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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1908
Page
4
A vintage advertisement promotes habitual constipation relief through personal effort and laxatives like Syrup of Figs and BlinkefSeane. It emphasizes natural function support, nourishment, and gradual independence from helpers, urging purchase of Genuine Syrup Figs Elixir and related products.
The article previews baby clothes hangers crafted like adult hangers but half the size. It notes small twisted wire hangers sold cheaply, trimmed with silk and ribbons, and calls them cute for homespun decor. It also mentions travel rest advice and a brief miracle cure claim for deafness.
In Claiborne County Tennessee more than 700 acres were planted in tomatoes in 1907 and the expected crop of about 1 000 000 bushels required roughly 2 000 000 quart cans brought into the county at a cost of 10 000 dollars. Nearly fifty canneries, large and small, handled the crop.
Edmonton Globe correspondent reports James K. Cornwall returning from four months North country says wolves cause immense loss among settlers around the upper Peace River. At Dunvegan and Fort St John over 25000 dollars worth of horses killed as lynx and rabbits decline. Wolves drive Dogrib debts and even devour dogs. Clement Paul of Hay River shoots twenty eight wolves within five miles of his cattle corral.
A reader recounts a mother plagued by seven years of nervous headaches who quits coffee after switching to Postum. The tale claims headaches vanish, coffee is banished from the home, and a friend is shown how to prepare Postum properly, with endorsement of the Postum company.
The text presents a dreamlike speaker seeking a wiser adventurer and a skipper who commands a ship. Imagery of plunder, a guiding lamp, and age suggests a nautical quest and personal longing, though the fragmented phrasing obscures full meaning.
Hollis Craig, a poor lawyer, falls in love with Nannie Lyon and dives into grain speculation with friend George Withey. After a dramatic rise and crash he loses wealth and honor, attempts suicide, but is saved by Nannie’s forgiveness and offers a new start together.
Washington brief notes President and Mrs Roosevelt hosting the Diplomatic Corps at the state dinner. Senate confirms extradition treaty with Spain covering murder to slave trade. Navy funding bill advanced. Panama Canal lock width proposed to 110 feet. Cuban census revised. various legal and corporate actions noted.
An excerpt notes the Kaiser’s hat gesture toward foxes and links folklore beliefs in Sweden and northern Germany about Reynard. It mentions cynics from Burgpest praising German fox imports for victims of a secret disease and references euphemisms for the fox as a mystic animal.
A dated assortment of items includes a testimonial for Cuticura remedies curing a boy’s itching disease in four nights, plus assorted advertisements and brief notes on seeds, fashion in Lahore, a ship medical joke, German egg preservation research, and other miscellaneous clippings from a historical newspaper page.
Bernard P. Woods of Jackson Street Lonaconing Md describes kidney weakness from hard work and lifting. He says after three days of illness he used Dwan’s Kidney Pills and found steady improvement, with the pills selling for 60 cents a box through Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A collage of dated witticisms and social observations from various newspapers. Jests about dining etiquette, literary work, medical news, political life, and social mores mix with regional dialect humor and editorial quips. The collection showcases light, epigrammatic humor and cross-press commentary.
A worn peasant, jailed by the king, asks for his sentence length. The king returns his watch and a knife, insisting time be told in the dungeon. The man learns to tell the correct time by sounds and shadows, matching a mirror of the watch with the cell’s cues.
Washington correspondence notes Governor John A Johnson of Minnesota trading barbs with J Adam Bede of the Minnesota delegation over hats and appearances in Washington. Bede argues hats help him access offices and staff, while Johnson complains of the perception its effect on constituents. The exchange reflects political theater and dress as social signal in federal offices.
Rev. Troutman sends best wishes for Peruna promising a quick cold cure. Advertisement touts Brome Quinine as a laxative and signature of AV Grove. World over claims Lazative Brome Quinine cures a cold in one day. Coal mines employ vast numbers globally.
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