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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1919
Page
3
A hatchery of fear drives a narrator into a banana freight car as he hides from a supposed tarantula. After a frantic search and imagined horrors, he discovers only torn sack fibers, fleeing before the mystery is dared out.
In Alaska natives store food high on platforms to keep it safe from wolves. An Iskimo trap uses an upward set spearhead frozen in ice with seal blubber as bait. Wolves bite the blade, cut their tongues, bleed and turn on each other until most are dead or badly wounded.
The article describes superstitions around infant christenings in rural England. The carrier’s entry method, the brisk dancing pose, and the girt foot are linked to a cheerful future. Color choices for baby garments also carry luck beliefs, with red pink and blue favored and green or yellow viewed as unlucky or disruptive.
The excerpt challenges physical limits with a series of odd tests. It describes standing blindfolded, foot placement near wainscoting, rising from a chair, breaking a match using finger nail positions, and retrieving items while heels touch the wall, ending with a note on cleverness needed for upright positioning.
A Lancaster area distillery on the city outskirts has been purchased by a Delaware county chemical firm planning to move its entire dye plant to the Lancaster site. The company promotes air development and asserts America can produce dyestuffs as well as Germany did.
The feature describes new girl coats in shops designed for comfort in cold weather. It highlights woolly double-breasted coats with long lengths and cuffed sleeves, velveteen and velvet styles, plush beaver accents, and fur varieties sourced from rabbits and muskrats. Prices rise with fur models, noting a coat costing about one hundred dollars.
Shops display a surge of small and medium hats including turbans and tailored models. Napoleon inspired pieces lead a group featuring black velvet, chenille stitching, and feather accents. matronly velvet turbans and duvetyn brims also attract attention as new coats and white wraps signal day wear.
A vintage cooking column lists methods for making soups from leftovers. It details corn chowder with pork, potatoes, corn, milk and buttered crackers. cream soup with bread and cream. cream of peanut soup with peanut butter and cornstarch. quick egg soup with beef extract and rice. and split pea soup with pork, onion, and a flour butter thickener.
The fragment reflects on human qualities and character, noting that larger natures seek the best in others and view imperfections less cynically. It quotes Trine and discusses how prevailing character shapes perception.
A guide to cheese based meals including Stuffed Potatoes With Cheese Rice Baked With Cheese Pittsburgh Potatoes Drab and put into a baking dish and Baked Fish with Piquant Stuffing and Baked Eggs With Cheese. The passage details prep steps and sauce ideas for casseroles and baked dishes using cheese to provide nutrients and flavor.
Mr. Grasshopper shares ideas about frivolity and virtue as he and Mrs. Grasshopper praise nonsnobbish friends. They note younger grasshoppers’ sociable behavior and a school sign reading Here is the School of Good Sense created by Green Grasshopper.
The passage urges overflowing helpfulness and cheer that benefits the world. It encourages hearts that are not merely full but spilling over with smiles, pleasant words, and acts of kindness.
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