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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1919
Page
2
Grandmother used Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound to darken faded gray hair. Dampen a comb and stroke through one strand at a time, with results by morning and a natural glossy finish. Also mentions a joke from the Louisville Courier-Journal about frugal spending.
Ad touts Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum for soothing baby rashes. Mentions hot baths gentle anointings and fragrance. Ends with 25¢ price and a marketing aside about charity and reform traditions.
Boston February 24 President Wilson told Mechanics Hall he accepts opponents of a League of Nations and reports progress toward Versailles while noting America is trusted worldwide He defended reporting only progress and said the peace conference must set a new world order and protect downtrodden nations.
Budapest reports a decisive police action ending the Bolshevist uprising. Fifty insurgents were seized, along with the entire Executive Committee of the Demobilized Soldiers' Free Union, tied to Bolshevist agents. Government troops also captured two ammunition depots holding thousands of rifles and extensive ammunition.
Washington reports Rotary clubs were asked to aid in placing men released from penal institutions in jobs. With five thousand prisoners freed since the war, many lack employment and face a grim choice of stealing or starving unless business leaders provide work.
James W. McGregor, known in Detroit as a saloon and restaurant keeper, terrorized guests at the Waldorf in Toledo Ohio. After barricading himself in a hotel room he fired at police three times and was killed when officers broke in.
Two wings of Philadelphia General Hospital to serve as the overseas unit for sick and wounded soldiers. Philadelphia March sees 200 men in uniform arrive as bakers cooks and orderlies for the unit to be established. The quota of 200 is on hand with prior overseas service.
Public health notice warns the grip germ targets the weak and run-down. It touts Father Johns Medicine as boosting resistance with pure food elements and a gentle laxative effect to purge impurities. The product is claimed alcohol and drug free.
In a sharp quarrel labeled One on Hubby, Benham remarks that a man is a beast of burden while his wife Mrs. Benham retorts that it is his burden that makes him a beast, highlighting domestic discord.
An advertising claim offers instant relief for stuffed head from cold or catarrh. A small bottle applied in the nostrils supposedly penetrates air passages, soothes inflamed membranes and ends nasal blockage. The fragrance and antiseptic healing cream promise quick breathing restoration.
A fragment promotes Garfield Tea claiming to purify blood and eradicate rheumatism dyspepsia and other chronic ailments. The teaser text presents dialogue about living in a flat and tiresomeness.
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