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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1920
Page
7
Housewife notes sugar price limits jelly making using pectin from citrus peels and fruits. Instructions cover rhubarb orange lemon citron melon and pineapple blends, with alcohol tests for pectin and tips to adjust sweetness and flavor. Final lines reflect encouragement amid past griefs and hopeful outlook.
A Ceylon planter argues timber derived sugar might work. He notes palmyra trees yield sugary syrup but modern refining failed as workers would not move juice from forest to works. He believes palmyra sugar has a future once the ill luck is overcome.
A recent Swedish immigrant in Minnesota praises the United States as a fine country and more generous than many. He notes the post office offers money orders, example a $10 order for 10 cents, reflecting simple everyday advantages. The piece also reflects on patriotism and marital duties in brief, moral terms.
A South Carolina man made money from cotton and bought an expensive car. He returned to the dealer asking for a cowcatcher bumpers for the front and rear of the car, joking about security and pride in his purchase.
Eugene leaves for New York alone his brother sends a telegram for his safe arrival no telegram arrives the elder brother wires to confirm then awaits a letter that says I arrived safe so I did not think it necessary to send the telegram A humorous quip on deceit and a jest about a man who deceives his wife being a myth attributed to J Fuller Groom.
Menu notes present variations for salads waffles fruit desserts and chicken dishes. Recipes include lettuce salad with a French dressing plus ceat sup Worcester sauce onion juice and peanuts. Also waffle batter with flour eggs sour milk and baking powder and two chicken dishes cooked in milk or with a milk-based sauce.
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Ointment with Cuticura Taleym as the Toilet Trio for clear complexions clean scalps and soft white hands. It also notes Dr Peerys Dead Shot and Wrights Indian Vegetable Pill Co production and mocks worry as useless.
A Cairo woman describes severe female troubles and relief after using Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, noting earlier doctors advised surgery but she improved and can handle household duties. The letter touts medicine as an alternative to operation and invites readers to seek confidential advice from the Pinkham company in Lynn Mass.
A humorous note on flour and scent trends suggests bakers and cooks explore varied wheat flavors and naming, reflecting kitchen culture and culinary curiosity.
An advertisement explains that Hall's Catarrh Medicine strengthens the system, cleanses the blood, and helps prevent frequent colds by acting internally through the blood on mucous surfaces. It warns that repeated acute catarrh can become chronic and notes the medicine is sold by all druggists with free circulars from F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
A house party turns into a pretend wedding as Mollie proclaims she is the bride and Margery Jones the bridesmaid while noting there is no real groom. The mother learns the game is simply a private, quiet wedding play.
A famous author confronts a publisher in a tense dispute over revisions to a manuscript. The author objects to lines on page 30 describing the Pittsburgh heroine clutching the air convulsively and on page 40 noting she washed her hands.
Fresh Chicken recalls a Texas minister who struck oil on his land inviting deacons to share the opportunity. The group breakfasted at a local eatery, discussing prospects as the waitress set a breakfast order. The lossy exchange reflects broader social and moral tones of the era.
Mrs E L Griffin of Franklin New Hampshire says Eatonic cures stomach issues including sour acid gassy stomach heartburn and indigestion. She claims quick safe relief and recommends readers ask their druggist for Catonic. The ad cites widespread benefit and urges trying it today.
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