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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1914
Page
10
Practical article describes bird shelters and baths to be built from common items like cheese-box covers and grocery boxes. Steps include perches nailed to a post, a bath frame hung beneath a shelter, and simple fixtures using screw-eyes to hang or secure the structures on posts trees or walls.
A guide describes making hanging planters from lightweight wire stoves pipe wire, wire egg baskets, and wooden frames. It covers forming a wire ring to hold pots, attaching three hangers, and assembling frames with cross strips and screw eyes for suspending cords.
Private Pat O Flynn of a fatigue party finishes storing the colonel s baggage and faces a lady who insists he drinks with her. He polishes off the sherry and port while she mixes the hot rum in a witty exchange reflecting military humor.
A Purist admonishes not to mix metaphors in a brief exchange about language. The dialogue features a bone headed jelly film remark and a calm rebuttal.
Public notice urges caregivers to examine every bottle of Castoria for the official signature and notes the product has been in use for over 30 years, highlighting safety for infants and children.
A North Alabama father attempts to curb his son’s slang by offering one dollar if he stops saying all right for two weeks. The boy eagerly agrees to start immediately, replying all right, prompting a humorous outcome.
The text claims such sudden ending tales are American but notes they predate America. It cites II Chronicles 24 12 13 where Asa, in the thirty ninth year of his reign, suffered diseased feet and sought physicians instead of the Lord.
A brief exchange hints at contrasting tastes with a fragment about pate de foie gras and personal experience, suggesting a casual culinary remark between two speakers. The dialogue lacks clear news context but captures a moment of culinary reference.
An Allen’s Foot-Ease antiseptic powder ad claims relief for tired feet and dancing comfort. A humorous Wallie comic observes food language, noting pie a la mode and later beef a la mode, highlighting linguistic quirks in meals.
A short comic scene shows Claude responding to his mother’s questions about washing up. She asks if he washed his face and hands and he retorts with a cheeky line asserting he is not an angel before a promised ride with his father.
Yesterday Short Jenks visited the Globe office in a heated tirade denouncing newspapers as malicious and reporters as boneheads. He warned that freedom of the press is folly, and his father died this morning in Canada. Sawdust sells for 40 dollars a ton in Canada.
Mrs Carter, plagued by rheumatism, anxiously asks for a cure as her sister hints at electricity. She recalls a lightning strike last summer and mocks the idea, insisting she has no patience with it despite curiosity about remedies.
A witty exchange about grammar features a man and Senator Sorgum. The senator quips that politics feels singular due to a notable lack of plurality in his recent experience.
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