Unhappy Returns of the Day From Publishers
The poet’s wife jokes about birthday mail as gifts from friends while the poet stacks rejected manuscripts. He notes these are unhappy returns of the day from publishers rather than celebratory notes.
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1916
Page
7
Free Book on Rheumatism Cure Offered
An advertisement promises a free book explaining rheumatism causes and cures. The page also includes a humorous snippet about a false fire alarm and a servant leaving for a new job with a 1916 model auto. The items reflect a daily paper mix of notices and light humor.
Easy Terms
Crawford argues he economizes and Crabshaw notes he buys nothing unless credit is possible. The saying implies heroes may be fools who rush where angels fear to tread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawford
Crabshaw
More Troops Go to Border Rapid Reinforcements At Mexican Line
President Wilson ordered regulars to the border to bolster defenses. 1600 troops from Engineer and Coast Artillery units will report to General Funston, with units drawn from Washington to New England ports. A patrol near New Hatchet ranch in New Mexico was fired upon injuring Private Saunders. the incident is not deemed serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Funston
Engineer Corps
Coast Artillery Corps
Border Service
Baker
Engineers
W. P. Wooten
Washington Barracks
New England
Portland
Con. Leonard Wood
Coast Artillery
Boston
Narragansett Bay
Long Island
New York
Sandy Hook
Plattsburgh
Chickamauga
War Department
New Hatchet Ranch
New Mexico
Lee W. Saunders
Proop K
Twelfth Cavalry
Lang
Philippian Jailer Lesson in Acts 16 50s era text study
The lesson outlines Paul and Silas in Philippi from Acts 16 with the slave girl’s deliverance and the jailer’s conversion. It parallels early church trials, prison deliverance, and the establishment of a Philippian church amid magistrates’ response and Paul’s mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesus
Dean Vaughn
Philipp
Lydia
Apollo
Mt. Parnassus
Paul
Albee
Underworld
Silas
Christ
Pilate
Apostle
God
Hostile Feeling Grows Over Anti American Demonstrations
Washington reports rising anti American demonstrations in northern Mexico amid tensions in Chihuahua San Luis Potosi and Nuevo Leon. Officials note talks but no acts yet and Americans are crossing the border in increasing numbers as State Department agents offer aid and urge staying on the U S side for now. New Carranza control doubts raise concern over local de facto governance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Chihuahua
San Luis Potosi
Nuevo Leon
State Department
Carranza
Dynamite Trap Blinds Young Girl in Lewistown
In Lewistown Pennsylvania an attempt to trap a wood thief with dynamite caps injured 11 year old Sarah Lenhart while splitting pea stakes. A mass of six caps exploded with two detonating, blinding both eyes and causing severe facial lacerations and head bruising with finger ends torn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewistown
Sarah Lenhart
Noto Guilty Of Slaying Brother In Second Degree Verdict
Charles Noto 30 of Metuchen found guilty of second degree murder for killing his brother Joseph Noto a Paterson barber on March 6. Judge Minturn sentenced him to 10 to 30 years at hard labor in Passaic County Court after a retry following a hung jury two weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paterson
N. J
Charles Noto
Metuchen
Miider
Minturn
Passaic
Noto
Joseph
Remarkable statement from Englewood patient on vegetable compound
Mrs E Sheldon of 6657 S Halsted St Englewood Illinois recounts severe symptoms through menopause and recovery after Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the medicine for saving her life and keeping her out of an insane asylum after costly doctor visits. The ad urges readers to contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Englewood
Ill
Lydia E. Pink
Lydia E. Pinkham
Carter's Little Liver Pills Ad Card
An old advertisement promotes Carter's Little Liver Pills claiming to coax a lazy liver to function, curing constipation indigestion sick headaches and distress after eating. It touts a small pill small dose and small price with a genuine signature requirement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carter
Sacred Orleans Church in Sacramento Diocese
A church near Or leans in the Sacramento diocese of California is the only sacred edifice within 40 miles. It sits on a half acre donated by an aged squaw named Indian Fannie who said no money is needed. The congregation comprises about 400 Indians and half-breeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orleans
Sacramento Diocese
California
Fannie
First Western Medical College Origins Through History
The article traces Rush Medical College’s Chicago 1837 founding by Dr. Daniel Brainard born 1812, and solar historic ties to Dr. Benjamin Rush. It notes early American medical schools growing from the East to Cincinnati 1819, South Carolina 1826, and St. Louis 1842 as the first west of the Mississippi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rush Medical College
Chicago
Daniel Brainard
Whitesborough
N. Y
Rush College
Benjamin Rush
Philadelphia
Doctor Rush
Edinburgh
London
Paris
East
Cincinnati
South
South Carolina
University of Georgia
Medical
Mississippi
St. Louis
Fingerprint Doubts Temperature in Yonkers Satire
A Yonkers Statesman quip features a young man and a girl discussing fingerprints. He notes the chance of two prints matching is not one in 64,000,000,000, prompting the girl to remark how they had everything in common. The exchange blends science with light romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yonkers Statesman
Rather Annoying Banter On Repose And Seats
A dialogue piece contrasts a woman's reposeful dignity in a crowded trolley with a man who offers his seat. Another exchange questions concentration needed to write a bestseller as a literary hobbyist jokes about a novelist’s fishing trip dictated manuscript.
Attractive description fuels summer boarders booklet
An old farmer approves a tourist brochure line describing a hero’s country home. The advertises Johnson's Foot Soap with a hot foot bath claim and promises delivery by Thos. Gill Soap Co. from Brooklyn in a 25 cent offer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson’s
Thos. Gill Soap Co
Kent Ave
Brooklyn
N.Y
Post-Nuptial Discovery In A Medical Misstep
Doctor offers medicine to young wife with headache insisting it helped during engagement. Wife replies she was well then and only wanted a call and visit from her husband. The exchange frames a marital rift over care and attention in a domestic scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nhere
Heard in an Office about Money and Wireless Telegraph
A bemused exchange notes a man lacking funds to buy the right of way for a wireless telegraph. The remark hints that pursuing pleasure through work does not always yield pleasure in labor.
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