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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1886
Page
1
A poet recalls childhood vows with Dolly in a nearby town. They planned to marry, built a life, and endured loss as the farm and church memory linger. The speaker invites a companion to see the vows site and the resting dead, reflecting on aging work and fading sunlight.
A young woman recalls a birthday when she and Jack face a hidden past. After a rift caused by a rumor of engagement, she learns she may be a foundling rescued by her future mother and father. A cameo ring becomes a link to her unknown origins, ending with a family reunion and engagement reaffirmed.
A frontier guide explains roping basics for tenderfoots, noting rope lengths, head roping as riders close in, and how beginners improve. The piece contrasts Mexican and American riders, then describes horse handling and the skill required to control a lively mount during calf rounds and in show theater.
A Macon chemist was tried for selling morphine without authority as cases show increasing addiction. Physicians warn morphine habits spread especially among women with many nurses already addicted. In Paris society the drug is said to cause severe harm to mind and body.
The article explains that fat heats well beyond water temperature and must be boiling hot to fry food properly. If fat is not hot enough, doughnuts and other items form burned crusts that prevent proper cooking, leaving the food drenched in tepid fat and indigestible.
A kitchen page offers diverse tips from brightening carpet with turpentine to drying cane chairs, making dairy based dishes, tomato preparations, and beverages. It includes codified methods for gela tine desserts, lait de pou, and rhubarb mixtures, plus guidance on crochets and beef stews. It also covers remedies for indigestion, headaches, and general health tips using common household ingredients.
Nonsensical OCR style page sketch shows stray quotes and mumbled dialogue. Fragments mention a flower show Mrs Smith’s death a downtown walk and a New York lightning remark. Vague street vignettes capture voices from a Boston Lady to an Irishman and a school bell scene.
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