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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1908
Page
4
A playful Life magazine style meditation notes band and sand appear in many contexts from seashore towers to wholesale grocers and vaudeville stages. It quotes sand used for desert scenery and as a weathering material, with wry observations on storms and usefulness.
A clipped verse riffs on Solomon Grundy from birth to burial with playful misprints and misdirections. It then pivots to a quip about a musician noting that a pretty girl with puckered lips often tempts a kiss, explaining why she cannot whistle, as reported by the New York Press.
The article extols a healthful laxative, Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna, as a trusted product approved by physicians and the Well Informed of the World. It notes purchasers should seek genuine California Fig Syrup Co. manufacture and be wary of misdirected inquiries about George Meredith.
A Kokomo Indiana reader recounts treating a boy with severe itching and widespread sores using Cuticura remedies. After washing with Cuticura Soap and applying Cuticura Ointment nightly, the child was cured in four nights. Also notes on Allen's Foot-Ease and other products.
Poem fragment explores a hypothetical cannibal king who would consume others and even the speaker if possible. The satire ends with a defiant note to keep cool and eat oneself, illustrating playful, morbid humor in a periodical verse.
Letty arrives in Albion hoping to meet Dan Johnson. She confronts indifference from him and a chilly reception from Miss Merton. Dan’s success as a hardware manager is undermined by his earlier promises. Letty later cares for Dan’s sick mother, earning his gratitude and prompting a turn in his attitude and plans.
A heartfelt exchange shows mutual affection and sacrifice as a man assures his worthiness while a woman expresses unwavering love. He proclaims wholehearted affection and they share a tender kiss, underscoring themes of loyalty and selflessness. The scene centers on emotional reconciliation and steadfast devotion.
A National Geographic essay highlights the horse as the indispensable travel animal in temperate western regions while tropical and oriental areas rely on donkeys oxen buffaloes elephants and camels. It details global animal numbers loads capacities and traditional transport methods including palanquins mariksha and floating houseboats in China and Manila, noting women and children share in some tasks.
Excerpted reflections argue that love, imagination, and gentle guidance shape a child's life. It cautions against forcing obedience, praises make believe, and notes myths of innocence as central to growth and moral development. The piece cites concepts from Constance Sydney's Concepts of Childhood.
Am herst Nova Scotia hosts waste powered electricity as Edison predicted at the coal pit. A Norwegian factory plans to extract zinc from ore while converting acids to phosphates. Dreadnoughts spur debate on rudder and propeller placement. French railway tests compare single versus dual engines. A Bliss telegraph instrument showcases visible parts and glass cabinet design.
The Kansas City Journal notes a Senate approved plan now before a House subcommittee authorizing 5 million dollars to purchase lands forming watersheds in the Southern Appalachians across Maryland Virginia North Carolina Tennessee Kentucky Georgia and Alabama and in New Hampshire and Maine. The measure aims to conserve forests control floods and distribute Rocky Mountain flood waters via irrigation. It cites existing federal forest reservations totaling about 450 million acres in the trans-Mississippi West including Ozarks and Hocklea areas. The act would give the government control of headwaters for major rivers like the Ohio Tennessee and Cumberland.
A garbled Harrisburg fragment recalls a vagrant at a back door voice asking about a hand injury and a jailhouse philosophy. It shifts to a Harper's Weekly note on Gamaliel, an Israelite and law teacher, praised for tolerance but not a Christian. The piece mentions his conversion and a distant transmission of bones to Pla Ho, with commentary on religious tolerance and belief.
A reflective note argues that inheritance and environment shape daily life more than other factors. It suggests yesterday's ideas fix today’s tendencies and that current conditions act as the backdrop for every person’s life.
In 1899 Professor Halstead of New Jersey studied seedless tomatoes noting the plant shows good vigor and fruit quality but fruits are growing smaller. The report hints at ongoing experimentation with this variety and its potential value.
A fragmentary dialogue quotes a thinker criticizing wealth as unimportant. The speaker, identified as Somers MWe, hints at social and religious expectations, noting some people never tithe or manage finances.
When the Atlantic battleship fleet reached Honolulu in 1911 a holiday mood gripped the islands. The Connecticut led the line with 2500 sailors and Marines in a three mile parade along the harbor, decorated with flowers by Tahitian girls. Governor Frear received Rear Admiral Sperry and the city lit up with electric displays as ships anchored and crowds cheered.
The White Mountain Express left the track on a curve near Greenwich Connecticut at 9 30 a m traveling fifty miles per hour. One girl passenger was killed and twenty six injured as rotted ties caused the rails to give way on a bridge near the station. Coroner’s officials plan to pursue charges of criminal carelessness against railroad officials. The dead is Miss Marguerite Armstrong eighteen of Walnut avenue Wasne Pa.
An elderly Maryland farmer William Williams of Marydel was found hanged in a wood near Barclay. Initial belief was self murder, but county physician confirms homicide. A marriage license found in his pocket ties motive to a 13 year old betrothed girl identified as Z Zadreth Walls. Williams had two married daughters and two married sons.
Government customs inspectors Teo and Nickerson, a wharf waterman, and two clerks were killed after a box of detonating caps exploded in a locker shed on Mystle Wharf Pier 47. Injured were two longshoremen and two clerks. Nickerson of Lynn assisted by trying to open the box with an ace as Inspector Atwood of Quincy, watchman Macon of East Boston, and others respond.
At Cleveland the window glass manufacturers agreed on a price rise of ten and twenty percent. G W Morenns, president of the association, announced the decision.
The season’s largest corn acreage is up by about a million acres from last year, a historic US feat. Hazieton signs with the Boston American Club, while Staham of the Boston National Club shows clue of change. Cincinnati seeks waivers on Sincock. Bowerman predicts Pittsburgh will dethrone Chicago. Meiale joins Toronto. Detriot ships Siever to Indianapolis for Marquard. Joe Bean resigns Jersey City management. McCann succeeds. Schulze and Tuck get trials with Montreal. Egan of Harrisburg linked to Cincinnati. Philadelphia trades Krause to Harrisburg. Pittsburg fever rises as they sweep St Louis. The New York National Club targets Engle. McGann shines for Huston. Anson remains active in baseball.
Six weeks without rain across New York City and surrounding regions has left crops poor. Raspberry and huckleberry yields are down, peaches show weakness in lower New Jersey, and plums, apricots, apples, blackberries suffer price cuts. Subsoil moisture is low, corn, beans, potatoes wilt, and melon crops lag. Prices have not yet risen, but may if moisture remains scarce.
Bangor Maine reports the first half of 1908 will be among the least profitable seasons in over a quarter century for Maine lumbermen as market demand sinks and mills close. Grain outlooks show record crops while railroads prepare for a big harvest. drought threatens New Jersey Delaware and Maryland crops and grain transport.
A letter from Sylvester E. Smith of St. Louis praises Peruna for curing catarrhal bronchial ailments after exposure and poor health. The note, though part of a larger reader exchange, emphasizes a rapid recovery and gratitude to the remedy and doctor.
Westminster Gazette notes that only seven of nineteen nineteenth century prime ministers have publicly funded monuments in the Abbey and that Asquith will seek Parliament to confer a distinction on Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman, reflecting popular opinion of his character.
The Kansas City Journal describes termites in Central Africa as highly valued food. When the rainy season starts the insects are full grown and ready to swarm, and a hunter cuts into their nest with his axe to harvest them for eating.
Beekeepers in southern Italy grow alarmed at a perfected artificial honey made from refined sugar and tartaric acid heated in enamel vessels. The substance mimics real honey in color and flavor, prompting calls for regulation to distinguish it from the genuine article. The piece notes potential use for improving lower grade honey and mentions Africa’s market peanut imports and regional peanut production.
Notes that numerous drainage schemes are progressing in Louisiana marshland with the aim of transforming the region into a thriving agricultural area.
A Washington physician credits Postum with ending chronic headaches sleep loss and irritability after giving up coffee. He notes a year of improved health gained 26 pounds and a clearer brain while his wife and others also switched to Postum. He attributes relief to eliminating coffee and endorses the product.
The article explains that hydrophobia is rare and misinterpreted in dogs. It notes mad dogs may seek water, show sudden temperament changes, have trouble swallowing, and display sticky saliva with foaming eyes and periods of fury followed by exhaustion.
The piece recalls early settlers bringing fine apparel and possibly boots to Plymouth in 1620. It argues fashion and trade formed foundations of American commerce and that dressing well became a national trait inspiring later retail growth.
Allan, a three year old, returns to his mother and aristocratic grandmother with a bloodied finger after an argument about blue blood. His grandma had warned him against mixing with lower class peers and believed in inherited status. The child insists the pain isn’t the issue, but that the cut reflects red blood versus blue lineage.
A fragment recalls John Bunyan in Bedford jail refusing a stranger claiming divine mission. dialogue shows Bunyan’s steadfastness. The clipping also advertises Dr Kline’s nerve remedy and notes dairy and poultry values reaching hundreds of millions in 1907.
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