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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1914
Page
4
Washington reports New Jersey potato acreage at 92 000 with an estimated 8 438 000 bushels and prices near 97 cents per bushel. National figures show 3 708 000 acres planted and 360 614 000 bushels produced, up 4 000 bushels from the five year average.
J Houghland of Eldon Iowa recommends Chamberlain's Colic Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy for troops in the Spanish war. The ad pledges its usefulness for travel or home use and urges all dealers to stock the remedy.
A Federal Bureau of Education report lists sixteen commercial schools and business colleges in New Jersey. In 1918 enrollment reached 4,298 pupils with more than half completing courses and many employed in state business institutions. Nationwide there are 618 such schools serving about 160,557 students annually.
The out-buildings at Samuel C. Cowart’s farm near Freehold burned Wednesday August 26 causing about 4000 in losses with 1200 insured. The blaze destroyed large barn 2500 value 800 on wagon house and 600 on wagon shed. Produce losses included 1200 in hay straw potatoes and wheat. Cowart had no insurance on produce. some coverage existed on other structures. The Cowart barn has stood for 200 years with no prior fires.
A home remedy suggests mixing Hungarian paprika with strained honey to soothe a troublesome cough. The mixture is swallowed with a teaspoonful dose and repeated twice daily for relief. Also included is a tip for roasting a chicken breast down to baste and keep the meat juicy as the juices return to the breast.
A reader suggests a refreshing morning bath method by adding a tablespoon of salt to a bowl of water. The salt enhances the cold sponge bath's revitalizing feel and wakefulness.
Promote relief from muscle pains. Rheumatism and sciatic sufferers report benefits. Noted for lumbago and stiff back. Sold by all dealers.
The article credits Langley Ader and Max im among early pioneers of flight. It notes the Wright brothers of Dayton were the first to fly a heavier than air machine with a person. From 1903 to 1906 they made 160 flights averaging about a mile each. One flight on Oct 5, 1905 lasted thirty eight minutes and covered twenty four miles.
A playful Buffalo Express caption features a Mono Plane exchange asking how high it can go, with the reply that the sky is the limit, illustrating a light aviation joke from the era.
Wash cut glass never with hot water. Warm the room and water, use liquid ammonia, rinse in a second warm bath with blue, then dry with linen. Rub deep cuts with a stiff brush, polish with warmed alcohol and silk for final shine.
The advertisement promotes Daily Heavenly Manna as the best selling Christian daily text with yearly scripture morsels and a tract to profit believers. It also offers Your Friends Birth Dates autograph and birthday record with space for births marriages and deaths plus a 150 year weekday calendar. Priced 85 cents postpaid or $1 for imitation alligator skin. Bible and Tract Society 17 Hicks Street Brooklyn NY.
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