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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 29, 1918
Page
7
Advice on preventing influenza and colds urges cleanliness, warmth, rest, good meals, and avoiding overexertion. It recommends Father John’s Medicine as a safe, effective treatment, noting its long history and claim of no narcotics or alcohol. It also warns against sneezing, crowded houses, and neglected colds which may lead to grip or pneumonia.
An advertisement urges use of Cuticura Soap to improve skin conditions and suggests occasional Cuticura Ointment for healing. Free samples offered via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Available at druggists and by mail with Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents.
Air force craft use varying equipment for scouting, dropping, or gun fighting. Battleship type planes mount guns aimed along the axis. pilots fire across the propeller. To protect the propeller, steel plates were added to deflect bullets, reducing wasted fire to about one in eighteen.
A fragmented passage suggests a cryptic exchange about someone named Tom and a grave expression. It then pivots to a general note that most Uruguayan buildings use brick with cement plaster finishes and oddly ends with a claim that four hours of sleep in a day suffices for an elephant.
Secretary of War Baker tentatively approves Commissioner Lewis plan to employ tested civil prisoners alongside German POWs for rebuilding devastated areas in France and Belgium after the armistice. State officials pledge support and a conference may follow as War Department details expand.
A promotional ad claims Danderine removes dandruff and prevents hair loss within minutes. It promises shinier, fuller hair after weeks of use and urges readers to buy a small bottle at drug stores to prove their hair can become soft and lustrous.
The piece discusses how Raleigh should be pronounced, noting many variant spellings and pronunciations. It mentions Sir Walter Raleigh spelling variants and observes the pronunciation Ranley or Ranley as ear heard, concluding the matter is minor. An unrelated ad for Hoxsie's Croup Remedy follows, touting 50 cents.
A porch scene shows Van readying to leave after a rainy night. His mother warns him not to ruin his clean clothes as he heads out, insisting he has already been. The boy’s white shoes and stockings look bedraggled from the wet walk.
The stage manager quips a prima donna on the war path complaining of a draft in her dressing room. The impresario mocks her, suggesting she consult her husband, famed as a successful draft dodger, while noting that simple life is honorable today.
An old style advertisement targets readers with weak kidneys and joints. It promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as an aging remedy, claiming relief from back pain, bladder and kidney issues, and other ailments, with consumer guarantees and multiple sizes.
Describes a relentless relay of Civil War era messengers along the front. Each hour a rider carries a message to the rear, often falling to enemy fire. One tale reports a wounded courier delivering the final message: Nothing to report, before dying.
Promoter claims GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules relieve kidney and bladder disorders and back pain. Advertises import from Holland labs, easy dose in a five-capule package, refund if not relieved, and urges purchase at drug stores with three sizes offered.
The article recalls a high ranking American soldier who, while guiding a crowded advancing truck, stops to rescue a four year old girl and her doll. He places them in the seat of honor beside him and continues to oversee both the child and the refugees along the road with care.
American sailors stationed at Scottish ports are said to introduce ragtime music and dance under Y M C A auspices. The piece notes ragtime has long been popular in English and Irish ports, and warns not to believe flattering rumors about oneself.
A fond mother laments children’s dream of stardom as she comments on their wish to be in moving pictures. The dialogue reflects parental concern and young aspiration toward cinema during a period when film was rising in popularity.
Wireless messages from the Brooklyn navy yard were intercepted by balloon observers at Arcadia California, signaling ongoing communications tests and aerial reconnaissance efforts.
Catarrh cannot be cured by local applications. the disease requires internal treatment. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, taken internally, claims to purify blood and affect mucous surfaces. The ad asserts the product's tonic and purifier ingredients produce results and offers testimonials from F J Cheney Co Toledo. Also mentions Japan's glycerin plant with a 300 ton monthly capacity.
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