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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1917
Page
5
Mrs and Mrs James Carney of BC Benefit Street Pawtucket Rhode Island praise Father John's Medicine as a safe wholesome tonic that builds strength in a run down three year old. They claim it helped their child recover after illness and advise families to use it for nourishment and energy.
Hundreds of tons of peach and apricot seeds previously discarded are now sold as fuel for canning factories in California. Seeds, once deemed too hard for use, pop open when burned with coal and burn with a bright smokeless glow comparable to anthracite.
The advertisement claims Green's August Flower has been the top family remedy for fifty one years addressing biliousness stomach troubles and related symptoms such as sick headache nervous indigestion shut stomach and low mood with a 25 cent to 50 cent price range.
A fragment from the Indianapolis News quotes a jokesmith repeatedly prompting a punch line about getting down an elephant. The banter plays with misheard phrases and physical comedy as a crowd reacts to escalating wordplay.
Fragmentary dialogue shows calls for sacrifice to support national goods and wartime effort. Citizens debate behind the president and golf playing limits as tensions rise.
An unclear quote discusses a person named Pye observing others at work in a backyard. The speaker questions whether the activity stems from gardening interest or patriotic duty, with garbled wording and missing context.
Fragmentary notes mention cooking and the spirit of a dish but content is garbled and non-specific with no clear persons places or events to summarize.
On the Alsatia bound Liverpool to New York a young woman Lucy Carteret travels with a Dowager Dragon Amelia Beggarstaff aboard. The pair clash and bond as Carteret hides her real name and motives while seeking passage and protection on the ship.
In a light entertaining Atlantic steamship story from England to America, Mr. Vance crafts a voyage populated by gamblers smugglers and thieves posing as honest men. The cheerful characters drive a pleasant tale with a happy ending, not a moral problem novel. The editor promises readers will enjoy it.
Mrs Beggarstaff wins trust of Lucy and Carteret as the young woman continues her life story in the forthcoming installment.
The article discusses early devices for creating motion pictures and their names such as thaumaetrope zoetrope and kinematoscope. It notes Henry Heyl’s 1870 Philadelphia exhibition as the first showing of photographic motion pictures.
A brief quip notes dizzying speed of love as reported in the Buffalo Times quoting the Washington Post. The line wryly observes relationships turning quickly and leaving some readers feeling unsettled.
Letters from Lowell and North Haven women praise Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash for relief from nervousness headaches and bearing down pains during the Change of Life. Women are invited to write for free advice to the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass.
The antiseptic powder is shaken into shoes and foot baths to relieve painful swollen and smarting feet and ease corns and bunions. Marketed as the greatest comforter for foot-aches, sold everywhere at 24 cents. Trial package free. Address Allen S. Olmsted Le Ruy N Y.
A fragment describes a traveler lost in Paris seeking Boulogne train details. He asks a nearby person for English and is directed to ask a local station staffer after a frantic shout for help. The narrative centers on language barriers and a hopeful, if tense, attempt to reach Boulogne.
A fragmented page features an advertisement for Cuticura Soap and Ointment praising facial care products, followed by short comic exchanges about honesty and telltales. It ends with a quip on knowledge as power.
A description of Judge Landis in a chaotic Chicago federal proceeding. The piece recounts a tense moment where a young attorney misnames judges including Christian Nehkisaat and others such as James Henley and Peter Grexsop. Landis answers with dry wit, then maintains a steadier courtroom tone.
A fragmented page notes dialogue about credit and generosity. It mentions ambition as a feeling to do the impossible and describes a lever-operated towel wringer inverted for squeezing moisture. A pretty girl demonstrates oatmeal at a grocery.
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