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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1922
Page
6
Cuticura Soothes Itching Scalp and Dan Druff with Ointment and Soap. Use daily for clear skin and soft hands. An innovation section notes a manager promising modest costumes for a musical show with outfits that reveal nothing above the ankles.
William Miller, sixteen, jumped on a slipping freight elevator at 81 Varet Street Brooklyn to save about a dozen children playing on it. His legs were crushed between car and wall. he was hospitalized with a fractured knee and deep leg wounds after the device halted inches from the floor. Neighbors heard moans, and Policeman Boyle released him after slowly lowering the car.
Burt Dutcher the Lulu Michigan postmaster reported a $800 post office receipts heist thwarted when his dog barked, waking residents who fired on robbers as they loaded the safe into a car. The band fled toward Toledo after abandoning the safe in a roadside ditch. the safe remained unopened.
Stevens Point Wisconsin John Sobisz of Sharon attended a sister's funeral this week and revealed he built his own coffin twenty years ago, intending to use it if he thought he might die. He still has it though it needed repairs from worms rats and mice. He is ninety eight and expects to live to his hundredth birthday.
A thief in Minneapolis hurled a brick at the George A. Pierce shoe store shattering three plate glass windows and damaging a fur plant window next door. The brick carcassed a wired window and set off an alarm, foiling the burglary. The suspect, described as a would be discus thrower or shot putter, may qualify for the Olympic team.
A Detroit man recounts a tale of a man who died after his wife lightly tapped his neck with a fan during a church pew prayer. The anecdote appears in a Philadelphia Ledger quote and reflects a fearful lesson about spousal actions.
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt recalls Zeke Dawdle’s revival moment in Chiggersville. Squire Witherbee notes Zeke has long sought religion, but Mrs. Dawdle says faith never compelled him to support the family.
A mother and son confrontation is quoted with the line Johnny, you’ve been fighting. The other boy’s look is noted, signaling a tense scene from the Boston Transcript.
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