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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1916
Page
8
The First National Bank of Jamesburg announces deposits surpassed the half million mark for the year, a historic sum in the bank’s fifty year history. Checks will be mailed next month to Christmas savings enrollees.
Festus Pester recalls an odd neighbor who, after dialing the right number, would politely announce himself. The funeral drew the largest crowd in the area, with strong men breaking down and children convinced they would not see his like again, as the Judge observed.
A fragment from a humor column features playful lines about home plots, transforming tables, and talking cars. The dialogue shifts from domestic mortgages to wishful inventions and a child asking a curious question, all cited from newspaper snippets.
The article notes the Chinese custom burns gold leaf for anniversaries, consuming several million dollars worth of gold yearly. It adds a fact that one ton of whale blubber yields 200 gallons of oil.
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