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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1907
Page
4
A Madagascar product from rafia palm leaves yields a substitute beeswax. Dried leaves beaten on a mat produce small bits which are boiled and kneaded into cakes. Experiments test its commercial value for bottling and phonograph cylinders.
A narrator describes his wife Jane’s unwavering will and sly tactics to control breakfast. Her resolve prompts sausage pilfering, a growing chicken coop, and a shift to poultry, with plans to keep the upper hand while maintaining harmony at home.
In a New York Evening Sun tale a narrator and Jane clash over pampered poultry. A speckled hen rebels against a rooster, pecking him and the others. Jane enforces discipline by giving the hens five minutes in the nest, returning with two eggs in each hand.
A magistrate argued that a wife should submit to her husband, citing the Old Testament order as safest for happiness. Another magistrate countered that domestic trouble often stems from a man’s submission to his wife, while a suffragette leader urged mutual equality and liberty. A London correspondent notes many speakers avoided naming themselves.
A collection of aphorisms urging humility and virtue from Gypsy Smith Emerson Martin, Charles Hargrove, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Stopford A Brooke. The quotes emphasize prayer, immortality through greatness of soul, divine majesty, social duty, courage, and steadfast faith.
A boy enters a Baltimore store with a newspaper ad and orders ten pounds sugar at five cents, four pounds coffee at a0 cents, two pounds butter at twenty eight cents, and two cakes soup at five cents each. The grocer totals two dollars thirty cents, and the boy asks about change from five dollars, then disappears, leaving the scene.
A noted physician asserts two hours of sleep before midnight are more valuable than any after. The exchange contrasts the warning with the importance of rest and references Philadelphia Prev and Texas. Nichols leads in abroad trackage with 12,000 miles, Pennsylvania placing third.
A fragment from a New York era issue mixes social calls about visiting friends abroad with fashion trends toward looser sleeves and summer wear. It also touches on job paths for stenographers and housekeepers, French word usage, lace dyeing myths, and a panel on social settlements led by Dr James M. Walsh highlighting Elizabeth of Hungary’s leprosy work as enduring social care example.
A fragment from the South China Post notes a surplus of Cheddar cheese in northern ports amid Allied sympathy for China. The piece suggests Western readers still see small consignments of food like cheese arriving, while prices rise to 40 cents per pound due to scarcity.
A humorous snippet from Dinpathe Magazine features a minister and his wife bickering lightheartedly. The wife asks for help laying carpet while playfully instructing the minister on his gospel duties. The man jokes about being the locomotive and humorously plans the switch.
A terse exchange captures a judge remarking on corporate seating as questions about a son's post go unanswered. The dialogue highlights a tense moment with a board of directors and a judge noting the lack of vacancy and the limits of influence.
Readable scraps describe savory potato cakes with flour and cheese, bean pot dishes, cream pastries, and steam-baked breads. Also included are chicken pie steps, nutty hints for onions and fish, and notes on Oxford and Genevese travel scenes from periodicals.
Washington DC The crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics Department of Agriculture releases preliminary spring wheat acreage about 16.46 million, down 1.24 million from last year. Winter wheat condition June 1 at 77.4, oats area 31.197 million acres up 492 thousand, with June 1 conditions reported for oats and rye.
The Customs Commission in Paris unanimously rejected the proposal from the French Chamber of Deputies to temporarily suspend duties on wheat and flour amid price concerns. The decision maintains existing tariff levels as Vad is used in price calculations.
Stuyvesant Fish told Cun ninbaw University graduates that new Federal laws would halt railroad construction. He argued legislation would curb expansion and reshape transportation policy nationwide.
Londoners near the city center suffer blue lungs due to fog and soot from open fires. Sir Frederick Treves, King Edward VII’s physician, backs the claim and urges switching to stoves to cut soot. He notes six tons of soot per square mile biweekly in winter. Germany imported 2,600,000 tons of Swedish iron ore in 1906 while Britain took 191,000 tons.
Dig Ranches cut up and Mick Brothers and Co. estimate cotton devenage by this season at e009 990, a 4.7 percent increase over last year. The circular details how large ranches break up their holdings for cotton and notes shift in farm structure.
Predictions place Wy-Tron production as the largest on record. The Nevada wool clip this season tops prior totals with more than 8,100,000 pounds shipped at good prices. An expert notes over 12,000,000 pounds may be moved from Nevada’s ranges. Army demand drives higher prices for horses and mules.
A government crop report signals wheat surplus issues and potential stress on grain prices. Analysts note possible impacts on securites as policymakers weigh response amid uncertain European supplies and domestic demand.
Japan invests in finances by issuing five percent bonds totaling 115 million dollars to redeem 62 million dollars Mads issued in 1904 at per cent and leave a handsome balance for emergencies.
An old promotional page extols homemaker duties and praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female weakness and childbirth recovery. It includes testimonials from readers in Jeannette Pennsylvania and La Farge Wisconsin, urging women to seek Mrs Pinkham's free advice. The piece also notes Great Britain's cotton trade value and profits in a tangential economic line.
In Stewart Edward White’s Jack Boyd Master Riverman description log jams are routine dangers faced by rivermen. He details crews prying, heaving, and waiting for the bend of wood to release. A sudden crash sends logs racing downstream while men stay ashore ready to move fast to prevent catastrophe.
The article extols the RN volunteers as highly valuable to national defense and notes universal praise from naval officers and men who have observed their work. The writer emphasizes the volunteers' potential wartime role and the admiration they inspire within the service.
A Salisbury Maryland woman recounts quitting coffee years ago due to health decline and switching to tea then Postum. She says Postum helped her regain 25 pounds, improve digestion, and maintain weight, praising its nourishment and urging others to read The Road to Wellness and There’s a Reason.
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