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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1908
Page
4
The General Demand for a simple effective liquid laxative is met by Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. The California Fig Syrup Co. touts its known wholesome components and ethical production. Genuine product sold by leading druggists at fifty cents per bottle.
A Philadelphia Record summary notes a Baltimore area ad for Deafnest and Catarrh Cure jelly while recounting a Youngstown incident where Eddie Bates twelve and Eddie Greely fight a nine foot ten inch blacksnake that attacked Bates and two companions during berry picking in the foothills of Latrobe Pennsylvania. The snake is killed and the boys survive.
The Krupp works at Essen maintain colonies named West End Nordhof Baumhof Scheder hof Cronenberg Alfredshof Friedrichshof and Altenhof for disabled and pensioned workers. They house 660 residences plus 318 rented from private owners. The firm has built hospitals eating houses bathhouses and other facilities.
A small town physician in Northern Michigan struggles to recall patient names while handling a receptionist’s file. He asks if the visitor spells her name with an E or I, and she answers with a witty correction, revealing the name Hill.
A Toronto lawyer lectures staff and an office boy overhears a joke about wages. Tommy says he earns four dollars weekly in cash with the rest in legal advice, illustrating humorous inequity in office pay.
An old Scottish sergeant at a distant army post sorted recruits by religious sect. When atheists claimed no faith, he ordered them to clean the stable instead of Sunday leave. The following Sunday he smiled as the atheists reportedly joined the Church of England.
A reader describes caffeine related spells and unconsciousness ending after switching from coffee to Postum. At seventy, he credits Postum with improved sleep and health and notes he drinks only Postum now. The letter promotes Postum’s benefits and cites The Road to Wellville.
A poetic scene unfolds on a gray beach as day fades. The sun sinks while waves, gulls, and a lighthouse keeper reveal fears and faith. The speaker and a traveling figure seek comfort in divine guarding as night falls across ocean and shore.
Mary Maule Just Nicholas is noted in a brief entry likely naming persons connected to a social or legal notice with limited readable details. The fragment provides no clear event date place or organization to confirm a full report.
A fifteen year old boy, Stephen Smith Dubois of Providence, recounts riding the Mohawk and Hudson on its first passenger trip in 1831. He describes the De Witt Clinton engine, the stagecoach like cars, and the crowd of dignitaries aboard as the train reached about eighteen miles per hour with curves causing passengers to grip seats.
A benevolent old man reproaches a weary traveler for spending two pence in a public house. The traveler replies he has not found a place where he could obtain it for nothing, highlighting a humorous exchange about waste and need.
Practical tips on home organization and cleaning plus a collage of era recipes from the New York papers. Sewing room storage ideas, soap recycling, silver drawer organization, a humane mouse trap, carrot candleholders, and a menu of desserts and beverages including banana split and fruit punch.
A London Daily Mirror excerpt notes that refined young men from various professions drift into drawing rooms seeking polite conversation and social ritual. The piece hints parochial manners and suggests loneliness among the educated circles may sharpen their sense of recent events.
A Philadelphia editor reports a controversial exchange where a “new thinker” calls for removing the physically unfit and a chauffeur responds with a morally alarming quip about ease of mind when hitting a decrepit pedestrian. The fragment reflects brutal social attitudes and public discourse.
Musings on youth and personal growth from Harper’s Weekly, plus fashion sights from New York Times and New York Press. Highlights include a moon wishing book, Geneva council Women delegates led by Mrs Barrett, Miss Jennie Swiney noted for perfect attendance, and 1909 fabrics like satin, polka dot foulards, Ottoman ribbed silks, and pongee waists shaping fall gowns.
A sixty year old social figure in New York was shot by a younger woman as a scandalous incident described amid talk of lasting youth and relaxation. The piece notes the elder woman’s routines of beauty, spirit, and Vivacity, claiming one hour of daily relaxation.
A survey of diverse notes reports innovations from a Kansan door screen to fish detecting microphones in Europe. It also cites a German rat poison test, Jersey coast erosion findings, and secret mine retrieval experiments by British trawlers Algoma and Andes in the English Channel.
In a New England village meeting for the baseball team’s captaincy, many candidates competed. A son of the ball field owner spoke up and was elected unanimously as captain, his confident vow to lead the team in the coming season.
A fragment describes a Sunday school theme asking what God did on the Sabbath. It mentions a boy named Bopht and a teacher guiding discussion about creation rest and remorse for prior deeds. The tone echoes a classroom devotional snapshot.
The London Globe notes fashion roots in physical flaws such as the raised handshake attributed to Prince of Paris and a blade of lace handkerchiefs worn by Empress Josephine. It also mentions yellow lace stemming from a widow’s sorrow after a shipwreck and a vow to keep wearing it.
A new telegraph printing and punching system automates sending and receiving. Messages are encoded on tape and read by machines, producing Morse code and then typed output. Operators can handle 200 to 400 messages in a nine hour shift, with duplex operation transmitting two messages at once.
The most forgetful man in Hennebee Journal reports was found in Wetle town upper York county. He underwent an operation for appendicitis but surgeons discovered the appendix had already been removed. He recalled years earlier undergoing a surgical procedure, explaining the incident.
Fragmentary article notes decay in theatre company stagecraft and public taste. References burdened by swollen hats and dominant musical comedy, with vague allusions to venues like Temple Bar Piccadilly and Britain. Mentions a condemned group in Russia across months.
A mission report recounts a severely ill young woman brought to the city mission with multiple ailments after exposure. After seven weeks of care, including Cuticura remedies, she improves enough to seek work, now described as strong and well.
An 19th century ad style notice touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only constitutional cure for catarrh with a 100 dollar reward offer for any case it fails to cure. The sale ad cites testimonials and urges purchases from local druggists. Also mentions Half’s Family Pills for constipation and Maine timber output of 900 million feet with labor shortages affecting operations.
Three weeks after starting Doan's Kidney Pills Mrs. A J Davis of Murray Kentucky reports rapid relief from kidney disease dizziness backache and grip related symptoms with no remaining trouble. She cites improvement within three weeks and claims the issues vanished. Poster Milburn Co Buffalo NY advertises the remedy at 50 cents per box.
The piece discusses Oliver Cromwell as a subject for a short essay and mentions an iron will and religious feelings from a London News quote. It notes a large 7 by 8 foot painting in Eisenstein's store window by Denny Scott for August Busch of St. Louis, inspired by Rock of Ages.
A Chem Society of Great Britain division questions admitting women as members. Only 23 of 3400 papers by women in 35 years. Most oppose. ballot planned. Mme Curie remains only woman member as honorary fellow with no voting rights. Also note Sven Hedin cites Brahmaputra rising from a glacier in the Himalayas.
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