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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1911
Page
7
Mrs Sapir Mullen of Elwood Indiana credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of debilitating pain preventing an operation. She reports relief after one bottle and urges other women to consider the remedy and request confidential advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts.
A shop talk style line frames an agent offering a life policy on Mr. Brighton. He counters with a boast of a lucky star and a grim wager, noting a policy would imply a near term death. The exchange hints at fate and risk in a clipped, dramatic brusque.
A humorous comparison of childish and adult standards of greatness. A boy boasted of toys a real train pony and gun while another boy trumped him by noting he sat up until 11 o'clock twice in one week.
A Minnesota family describes how a mother’s second attempt at preparing Postum transformed their health. The father, once a coffee drinker and dyspeptic, gains vitality after switching to Postum, while the children also thrive. The letter, from Postum Co. of Battle Creek, invites readers to read The Road to Wellville.
Richwood reports a building boom with many new houses. The Muilica Hill M E Church cleared 100 from a harvest home. Orville DeWitt of National Park lost prize peaches from a five acre orchard during a recent night. Woodbury jail holds 28 prisoners amid court delay. Whitall Tatum glassworks at Millville add over 1000 workers as operations resume. Wenonah pupils pick Woodbury over Glassboro for high school next year.
Surveyors work on plans as Millville eyed for the new government building site. Other items note a three month delay for Trenton sewage disposal plant, a $25 203 high school contract to Day and Sharp, Reedbird shooting incidents, post office safe robberies, and local civic awards in Woodbury Bayonne Vineland and Asbury Park.
A collection of economical kitchen ideas and easy dishes. Potato Surprises combine mashed potatoes breadcrumbs and sausages then fried in fat. Cottage Pie layers potatoes with meat and gravy and baked. Poached Eggs Portuguese Style stuffs tomato halves with onion parsley and breadcrumbs then bakes with toast and eggs. Bread Pudding uses milk sugar bread and egg baked to a light crust served with cream.
A homemaker oriented column extols apples as a versatile dish base. It offers methods for baked apples with nuts and apple meringue, describes preparing rosy dyed apples, and notes apple sauces for pork. A detailed amber pudding recipe uses apples, suet, crumbs, and spices with boiling time.
A minister advises a young curate to abandon using the church Bible for home study. He recounts how women once covertly tucked veils and lace into Bibles, causing embarrassment. The curate, amused, begins to favor a second Bible after the incident.
A mother reports her eight month old daughter developed eczema on face neck and back with watery festers and itchy skin. After using Cuticura Soap and Ointment following a Cuticura booklet, the child recovered by age one and has stayed clear. Sample offers from Cuticura Dept 2 K Boston are noted.
A husband, Bunsen, mocked his wife’s new hat with biting remarks until she sent a retrimming bill of 18 dollars. He paid the charge and declared the hat now perfect, promising no more criticism of hats.
Mrs William Duble of Atco Camden county Pennsylvania died shortly after witnessing her dog being shot. The animal had illness and she later said she felt sick and collapsed with a heart attack possibly triggered by the event. Her physician linked the death to an acute attack provoked by the shooting.
An old advertisement from Princeton Kentucky features a testimonial about kidney trouble and relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills. The user claims persistent back ache and ill health improved within six weeks, noting the product by Foster Milburn Co of Buffalo New York as the sale source.
A mother asks eight year old Fred to illustrate the twenty third Psalm. He draws shepherds and green pasture then returns to play. He explains his toys are “the presents of my enemies” as a train, car, gun and marbles occupy the table.
An elderly Romaine woman jokes about youth while Mont Blanc a courtier feigns charm in a Paris meeting. The excerpt contrasts graceful speech in French with clumsy English compliments and includes a health ad for Hamlins Wizard Oil.
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