Local Gossip and Visits From Cranbury and Nearby Towns
Cranbury and surrounding area residents stopped by for visits and weekend travel included Mrs. William Davison and Mrs. Elwood Groves visiting relatives in Trenton and Brooklyn. The Schultz Memorial Church invites its annual donation event on December 4. 1918 Dodge Touring Car purchased through Van Syckle agency with Elmer H. Dey of Prospect Plain.
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Schultz Memorial Methodist Church
Elmer H. Dey
Prospect Plain
van Syckle
Perth Amboy
Brewer fund drive praised while wealth from grain harms bread supply
The piece criticizes brewers who tout Liberty Bond subscriptions while using large grain quantities for beer during food scarcity. It argues that even modest grain use reduces bread for a million people and contrasts this with patriotic sacrifice by soldiers. It also promotes December Cosmopolitan's literary offerings and serials by noted writers.
An Old Man's Stomach
As we age our food needs shrink and the stomach demands lessen. At advanced ages 85 or 90 a man becomes a light eater. Occasionally overeating occurs and Chamberlain's Tablets are said to correct the disorder and aid gentle bowel movement.
Bursting Gun Barrels
The article explains that swollen or burst gun barrels result from defective ammunition or bore obstructions like snow or dirt. It states powder gas pressure is not the cause and that air compression between the bullet and obstruction drives the rupture, per Popular Science Monthly.
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Popular Science Monthly
For a Weak Stomach Diet and Constipation Tips
Advice on diet based on age and occupation to keep bowels regular. If you feel overfull or constipated, take one Chamberlain's Tablet.
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Chamberlain
Work Wanted by Bertha Wilson in Cranbury Area
Classified notice seeking daily work after Tuesdays by Mrs Bertha Wilson of Cranbury New Jersey a young married man seeks a farm position immediately with housing and privileges listed from Neshanic Station New Jersey address I and R D 2. Also birds for sale white Wyandottes dark Cornish black Brahmas by H Lewis Schaaner Cranbury area phone 17 L and R F B No 4.
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Bertha Wilson
Cranbury
N. J
Neshanic Station
H. Lewis ScHaAner
Garfield A Misfit in Fuel Administration Critique
The Kansas City Star criticizes Doctor Garfield as a misfit fuel administrator citing bungled wartime coal guidance. It argues wartime price controls and stock advice harmed supply as winter arrived, urging a more qualified leader with business and executive experience.
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Doctor Garfield
The
Star
Kansas City
Garfield
United States
Williams College
Kansas City Star
Little Pitcher
A fragment of dialogue shows a boy Tommy and his father discussing plans involving a chicken feed for a hen party at his mother’s company. The tone suggests a domestic, family scene with humor and a hint of mischief.
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Tommy
Balmore American
Cure for Croup Praised by Mrs Middleton
Mrs Rose Middleton of Greenville Indiana recounts her family’s experience with croup. She says Chamberlain's Cough Remedy quickly ended attacks in her son and has kept it on hand. She also used it for her own coughs and colds with good results.
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Rebecca Duncan
W. H. Johnson
Hall
F. J. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
All Drugeist
Rose Middleton
Greenville
Chaimberlain
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the Cranbury” Press
William Stein
Harvey Stein
Trenton
E. W. Appleger
Fr. Davis
East Orange
Emma Reynolds
Nicholas Vreeland
Monmouth Junction
M. Vreeland
William Davison
Helen Forman
Lemuel Stula
Alvah Forman
Montreal
Canada
Russell Johnson
Mrs
Alex
Applegate
Philadelphia
Elwood Groves
Brooklyn
Cropsey
Grace Hutton
John Barlow
Marie Chamberlin
Sidney Clayton
Jamesburg
James Applegate
Lawrenceville
Isaac
Everatt
Albert Walters
Prospect Plains
Mayme Appleget
Misa Hazel Neff
Virgie Stout
Amos M. Wala
Mrs. C. W. Stout
John S. Appleget
Anna
Harvey S. Dey
Raymond Lawrence
Woodbridge
Samuel Lawrence
Abram Miller
Archie
Elva
Samuel Nixon
Miller
Hester Nixon
Harry Simson
Armenia Dey
Dayton
M. E. Bergen
D. Perrine Miller
Freehold
P. Emmons
Warren Elsing
Geo. B. Mershon
W.c.t. U
Patriots
Cosmopolitan
Gale
Fannie Hurst
Gouverneur Morris
Edith Muncrane
Henry the
Samuel Merwin
George Randolph Chester
Wallingford
Blackie Dan
Rex Beach
Fred Stone
Arizona
Arnold Bennett
Herbert Kaufman
Stara
Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Lillie Langtry
Leopold
Belgium
George Ade
Owen Johnson
Camilla
Elizabeth Robins
Restless Sex
Robert W. Chambers
Puck
Gipson L, Applegate
A. G. Snedeker
A. J. Wade
Arthur L. Burroughs
Granbury
Perfod
Charles C. Groves
Office North Main Street
Cranbury, N.J
Blauvelt & Everest
Hightstown, N. J
P. Dunham & Co
Trenton, N. J
England
Scotland
France
Axminster
SY JaidhausrCr
B.f.gunson
Clothier and Haberdasher
E. State Street
Hotel Windsor
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