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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1908
Page
4
A Birmingham based anecdote features Senator Johnston in overalls working in his garden when a visiting fashionable woman offers him wages to work for her. He refuses saying his marriage to Mrs Johnston binds him. The piece blends jokes and sensational bits from Chicago News and Shanghai authorities.
The passage extols a laxative combination of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna as a trusted remedy, recommending genuine California Fig Syrup Co. products and noting a 50 cent price. It also mentions headache remedies, Brown's Bronchial Tracheas, and introduces gyroscope concepts tied to bicycles as explained in St. Nicholas.
Admiral Lambton retells a Highland tale from Ladysmith during a Highland Society dinner. Officers were told not to wear swords and later ordered to cover their kilts to avoid being easy targets. Sir George White proposed covering the fronts of the kilts to fool the enemy.
An advertisement extols Grape-Nuts as essential for aging digestion and nerve health. Testimonies from Iowa and a 92-year-old claim lasting strength, regularity, and improved well being after using Grape-Nuts with Postum, urging readers to seek The Road to Wellville and “There’s a Reason.”
A man amasses wealth by barter and sale and hides his fortune in secrecy. At night he counts his riches and is haunted by losses until a single night reveals only a handful of leaves where gold stood. His heart fails as his treasure vanishes and he discovers the hoard is gone.
Bu Gidri a stern Moorish official from Fez undertakes a perilous night journey on a pacing pony to Tangier and back, bearing a secret bundle to bury his dead son. the trek crosses rivers, hills, and hostile terrain before the solemn grave in the village cemetery is laid to rest amid mourning.
The Saturday Review recalls a consul's light farewell in Fez and his subsequent return to Tangier. He is pictured as relaxed and sunburned, strolling the streets, drinking tea, and smoking kief in a display of casual town presence. The next morning he resumes his duties, appearing sheepish yet self-satisfied at his post.
A historical price list shows Milk Exchange standard quality at 344 cents per quart and various groceries including butter, eggs, fruits, vegetables, and meats with multiple per unit pricing across dairy, produce, and grains. Readable items include cheese, beans, tomatoes, lettuce, eggs, potatoes, onions, and live livestock prices.
Bradstreet's reports a general price decline for necessities with a softening trend. Ten of thirteen staple groups fall while two rise, textiles weakest. provisions, hides, and oils decline, with only stocks and metals moving up. Field beans steady, Vermont maple season begins, and wage pressures threaten coal trade activity.
The Pennsylvania and Reading railroads move toward wage reductions as they shift from partial to full-time staffing. A likely ten percent cut could occur by May first, with about fifty hours of pay for fifty-five hours worked under a full-time policy.
Fall River mills owned by M. C. D. Borden announce closures for next weeks until a four week curtailment is completed. Iron Works and American Print Works employ thousands, with vast weekly outputs and large payrolls as the print cloth market weakens.
Mrs. Eli Palmer aged forty five and Joseph Rosenblum aged fifty three were drowned when their horse frightened by ashes plunged an embankment into the Shenango River at Sharon Pennsylvania. Rosenblum was driving and Palmer asked for a ride.
A long feature of assorted items notes Shepard Kollock of Red Bank New Jersey at 98 praising Dean’s Kidney Pills for relief after a 40 year kidney trouble. It also surveys health advice, art, and travel anecdotes including a Swiss mountain ascent, English painting, and a Hampton Court grapevine tale.
A quirky report notes Teheran butchers suspended for overcharging while Shiraz vendors face tongue penalties. It worries about Houillon cups as wedding gifts and cites Vogue abroad. Donkey prices appear in Egypt with high grade animals at $1000 and riding donkeys from $60 to $200.
In the Philippines natives smoke Colgara described as a foot long and one and a half inches wide, a common local practice observed by travelers.
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