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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1916
Page
11
An excerpt from a Mother's Cook Book promotes home training for women and children. It includes recipes for Chocolate Gingerbread Sunshine Cake Marmalade Parfait and Oat and Tapioca Pudding offering practical instructions and measurements.
The popular film star, one of the era’s leading feminine attractions, headlines the new release The Scarlet Maiden, drawing crowds with her charm and screen presence. Her latest role showcases melodramatic flair and strong dramatic moments.
A humorous quote from Detroit Free Press reflects a after dinner exchange about what to have for breakfast. The playful line questions if a speaker’s father has a favorite after-dinner line and ends with a light remark about breakfast choices.
Dr J. Callen of Oakland reports two bee hives on Fruitvale avenue were found dead after an ant attack described as a mass assault on the hives entrances. The dramatic clash left the bees defeated as the ants returned home, purpose and cause unclear.
The text notes a vast enumerations list including 19 precious stones, six mefils, 104 trees and plants, 85 animals, 39 birds, six fishes, 11 reptiles, 20 insects and other smaller creatures.
A string of humorous quips about misfit workers and daily foibles features a handy man named Dubwaite who fixes pipes and lights, a vaudeville setback, a president salary jab, and a dancer's heads tied to earned pay in a breezy mock dialogue.
A fragment notes audience reaction to a theatre performance. The leading lady fumbles lines while her wardrobe emphasizes the moments. A father asks a suitor about marrying his daughter and accepting responsibilities, to which the suitor responds with humor about the weight of parental duties.
A speaker argues that football reveals true character more than technique or strength. By watching a youth on the gridiron, one sees courage, grit, and moral fiber, with fake bravado dropping away in competition.
Front line slang shows aviators are called Franz and Hein nech or Emil while observers become verfranzen or franzen. Artillery projectiles earn nicknames such as gifts iron wifts old gentlemen black sews woolly bears chained dogs and rowdy Henry before the sprinking cans jingle.
A collection of wry maxims on courage modesty and trust. It notes that truth can reveal suspicion and that many men stay within good intentions though not always. It also jokes that air castles avoid taxes and that women may withhold knowledge from husbands. The piece ends with a quip on raising salaries.
The Giants traded Fred Merkle to Brooklyn for Lew McCarthy after Merkle’s misplay in 1908. Manager John McGraw stood by Merkle through boos and banter, guiding him to become a solid big league first baseman despite the famous bonehead moment and a later trade.
A survey of fashionable collars features blue and white dotted muslin with a dark blue tafeta ruffle, white tulle edged with white taf feta, a cream net stock with hemstitching, a white batiste enape collar with picot net, a crenum hemstitched linen set, and a hemstitched georgette cape style.
The piece praises Merkle as a key contributor for the Giants, noting his consistent hitting near the .300 mark and solid fielding. Despite occasional slips, he remains a dependable, heady player who has endured derisive labeling as a bonehead from critics.
A practical poultry care piece outlines age specific feeding regimes from first day to maturity. It covers proper feed types, water cleanliness with charcoal and grit, mash preparation, and daily feeding schedules. It notes fattening and breeding rations, free range needs, grit, oyster shell and fresh water at all times.
The piece argues youth and dating suffer when a man falls for the wrong type of girl. Family interference blocks marriages, while the “sensible” partner wins out or a man returns home to wed his youth. It contrasts widows, fortune seekers, and the restless bachelor.
In the Sierra near Los Angeles Silver Lake and its falls are being removed as the Nevada California Power Company builds a 10 000 horsepower hydropower plant. The project will divert water 2000 feet to turbines and generators, cost about 1 million dollars, and require a 56 mile transport route with a week per wagon train.
The article notes Aliny’s new hats tilt at the season’s trend, with millinery and marlings showing strong favor. Purple remains popular along with green and brown, while metal brocades dominate evening shoes. Children’s bonnets end in 1860 styles.
A parade of novelty ideas includes a fin driven by a hot air engine, a centrifugal pump powered by electricity, a two wire clothesline device, Germany produced tinfoil coating, a noiseless bowling alley from Paris, waterproof life preserver flashlights, a fruit picker basket with hands free, a French snow sled with an aerial propeller, and an Oregon patented transom mechanism.
Mr. Grabeom replies that his son lacks definite plans beyond driving a motor car, noting the boy's only learned skill and the mother's opposition to him becoming a chauffeur. The exchange portrays a strained family dynamic about career direction.
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