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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1918
Page
7
A humorous note explains why Napoleon is depicted with his hand inside his coat. The piece contrasts the imagined comfort of a home with the rough reality of sleeping on straw in a French stable and hearing the cooties sing.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment as highly effective for eczemas rashes and irritated skin with a free address for orders. Prices list Soap 25 and Ointment 25 and 50 cents with mail order options.
The Phantom Canyon highway between Cripple Creek and Canon City Colorado is now open to travel. It cost about 1 million to build on an old railroad line and offers a 135 mile circle tour encircling Pikes Peak with views of granite walls, tunnels, and canyon scenery.
The electric ray ranges from central California to the Santa Barbara Channel and is common in Monterey Bay. It carries an electric organ along its body bed and gill chambers, discharges electricity capable of magnetic effects, chemical decomposition, and sparks, and can exhaust after several shocks. The piece notes ancient use of electric rays for medical pains, dating to Antony and Cleopatra.
An enemy unseen, rats in France and Flanders, plague allied soldiers daily. They multiply in trenches, steal rations, bite soldiers, and disrupt rest. Ferrets, terriers, poison, and traps fight them, and gas attacks clear trenches for a time.
A Rochester NY resident, keeping bees without disturbing neighbors, reports no swarming and abundant honey this season. The note arrives as the English sugar ration of two pounds per person per month is being enforced in the country.
A brief note from the Boston Evening Transcript captures a farmer remarking that a sign reading No mosquitoes is ignored by the pests, likening it to gunners disregarding a No trespassing warning.
Vignettes from a community gathering show a playful quiz about words and a humorous exchange with Mrs Gotham about Gadspur as a neighbor. Jear and Mrs Gotham recount a meeting where voices overlapped and a speaker claimed not to recall her remarks.
In a conversational exchange Mrs Eagle Sir questions a spouse about a five hour absence from home. He explains he was unwell and needed to rest and fell asleep during travel, claiming he found himself about five hundred miles away after landing by what he terms a confounded airplane.
A dialogue scene features a know-it-all urging use of poison as an example while a long-suffering friend objects to being subjected to experiments. The exchange showcases irony and a struggle over applying experimental ideas to others.
The exchange notes concern an aunt who may not stay, not bringing a trunk, while a baby has remained long without bringing any items. The dialogue centers on expectations and arrivals.
A reflective admonition urges restraint in heated moments and reminds readers that their own head contains bone structure. It cautions against insults directed at others and emphasizes self awareness of one’s own faults.
Miss Miami Brown declares fish improves brains. A listener asks belief and she affirms, recalling a man who wastes time by the creek and eats whatever he catches, losing sense and manners.
A playful exchange features a bride and a reader perusing Happiness in Marriage. The dialogue shifts to a witty moment with a father challenging a suitor about income. The piece ends with a stray note on human nature and a cat’s claws ready for play.
A Scandinavian note highlights paper thread as a new invention arising from wartime needs. The item draws interest for its potential uses in textiles and packaging across the region.
An old advertisement promotes Hall's Catarrh Medicine claiming to build up the system and cleanse the blood to prevent acute and chronic catarrh. It claims internal action through the blood and offers a $100.40 guarantee for cure failure. Includes testimonials and distributor F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio. Also includes a quip about eating and self-improvement.
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