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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 04, 1917
Page
4
Colonel William J. Bryan says he will go to war if he is needed while Colonel Theodore Roosevelt declares he will go whether needed or not. The two men cannot agree on anything. Daily State Gazette report.
The speaker cites Theodore Roosevelt stating there are only two classes in America today Americans and anti Americans and expresses focus on whether a person is American regardless of religion or politics.
East Mulstone Plainsboro and nearby towns become dry by court rulings. Judge Beekman refused to renew the Franklin Hotel license and Judge Daly held no jurisdiction over Plainsboro Hotel license renewal. The Plainsboro outcome leaves Cranbury without a licensed hotel. Prohibition supporters hail the trend while Congress faces a nationwide war era dry law push.
The article extols backyard toads as vital garden allies. Toads patrol at night, snapping up mosquitoes and beetles that would hatch into pests, potentially saving vegetables from ruin. It urges readers to keep toads in gardens to control pests efficiently.
If you suffer from chronic or muscular rheumatism try Chamberlain's Liniment. It offers relief from pain and is worth many times its cost. Available everywhere.
Repeated reports from Rome and Amsterdam describe food riots and unrest in Teutonic nations. The Vatican’s information suggests a pending general revolt, with fear the war will last longer unless the German emperor is forced to terms by his people. The piece argues the world fights against the ambitions of a single man and the small group backing him.
The Legislature finished its work and attention shifts to the fall campaign. Eighteen counties will elect sheriffs with 17 seats open. current retirements split 11 Republicans and 6 Democrats. The Senate stands 15 Republicans to 6 Democrats, Assembly 44 Republicans to 16 Democrats.
In a clipped quote from the Passaic News cited by the Jersey City Journal, the short skirt is said to fail economically while leather costs rise. The piece notes a surge in shoe variety including white pink and blue footwear for tennis riding walking and hunting and says the shoe has eclipsed the hat as the leading fashion item.
Washington Camp No 182 P O S of A holds an April 25 meeting with a State Master visit from Madison and a patriotic speech by Rev Daniel Quattelbaum. A new member joined, plans for a Town Hall on Jamesburg avenue are noted, plus a May 6 church day and several local residents' activities and illnesses.
Leonard P. Blackwell longtime Hopewell township merchant owner of the corner store at Main Street and Delaware Avenue Pennington died at 6 15 PM after several months illness. He was born near Pennington son of Charles T and Mary Elizabeth Blackwell lived in the borough nearly 56 years and attended Pennington Seminary. He helped run F E and L P Blackwell with his brother before continuing the business alone. He played on the Pennington Mutual baseball team in youth. Also includes a note about a pigeon flying a thousand miles in two days six hours seventeen minutes.
Princeton University will supply faculty vegetables and produce at cost from its 200 acre farm near campus. Dr Jacob G Lipman of Rutgers Agricultural College helped establish the farm four years ago. Last year the Princeton plot yielded over 4000 bushels of potatoes on 28 acres. Plans also include supplying vegetables for students.
A wartime call to the W. C. T. U. members to increase the food supply by raising crops and practicing economy. It urges canning demonstrations and notes a national clearing house for women's labor will operate in Washington with registration cards sent to state presidents.
A Youth's Companion note highlights city life as New Yorkers tread dirt into subways, revealing how 1,500 tons of soil were carried into stations in half a year, illustrating urban scale through everyday detail.
The ad recalls ancient Greek Pythagoreans who used a five pointed star as a health symbol. A red five point ed star appears on each package of Chamberlain's Tablets, promising quick relief from indigestion biliousness or constipation and urging readers to buy from their druggist.
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