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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 05, 1912
Page
7
Dialogue Fragments Show Tensions in Duress Exchange
Fragmented dialogue captures a tense exchange with a accusatory chant about restraining hands and a threat to fetch a string for 'them' as the scene hints at coercion and imminent action. The tone suggests a hostage like confrontation in a disputed situation.
Senator Penrose Discusses Hunting Accidents and Buck Fever
In Washington Senator Penrose remarks on recent hunting accidents and describes buck fever as a man losing his nerve. He cites a humorous exchange about the word bellicose and a bishop, noting misinterpretations and a friend's comment on a fine man’s assertiveness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penrose
Washington
Tearful Pair and Ghosts Stir Wit in Newspaper Humour
The page presents quips about a sad couple and ghostly jokes on banking and mail delivery. Puck notes a line about a vanished bank account while awoman stamps her foot. The tone mocks melodrama and postal haste with light verse and witty banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Puck
Knees Stiffness Five Years Felt Cure by Hood’s Sarsaparilla
Henry J. Goldstein of Boston reports five years of rheumatism with knee stiffness ended after using Hood’s Sarsaparilla. He sought relief from excruciating pain and says he is now entirely cured. The ad promotes Hood’s Sarsaparilla in liquid form or Sarsatabs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Goldstein
Barton Street
Boston
Mass
Hood
Mr. Goldstein
Commission Gains Ground as Old Bosses Lose Ground
Special Trenton correspondence details a city in political crisis as reformers push to end ward boss rule. Court battles,a shift to civil service scrutiny, and cost-saving reorganizations unfold while citizens trust the commission to run city business like a private enterprise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trenton
Iers
Robert H. McCarter
Harry B. Salter
Salter
Frank Thompson
Supreme Court
City Commission
Thompson
Frederick W. Donnelly
Commission
Old and New World Briefs for the Busy
A collage of short items: Burdalars steal $1,000 from a New Wilmington Pa post office safe. a steeple jack falls at Kingston Pa church dies. Seventy first Infantry N G N Y inoculates against typhoid. Salvation Army excluded from Russia. Spanish in Morocco kill 400. Russia plans control of Northern Persia and courts. French captain Lux escapes Glatz fortress. Barrett Levis of Waverly NY 17 shoots his sweetheart then commits suicide. fighting near Hankow resumes. Sun Yat Sen installed as provisional president at Nanking. $14.5 million spent in 1911 fighting tuberculosis. Taft congratulates Siam’s ruler born Jan 1. Taft arbitration treaties praised in British envoy remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burelars
New Wilmington
Joseph Huyo
St. Ignatius Church
Kingston
Seventy-first Infantry
Taft
Siam
Trench
Cure Found for Eczema by Cuticura Remedies Promises
In a 1910 testimonial, Mrs. L. C. Warriner of Lincoln Del describes severe eczema starting on her thumb with blisters and itching spreading to the face. After poor results with doctors, she was advised to try Cuticura Soap and Ointment and reports complete cure fifteen years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. C. Warriner
Lincoln
Del
Boston
Castoria and remedies drive toddler bedtime health claims
A collage of old ads and quips promoting Castoria for infants, laxatives and cough remedies, teething syrups, and throat cures. References include Fletcher’s Castoria and Laxative Bromo Quinine, with notes on product use and pricing, plus a humor vignette about Mrs. Meddle.
Father John's Medicine and the Old Fashioned Cure
A century old remedy known as Father John's Medicine, tied to Rev. Father John O'Brien of Lowell, Massachusetts, is described as a non alcoholic, non poison remedy prescribed in 1855. The claim promises $25000 to any charity if proven false and asserts it curd coughs and throat troubles and builds flesh and strength.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grovh
John
Father John O'Brien
Lowell
Mass
Father John
Courtship Advice and Darky Dialect in Old Richmond Skit
A fragmentary 19th century dialogue features squinting humor about courtship and flattery with racial language. Two characters Squilbob and Squilligan discuss how to charm a woman who despises flattery as another man struggles with severe back pain and seeks help from a fictional Dodah Blank, a joke about a bacteriologist role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Squilbob
Squilligan
Richmond
de Mattem
Jim
Those Dear Girls Exchange Jibe Over Looks and Mother
Maud says she inherited good looks from her mother and Ethel teases that people would think so because she was stingy. The banter between Maud and Ethel centers on appearances and perceived parental traits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maud
Ethel
Distinctive exchange over dinner and diet in frontier talk
A farmer's wife offers food with humor as Meandering Mike clarifies he sought sustenance not physical culture. The playful exchange highlights frontier speech and social banter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Mother Gras Powders for Children Promote Quick Relief
Many children become ill and the ad promotes Mother Gras Sweet Powders for Children to break up colds in hours, relieve feverishness headaches stomach troubles and worms. It claims long use by mothers and lists A P Olmsted LeRoy NY as the sample mailer. It also advertises Hoxsie's Croup Remedy to prevent croup whooping cough and pneumonia with a 50 cent price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Gras
A. P. Olmsted
LeRoy
N.Y
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