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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1920
Page
7
Mrs G Schoonfeld of Muskegon Michigan credits six years of back pain with weakness. She says E E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her strength and allows her to do all her work. She urges others to try the medicine.
A health promotion notice urges women to protect health and seek Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for female ailments. It invites letters to the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts, promising confidential, woman-to-woman responses.
Bill Jones, a traveling man, summarizes advice from many doctors on how not to sleep. He rejects left or right side, back, stomach, or chair sleeping due to pressure and interference with body systems. He asks how to avoid falling over while sleeping standing up.
The piece contrasts the mischief of bad taste in pursuing art with the public’s reluctant admiration for someone who can do things others cannot.
In a social exchange, Harry asks for a dance partnership while the reply jokingly demands he stay off the responder's feet. The lighthearted exchange showcases playful candor at the event.
An advertisement for Allen's Foot-Ease promises instant relief for foot pain and mentions 1,600,000 pounds used by the military. A separate anecdote recalls a garage owner becoming a deputy sheriff and showing his badge, framed as humorous local color about pomp and authority.
The treasury department considers a proposition to mark U S notes with standardized colored seals to identify denominations at a glance. A Philadelphia druggist suggested colors such as green for one pink for two blue for five. Treasury officials prefer avoiding different dyes.
An advertisement touts Bayer as the trusted source of Aspirin tablets. It urges customers to accept only a genuine Bayer package with directions for relief from headache toothache earache neuralgia rheumatism colds and other pains and notes pocket tins of 12 tablets and larger packages sold by druggists.
Johnny visits his aunt in England and blurts out that the place seems unkind. He notes the public houses open very early and remarks that nearly all the hens have the hiccoughs this morning in a humorous exchange.
A dialogue questions money and foresight as one man worries about his future finances. He feels ordinary now but fears explaining to his children why he did not accumulate wealth while others grew rich.
A fragmentary transcript shows Dustin Stax praising King Solomon as the wisest man and richest. The exchange hints at differing opinions on wisdom and includes quirky remarks about poetry and movement as blank verse.
A fragment notes activities conducted by the National Council Boy Scouts of America. The source text provides limited detail about the organization and its scope. The reference suggests official Boy Scouts programs or events supervised by the national body.
Under a Navy Department arrangement, the Boy Scouts National Council transmits nightly wireless updates to 400 local councils and thousands of scouts via the Third Naval District radio station in New York. Secretary Daniels commends amateur radio operators, with 800 plus volunteers across 41 states, who learn wireless telegraphy as amateurs to relay official messages to troops. Local councils are urged to designate scout operators, coordinate with the national office, and maintain amateur transmitting stations to reach smaller towns with limited receiving ranges.
The Third District Naval Radio station lists call letters NAH and a 1500 meter wavelength using spark transmission. Hour of transmission is about 9:30 p m EST with equivalents in New York daylight time central standard time mountain standard time and Pacific standard time. Special amateur codes may be used and the key can be obtained by sending name age address and apparatus description to Amateur Bureau U S Navy 44 Whitehall Street New York City.
In St Louis, Boy Scouts completed a contest producing 308 bird houses placed in parks and reserves. The winning troop built 651 houses. Scout Executive Simmons notes strong local interest and suggests nationwide contests with prizes from bird societies or similar groups to aid insect control and neighborhood beauty.
Scouts Alex Hogan Douglas Peck Hampshire Arthur Bohn and Smith from Salt Lake City gave blood at the hospital twice weekly to aid an injured man. Dr Clarence San sought cooperation from non-smokers and non drinkers to assist this effort. Blood was supplied at a pint every other day for several days.
Novelist Booth Tarkington recalls a German attack on a lonely French officer at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin. He notes Germans can be unspeakable, and laments unchanging human nature while sharing an anecdote about Labouchere and a tiny lamp flame. A ride in a new car with a woman driver is praised for thrill, then a near rail crossing mishap ends with a flagman warning of a limited issue, followed by a jump from the tracks.
A curio dealer insists the sword is over a century old and from the Waterloo battle of 1815 while the customer listens. After the dealer shares the anecdote, the sword is returned to its owner. The customer thanks him but notes he once bought that same anecdote with an old musket.
The excerpt contrasts pretentious speech with blunt rebuke, as J Fuller Gloom interrupts a florid speaker. The setting implies a sly comment on humility and fear, blending comic framing with a sharp critique of vanity.
A woman recounts an 1920s style anecdote from New York last fall. She sits beside a man on a motor bus and, glancing at his shoes, comments on their shine. He replies that his wife told him so that morning, eliciting a lighthearted exchange.
The Kansas City Star records Senator Blawhaw insisting he denounced merciless profiteers day and night from every stump and husting. when asked what he did, he replies he has just said he denounced it.
A comic quip centers on a man unable to bottle his wrath when discussing prohibition. He is asked if he drank, and responds no yet admits making cork screws. The exchange highlights humorous critique of temper and temperance debates.
A doctor prescribes absolute rest for a premier danseuse citing a three month break from dancing and loss of weekly pay. The exchange notes a show must go on and a rapid remedy through old fashioned medicine to tackle worms. A cadence of social quips closes with a wry observation on punctuality.
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