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Newspaper
Caldwell News
Location
Caldwell, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 30, 1905
Page
2
A collage of holiday musings and social commentary from 1905 surveys New Year resolutions, Christmas excess, and seasonal changes. It references Santa, farming turkey sales, fashioning new plans, and disruptions like coal strikes while noting political jibes about Bryan and U S Navy academy hints.
A wide ranging column muses on aging and vitality as many reach new limits in longevity. It notes Thomas A Edison promising electric storage batteries with public delivery next spring and discusses cheaper electricity replacing gas and horses. It also critiques naval policy, Congress actions, and a mix of local notes from Orange New Jersey including a Santa visit to newsboys and a potential nursing school building plan.
A Lithuanian led cooperative plans to exploit agricultural and industrial resources along a virgo tract of the Columbia River. Members contribute 100 each to a 1 million capital for settlement and tillage, with irrigation methods and markets already in place. The venture seeks to transplant colonists from crowded centers to new lands awaiting settlers.
The week’s patent grants include controling means for electric motors by Charles M. Clark of South Orange, automatic sprinkler head by Ernest S. Clayton of Newark, rotary engine by Adam S. Dickinson of Woodbury, garbage crash can by George Vocht of Hoboken, brake shoe by Joseph D. Gallander of Glen Ridge, automatic fastening device by Arthur Gooffroy of Newark, paddle for Scurrying Jassware bo the tempering reels of furnaces by Jesale T. Ligbee of Willville, head rest by Farman M. Randle of Atlantic City, railway control system by Frank E. Kinsman of Plainfield, trap joint by Charles H. Muckenbirn of Salem, feed bag support by John N. Pruser of Onion Hill, gas rock drill by John V. Rice Jr. of Edgewater Park.
In a Monday ruling the New Jersey Supreme Court held that courts may impose consecutive sentences. The case of John Mahoney of Hudson county involved a five year term tacked onto a prior seven year sentence, despite a statute requiring sentences to begin twenty days after conviction. About fifty inmates seeking release were disappointed by the result.
The New York and New Jersey Telephone Company offers a December free trial of exchange service for residences in the Caldwell exchange and a trial of extension station service for homes or businesses. Applications may be made to the District Manager at Uy fall Baldwin street East Orange New Jersey. Great Britain 15 ports 900000000 of farm products year.
The article reviews yearly church and auxiliary contributions totaling over 555,406.07 with the largest giver, the Fiew Presbyterian of Trenica. It notes varying figures across years 1002 to 1905 and suggests increasing contributing churches while commenting on potential total funds approaching 60,000. W. H. M. secretary remarks on possible higher totals and regional expansion under A. E. Colton.
Spangler forecasts for 1906 include turmoil in Russia and Turkey, assassinations, U S political shifts, floods, volcanic eruptions from Vesuvius to Mont Pelee, widespread earthquakes, cyclones destroying cities, and a hot sultry summer with high death rates. He also foresees religious revival and political reforms in the United States and Europe.
The article reports publishers nationwide receive four page supplements at no charge, paid express delivery by government funded irrigation projects in the Far West. It alleges the aim is to influence public opinion to support government expenditures on land irrigating schemes for a few individuals, with newspapers acting as agents.
The Caldwell News advertises the 1906 Pocket Diary and Memorandum Book from C Shaw Co Washington DC for subscribers at two cents. It notes sections for debts and cash, calendars for 1906 07, and city mileage times with business laws and court sectors. It also mentions 16 250 098 pupils enrolled in the nation's schools.
A long string of brief items covers international affairs, science, agriculture, and local notes. Highlights include Armenia and Greece tensions, German and Alsatian matters, American education milestones, shipping and railroad plans in China, and historic economic curiosities. The piece mentions Miss Ellen Stone’s college plan, herring seasons, and a wide array of social and political scraps sailing through various regions.
A sweeping summary notes International and national labor actions including the International Association of Steamers, American Federation of Labor alignments, and female union organizing. Reports cover wage demands in the UK and Scotland, attempts to unite Canadian and American federations, mining wage talks, and rising union membership with ongoing strikes and reorganizations. The piece references Britain, Canada, the United States, Ireland, and Wales with emphasis on unions in London, New York, Cleveland, and Chicago, plus industry notes on boiler making, barbering, fishing, and rail labor.
Kinioe S. Woodbury outlines the growth of the telephone network before Oaklyn’s science club. He notes nationwide mileage, underground lines, and the need to connect distant regions from the Pacific Slope to the Midwest while stressing future expansion to close gaps in the system.
A garbled report describes late employees in Lindon related to a book project and their excuses. It mentions a habit of making errors, blaming wife, and a reference to a new prompt about punctuation, with unclear signatories.
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