climbs the North Cliff to steal a peregrine falcon for the town museum. After a dangerous ascent and a mistaken shoot, a hunter helps him by buying the bird for five dollars, ending with Lin returning home.

Lin Bristow Hudson River North Cliff Lin Lincoln Byittle Istant Ricky Spoksman Mil

Pearls of Thought Nuggets and Quips From Daily Wit

A collection of short, humbling proverbs and quips on behavior, speech, time, money, love, and social manners. The playful lines critique vanity, habit, aging, and pride while offering wry observations on human foibles and the theatre of everyday life.

Lin's Honest Bird Reward After Fire and Help

A Detroit News Tribune report recalls Lin's tale of a peregrine falcon found after a house fire. After returning a bird and $5 found with it, Lin received help from ST George Mitchell and a taxidermist, including a $70 check and a job offer. Lin later becomes village postmaster and gains a new house on the burned site.

Lin Lincoln ST. George Mitchell Havenoaks Mitchell Mr. Mitchell Goodby Detroit News-Tribune

Giraffe Arrives at Paris Jardin des Plantes After Long Skepticism

The article notes Parisian doubt about the Lisbon earthquake and the giraffe, details Levaillant’s 1787 description, and that the largest giraffe in Paris stirred public and scientific interest as specimens arrived. It mentions the 18th century reception and London Globe report.

Johnson Lisbon Levaillant Hottentots Katurs Munchaugen Paris London Globe

Women Viewing Wedding Presents and Southern Etiquette

A collage of society notes covers topics from a judge asking a prisoner if he has friends to Miss Violet Oakley’s mural work and Queen Victoria’s anti bullfighting stance. It recalls wedding gifts discourse, a tale of waiting for partners, fashion trends among schoolgirls, and a Southern courtship custom.

Violet Oakley America Miss Oakley Pennsylvania State Capitol Harrisburg Philadelphia

Native Maori Skepticism Amid US Battleship Visit

Auckland reports that Maori communities show little wonder at the US battleship visit while recalling ancestral oceanic voyages. The narrative notes legends of exploration from Antarctica to America, and a belief that modern displays lack significance compared to tribal traditions.

Scientific Mileage and Engine Ideas Across the World

A German statistician estimates Steam power at 120 million horsepower globally. Galicia reports new briquettes from crude petroleum and sand for fuel. An electrically driven punkah is claimed to repel insects. Radium in oceans may total 20,000 tons with higher radioactivity in slowly formed sediments. The Adria, a 44-ton research motor-boat of 195 horsepower, serves the Adriatic expedition at St Andrea for the Society for the Scientific Exploration of the Adriatic in Vienna.

Galicia India Gulf Capodistria Adriatic Adria St. Andrea Society For the Scientific Exploration of Vienna

No Decrease in Use of Wood Despite Fireproof Construction

The Bureau of Forestry states lumber use remains high despite fireproof materials. In forty nine leading cities about 61 percent of building permits covered wood, while 39 percent were for fire resisting structures. In smaller towns wood remains predominant as a building material.

Bureau of Forestry Geological Survey

Underground Rivers of Australia Claim Vast Subterranean Network

An article cites a professor SCHONab discussing Australia’s underground rivers. It claims a subterranean canal system up to 2000 miles wide and traversing the continent, suggesting immense water resources could make Austral a leading world power.

Australia Austrelia Schonab Austral Westminsteratzette

A Sailor's Wooing

A crewmate tries to woo Kate aboard a vessel as life drifts by with no steady hand at the helm. Kate rebuffs softly saying she will remain second mate if he proves worthy. Kansas City Independent.

Kate Jack Kansas City

Hall's Catarrh Cure and Patent Remedies Ad Spread

An old scanned column touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a blood remedy and claims it cures catarrh with internal treatment. It also promotes Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup and a marine eye remedy while citing a meteorology prize and various medical quackery claims.

Inroads on Wood Pulp Supply and Other Notes

The article mentions fears about wood pulp running out and suggests corn stalks as an alternative. It notes Augustus Thomas of Missouri will receive LL D from the University of Missouri at commencement, with praise from the university president comparing him to Mark Twain. It includes anecdotes about language learning, etiquette, a mother and children, Wisconsin college candy concerns, and a note about British coast lines and Liverpool druggists.

Augustus Thomas Missouri University of Missouri Thomas Mark Twain University

Deferential Exchange Appears in Detroit Free Press Clip

In a Detroit Free Press excerpt a minister’s remark about deeds over words triggers a playful exchange with his hostess who questions whether a tele- Bram was ever sent. The brief dialog shows domestic humor amid press prose.

Saya Detroit Free Press

Notable Elixirs and Quack Remedies Mentioned in Era Gossip

A scrambled clippings style item notes whiskey mixtures claimed to cure back pain and rheumatism, including a recipe with Toris compound and Sargaparillo, plus other quack remedies for feverish children, digestion, and piles. It also cites a detective anecdote and a Jacobin mix of modern cures and sensational notes from several sources.

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