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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1917
Page
8
Columbus landed at San Salvador and planted the Spanish flag bearing Castile and Leon arms. He also carried the expedition flag white with a central green cross and the letters F and Y under each arm, each crowned in gold above.
Counsel's tearful plea moves court as juror notices a silk handkerchief used by the prisoner. The judge and courtroom mood shift when the attorney discovers the inmate is using his own handkerchief. A man asks about the idea of a manly man and outlines a stern stance against persistent suitors.
A notice urges readers to buy Chamberlains Colic and Diarrhoea Remedy now to be prepared for summer stomach upsets. The ad claims the remedy is valuable and worth its cost when needed.
HIGHTSTOWN Herman Friend of Newark audits the Peddie Institute cashier accounts. Mrs. Frank V. Jemison recovers from a Mercer Hospital operation. Dr. R. W. Swetland recovers at his Octagon home. Cement curbs and gutters on Stockton Street awarded to John Manlove. Mrs. R. R. Forman visits Brielle. Mr. and Mrs. Nelson C. Schiottman host Mrs. Schiottman’s brother and his wife from Syracuse. Little Miss Romlyn Rivenburg has whooping cough. E. C. Steinsick W H Franklin and Clifford Shangle weekend with families at Stone Harbor. Mrs. George F. Franklin spends two weeks at Eaglesmere Pa. Baptist Sunday School annual picnic held Wednesday in Cadwalader Park Trenton. Mrs. Bert Lanning visits Asbury Park. Mrs. Alfred C. Brown of Manasquan visits Mrs. George Peppler. Mrs. Randolph Chamberlin and Mrs. John D. Perrine visit Cranbury Station. Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Norton entertain Miss Helen Carcaran of Brooklyn for two weeks. Miss Cora Varian visits Miss Gertrude Davison in Cranbury. Miss Julia Grover visits Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Grover in Cranbury. Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson and family of Highland Park weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Johnson. Miss Edythe Peppler spends a week at New Brunswick with Mr. and Mrs. Russell Rockhill.
The Jamesburg Methodist Church Men’s Bible class schedules its semiannual anniversary for Saturday evening, August 4, on the church lawn. A choir from a Trenton church will perform, with Henry Urstadt in charge of arrangements.
A Farm and Fireside writer lists ten reasons speeding is expensive and dangerous. High speeds wear tires, strain bearings, widen risks of skidding and crashes, use more fuel, and harm drivers and passengers. Optimal efficiency lies at 15 to 25 mph depending on car and road.
Guilford, an American in the Foreign Legion in Paris, kisses a Red Cross nurse after a shell shock. He later seeks forgiveness, finds her aristocratic home, and she remains poised as he confesses his fault. He leaves with no clear plan to return to America, now a slave to the remembered kiss.
A Boston Transcript exchange frames a father and son in a playful baseball pun about strikes and hits. The elder urges self-reliance while the son counters with a witty rebuttal about the meaning of success in sports.
A brief literary exchange quotes a character denying loyalty to homeland, claiming birth at sea as the reason, reflecting themes of identity and belonging in a Birmingham Age-Herald style snippet.
A reflective piece urges virtue in modest form. It counsels honesty, self-respect, and steady effort over flashy measures of wealth. The tone emphasizes individual integrity and perseverance in daily life.
Adobe bricks with two sizes 18 by 9 by 4 inches and 16 by 12 by 4 are baked in the sun, turned daily for seven to fourteen days. They are not suitable for rainy regions as they lack sufficient hardness to resist water.
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