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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
6
A child questions wedding customs and preaching motives while a family discusses love and vows. A farmer from Illinois touts an invention that claims to have caught 35 bushels of grasshoppers in one day.
Old newspaper ad promotes California Syrup of Figs as a gentle remedy for sick children. It urges checking the tongue for feverish signs, claims rapid relief from constipation, and warns readers to demand the genuine product from the California Fig Syrup Company.
China broadens telephone service reach with new lines and equipment. The program aims to connect rural and urban areas, boosting communications nationwide.
The piece warns Scouts to avoid German influence and to support Liberty Bonds and War Savings Stamps. It stresses loyalty to the United States, vigilance among leaders, and obedience to government orders during wartime. It questions troop conduct and honesty in applications for commissions.
Gov. W. L. Harding lauds the Boy Scouts of America for guiding American youth toward loyal, idealistic manhood. He credits the organization with foresight and influence beyond wartime needs and urges broadened adoption of scout law values among all citizens.
General Pershing sends a letter to Colin Livingstone president of the Boy Scouts of America praising the four hundred forty two thousand scouts. He urges strict adherence to the scout law and notes the role of scouts in supporting civilization and future soldiers.
Scouts are urged to complete canvass reports on black walnut finds. A Saturday after school hike is proposed to locate the timber, support government gun stock and propeller needs, and ensure no scout campaign falls short during this critical period.
A scout official in Memphis writes that a U S Army major with extensive experience in receiving and transporting draftees asserts it would be impossible to manage without scouts. He says scouts are more helpful than police in handling crowds at draft camps.
The treasury department awards war service emblems to scouts who secured ten or more subscriptions in the Liberty Loan campaign. National council officers hope government recognition will spur greater service to the government and others. About 36000 scouts will receive awards for third Liberty Loan service.
Murphy California residents David Barttint and Donald Kaspar join the long pursuit of a legendary buried gold dust treasure once hidden by a miner named Buster on San Antone creek. They actively dig each day, believing they hold the inside track, though no results have appeared yet.
In Cleveland a stout pair of trousers and a low picket fence led to a gambler's downfall. Police interrupted a crap game and seized all players, one fleeing and vaulting a fence where a hole in his pants betrayed him, allowing an officer to complete the arrest.
In Kansas City Missouri Heather beat his wife choked her and threw a stove at her. The wife Anna Heather a city nurse had him arrested after he complained about joyriding with a chain doctor. The court ordered a $200 fine and sent him to the city farm, saluting Police Lieutenant Leroy Casey.
A 28 year old Akron man, employed as a clerk, whipped his 18 year old wife. Judge Pardee sentenced him to camp Sherman or another government training camp to prepare to fight for his country during the war.
Police raid on Mike Suuschawlen's home reveals 13 year old John Stasz Kawicz chained in a dark attic room. He bears signs of mistreatment and accuses his father of beating him with a whip over several days. The boy was taken into custody.
Canton Ohio resident Mrs Marie Boyd credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with relieving her female troubles and avoiding surgery after two doctors advised operation. The ad urges others to try the remedy before surgery and offers medical advice from Lydia Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts.
A wry exchange in Boys' Life about trout season and rule bending. A gnome warden warns a kid while the other boy quips that when fishing seasons align the fish vanish and when they don’t there are plenty, revealing playful rule bending.
An advertisement promises instant relief for dyspepsia and indigestion when meals cause sour stomach bloating and headaches. It highlights fast action to ease heavy abdominal pain and gas.
An advertisement claims that taking one or two Pape's Diapepsin tablets ends dyspepsia indigestion and stomach distress immediately. The harmless tablets are described as pleasant and inexpensive at drug stores.
excerpts from a Boston Transcript page feature a stentorian voice, a debated family line, and chatter about a sleepwalking woman named Pye. readers note tight talk on social quirks and two automobiles as small talk centers.
When symptoms begin, visit a drug store for a 30c Munyon's Cold Remedy and a 4 Sc Munyon's Gripper Remedy and follow the directions to ease watery eyes runny nose sore throat headache. In hours the headache may ease and in days influenza symptoms disappear with Munyon's help. Munyon's doctors offer free consultation. Address Munyon's Laboratories 64th and Columbia Ave Philadelphia.
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