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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1912
Page
6
A village scare erupts when a man abducts Miss Marjorie Graves amid a thwarted auto deal. The incident triggers a chase, misunderstandings with Harry Thurston, and a risky test drive that ends with the major nearly wrecking the car before rescue.
The piece describes artificial coloring of fish, noting a Sicilian method using chalk iron and peat to color carp. After a two week bath the fish receive a second chemical bath with iron and tan. Adjusting quantities controls color, and a Paris journal says a seemingly new ornamental fish is produced and highly valued, though the process is risky.
A woman asks why a man would steal a kiss and he agrees that the same thought has crossed his mind. Their quiet gaze intensifies the moment as they consider a shared longing.
Practical notes on alfalfa seed, weed control, early spring chicken prices, brooder hygiene, lice prevention, and best practices for calves, sows, horses, and hogs. Includes seed quality, incubator use, feeding, and housing guidance for poultry, pigs, and sheep.
A detailed guide by T H Van Benthuysen describes building a chicken coop from a packing box for self-supply eggs. It covers dimensions, roost construction, front enclosure with burlap, bedding with sand and newspaper, ventilation, and stocking guidance for winter and summer.
The piece notes that keeping layers early yields pullets ready to lay by fall or early winter. With eggs currently dear, having new layers means securing egg supply when market prices peak.
A colonial-era suggestion argues that scrub hens should be mated to pire-bred males to ensure upward breeding trends. The text advocates limiting propagation of scrub poultry and promoting improved stock through controlled pairings.
A Daisy fly killer promises to kill thousands and last all season. It costs 15 cents at dealers or six shipped prepaid for $1.00 from Ti. Somers, 150 De Kalb Ave, Brooklyn, N.Y. Woman discovers she cannot reform her husband as the tale begins with a neighbor.
In a clipped exchange from Lippincotts a brisk talk turns on a man named Dinnis who fell from an airglide while learning to fly. Mrs. Murphy jokes he stopped mid lesson and Mrs. Casey confirms he had been in a correspondence course.
A ten year old girl contemplates her future marriage and family. She initially says she will have four children but then reconsidering wonders if she might marry a bachelor instead. The exchange appears in a Saturday Evening Post humor paragraph.
A witty patron teases a farm laborer by asking about marriage and reveals a humorous twist. The laborer, shyly, answers that he married once to a woman and adds his sister also married a man, prompting further amused exchanges among the crowd.
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