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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1917
Page
7
Reverend W J B Edgar and Reverend James B Clark swapped pulpits at dayton congregations over the past Sabbath. Local church notices record camp meetings, installations, and visits from guests, with social updates on residents and a dismantling project for a plant opposite the Dayton depot.
The color of lightning comes from substances in its path formed during combustion. Blue red purple or silver tints arise from the same causes as fireworks with different airborne ingredients imparting their hues. Iron vapor yields one shine while sulphur vapor yields another.
The London Mail notes storks snap their bills as a curiously noisy mockery habit seen in both young and old birds year round. Persius mentions three ways of deriding a man including ears, tongue, and stork bill snapping.
Tobacco was carried into Turkey by English sailors and soon banned. A tradition attributed to Mohammed forbade believers from tobacco, while Sultan Amurath IV strictly prohibited it. Smokers were punished by search, pipes driven through the cheeks, and tobacco rolls worn as collars on mounts to deter others.
An old Norse tale links an unlucky thirteen to Loki the malefactor who incited Baldur’s death. Hodur is tricked into aiming mistletoe at Baldur, piercing him and releasing his divine soul.
Mrs. M. R. Sears of Baldwinsville New York reports a six month stomach upset with gas and pain. A druggist recommended Chamberlain's Tablets and after a dose she was cured. The tablets relieve pain and help prevent its recurrence after relief.
In a country house Ruth Dudley agrees to pose as Clara Kimball to win Lord Edmonston, a rich nobleman, while Clara seeks a genuine romance. Ruth risks social peril to help her friend and faces a possible coronet with mixed feelings about wealth and love.
In a tangled domestic plot two men pursue heiresses Ruth Dudley and Clara Kimball. Lord Edmonston deserts the heiress he courted. Duncan Swift declares love for Clara. Clara reveals she is Miss Kimball, not Ruth, and Edmonston explains his motives. In the end Ruth and Clara confess, Edmonston secures a fortune through an uncle, and both couples wed as planned.
Community notices report the Baptist harvest home will be held on church grounds Wednesday August 1. Malcolm Hutchinson works for Seabright during summer vacation. Annie Grover resumes duties at the local post office. Dorothy Early visited Mr and Mrs Amos Mount in Trenton. Epworth league will discontinue evening services in July and August. Charles C Blauvelt visits California relatives at Asbury Park. J H Sutphin of New York visits his parents. Morris E Midkiff, former St Louis high school instructor, will teach at Rutgers Preparatory School next fall.
The Rose bug outbreak in 1915 and 1916 was stopped by a heavy coat of self-boiled lime sulfur and arsenate of lead, showing repellant effect as feeding stopped though no dead bugs were found. The mixture protected grapes, peaches and cherries this year, washing off with water and unlikely to disfigure ornamentals. Also reported are local marriages, job changes, camp work, hospital operations, illnesses, and social notes from Hightstown and Cranbury July 4 parade results. Despondency linked to indigestion eased by Chamberlain's Tablets.
New Jersey farmers urged to supply army cantonment at Wrightstown Burlington County with beef mutton pork and vast vegetables fruits and staples. Table shows annual needs including potatoes onions beans evaporated fruits and bread wagons hay oats and straw for 11 000 horses and mules. Government bids will be invited through War Department specifications with copies available at the State House Trenton.
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