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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1908
Page
4
A poem reflected in John J. Browne’s lines extols the man who meets adversity with calmness and kindness. It contrasts the prone to blame with the steadfast worker who bears reverses gracefully and keeps faith in love and purpose.
In a foggy country retreat Miss Van Busker faces gossip over an alleged engagement to the Duke of Derry. Captain Croome pursues her attention, while Miss Van Busker remains undecided as poems are drafted for a playful contest and a dramatic reading ends in tension.
In a London scene at breakfast Miss Van Busker departs with her luggage by brougham while Captain Croome takes the Sandauette. Lady Newbattle frets over telegrams from the Duke of Derry and the two admirers. The narrator hints at scandal and possible reunion at the station.
New York Herald reports the bark beetle that ravaged Black Hills forests across the West faces decline. After decades of damage costing about ten million dollars, nature’s slime between bark and wood killed young beetles, stopping further spread as foresters abandon cutting and move slime to affected areas.
A collection of quips and maxims on life love and wit from The New York Telegram with lines about time trust and vanity. The item includes remarks on beauty honesty and social pretensions and quotes from Eve's Exigrims. It also reports on timber wolves bounty records and coastal Indians seeking higher bounties in New Alberni Press and mentions a Sahara postal service using camel messengers.
London reports Dr Romme a physiologist claims a universal natural law where a child resembles the weaker parent. He cites statistics showing about 105 or 106 girls per 100 boys, with exceptions after great wars when strong men are at the front. He links war, age gaps, and even tsarina and Kaiser cases to his theory.
London based inventor Knudsen showcased wireless typesetting enabling 3000 words an hour remotely through Marconi. He claims future capability to send pictures and fingerprints from England to New York, and to relay London news straight to printing presses. He also demonstrated wireless photography transmitting recognizable King and Queen images through walls without wires.
A Psycho-Therapeutic Society discourse by Rev. B S Lombard argues excessive talking wastes vital energy and fuels insanity, describing loud talkers as human vampires. The piece then reports varied social notes from Chicago and beyond, including women forming the Art Craft Colony and other scattered items on suffrage, marriages, and public figures.
Emma Sehnett proposes a lion breeding farm near San Jose to supply zoos and dealers. County Clerk faces protests from local farmers over the plan and climate suitability cited as favorable for her sons.
A dense historical price list shows farm and market goods with per crate per basket and per pound rates. It includes seafood poultry vegetables and live stock with figures for jer, strawherries, cranberries, potatoes, lettuce, spinach, and more along with regional references and unit pricing.
The era's financial scene shows Wall Street burdened by money while farm sectors expand. Reports indicate record farm acreage, rising exports, and improved rail and manufacturing activity. Optimism from officials and bankers clashes with ongoing credit tightening and crop damage concerns across regions.
The Well Informed demand a simple laxative with known wholesome components. California Fig Syrup Co offers Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna praised for gentle yet prompt action. Buy only the genuine product, sold by leading druggists, price fifty cents per bottle.
A report outlines a St Paul Park incident tied to a $365000 need to fund $25000 machinery and mine operations, noting payments completed and ongoing property expansion. It mentions various ventures, equipment offers, and promotional material amid a jumble of unrelated notices and historical notes.
The upper Amazon region in Peru faces deforestation as native rubber gatherers strip trees and tap new wounds each month from July to January. Experts urge systematic planting to replace the declining rubber-producive trees damaged by wasteful practices and short-sighted policy.
Fresh water tanks on the newest Atlantic liners allow direct from the tank fish to be served aboard with the firm, fresh appearance of catch. The innovation aims to avoid decayed “fresh” fish long kept out of water and improves safety and palate appeal.
A collage of testimonial ads tout Cuticura for healed sores after long suffering and multiple treatments. Includes Hall’s Catarrh Cure promotion, a flea of endorsements from Kixxay Marvin and Cruxey, plus a spoof about naval academy telephones cut off to keep girls from calling midshipmen.
An advertisement snippet lists Garfield Digestive Tablets at 25 cents per bottle from a druggist or Garfield Tea Co Brooklin NY and mentions samples on request. It also references Dr Kline's Great Nerve Restorer at 2 dollars with a free trial offer, Winslow's Soothing Syrup for teething at 25 cents, and notes on hats as an English nuisance amid items about millinery exports and international feather trade.
A newspaper notice extols Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard remedy for female illnesses. It cites Mrs Bertha Muir of Louisiana Missouri who recovered after twelve years of suffering and eleven doctors, praising the product and Mrs Pinkham’s advice as restoring health and strength to women.
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