Timely Suggestions for Vegetable Growers Sweet Corn
Agricultural notes advise New Jersey growers to plant late varieties like Early Giant and Golden Bantam by July 10 for frost safety and to store corn by drying methods from the State Agricultural College. Guidance covers beets greens, soil lime, and summer onion top breaking myths, plus onion harvest timing and weed control practices.
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State Agricultural College
New Brunswick
Cory
N. J
Detroit
Declaring War and State of War Distinctions
The article explains the difference between declaring war and declaring a state of war. A government declares war to intend to wage war on another nation, while declaring a state of war notes that war has already begun by prior attack.
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United States
Proverbial Fleas in Scripture Referenced
The brief note points to fleas as common in the orient and as the subject of various proverbs. It cites two biblical mentions in Samuel chapters 24 and 26, verse 20, as the only times fleas appear in the Scriptures.
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Orient
Expression Sparks Surprise In Slickton Theater
In Slickton residents discuss a performer whose singing expression astonishes audiences. A passerby notes the daughter shines on stage, yet her mother scarcely recognizes her face while she sings, reflecting surprising transformation on stage.
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Slickton
Puck
Not Being Done. He What did you think of the play
The exchange critiques a stage drama The Lamb noting the wife repeatedly asks for money and receives it. The dialogue highlights a lack of realism in the portrayal of marital finances.
An act of yours is not simply the thing you do
A quoted aphorism attributed to Wondell Phillips highlights that an action reflects not only its result but the manner of its execution. It emphasizes character and approach shaping outcomes beyond mere deeds.
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Wondell Phillips
Are You One of Them Chamberlain's Tablets Praise
Mrs M R Sears of Baldwinsville New York reports a six month stomach spell with gas and pain. A druggist recommended Chamberlains Tablets and the first dose relieved her pain, continuing use cured her. The tablets do not just relieve pain but may prevent its recurrence after relief.
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Chamberlain
M. R. Sears
Baldwinsville
Foreign Born Germans in the United States
A National Geographic bulletin reports that Germans have declined as a share of U S immigrants since 1890 from 5,125,000 arrivals to about 1,000,000 remaining born Germans and descendants. It notes major German origin populations in New York and Pennsylvania and the urban settlement pattern.
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National Geographic Society
American Republic
Teuton
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Ancestors and lineage in Everybody's Magazine dialogue
A short excerpt explores what ancestors are through a dialogue between Willie-Pop and Father-Weill. It presents the idea that everyone belongs to their forebears and that grandfathers are part of one’s heritage, prompting reflection on familial pride.
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Willie
Pop
Weill
Everybody's Magazine
Be Not Like the Anchor, Learn to Swim Verse
A brief quotation highlighting growth beyond rigidity as a moral cue. The line contrasts an inactive anchor with a call to learn to swim, urging adaptation and personal development.
How a Gun Produces Sound Waves
An explanation of why gunfire makes a loud bang. The burning of powder rapidly creates hot gas in a small space, forcing the gas to expand and propel a bullet. The sudden expansion generates the shock wave and the sonic boom heard as the report.
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Kansas City Star
Unfamiliar Uses of Molasses
Molasses serves as a valuable byproduct of beet sugar manufacture with financial and chemical significance. It is used in cattle feeding when mixed with alfalfa meal or sheet pulp due to its stickiness, and it is also employed in the production of alcohol and vinegar both domestically and internationally.
Word mothers echo across languages in wartime
An American Red Cross nurse who served in a French army hospital notes a single word repeated by wounded soldiers in delirium. The word translates as mother in five languages: mutter, mere, mooder, ma fre and mother.
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Red Cross
Nps
The Last Word in Philadelphia Record Excerpt
A confidential friend asks about who gets the last word and the other respondent doubts it. The exchange notes a woman’s reluctance to concede the final say in a domestic discussion.
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Philadelphia Record
Sailor’s bawdy quip turns into wedding vow tale
In a tongue in cheek remark the boat swain recalls courtship days with Nancy and jokes about the change after marriage. The lighthearted exchange frames a domestic shift from playful lap seating to constant companionship.
Know Thyself and the Path to Virtue
A reflective note on knowledge sharpening consciousness of ignorance and virtue, suggesting true perfection lies beyond this life and aspirations reach their full realization in the great hereafter.
Advice to Young Men on Climbing in Business
B C Forbes cites President Bedford of Standard Oil NJ sharing guidance for ambitious men. Focus on overdelivering, early hours, continuous learning, and planning a stepwise path from bookkeeping to accounting finance and manufacturing to merchandising to reach executive levels.
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Bedford
The
Standard, Oil Company of New Jersey
B. C. Forbes
Leslie
Loyalty Must Be Blind in Business Duty
A business view urges blithe loyalty as essential, citing Tennyson and The Charges of the Light Brigade. It argues workers must give heart, beyond time and skill, to help a company excel despite leadership missteps.
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Tennyson
Light Brigade
Tools Every Farmer Should Own for Workshop Use
Under the title Repair Shop C I Guoness of Massachusetts lists essential farm tools. The chest should include a ripsaw crosscut saw claw hammer steel square jack plane block plane spirit level brace and set of auger bits. These items cover most farm carpenter tasks.
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C. I.guoness
Massachusetts
Dayton Harvest Home Planned For August Eighth
At a chapel meeting led by John Everett, Dayton residents voted to hold their annual harvest home on August 8. Visitors included Mr and Mrs William K Snedeker and daughter Gladys of Prospect Plains and Mr and Mrs Samuel Bennett of Cranbury. Others visiting local residents and relatives were noted from West Orange, Matawan, East Orange and Trenton. Prayer meetings to pause for the summer.
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John Everett
Dayton
William K. Snedeker
Gladys
Prospect Plains
Samuel Bennett
Cranbury
W. Applegate
Hamilton Musk
Mary Anna
West Orange
A. W. Dean
Paul DeWitt Turner
Philadelphia
Phebe VanDerveer
Matawan
Geo. D. VanDerveer
H. W. Dean
Afr
Roy Underwood
East Orange
William H. MacDonald
Trenton
Henry MacDonald
Community Visits Across Cranbury to Allentown and Amboy
Hightstown residents Mr and Mrs Rudolph Heidinger spent Sunday with Cranbury Station parents Mr and Mrs Andrew Perrine visited Washington with Mr and Mrs Edward Chamberlin hosted Arthur Clayton and family in Union Valley Raymond Ely of Jamesburg spent a week with his father Leon Ely Thomas Peppler and son Samuel visited Asbury Park Mr and Mrs John Dorrance and son joined their parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Chamberlin George Rogers and Thomas Mahon hosted weekend at West Orange Mrs Georgette from Princeton stayed with Mrs Embly Mercer Street John Applegate Jr and family from South Amboy spent the weekend with their parents Mr and Mrs John Applegate Walter McDougall visited Allentown with Mr and Mrs Milton Craig
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Rudolph Heidinger
Cranbury Station
J. Edward Chamberlin
Arthur Clayton
Union Valley
Raymond Ely
Jamesburg
Leon Ely
Thomas Peppler
Samuel
Asbury Park
George Rogers
Thomas Mahon
West Orange
Georgette
Princeton
Embly
Mercer Street
John Applegate Jr
South Amboy
Mrs
John Applegate
Walter McDougall
Allentown
Milton Craig
Little Pitcher
Lady Visitor says she is coming to Mama's company tomorrow, while Tommy jokes about supper and chicken feed for her old hen party in a Baltimore American humor snippet.
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Tommy
Baltimore American
Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy Ad
A short promotional notice urges readers to buy Chamberlain's Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy now to be prepared for summer colic and diarrhoea. It claims the product is worth many times its cost when needed.
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Annette Kellerman
East State
Steinbach
Strinhard
Asbury Bark
Cningran
Nancy
Hightstown
Andrew Perrine
Edward Simonson
Mra
John Dorrance
Joseph
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