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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1917
Page
8
A collage of aphorisms and historical notes on marriage manners. It quotes Bulwer Lytton praising a wife’s sense and heart, contrasts male and female counsel, and tacks on a string of antiquarian facts about Paris and London housing, clothing, and transport.
The Middlesex County Board of Taxation set the 1917 county tax rate at .66904 per $100, up from .51968, a rise of about 15 points, with the state school tax at .2408. The board approved unequalized ratables increases in several municipalities totaling $1,115,670 to offset higher local budgets and the new state road tax impact. New Brunswick and Perth Amboy shares of road tax are $21,752 and $26,776 respectively, as overall ratables increase by $12,716,002.
A Farm and Fireside writer lists ten arguments against high speed driving. Speed wastes tires and fuels. It increases heat, stresses tires and bearings, risks skidding and crashes, strains springs and steering, and endangers drivers and passengers alike. Optimal efficiency lies at fifteen to twenty five miles per hour.
Charles A. Stanton son of Dr and Mrs William A Stanton pastor of the First Baptist church of Hightstown is stationed at Fort Meyer Virginia in the First Infantry Company of the Reserve Officers Corps seeking a commission in the US Army. After studying at Rutgers and the American Academy of Dramatic Art he acted with E H Sothern and toured in If I Were King and Bears Beasts Beart's Ease before entering military service. He is popular in Hightstown and has many friends locally.
Mrs William Howell of Hightstown visiting relatives in Bridgeton for two weeks. Mrs James Norris spent a week with Dr Eugenia Whitehead in Mount Holly. Miss Lizzie Grover from Trenton stayed with Mr and Mrs William Grover in Windsor. Mr and Mrs McMichael and daughter Elizabeth of Rahway with Addison Robbins family for a weekend. Mrs John MacGoldrie and sons from Philadelphia with Mr and Mrs William Wolfe in Cranbury. Clarence Sloan of Brooklyn visiting Mr and Mrs Walter McDougall on Perrineville Road. Miss Hazel Holman of Clarksburg visiting Mr and Mrs George Peppler. Miss Emma Donaway of Cranbury hosting Myrtle Brown of Freehold. Mrs Charles Conover of Stockton Street confined to room by grip. Mrs William Brown of Cranbury Station visiting town on Monday.
Dayton notes show the Junior Christian Endeavor Society meeting at Mrs Nehemiah Dey home on Sunday October 7 at 2 PM. Other items mention Mrs H MacDonald and Nehemiah Dey family trips to Trenton and visits by Rev James B Clark in Philadelphia. The monthly consecration meeting is set for Sunday evening October 7 at 7 30 in the chapel.
The article condemns Egyptian hashish use comparing it to opium and predicts mental decay. It describes the smoker's exaltation as he drifts between imagined palaces and gardens. It notes Greek-sourced basheesh and hemp husk preparations yielding a greenish powder with intoxicating fumes.
Parents are advised to keep Chamberlains Cough Remedy for croup and follow the printed directions during an attack for quick relief.
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