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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1908
Page
4
A Bay state reader is urged to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for confidential guidance. The article claims decades of correspondence with sick women have yielded knowledge that can help the sender with her private health concerns.
An old column promotes Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a standard female remedy. It claims success against displacements inflammation and nervous prostration with a testimonial from Mrs Norman K Barnett of Allentown PA and a legal anecdote about circumstantial evidence.
A farm scene recalls a child asking if clothes are removed nightly while a cook plucks a chicken. The article recalls the old rite of the handshake as a peace gesture between strangers and notes Colombia ordering new coins with 25 percent nickel and 75 percent copper to replace peso notes.
A Newark Del reader reports seven years of severe hand eczema resisted many remedies. After using two boxes of Cuticura Ointment and one cake of Soap plus a Cuticura treatment, the hands are cured. The note is dated Mar 28 1907.
Visionary lines describe a soul shaping a portrait with delicate tools and iron will. The poem reflects yearning, purity, and truth guiding an artist’s hand to reveal inner glory. It ends with a plea for the radiant miracle to repeat in the city.
A Chicago News report follows Mary Platek a 13 year old truant in Milwaukee Avenue who helps a bride with her wedding preparations earning money and delaying return to school. Her mother defends the arrangements telling the officer Mary will return only when ready. The officer threatens a $12 fine for unexcused absences, but the mother negotiates a return with daily pay costs staying the course for the moment.
The San Jacinto National Forest in California will be known as the Cleveland National Forest, renamed by President Roosevelt to honor the administrator under whom the first national forests were created. The report cites the cost of supplying 1,000,000 gallons of water and includes operating expenses and interest on bonds.
The piece describes a layered French farming system from landowners to half shares men. It details landowners who live in Paris and own vast estates, farmer generals who rent to tenants, and the large class who rent farms or work shares. It notes the shift toward concentration and the burdens on the half shares man under the owner’s control.
Ash Grove, the second largest town in Greene County with about 2200 residents, has prepared a petition to dissolve the town government. The county court must dissolve the corporation under such circumstances, after decades of municipal lapse and a 6000 dollar judgment.
A Birmingham Ago excerpt recalls a moment when a man faced a revolver pointed at him. He claims the weapon was unloaded, yet the incident left him shaken and white with fear.
A fragment references a line about Howell and a doctor and undertaker, plus a misquoted New York Press tease about a woman and her two daughters in Wahring Bohemia who attempted suicide after a newspaper hinted they were extravagant in dress and poorly attired.
The New York Sun notes the empress forbids tobacco in her court, ordering Princess Galitzin to inform courtiers that she dislikes the odor. Reports claim the ban is limited to women. no objection to husbands smoking is recorded. The item reflects era gossip on gender roles and etiquette.
A Kansas City Star excerpt notes the Bible condemns cowardice and extols courage, framing fear as incompatible with divine instruction and universal inspiration. It argues that nations adopt courageous conduct as core action rules and views the cowardly as contemptible from creation onward.
A London West End restaurant sparks debate as patrons face social disapproval for not leaving a tip after a £4 meal. An unrelated Paris source lampoons tipping while a New York storefront display draws a curious crowd around a plow exhibit.
A collage of home care tips and recipes from period papers. Advice on safe stair lighting, chair cleaning, removing stains, crepe paper nests, and meat color tests. Includes windows on simplifying chores and stepwise routines for efficient housekeeping with simple dishes like angel cake and beefsteak with onions.
J Prentzel laments frost damaged magnolia in city gardens after two weeks of freeze. He suggests improvised fixes like canvas coats and clothesline supports to protect tender buds, noting the loss of a once splendid floral display.
Readable fragments tell two vignettes: an Ant dweller recalls a janitor moral tale about losing a roll of money in a vase after a farewell and a hotel tale from Palm Beach where a traveler halves a tip to spur better waiter service.
The article notes that orderly and well behaved convicts are employed as agricultural laborers in Austria due to farm labor shortages. Prisoners express satisfaction with work, and employment acts as an incentive for good behavior among inmates. A fragment mentions mercury free Hall's Catarrh Cure and Weir Mitchell anecdotes. The piece also touches on New York's old cemetery remnants from 1606 near Bowery and Oliver streets.
A woman recounts years of indigestion and near starvation due to overwork and irregular meals. After trying Grape-Nuts, she reports appetite return, comfort eating, and restored health, with Postum Co. claiming continued use and the ad promising further letters.
A tale from Central America describes a spider’s strength as it immobilizes a canary with silk threads. In Colorado two large power projects aim to supply 150000 electrical horsepower for state industry. New York railways report a daily vehicle collision average.
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