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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1920
Page
6
New state executive takes office with broad powers including removing members of state boards. The ceremony in Trenton featured an impressive parade and a formal oath marking the start of Edwards' term.
A detailed timetable from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lists events for the inauguration of Governor Edwards in Trenton. Activities include joint legislative session, oath by Chief Justice Gummere, seal presentation, address, artillery salute, parade on State Street, public reception, and a banquet in Newark at the Hotel Robert Treat hosted by legislative Democrats.
The forty fourth governor Edward S Edwards took office at the State Capitol on inaugural day with a joint legislative session, a martial band, and a parade. President Wilson sent congratulations as dignitaries from Hudson County, Passaic, and Mercer joined in the ceremonies. Edwards outlined a reform agenda including the fate of the State Public Utility Commission and a proposed Rowland bill to elect a new three member utility board by joint session.
A collection of old fashion kitchen notes and recipes praising faith as essential to life. Quick biscuits with raisins, Grandmother’s Cookies, Cocoa Nut Bars, and a Beef Stew for luncheon are outlined with steps and ingredients.
A fragmented food column offers recipes and playful verse. Raisin Pie and Chicken a la King appear with detailed steps and measurements, while Breaded Tomatoes and Corn Flake Griddle Cakes are described. Parsnip Chowder rounds out the home cook ideas with step by step guidance.
The ad notes Bayer's aspirin introduced in 1900 with Bayer Cross on tablets and packaging. It advertises uses for colds headaches neuralgia toothache earache rheumatism and general pain with low cost boxes and larger packages. A Danish homogenizer is described preserving milk for years without preservatives using 2000 psi pressure.
An old ad offers a gray hair darkening tonic using water bay ram barley compound glycerine and notes it won t coat the scalp or rub off. A humorous exchange follows about a man who sells old love letters for paper then uses the money to buy an engagement ring for another girl.
Readable bits mention Romar Eye Balsam for eye healing and Cuticura for scalp and skin care. A quoted overheard scene about Dorothea choosing between a bulldog and a man appears amid ad like lines and a humorous note about a hen delivering a lesson on prosperity.
An art dealer touts a canvas titled The Portrait of a Lady to a puzzled buyer. The man questions the value and exclaims the price is absurd, noting he barely knows the subject while dismissing the offer as excessive.
A fragment hints at a wife defending family happiness. She says the children seem happy and they owe nothing, not being married for years to come. The tone suggests domestic contentment amid uncertainty.
An old advertisement claims catarrh cannot be cured by local applications and promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine as an internal treatment that purifies the blood and cleanses mucous surfaces. It lists the product as made by 8. J. Cheney & Co. of Toledo, Ohio, with testimonials offered.
An old advertisement touts Garfield Tea as cleansing the system and improving health. A separate ads section jokes that a bachelor seeks a “sweet sixteen” girl and comments on propositions and charm in dating.
This fragment blends an advertisement for Cascarets claiming internal cleansing benefits with a brief family story about naming a newborn and a line promoting Dr. Peary's Dead Shot vermifuge. It mentions biliousness constipation and sleep action of Cascarets, and asserts worm treatment efficacy. The tone mimics early 20th century print ads and household anecdotes.
Two girls discuss the Prince of Wales amid a Broadway show crowd. They joke about his potential kingship while a cynical man notes kingly power has waned. An ad promotes a cough remedy as a side note in the bustling newspaper column.
An advertisement extols Dinsilad Dyes to revive wool silk linen cotton or mixed fabrics. It promises rich fading resistant color and includes a Diamond Dye overcolor method and a color card sample system. Also contains a punny Q&A and a postal sample prompt.
Constipation invites troubles that come speedily unless checked by Green's August Flower a gentle laxative that regulates digestion cleans the stomach and intestines and stimulates the liver to secrete bile. A sovereign remedy used for indigestion nervous dyspepsia and constipation in thousands of homes worldwide for over fifty years. Sold by druggists and dealers. try a bottle.
A fragment notes playful observations about competition and charm where clever rivals are tolerated if they are also comforting in appearance. It contrasts gendered expectations on luck and merit.
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