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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1911
Page
6
In a rural tale of obstinate desire, widow Mrs Dunham and Moses Frazer steer a comical courtship from balloon, coal mine, circus ring, and flying machine to a haystack platform atop a converted barn as the village looks on. The bride explains the delay was eight years of widowhood.
A long list of farm advice covers gentle handling of colts and draft horses, feeding hogs and hens, sanitation for cows, silage management, manure use, and the need for clean pastures and dry shelter. It notes milk yield links to feeding, breed comparisons at fairs, and cautions on fattening and care. It cites corn, alfalfa, and bone meal as valued inputs and emphasizes timely work, housing, and water access.
An English visitor in Sand Point learns the Humbird Lumber Company owns most of the town and its assets, while Lake Pend d Oreille he sails on is owned by God. The quip asks how God came to “own” the lake, implying the owner is divine and beyond corporate capture.
The passage notes that thirty five senators and forty representatives are aged sixty or more and appear to be in their prime. Names and exact positions are not specified.
Ezekiel is presented as a watchman who delivers God’s message to Israel despite personal grief. The lesson covers his exile, vision driven prophecies, apocalyptic symbols, and the duty to warn the people while leaving outcomes to God. It notes Ezekiel’s birth era, priestly lineage, and his role in renewing his homeland from exile.
An Chicago resident claims Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound cured her female weakness and stomach troubles after clerk refused sale. The ad extols the product as a standard remedy for female ills, urged for women during the critical period and sold on insistence against substitutes.
Report from The Tattler notes a disciplinary incident where a sergeant accuses Murphy of deception and a corporal questions the claim leading to a guard room detention. The exchange reflects wartime rank tensions and disciplinary procedures.
A short reflective note extols the virtue of living peaceably with disagreeable or troublesome people. It praises harmony with the hard, perverse, or disorderly as a rare grace, commendable and manly as a test of character.
In a lighthearted aside a businessman asks about a son now a doctor. The reply praises adaptability noting the son shifted from lung work to a broader, greener apple specialty, reflecting an ironic career tweak and local humor.
A brief dialogue fragment shows Beth Milly noting camphor storage of a bathing suit and Billy reacting to the item’s disappearance and evaporation. The exchange hints at a casual domestic moment. The source preserves quirky conversational tone.
A Boston woman credits Grape-Nuts with relieving severe headaches and constipation after years of illness and drugging. She says regular consumption at breakfast and other meals improves sleep and overall health, noting age 63 is better than age 40. The letter endorses the Postum Co. product and references The Road to Wellville.
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