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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1910
Page
4
The Artcraft Institute of Chicago, active since 1900 and serving 600 plus women, plans to broaden its scope by opening an educational farm. It describes itself as a blend of school, club and workshop aiding women from home to business.
Henry Horrigan a twelve year old and his younger sister Irelon rode half fare from Seattle to Portland on the Northern Pacific. Henry weighs 323 pounds and Helen eight weighs 190 pounds challenging the company over fare rules.
A quirky OCR style note mocks knowledge of men and women through reading deeds and fate. It hints at literature versus science with playful misspellings and garbled lines, mentioning tomes, verse, and musings in a playful local flavor.
In Glenham a Fourth of July parade ends in rain while Mortimer buys a pair of green glasses for a homeless child who asks to see the world anew. A street vendor profits as the boy’s plea turns Mortimer toward a quiet act of eye charity. A second feature discusses Pennsylvania German dandelion recipes, cooking methods, and cultural value passed down through generations.
A loving caregiver narrates a tale of a blind girl learning to read and count with raised print books and tactile materials. A man promises glasses will restore sight, claiming they will cure all eye troubles. He hurries to surprise the girl, leaving Mortimer to catch his train, hopeful and changed.
A satirical, fragmentary reflection from the New York Press origin about nerves, reform movements, money, romance, and gender roles. It lampoons how comfort and devotion influence judgments, noting a woman’s happiness tied to a devoted partner and a man’s value tied to his investments and talk.
Prices for standard quality milk rise to 3 cts per quart. Dairy items include creamery western extra at 27 23 1. State dairy and other grades list cheese, beans, fruits, poultry, vegetables, and grain with regional and month-like identifiers. The sheet catalogs prices for butter, cheese, canned goods, fresh fruit, berries, melons, tomatoes, squash, peppers, lettuce, carrots, beets, onions, cucumbers, and grain futures and live stock values.
Agricultural notes describe winter wheat being harvested in the Southwest and progress in corn and oats across the country. Prospects point to better Central West yields, record wheat in North Dakota, and large spring crop outlooks though hay may lag. frost hits Connecticut, while potato destruction increases in New Brunswick and Maine.
Governor Hughes issues a 7000 word message after the regular session, proposing three points for the extra session: direct nominations with safeguards. expanded powers for a legislative graft investigation. and new revenue measures. He urges thorough, knowledge based charges and cross examination rights, provoking sharp political reaction statewide.
Theodore Roosevelt Jr eldest son of the former president wed Eleanor Butler Alexander in Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church. About 1500 guests attended the ceremony and a reception at the Meander home on West Fifty-eighth Street. Rooseveltian touches marked the event with homelike sentiment and pictorial elements.
Chicago reports Lidward P Ripley, Santa Fe president, predicts government ownership of railroads within a decade if his forecast by Edward PP Ripley holds. He warns current tariff measures in Washington are the last step before railroads face bankruptcy, amid scattered remarks from various figures on global affairs and governance.
Kansas City Journal reports Fred Dumont Smith of Mutchie son plans to fish Lake Killarney in March after a guide hints at abundant fish despite no bites on his first trip. The tale echoes local rumors of a salmon catch linked to ancient tribes and includes a Denver Post quip about trout eagerness on a Colorado lake.
Advertising copy touts Munyon's Paw-Paw Pills as a universal cure for constipation indigestion jaundice biliousness and stomach liver disorders. Offers a free sample by mail from Munyon's Homeopathic Co. Philadelphia with a humorous clipped excerpt from Harper's Bazaar included.
Mrs J F Kibvie of 62 Stevens Street Wellsville New York says she suffered kidney trouble for over five years with back pain dizziness and dark thick secretions. After using Deans Kidney Pills her condition improved rapidly and in six weeks she could do a hard day’s work. Remember the name Deans. For ease by all dealers 60 cents a box Master Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Chubb Company of London completed a highly ingenious safe for the British Radium Corporation designed to deter burglars while preventing radium escape. The safe includes a lead inner shell three inches thick within a burglar proof steel exterior and a compartment to hold 100 pounds of radium valued at about 5.9 trillion dollars, with a total weight of one and a half tons.
A Salisbury Missouri woman credits Grape-Nuts with curing cramp nausea and vomiting and restoring appetite. She recounts prior failures with remedies, notes her husband’s approval and local physicians’ endorsements, and cites the brand’s scientific preparation and the booklet The Road to Wellville.
A Virginia law set fine up to $500 for using cuss words or language intended to provoke disorder, taking effect in the state. The list of brief items also notes religious and criminal cases across the country, from a Missouri priest's death to a lynching in Mississippi and a bribery indictment in Washington.
A man seeks a remedy at a druggist and causes a scene over its effects. An explorer reports on the Mijus on Tibet’s border, noting animistic beliefs, sacrificial rites, cremation, and burial delays tied to wealth, with a village feast and grave burning after death.
Manila reports a U S army observation that Corregidor Island batteries fired twelve shots from six inch guns, eleven hit the bull's eye, signaling a notable demonstration of coastal defense. Other dispatches note political shifts in London and Portugal, royal visits in Venice, and economic reports from Cuba and Paris.
Potter Drug & Chem in Boston markets Cuticura Soap and Ointment as pure gentle emollients for skin and scalp relief. They claim benefits from toilet use to cleansing of ulcerated surfaces and offer a free 32 page booklet on the skin and hair.
A Rochester Evening Times anecdote recalls Bishop Fraser humorously handling a heated altercation with a clergyman who admits not knocking the assailant down. Military tests show heavy projectiles penetrate concrete cleanly. Singapore ranks as a major port with limited American ship arrivals and over 13 million dollars in annual U S goods. London tube usage rose widely in 1908.
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