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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1917
Page
7
A laundress complains of backache from lifting a tub. John proposes siphoning it out. He retrieves rubber tubing, fills it with water, and directs one end to the tub and the other to the floor sewer, draining the tub smoothly as the laundress watches.
A neighborhood tale recalls Tommy, neighbor's boy, lagging for line with pennies as a crowd taunts him about missing supper at six. He boasts he has chops with him, sent by Mai at five, turning the bet to his favor.
Quote from the Indianapolis News describes an eccentric father retiring in the afternoon with a joke about going to bed to have it over with. The note contrasts affection for neighbors with the idea that every absurdity has a champion to defend it.
Hashinura Togo recounts a humorous tale about Hon. Mrs. Cluck and Hon. Cluck chasing a kitchen invention to keep a husband awake, involving a rope attached chair and a dramatic finale. The letter mocks domestic routines and celebrates a homemade household remedy idea.
The text outlines Mary Magdalene and others visiting Jesus tomb, Peter and John examining the grave, and Mary’s recognition of Jesus as she is told to tell the others. It emphasizes the resurrection as proof of Christ’s divine identity and central to redemption.
The article argues spring grain growth is rapid across Western Canada and forecasts high future wheat prices. It highlights cheap land from $15 to $25 an acre, easy terms from railways, and abundant grazing lands. It urges buyers to answer the US and Canadian food production appeals and to invest or homestead to profit and help prevent famine.
Princeton Tiger recalls walking backward through a haunted woods where a murder occurred last fall to spot anything approaching from behind. He explains the purpose was to observe potential danger.
Antiseptic powder shaken into shoes or sprinkled in foot bath relieves painful swollen feet and stings. Used by British and French troops at the front, Allen's Foot Ease provides sure relief for tired feet sold everywhere.
In a tense exchange, His Wife asks Albert if he knows the Nabors’ home burned that morning. Albert, overheard muttering “housecleaning,” slips away with a rug and a beating utensil, suggesting suspicious motives in a chaotic scene.
The Major greets a recovering lady who recalls illness from ptomaine poisoning and delirium tremens causing rational worry over food and drink choices.
The piece notes farming carries disappointments for amateurs. A humorous exchange mocks ideas about goats eating anything, reflecting novice farmer misperceptions.
The Courier-Texas reports on harvesting wheat Kaiser-Himmel near the border and notes the crop sent to Mexico. A speaker remarks that age can seem younger than it is, while a bee analogy questions honey adulteration in a light aside.
Professor and Elly celebrate winning a bet of gas against a Shakespeare folio, claiming ten miles per gallon and topping fifty five miles, then realize they are far from home with night approaching and no fuel. Emily asks how to return as the situation unfolds.
A humorous exchange contrasts wartime fears with domestic gardening. A speaker asks about exterminating potato bugs while another jokes about not studying “atrocities of war-gardening,” highlighting a lighthearted view amid grim topics.
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