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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1916
Page
5
A Maine father writes that his two daughters Elizabeth and Gertrude suffered whooping cough and were relieved by Father John’s Medicine. He claims the product, free of alcohol and dangerous drugs, is a safe nourishing food medicine used for over fifty years.
A large military kite balloon piloted by C. E. Roth and G. A. Wollen, launched in Akron, O, landed near Washington Court House after about 120 miles. The test valued steering, elevation, and lowering gear and marked a first in this country for such a craft. Ballast jettisoned to rise after being fired upon over Green County farm.
Two women hurry through the rain in Worcester with umbrellas lowered. One umbrella tip brushes a passerby’s forehead, prompting surprised exclamations from both women as they warningly caution each other to watch their surroundings.
A fragment notes harsh judgment of The Untamed and Maude Men as beasts with remarks about wild young ones, echoing a tabloid style line from a local item in Town Topies.
Vineland schools awarded 48 prizes for crops and crafts while Woodstown reopens post quarantine and Swedesboro faces wartime closures. Harvest festival crowds join Clementon Church task, with donations to Methodist Hospital and Children’s Home. Princeton Freshman Eric Brunnow dies of infantile paralysis prompting no campus closure, and a major ethical endowment reported at Rutgers. Fire, floods, deer hunts, and infrastructure updates populate the state brief.
Trenton correspondence reports Monmouth County farmers earned about two million dollars from an estimated two million bushels of potatoes sold to wholesalers at about one dollar per bushel. Some farms yielded up to 300 bushels per acre amid 80 loading stations and daily shipments of 120 to 150 carloads. The piece also notes school board reforms to weed out underperforming teachers and end political influence in future appointments.
James Buchanan Chancery Court adviser and master died at his home after a long illness. Though an invalid for several years he stayed active in law, transacting court business from his sick room. Born in Falls Township Bucks County, he mentored to Princeton.
Captain John Hennessey reports an eightieth barrel harvest over two days with a first haul of 48 barrels sold at 15 dollars per barrel. Other pound men gathered 25 or more barrels, while Mudville Manufacturing plans a large concrete plant to nearly double capacity due to rising orders.
Hightstown schools open with good enrollment while infantile paralysis scares pass. Barrington school work resumes under new builder after delays. Pitman robberies linked to Earl Green sentenced to 19 ½ to 52 years. locals mourn, discuss immunization, and note various civic appointments, accidents, and community events across New Jersey towns.
Eminent physicians urge public to accept anti toxic measures against diphtheria typhoid and tuberculosis while noting smallpox like eradication goals. Chicago Journal hails medical research but urges broader use of known remedies. Exposition buildings at San Francisco wrecked by dynamite demolition after two years. Popular Mechanics notes arch and East Nations statue toppled. Hoax: Hoxie’s Croup Remedy advertised for babies with price and postal details.
An athletic sophomore notes growing college attendance with enthusiasm and humor. He claims many new students are arriving this year and jokes about their weight. The dialogue highlights thrift and optimism for the college’s future.
In a humorous exchange cited by the Louisville Courier Journal a wife asks her husband for yarn to finish a sweater. He brings only a yarn about not matching the shade, highlighting a lighthearted misunderstanding.
A famous banker admits he has never learned to read a stock ticker provoking wonder at his status as a highly respected financier. The public feeling is that trust in such a man’s guidance may be irresistible to investors, despite his acknowledged gap in basic market literacy.
Aimee mentions Hazel seeking business entry while Mary Se asks what kind, as Missouri shoe factories employ 15,477 people. Output cites 1915 16 data valued at 55 148 000 dollars.
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