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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1916
Page
4
A Word and Works essay likens the Dead Sea to people who only receive without giving. It argues true happiness comes from giving, and those who absorb good without sharing perish morally, like plants and fish cannot thrive at its shores. It ends with a prompt: are you a Dead Sea or a fountain of living water.
A stern preacher argues that satisfaction and contentment destroy ambition, energy, and progress. He laments easy living, blasts the Valley of Ease, and urges persistent climbing toward the mountain top despite tolls and bruises, labeling satisfaction as the foe of achievement.
Mia Wilcox of Gowanda New York recalls using Chamberlains Cough Remedy eight years ago for a hard cold and persistent cough. She reports the medicine broke up the cold in a few days and the cough disappeared, and she has advised friends who also praise it. Obtainable everywhere.
The article urges teaching children to save a portion of earnings each week to build a habit that benefits life. It notes that saving early forms disciplined money habits and that adults should also set aside regular portions of salary to accumulate savings and interest over time.
A sympathetic letter from W K Lombard, former manager of the United States Hotel in Cranbury, forwarded to The Cranbury Press editors, praising the power of God's Spirit and requesting publication in the paper.
The letter from W. K. Somparp of Philadelphia praises Billy Sunday and urges Cranbury residents and ministers to hear him in Trenton. He recounts his year of conversion, his church roles, and his dedication to fighting liquor, inviting further contact and hymn book requests.
Notices posted at the Duplan silk mill, employing 1200, announce preference for total abatainers in hiring male workers. It cites the new workers compensation law placing responsibility on employers and urges workers to put assety first as the motto of the shop.
Reverend Henry W. Stough denounces cabarets and hotel dens on the boardwalk, urging action to save girls and warning the city’s prosperity comes at a perilous price. He led 4 500 mournful listeners in a sobbing hymn as he spoke of moral danger and social decline.
Rosett J Burdette offers a blunt warning to a young speaker about respect for one’s father. He cautions that youth’s vanity fades with time and experience, and hints at the regret a son feels when a father is gone and disrespect is remembered.
State wide temperance and local option rally organized by the Anti Saloon League of New Jersey will be held in Trenton with Billy Sunday hosting a mass meeting at 11 A M. Delegations from towns across the state will gather and march to the capitol then return to the Sunday Tabernacle for a booze sermon. An attendance of ten to twenty thousand is expected with badges and reserved seating for accredited delegates.
Women who do little exercise risk constipation and indigestion. Chamberlain's Tablets are described as highly beneficial, easier than a long daily walk, and pleasant to take. They are said to be obtainable everywhere.
A sermon perspective by William Tells extols the church as a mighty army guiding lives toward virtue. It argues Christ is best served through the church and praises church influence on youth, civic virtue, and patriotic service.
The message from O. J. Metcalf of Weatherby Missouri credits Chamberlains Cough Remedy with restoring health after a severe cold. The note urges readers to ask others who have used the product and says it is obtainable everywhere.
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