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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1919
Page
6
A small Angeleno boy returns from the East where cousins pamper him. On bedtime talk his mother explains God’s goodness and the boy asks if God is a cousin as well. The anecdote reflects a child’s literal question about sacred concepts.
An OCR fragment blends an old child laxative ad for California Fig Syrup with dubious medical claims and a Cuticura skin product pitch. It includes overheated language about dosing children and a tangential British science note about underwater distance.
Edward W. Pickard reports the week’s steel worker showdown as thousands quit U S Steel plants, some mills reopen, riots erupt in Pennsylvania, and state troopers restore order. Senate hearings begin with John Fitzpatrick and Samuel Gompers commenting on union tactics and the open shop versus closed shop battle.
A vignette from the Indianapolis News depicts a neighborly misunderstanding as a woman toys with a man by asking for a hose. The man, slow to grasp, offers to let her take the entire newspaper he sits upon. A separate note remarks that fifteen million is the average daily attendance at movie shows in the United States.
A cousin’s wedding ends in a hush as the bride bursts into tears and bolts to another room before the vows. The groom follows, telling her that the ceremony is not finished yet.
A fragment quotes guidance that a husband should hide nothing from his wife, arguing transparency is essential and secrecy impossible if true harmony is to prevail.
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