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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 29, 1912
Page
8
Lavender is hardy once established but hard to start. Begin with seed in a shaded sunless window, transplant gradually to beds, keep soil lightly moist, and mulch for winter protection. Harvests yield June and July with large blooms. dried blends make moth sachets with musk thyme rosemary mint cloves.
Limewater can be prepared by soaking fresh unslaked lime in hot water for about a day, then bottling the clear liquid. It is sold as a remedy for summer complaints in children, aids digestion for acidity, sweetens milk without a bad taste, and cleanses bottles for babies without odor.
A guide notes homes may own gilt frames in varying quantities and offers a simple cleaning method. Use a bread wad dampened with benzine and ammonia to brighten the surface, then rinse with water containing borax for a fresh look.
The article explains proper broom handling. Lean forward to sweep dust gently and reduce dust. Avoid thrusting the broom ahead in a digging motion which can wear carpet and break the broom.
A practical tip for sharpening dull scissors with a glass bottle neck. Saw along the bottle edge to create a sharp edge on blades, offering a quick home solution while awaiting a professional sharpener.
A kitchen note explains making a homemade refrigerator by placing mill and butter in a dampened salt box four to five inches deep. A three to four foot square container filled with clean coarse salt preserves cold, serving as a substitute for an icebox.
The Trent Theatre to host Pelham the prince of mesmeritis in a hypnotic yet comedic act that makes muscles rigid like marble. Also featured are Golden Trope dancers from the Balkans, monologist Fred Durres, Billy Swede Hall in Made Good, and a harpist-singer duo Arsenio & D'Osta with Elida Morris and Adonis and Dog.
Kathleen Norris begins a new serial love story set in California. Contributions include Mary Stewart Cutting and others. Notable pieces cover Howard Pyle's auto biographical chapter, Crown Princess Cecilie, moving pictures as education, fly control, women in business health, Easter talk, and Grace Gould's fashion tour of New York including Fifth Avenue gowns and theatre showcases.
Howard Pyle argues in the April Woman's Home Companion that lasting achievement rests on three weapons ceaseless industry limitless ambition and unquenchable enthusiasm combined with a firm will to succeed. He notes that origin from any trade cannot stop a person who earns true merit through effort imagination and resolve.
The Advertising Department announces an electric addressing machine to aid statewide advertising for the New Steinbach Store. It will distribute store literature and ensure current addresses. Customers are urged to reply if they received a portal and to send name and address if not on the mailing list.
Clarice Vance debuts a novelty number You've Got to Take Me Home Tonight challenging the usual coon songs. Published by Jerome H. Remick & Co the piece features Goetz music and Bryant lyrics with humorous lines about a husband needing a ride home not to his own house.
Senator George H. Silzer maneuvered to exempt Middlesex County from a broader freeholder expansion. The Senate amended bill 399 and retained five board members, opposing adding two more. Silzer argued current numbers suffice for Middlesex propositions.
An old Brooklyn Daily Eagle classifieds blurb promotes a Monday Sermon Edition subscription for religious work circles. It invites theological students and others to secure subscribers with liberal commissions and instructs to remit payment to The Brooklyn Daily Eagle.
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