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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
4
A column on controlling barking dogs suggests using a bell over the kennel to signal when dogs should stop. It advises securing misbehaving dogs with a collar and short lead and giving a firm warning. The piece notes a belt lash is not harmful and can improve manners.
The quote recalls cautious handling of race issues attributed to Lincoln while a barber cuts a customer’s face and later loses a finger. The text also notes Viennese shop window artistry and a London Globe report on a new window dressing school for training in shop-keeping.
Describes a Japanese laborer living on cheap rice with rare fish heads or poultry innards, drinking water and sake on festive occasions, and paying for a sleeping mat. It then shifts to promoting Grape-Nuts and Postum cereal, citing claims about phosphorus and potassium salts as brain and nerve remedies with testimonial blurbs and a company address.
A fragmented OCR passage muses on time and progress with oblique imagery of satellites, day and night cycles, and echoes of a mythical or religious tone. The prose references a monthly publication and distant, archaic associations.
Reading a Yorkshire Post exchange reveals the humor and confusion caused by abbreviations in old texts. A rector’s letter on an eighteenth century church issue led to confusion when initials stood for different phrases. An editor explains Eastward Position versus Evening Post and a boy asks where beef tea comes from after poring over cryptic phrases.
The Chicago Tribune reports 1907 as a banner year for beneficence with gifts totaling about 148.9 million dollars. Rockefeller funds led, followed by Mrs. Russell Sage and Andrew Carnegie. Major allocations went to education, religion, museums, libraries, and public improvements. Sage distributions reached 13.49 million in 1907 after her husband’s death. Carnegie’s endowments included libraries and colleges. The piece also notes disaster fatalities in 1907 and a rise in automobile accidents across thirty two large cities, listing cities and counts.
The article lists major 1907 gifts by Carnegie era benefactors including Widener Creighton and Patton, totaling millions for museums charities parks and churches. It also notes disasters and fatalities worldwide in 1907 including mines explosions cyclones and fireworks related deaths, plus a summary of violent deaths and public hazards.
A fragment reflects on changing times and restless youth. It notes past hardship giving way to new comforts and a world where old bravado fades as people embrace modern life and evolving social norms.
A septern woman with a knack for figures walks over seven miles daily while performing ordinary household tasks. She aims to estimate miles covered while attempting to match a job with ribbon work, as Warh VS hen Deas.
A fragmentary report from Waesmunster notes a convent sale at Waesminnster where an ancient trove was found. Among relics were papers linking to Daniel Webster and personal names, with a claim of a hidden will and assorted manuscripts unearthed by a collector.
The Well Informed world demands a simple, pleasant liquid laxative. The California Fig Syrup Co markets Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted, gentle remedy with known wholesome components. Sold by leading druggists at fifty cents a bottle.
Mrs. David Brown of Locke Arkansas describes long battle with eczema lasting two years. She creditsCuticura Remedies including Soap, Ointment, and Pills for curing sores itching and burning after persistent treatment from two physicians. She notes no recurrence since.
A garbled column mix argues for brighter colors that don t rip and favors rural salaries over city pay. It includes anecdotes about courting Mary, lanterns, and a note on the Dead Sea and Great Salt Lake size and composition.
A fragmentary medieval tale recounts a weaver chastised in Dacen for failing to stop a cow from eating dry moss mistaken for a spider’s web. Another line centers on a princess and her father, with the daughter defending herself amid family conflict and a seven sullas referenced in the Ludian World.
An OCR fragment blends a patent medicine advert for Dr Khioe’s Great Nerve Restorer with a travelogue noting London fish consumption and a vividerial on China’s ducks. It describes cures, prices, and places, then extolls China’s duck population and cultural prominence of ducks in daily life and cuisine.
A public notice urges women to write to Afrs Pink ham at Lynn Massachusetts, promising confidential help from thirty years of correspondence with sick women. It asserts letters from grateful readers prove the effectiveness of her guidance and the medical support offered.
An advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for female diseases with testimonials from Mrs Norman Xt Barnett of Allen town Pa. Claims 3 000 000 copies sold of The Horse Book Government publication and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure with a 100 reward for cure plus a testimonial set. Also mentions other products including Dr Cheney and canary bird appetites from a last line fragment.
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