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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1915
Page
7
Advert shows a two ounce bottle of Emerald OM by Moone Chemical Co Rochester NY claiming to reduce varicose veins glands goitre and wens with full strength used as directed. Price listed at $1.00. Also includes brief quips about war and gender roles.
Mrs Joseph Aselin of Minneapolis recounts two years of monthly pains and illness ending after three bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The ad claims the medicine is non narcotic, root and herb based, and offers confidential guidance from a female staff in Lynn Massachusetts.
Col. Cornelius Vanderbilt, chairman of the mayor's committee, heads the welcome in New York for officers and men of the Atlantic fleet during the May maneuvers.
The article notes dense church presence in Scranton Wilkes-Barre Hazleton and rural areas with 129 churches for 129,867 in Scranton 22 religions 66 churches in Wilkes-Barre 14 denominations 33 churches in Hazleton nine denominations. It lists mine workers totaling 175,000 including Russians Austrians Irish Germans Italians Welsh English Hungarians and many other nationalities.
In a southern town a black field worker sees a parachute jumper descend near him during a fairground event. The girl in scarlet tights lands within sight of the elderly laborer who politely asks about his family, reflecting local courtesy amid a windy accident.
A humor piece contrasts optimist and pessimist views on war duration with six months versus two years. It then satirizes neutrality as a diplomat’s disinterested mind and ends with observation on mill life and marriage, noting individual minds in married life.
Walter Roberts faced a posed question at the ticket window when a woman asked if the current show was moral and proper. He hesitated noting he could not judge human nature well enough to answer without risking a patron.
Pete arrives early at a neighbor’s to help with extra work after a large morning meal. The farmer asks if breakfast has been eaten, and Pete responds with a wheedling “kinda” indicating he has not yet eaten. This vignette from Everybody’s Magazine highlights humor about appetite and social breakfast norms.
A little boy sits on a Central Park bench as riders and a very fat woman on a donkey draw his attention. He declines a donkey ride and says he would rather laugh. The note cites May Young's Magazine.
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