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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1909
Page
4
A woman driving through New England stops at a blacksmith shop to see the blacksmith. A bystander calls the smith out. Inside the shop a deeper voice asks if she is young or old. The exchange ends with a flirtatious quip about satisfaction.
Building activity signals commercial prosperity as incomes rise and households form. In fifty cities construction is twice last year's level, suggesting more marriages and new homes. Gideon proved wise in selecting soldiers who stayed alert and sober.
A poem by Wilbur D Nesbit from the Chicago Record-Herald extols a child’s bedtime prayer. It contrasts childlike trust with adult prayer, praising innocence, humility, and the belief that child’s petitions reach the divine throne. The piece reflects sentimental late nineteenth century religious sentiment.
Cassy, now 40, reflects on a spring vow as Gordon returns after decades. He reveals a vanished wife died last month, admitting he never loved her and that he left Cassy years ago. The scene unfolds on her steps with her loyal bulldog Zack guarding the doorway.
A Philadelphia Record correspondent describes Mexico City bells and bell ringers. About two thousand men work as tollers, with sixteen towers at the great cathedral and many smaller churches across the country. Bell ringing is a respected craft passed down generations, done by hand, with shifts day and night and clocks improvised by tolls.
In a moonlit moment Cassy and Gordon confront years of separation. Gordon admits love and seeks forgiveness, while Cassy, now free, suggests they might still find happiness together. They cling and weep, watched over by Zack, as the night and moon bless their reconciliation.
A collection of aphorisms on self made men duty perception pride and social manners. The piece muses on human foibles including vanity generosity humility and the ironies of everyday life with witty observations.
A movement among West club women seeks to keep families intact by preventing state separation of children from indigent mothers. It cites Australia where widowed mothers with families are boarded with the mother to preserve the family unit. The excerpt includes observations on Dutch peasants forming a choir and a social reformer overhearing gendered views on domestic life and class.
Admiral Dewey mourns starched dress lines while observing a Atlantic City parade. The piece shifts to Oklahoma reformer Mrs. Kate Barnard's collapse after campaigning and debates over women's stamina in politics, then notes Haiti's attire and a mother's worry over a daughter's irritability as a family coping tale.
An article contrasts the rarity of successful women lawyers with the few who attract presidential commissions. It notes the tough path, costs, and urging capable women to pursue law. It also reports a surge in wife desertions in poorer districts, blamed on hard times, with relief efforts hampered by funding.
The article notes that in society circles the final lesson is carving etiquette for formal dinners. It cites figures like Manojo Gould and Ethel Roosevelt as examples of refined hosts, highlighting carving as essential for bachelor girls hosting meals at home.
A playful exchange in a Brooklyn parlor centers on marriage and wit as a young bachelor declares a meeting superior to man while a married man teases about admiring it. The exchange captures social humor in a neighborhood vignette.
A fragment from the Louisville Courier Journal questions the types of securities used in wash sales, humorously noting they are “guaranteed not to shrink” and pondering their nature in this brief, satirical comment.
The report covers a successful physician serving 160 families, European investment in moving river projects, Vienna water supply cuts due to a dry season, and Berlin medical demonstrations on canine kidney transplants. It also notes lightning discharge structure, U S forest area and ownership, and a possibility of Arabia exploration with heat comparisons of the Oman Red Sea desert.
A Montreal Standard piece describes miniature trees grown in china bowls sourced from Japan. Care spans decades with patient pruning, root checks, and training to fit small spaces, yielding a decorative tableable specimen akin to larger trees.
The Dead Sea is government property leased to a native firm. A wooden launch with a motor faces saltwater hull corrosion and limited local wealth restricts pleasure boating. Permits must come from the Sultan, making motorboats rare and mainly serving Jaffa as a market.
A well fed horse pulls a shabby pair into town as aged laborers, poor and exhausted, tremble by a post. The master shakes dice nearby and declares the old plowmen dead of grief and cold, noting their costly labor is finished.
A garbled quote from Miss Mland Brown and Mr. istastus Pink Jey discusses a machine’s cost hindering profitability. The fragment references a Washington Star source and a jokingly phrased car issue with five chickens and a fatal outcome on the road.
A domestic hen can yield 700 eggs in two years and provide nutrient rich meat. It helps households raise income by keeping fowls and learning disease prevention, breeding tips, and care methods. A 25 cent book from Book Publishing House offers twenty five years of fowl raising experience.
In Melbourne four women linked to a man serving six years operate a bail bond scheme. A wife using her savings passbook as security deposits up to 1000 dollars for urgent bail. Police say her weekly transactions total five or more, and they accept her bail despite aware of her habits and associates.
A young Canadian humorist traveled to England hoping for receptive editors in London. He sent a note with his Punch contribution mentioning a morning arrival and a visit to Westminster Abbey, noting the grim feel of facing the place where he would be buried.
Rev G M Gray of Whitesboro Texas extols Doan's Kidney Pills as a remedy for back ache urinary disorders and kidney trouble. Ad cites price 60 cents and seller Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY with testimonials and a general product endorsement. Also mentions Hall's Catarrh Cure offer and a King’s Dress Coat fashion note from Stockholm Castle and Dundee Advertiser.
A humorous quip from a general store scene contrasts old time sayings with a wartime notice. Uncle Bill suggests a playful dig at St Perkins while discussing farm life and a separate line notes Emperor Nicholas’s order to abolish drama in the Russian army.
A reader reports long term constipation cured by Grape-Nuts after failing with laxatives and cathartics. He describes initial skepticism, notes digestion improved immediately, and claims complete permanent relief with the pre digested food. The letter is presented as a genuine testimonial alongside other similar notices.
The clipping markets Cuticura remedies for eczema and other ailments, promoting quick cures and home treatment. It lists testimonials from individuals and promotes Murine eye remedy, Allen's Foot-Ease, Lane's Family Medicine, and Detchon's Rheumatism relief, with pricing and ordering details. It also advertises Dan Rice memoirs and a Chicago book publisher.
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