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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1909
Page
3
A San Francisco Call reprint recounts ex judge Wallace testing a bar candidate with asking the "lability of a common carrier." The hopeful’s reply that he forgot the answer prompts Wallace to lament that the only man who knew the term has forgotten, a calamity noted by Billy Barnes.
Rev Maxwell Rowland of Tom's River New Jersey cites a kidney trouble attack with back and loins pain. He says doctors failed to help then Dean's Kidney Pills gave prompt relief and restored the kidneys. Sold by all dealers 50 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
Lancashire employs 116000 in coal mines producing 28 to 30 million tons annually. Output per worker was 243.3 tons in 1908. Death and accident rate was high with 24 percent of miners needing medical care and 206 lives lost. New York City residents average 318 car rides yearly according to recent data.
A book review and notices. Marla Ward Brown presents Memoria of Dan Rice a 600 page volume of jokes harangues anecdotes songs and sketches from the sawdust arena. Priced postpaid at $1.60 from Book Publishing House New York. Also brief notes on whale groan at harpoon sighting railway construction in India and German savings banks pass books and deposits.
The article notes two cases where laboratories surpassed traditional agriculture. Germany develops synthetic indigo and alizarine, replacing Indian and French natural supplies. India buys indigo from Germany. France maintains madder to avoid German dependence, a shift marked by sentimental French patrol attire dyed with natural dyes in contrast to industrial red cloth.
A fragment from Ippincott's Magazine describes a Parisian dentist's anteroom where a woebegone patient awaits with the attendant asking whom to deliver to the doctor. The scene underscores perceived French courtesy as the observer credits politeness amid distress.
In a Harper's Weekly passage a bald farmer and his wife discuss a newspaper claim that petrified remains have been found of prisoners in an Italian prison. The exchange plays on satire about hardened criminals and curiosity.
A letter claims coffee worsened a woman heart condition due to caffeine in coffee and tea. After eleven weeks on Postum boiled as directed, she reports weight gain from 93 to 168 pounds, relief from headaches, and no longer needing nervous rest. The doctor endorsed Postum and urged not to return to coffee.
A bedtime tale recounts Nita carelessly deceiving her nearly blind grandmother over water from a spring. After neglecting chores and tricking Granny, a fairy exposes her behavior with a cotton doll frock and gifts, and Nita suffers cramps, learns empathy, and vows to be kind.
In a Washington Star tale, a sick girl Nita drinks bitter water given by a fairy who hides truth and grants forgiveness if the child confesses. Nita admits misdeeds to her grandmother, the fairy vows future good luck, and the grandmother laments aging steps to the spring as the bond heals.
The idea of humps built in road crossings to slow autos at rail and road intersections began with the Penney vonia Railroad. They reduce train delays by forcing cars to slow, and Kansas City considers applying the device to parks and boulevards. While road humps mar roadways and annoy drivers, they curb reckless driving and prevent accidents, Albany Journal reports.
A collection of wry aphorisms on faults, adversity, popularity, honesty, marriage, and human behavior. Observations note irony in fame, boasting, and trust, with a digressive anecdote about a Sri Lankan shopboy who stole rupees and vanished, then reappears traveling between Colombo and Kandy.
A mixed page offers household guidance from stain removal with olive oil advice to whitening and bleaching, plus wardrobe simplicity and home decor. It includes recipes for Monkey Cookies, Fruit Salad dressing, Clam Broth, Potato Puffs, Boston Brown Bread, Bread Croquettes, and Caramel Custard with practical notes on economy and taste. It ends with a short anecdote about a clergyman's remarks on women's dress and a tale of two brothers at school.
A garbled 1920s style market listing shows Milk Exchange standard quality at 4 cents per quart, with various dairy, fruits, vegetables, poultry, and other goods priced by barrel, basket, or pound. Numerous entries reference Creamery Western, Deans Marrow, Plate Full Cream, apples, peaches, cranberries, chickens, ducks, squash, potatoes, cucumbers, and more, reflecting a broad wholesale catalog with mixed legibility.
The report notes rising internal commerce across the nation with gains in coal and iron trades and heavy lumber movements. Rail track activity exceeds last year but a growing car shortage threatens movement of staples. Building permits across 107 cities total $63.3 million, up 13.5 percent from 1905. Cranberry crops show large yields with Massachusetts and New Jersey leading. total field projected at 1.675 million bushels. Executive committee sets November milk prices. dairy butter receipts stable despite milk scarcity. Apple crops face transportation bottlenecks risking rot. milk prices rise in New York City. broom prices climb. rice millers retreat on prices. sugar crop expected below normal. iron and steel output hits record, with dividend increases in common stock.
A fragment from Woman's Home Companion discusses how to define a gentleman. Little Sadie offers a witty, if blunt, definition in a spelling lesson: a gentleman is a man you don't know very well. The passage reflects playful language and social humor of the era.
Public notices advertise free medical diagnosis from Munyon’s doctors by mail. The offer promises thorough evaluation with no obligation and an option to follow or ignore advice. Addressed from Philadelphia, Pa. A separate item notes Italian government commissioners recommending women in trade gain voting rights for chambers of commerce.
An elderly reader describes severe head to foot eczema relief after using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent. He credits a night’s sleep after 24 hours and a full month’s treatment leading to cure. The advert cites Potter Drug and mentions a tropical climate and wide hunting opportunities in India, per Wide World Magazine.
A housewife, wary after dishonest servant troubles, writes to the applicant's last employer for explicit honesty. The reply affirms trustworthiness. Montaigne was astonished in 1680 to find many Spaniards at Swiss meals, as many as people present. N.Y.-46
An advertising notice claims good health comes from right living and timely remedies. It promotes California Fig Syrup Co. laxatives Syrup of Figa and Elixir of Senna as the preferred, gentle laxative available through leading druggists.
An official statement from Dr. Mark W. Richardson, secretary of the State Board of Health, identifies a Boston waitress as the source of a typhoid epidemic at Jefferson. The worker drank from a can of game milk, then returned it, leading to infections among guests at breakfast and several deaths among prominent Bostonians.
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