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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1916
Page
6
A five pound package of Alabastine is mixed with two quarts of cold water and stirred about a minute to be ready for use. By combining regular tints new shades can be made, producing soft buffs greens and blues and other colors. Alabastine is popular with painters decorators and homemakers worldwide.
Public note offers a free copy of The Mystery of the Lost Woman along with a set of free color scheme cards. Limited to while supplies last. Presented by the bookstore and monthly newsletter.
A historical note describes New York as a city with few private houses in recent decades. It contrasts the rise of tenements and apartments with dismantled brownstone fronts and a political and social shift toward mass housing. It also mentions generic promotional text about stencils and paint products from an era.
Brouillard the chief engineer weighs the Cartwright plan to extend the railroad into the canyon to aid a mining boom. Promoter Stevie offers stock bribes to secure votes while Amy Cartwright speaks of clean money and a promised marriage as the railroad looms, with President Ford’s decision hanging in the balance.
Cartwright pitches a power and mining empire at Niquoia, planning a ten million dollar power firm and a rail linked Mirapolis. He offers Brouillard a government director role and stock option to steer contracts while Hosford is dropped. Brouillard resists but faces a burgeoning scheme amid the camp’s luxury ventures.
In Minneapolis at Thirty-fifth and Lyndale, a cow fell into an excavation as laborer Thor Skongaard pried with a pick and shovel. Two fire companies freed the workman and released the cow from the trench.
Frank A. Vanderlip of National City Bank in New York is described as a machinist by trade, illustrating the idea that some men value outward show less than inward character.
The text questions whether Brouillard will resist Cartwrights smooth bribery and whether Brouillard truly understands Cartwright. It probes motive and perception without asserting outcomes.
Walter Gleeden, writing from Western Canada, reports good crops and strong markets. He notes wheat and oats yields per acre, buying more land, Alberta taxes favor landowners, and that banking is better than the U S. He recalls homesteading near Edmonton, serving as school district secretary-treasurer, and praises land titles and low costs.
A man purchases a manufactured old master thinking it is a genuine Van Dyke. The tale sparks debate over art attribution and collector deception.
Advert declares a remedy for sickly children including feverish and delicate kids. Claims to cleanse the stomach aid the liver and relieve worm complaints. Promotes a long running use by mothers with a free sample offer from Mother Gray Co Le Roy New York.
A fragmentary report notes two suspects admitting to stealing chickens at night. The exchange references raising chickens and being caught in the act, suggesting a small rural theft incident investigated by local authorities.
An advertisement touts a freckle treatment called odine double strength promising removal of freckles with nightly and morning applications. Buy an ounce from a druggist and a money back guarantee is offered if it fails to remove freckles. Also mentions “After Election” hoax jokes.
In 1915 over a thousand Harvard students took part in a range of athletic activities from major sports to minor recreation. The involvement reflects broad campus enthusiasm for physical culture and competition during the period.
Nashville Tennessee woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing a tumor during the Change of Life after medical help failed for years. She reports relief after using the tonic and advises others to seek the remedy for similar symptoms.
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