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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1919
Page
6
An advertisement urges readers to take a test for acid stomach using BATONIC tablets. It claims relief from indigestion heartburn and related symptoms, and asserts Eatonic guarantees money back if no relief. The copy emphasizes health risks from acid stomach and promises improved digestion and strength from proper food use.
Five year old Raymond Hendricsson drowned while playing near Black's creek. Coroner Rogers handles the case. Awos Gaunt of Upper Pittsgrove reports seven opossums taken from a mother. Westmont delivers new fire equipment. Memorial Day plans expand to honor returning soldiers. Train service petitions from Williamstown commuters. multiple towns face housing pressure and gasping rent hikes. Community drives include hog inoculations, grave flower collections, and Independence Day fund efforts.
An advertisement extols GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as a long time household remedy for constipation indigestion nervous dyspepsia and liver trouble. It claims the tonic is gentle laxative and useful across civilized countries. A maid’s weekend off ends with a joke about her deceased father in the silver wedding tale.
A conversation reveals a man with three theater tickets. He contemplates seating the third ticket with the man they usually visit between acts, sparing the other from a separate outing. The mother questions attending the theater tonight, adding a note of social improvisation and implied courtesy.
A dialogue notes a secret engagement and an accusation from Miss Oldum that the narrator was not married because no one had proposed, implying the fiancé told her otherwise. The exchange underscores social gossip in Brooklyn.
A quirky item notes Cuticara products including soap and ointment with advertising flavors. A child Vivian pauses during the Lord’s Prayer and asks for butter on bread, prompting a family moment.
A man stands in a burning mansion holding a portrait of a beautiful woman. His pale face and convulsing lips hint at a deep personal mystery. The picture, torn from its nail, caused a lump on his head and may reveal the fate of a wife or daughter.
A worried agrarian complains his wife is in poor health and talks incessantly with a squawking voice. The doctor prescribes going home and unplugging a party line telephone, noting she has been listening too much. The quip ends with a wry line about fortunes made from others curiosities.
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