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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1903
Page
2
A collage of items discusses political moves in Congress over Cuba and holidays, a South Carolina immigrant society, wage and labor shifts in farming, proposed army maneuvers, and public discussions on female suffrage and its potential effects, peppered with global events and social observations.
The famous cut off across Great Salt Lake opened with three trains carrying E. H. Harriman and 100 railroad men. Trains crossed the lake for the first time, with Harriman greeted as the railroad wonder of the century. The project saves 444 miles of track and reduces vertical grade. total cost reached 83 million.
A wide array of 19th century rumors and plans surface from the Newark area to New Jersey and New York. Individuals including Kiev, Annander Smoth, and y Park face shifting property and political moves, with mentions of a Bathelora club and improvised shipboard tragedy. Industrial and transport developments loom as the Public Service Corporation seeks to run cars through a Hudson River tunnel linking Jersey City and New York, while hog disease devastates Warren County farms alerting officials to imminent supply risks.
Daniel J T Philips United States Consul at Cardiff forwarded to the State Department statistics on world coal industries. Key data show five major producers United Kingdom United States Germany France and Belgium with detailed production employment and export figures for 1902 including US output 705 088 000 tons and UK 227 005 000 tons.
Jobo K E Hough of South Burpler New York prepared his own funeral and burial details before dying at seventy eight. He selected the clergyman, two visitors, the sermon text It is finished from John nineteen and instructed brick lined grave digging. He was a leading Wayne County merchant farmer and stock raiser. He had been a member of a party but declined a renaming post. The Pullman Car Company reported thirteen million in profits and porters' receipts reached thirteen million in the latest year.
The Senate debated the Nicaragua Costa Rica treaty and Cuba issues as Congress faced an extra session delay. Senator Morgan and Senator Hanna sparred over President McKinley’s policies toward Colombia and the new republic, while Ambassadors and ministers pressed debt issues and Panama’s role.
The article urges workers to exceed duties for advancement. It stresses dependability, leading by example, and keeping promises as core to personal and community trust. It notes many fail to perform, while reliable individuals gain promotions and respect.
In a Chicago Later Ocean piece, Mrs. Sarah Korer blames frequent egg meals for divorce and suggests better breakfast habits would reduce marital strife. James Langdon Curtis, a 19th century critic and former presidential contender, dies at eighty three in Stratford, Conn. The column also notes New York Sunday concerts and a gardener in Pa with an unusual pet habit.
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