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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1910
Page
4
A Sedan Commercial Club project oiled a mile of country road south of Sedan at a cost of 50 dollars raised by public subscription. The oiling, completed in May, kept the road in nearly original condition with good drainage and a solid surface likened to asphalt. The effort drew farmer praise as travel to town remains easy.
Two former acquaintances now married to musicians meet on a street. One, a year into marriage, pushes a triple birth carriage of three girls. The other, newly married, recalls their wedding supper where the orchestra played Three Little Maids and the sextet from Lucia mirroring similar serenades. A River Annan dugout relic from early Britain was also reported nearby.
A Topeka woman credits Postum with curing insomnia, nervousness, and dyspepsia after giving up coffee. She notes rapid improvement and full relief within weeks, saying she stopped medicines and slept well, endorsing The Road to Wellville and Postum.
A fragmentary verse scene on a hill shows Puck observing mortal lovers Strife and courage. The narrator quotes Bangs about mortal folly and the uncertain fate of romance with lines about Phyllis and Strephon and the peril of choosing love or coldness.
In Inverness mountains a dark haired girl Irene Valdemar guards a dream of a mayorled love with Richard Lee. A lavender note and pride clash as the pair face a foreboding night on the veranda under moonlit woods and silver moonlight.
A mountaineer finds a lavender note reading Richard dear mother is very ill. He discards it amid autumn flames on Inverness mountain. The note burns to ashes, a memorial to the saddest thought It might have been.
William Rideing recalls Henry M. Stanley as a stern despot in the field yet bashful in Boston. At a Papyrus Club dinner he faced praise with a soap- rag cap, a Livingstone gift, showing his conflicted, revered persona.
A collection of witticisms on marriage gender and society drawn from Pointed Paragraphs. It comments on diary secrets, vanity and the ease of wealth with humor reflecting social norms of the era.
A tumbril scene in Paris during the revolution shows a thief and a marquis riding to the guillotine, while a priest urges calm and unity as the crowd shouts against aristocrats. The thief reveals he is only a thief, not an aristocrat, provoking reflections on virtue and decency.
Readable fragments show barberry jelly and Bavarian cream methods from New York World, plus a Lexington Kentucky dinner party for a New York millionaire. The mixed items include desserts with gelatin and almonds, kitchen hacks for silk and colorfast fabrics, and a humorous quip about automobiles as dangerous horns.
The text reviews various 19th century innovations and industrial notes. Items include liquid gey manufacture in Bavaria and Switzerland, an electric curling iron heater with a Teels tance coll, a Michigan brake for runaway horses, Gunnison tunnel irrigation progress aiding 200 000 acres, and a tunnel survey with precise level alignment measurements. It also covers ultramarine production from cheap substances, peat composition and hydro cellulose behavior under pressure and heat.
The article surveys leather from hides to goods, noting its vast global role and diverse products from belts to carriages. It highlights leather’s share of US commerce, the range of leather articles, and the underexplored nature of leather manufacturing literature.
Reports from Washington Market indicate egg speculators may incur losses despite high prices, as weather and supply dynamics affect fresh eggs. Milk, cotton, butter, hosiery, and coal trends also noted along with diverse trade reports and a disturbed speculative market.
The text recalls 19th century experiments on animals during naval bombardments with Jena and Glatton, noting dogs burned or asphyxiated and sheep and goats uninjured in 1872. It weaves in quotations and observations on words, ideas, and inventions including patent fees totaling $1,887,443 last year.
A Virginia woman recounts suffering from kidney disease and relief from Doan’s Kidney Pills. The ad mentions 60 cent boxes from Foster Milburn Co. Also included are various brief notes on women’s roles, a dog distemper cure, Piles treatment, hydrophobia death rates, and Allen’s Foot-Ease for sore feet.
The item discusses a claimed 1910 federal rule banning issuance of notes or checks under one dollar with penalties up to $500 or six months. It questions the law’s warrant and intent and cites Harper’s Weekly and a Harvard professor remark about women, noting the varied publication context from Elmira Advertiser.
A minister questions a father who plans to name his newborn John, 1909 model, arguing the choice would be scandalous. The father insists the name fits his son and declares it will be public knowledge. The exchange appears in a Chicago News piece on quietude.
A fragment recounts a girl named Mabel debating punctuation then dividing the word Invisible. It shifts to a Welsh village plagued by a severe itch, describing failed cures and endorsing Cuticura Remedies from a Chicago publisher as effective after several days.
A collage of historical notes cites Dickens writing the Christmas Carol in autumn 1843 to relieve finances after a shortfall of £1900, with Forster’s Life recounting his relief at sales and profit. It also touches on broader era references from art to science and a dated ad for a cold remedy.
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