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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
7
An old style advertisement urges mothers to replace castor oil with California Syrup of Figs for a child’s laxative needs. It claims the fruit syrup both cleanses the liver and bowels and sweetens the stomach, with a 50 cent bottle as the recommended size and directions on the label. It also promotes Hoxsie’s Croup Remedy as a non opioid cough solution for children.
An advertisement urges daily use of Cuticura Soap to improve complexion and scalp, with occasional Cuticura Ointment for soothing and healing. It offers free samples by mail with a booklet and instructs to send a postcard to Cuticura Dept. L, Boston. Sold everywhere.
Brooklyn authorities face a difficult task as they try to remove Bruin from a heavy shipbuilding cage. An Eagle reporter notes only a narrow nose gap remains, with officials doubting how the bear was placed inside.
The Minneapolis Journal notes a voinrery being made to teach young men who reached manhood in the last decade the old skill of harnessing a horse to a buggy, starting the horse from the starter, and driving across the country under one horse power.
Pitman reports December births marriages and deaths while Cape May County sells bonds to link Sea Isle City and Ocean City. Delanco milk thieves alarm residents as out of town pastors aid Swedesboro revival. Hammonton issues bonds and Millville clubs push charity.
The New Jersey State Board of Canvassers certifies Thomas J. Scully the Third district congressman after corrected returns from Middlesex Monmouth and Ocean counties erase a Carson 11 vote lead. The recount, scathingly critiqued by Theodore Strong, ends a bitter election contest.
The report lists scattered items from Wildwood, Marlton, Glassboro, Woodbury and other towns. It notes initiation trips, injuries from falls, school board actions, club elections, civic appointments, resignations, and local fire company leadership, with births, deaths, and civic planning across Gloucester and Salem counties.
Letters from Lowell and North Haven praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for change of life symptoms and female troubles. Readers are urged to write for free advice, with assurances of women-only, confidential responses from the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Paraguay noted for quebracho forestry.
An advertisement promotes Cascarets as a night time remedy for headaches biliousness and digestive ills. It claims cleansing of the stomach removal of sour undigested food and toxins from the bowels and liver with a 10 cent box that supposedly keeps the head clear and stomach sweet for months. The copy ends with a joke line about Gladys and a motor nerves and a remark on peace on earth.
An advertisement urges readers to obtain Parmint from a druggist and mix it with sugar to form a cough remedy. It claims the mixture eases the throat tickle and heals membranes, noting low cost and quick effectiveness. The Siam government savings bank shows 1,380 depositors with 138,977 dollars in credit.
A famous actress shares a home remedy to darken gray hair using a mix of water Bay Rum Barbo Compound and glycerine. The formula, sold with Barbo Compound, promises non staining soft glossy hair without scalp coloring or residue.
An old ad touts Laxativa Bromo Quinine as curing a cold in one day for 25c. It notes a signature of H. W. Grove and hints at women resisting effort to drive a nail, using a humorous aside to sell the product.
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