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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1910
Page
4
A historical snippet describes Texas first car mail road between Lubbock and Plainview. Five blue calico dressed cowboys drove 45 miles in three hours, delivering United States mail under contract. The round trip covered 90 miles for $10, highlighting late 19th century innovation and daily life.
A collection of home hints on curtain care, cleaning with soda, glove protection, onion uses for medicine, hosting without a maid, home canning and pickle recipes, tomato onion dish, oil free dressing, popcorn balls, oatmeal bread, cheese salad, and quick table service ideas. The page compiles tips from Woman's Life Philadelphia Press and Farmers' Home Journal for domestic efficiency and thrift.
A roe shad weighing several pounds was shown by George W. Hyde who noted it was caught at the mouth of the Rappahannock River. The catcher said he had never seen a shad this early, suggesting it may be leftovers or driven north by storms.
A roundup of brief items: 1000 women strike over wages at American Tobacco factories in Louisville. a mother claims an autopsy stole her son’s heart in New York. Arkansas Governor Donaghey is renominated. Boston suffragists lose in the Legislature. a Virginia boy dies and his mother is burned rescuing him. a Woodstock prisoner is pardoned. Congress pressed to decide if a Boston bell endowment can fund the Treasury building project. Boston marks its oldest resident’s death. a Missouri man shoots his wife after being carried to jail. Bethlehem steel workers vow to keep strikes secret amid gun construction debates.
Paris report states Jean Moreas French poet born 1856 led the Decadent School edited Le Decadent and La Vogue. Brussels court allows Princess Louise to pursue nullification of Baroness Vaughan villa ownership, while Pope Cerretti meets in Rome.
A Washington era dispatch notes how very fast freight trains and refrigerator cars moved Southern vegetables to Northern markets, boosting profits and reducing cotton use. The article cites rising cotton prices, scarce raw cotton, and agriculture shifting to truck farming with early produce profits. It also reports gains in hog prices, calfskins, horses, and leather, plus improving labor conditions and active dry goods trade amid higher wheat prices.
A Denyer Republic an editorial praising country towns as nurseries of friendships and ambition. It argues that childhood in a village shapes understanding, fuels dreams, and inspires people to return with gifts to their rural origins.
A Harper's Weekly account describes a tropical jellyfish with a five inch sail that can rise and fall. Its tentacles sting fiercely to deter porpoises and albatrosses, and it moves only by drifting, resembling a toy boat on the water.
A Sunday fire at the Oxhorne hotel drew the local fire company, led by a chief who also works as a foreman at the Farmer office, to heroic service. Guests escaped unharmed as flames spread through floors and hallways, while a startled bathhouse swimmer fled in his birthday suit and warned an elderly guest who asked why the blaze wasn’t shouted.
A collage of notes on plants breaking rocks and a plant like maidenhair, mangroves eroding Aldabra, plus jokes about an amused old man and a talking shop. It includes military eyesight improvements in 1907 and Vienna’s widespread beggars, all from various sources.
A Justice Department led operation rounded up bucket shop operators in New York and four other cities plus Philadelphia, Baltimore and Jersey City. Eighteen men were arrested with bonds set at five thousand dollars each. several remain at large with warrants issued. Names include Richard E. Preusser Leo Mayer Oliver J. Robinson and Louis A. Cella among others. Mayer and the Cellas are labeled millionaires in the crackdown. The case follows widespread complaints often from women swindled by bogus stock offices and even involves wire tapping to obtain evidence.
William Simpson receives life imprisonment after a second decree verdict for the murder of his wife at Richardson's Park in December. The woman died weeks later. Daughters and sisters sobbed as the verdict was read while the defendant remained unmoved. Defense argued intoxication and prior injuries affected accountability.
George W. Griffney a Negro porter was awarded $1000 damages for false arrest and imprisonment by Brady a manufacturer in the Supreme Court. A prior trial had set aside a $2500 verdict as excessive and suggested a colored man could not suffer the same degree of shame as a white man from false arrest.
A college reader laments the decline of handwritten letters in an age of typing and mechanical communication. A Dutch tulip portrait and a baby eczema testimonial accompany the clipping, noting lasting cures and practical remedies from Cuticura products with a purchaser's hometown and date.
The New York American notes that wave height is exaggerated by stories and depends on water body size. It cites examples: Lake Geneva nine feet, Lake Superior twenty three, the Mediterranean thirty, the Atlantic forty to fifty. Measurements should be from sea level to wave crest, not trough to crest.
Mrs. John H U Cole of Arlington Street South Framingham Massachusetts credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing her kidney trouble after multiple doctors. She suffered back pain languor and nervousness before relief and full health followed. The advertisement also notes 60 cent price and Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
President Taft announced the United States will not impose maximum tariff rates on imports from any country. The Treasury told customs collectors to apply minimum rates, keeping the new law’s minimum tariffs in force. If any nation had faced maximum rates, they would have taken effect immediately.
Dr Philip F O Hanlon serving fifteen years as Coroners physician has conducted about 30000 death investigations and roughly 10000 autopsies. He routinely performs three to four autopsies daily yet maintains his sunny disposition by dismissing unpleasant details at will.
Andrew Carnegie spoke in Pittsburgh about graft and the Rockefeller Foundation. He warned that the submerged tenth should not be permitted to marry, citing social and economic concerns during the remarks.
A reader letter extols Postum as a healthful beverage that ends ringing in the ears and nervousness caused by coffee. It cites improved color, energy, and blood tone, urges following directions, and notes a neighbor and a child now drinking Postum with visible benefits.
Mayor Gaynor issues order prohibiting sale of fireworks in New York City from June 10 to July 10 this year. Fire Commissioner Waldo to enforce a rule created about a year ago that has not been enforced.
Petey Cardone a Sicilian was killed in the St Louis headquarters of the Matin while allegedly involved in plans by Black Handers to extort $5000 from Louis Lumaghi a wealthy mine operator of Collinsville WI.
The House in Washington D C voted to curb publicity features of the corporation tax law. The measure gives the President undivided control over tax returns and disclosure decisions.
In St. Louis Agnes June reports two officers tore off her Easter hat on Pine Street. They danced on the wrecked head claiming the hat was burning and the bill would burn if not snatched. Agnes protests tearfully as the incident shocks bystanders.
Charles S Walsh a mining proge hector filed suit for an absolute divorce in New York City from his wife a monographer in Chicago when they met twelve years ago She wrote a note in shorthand translated for him and allegedly said You are a fool You are two fire two people men of a man He began preparations to bring suit after the incident
A mistress questions a maid on nursing duties and character while seeking a permanent nurse after adding a third child. Tommy struggles with routine as a parent critiques his day’s behavior. Johnnie Poe, linked to Edgar Allan Poe, is noted as a Honduras army general amid tobacco quality contrasts.
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