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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1907
Page
4
The sulphur bottom or blue whale is the largest animal, reaching eighty feet rarely. measurements show extreme length, skull size, and weights, with total weight around thirty tons and large examples at sixty five tons. The largest past animal is brontosaurus at about thirty eight tons.
The piece extols the hen as a productive farm asset capable of pests control and high egg yield. It claims five years yields 700 eggs with rich contents and urges readers to buy a 25 cent guide from the Book Publishing House in New York for practical poultry care and breeding.
A Milanese tale and a quip from Puck are cited. The elder and younger sons dispute the camel herd and blessing, the elder yielding to his brother’s claim and facing punishment for greed. A second joke contrasts two hobbies, asking which belongs to the wife and which to the automobile, blending parable and humor.
Pall Mall Gazette cites Lamarck on giraffes and neck growth as cumulative. Engineering Magazine analyzes iron copper price relation, noting copper supply limits and iron’s greater resilience to price shifts. Rich tobacco lands yield up to $2000 per acre annually.
A Ohio woman details chronic indigestion and constipation, feared as a serious illness, but relief came after using Grape Nuts. She cites regular bowels, improved memory, and mental clarity since adopting the cereal, attributed to better digestion. The Postum Co. promotes The Road to Wellville booklet.
In a sunny June market Angela Thurlow charms customers with roses eggs and vegetables while her sister Rita and the family farm keep pace. A handsome soldierly man and his companion arrive to buy, Angela discreetly observes, and an accidental overpayment leads to a brief mystery in the bustling stall scene.
Angela feeds poultry when Tom Thurlow arrives with Captain Geoffrey Lawler. Rita recognizes Lawler from a rose sale pact and the two men clash with fate. The pair vow to talk long, believing destiny has united them, while townsfolk speculate on the romance.
A collection of moral maxims on character and faith contrasts with a travel note from Manchester Guardian about W J Garnett, third secretary of the British Legation in Pekin, describing Chinese villages and language confusion on a provincial journey in Shan tung and Klangsu.
The Boston Herald cites Prince Urussoy's memoirs describing a Bessarabian Jew condemned to death and buried alive after a botched strangulation. The account frames police brutality in Cesarrasia, with officials and reform governors cited for systemic anti Jewish persecution and impunity.
An 19th century note accuses the mosquito of harming tea plants in India by bites causing kerosene and other fluids used to repel insects to affect flavor. Tea growers seek protection methods without harming the insect.
The piece surveys season trends with chic garments and practical advice. It argues for women’s labor specialization to boost wealth, outlining a utopian shift from home duties to market labor and possible societal changes.
The piece notes that in the year ending June 30, 1905, 303,585 immigrant women arrived, many for work, with 90 percent of studied unmarried or childless immigrant women employed or seeking work. It discusses economy in dress as practical planning and informed buying, and comments on Annie O’Hagan’s Harper’s Bazar essays defending spinster life against melodramatic depictions.
Pierre de Campe, a French worker, struggles with a Bradley kitchen project. His slow pace prompts his employers Mrs. Bradley to ask if dinner will be ready by five. He laments the age of progress and urges haste while joking about time and work.
A Boston Transcript correspondent reports a cow in a New York state town startling residents by eating a ball of kite string and chasing a flying kite. The cow broke through a fence and raced home as the kite stayed aloft until the animal was captured.
The Court Journal notes new bayonet and four swords issued, not yet replacing current weapons. Swords designed for thrusting will be long straight and narrow following the rapier, bayonets long and thin for reach. The Russo-Japanese War showed hand to hand fighting remains relevant.
A fragment discusses camp living influencing suburban house design with a long living room, small kitchen, four bedrooms upstairs, a screened porch for outdoor sleeping, and a compact layout. An odd dialogue fragment follows about a Geatrion company and a walking home anecdote, with garbled names.
The text reports Dr. Thierry bold claim of an all healing burn acid, notes two streams of suns and planets in motion, belts on air ship plans, and a Bucharest veterinary professor Udriakt replacing a horse leg with a leather artificial limb. It mentions rabbits in Oregon dying from disease and Japanese sailors abroad storing water bottles for hygiene. It ends with a meditation on change and a three stage life theory with a 25 year cycle from youth to old age.
A historical overview notes California oil production rising since the late 19th century with Los Angeles district yielding over 10 million barrels in a decade. It details refinery products from light fuels to residua, uses in gas engines, and the shift from coal to oil affecting transportation and manufacturing demand.
A famous Texas pecan tree at the Bend on the Colorado River owned by P. B. McCoury yields a large crop. The crop was recently sold for 150 dollars, with buyers expecting to gain 150 dollars as clear profit. Nuts often sell 50 to 75 cents per pound according to San Saba correspondence through the San Antonio press.
The Westminster Gazette discusses a marriage puzzle arguing that a man should not marry two sisters. The piece reasons that if a wife’s sister is as much my sister as my own, then she would also be a sister to my brother, making their marriage a sexual contradiction and absurd.
A damaged OCR fragment notes a scene at Leavenworth Federal Prison Kansas where 965 inmates are at work building around aid over them and preparing for confinement in the very prison they labor within.
A blend of kitchen notes on stewing young okra with cream, salt codfish and potatoes fried in fat, and roasting pork and cross rib beef with detailed sauces. The piece also shares practical tips for cleaning copper brass removing stains and fire maintenance plus vegetable prep guidance.
An elderly spinster who loved the German crown prince died leaving $12,000 and jewelry to the heir apparent. A letter offering marriage was found. the prince kept the letter but sent the money and jewelry to the lady’s next of kin. Germany is noted for producing 20,000 tons of honey annually.
The excerpt describes a sea-wolf or grampus weighing up to 3000 pounds and fourteen feet long with a fierce appetite for young seals and whales. It recalls a bishop in a small town amazed by a soprano singing Nearer My God to Thee while a hostess jokingly explains she boils eggs with three verses for soft and five for hard.
A letter from Mrs. R. L. Risley of Piermont New Hampshire recounts a infant eczema battle that ended after using Cuticura three products. The notice notes the story dates to October 24 1905 and promises a dramatic full recovery.
Advertises Hall's Catarrh Cure claiming to restore the Eustachian tube and cure deafness caused by catarrh. Offers $100 for any case not cured and urges readers to obtain circulars and buy Hall's Family Pills for constipation.
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