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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 09, 1909
Page
1
A poem from the Christian Herald reflects on Easter's meaning. It centers on a child returning with blossoms and a simple act of celebration. The narrator links personal life to Bethlehem and Galilee, seeing Master’s love through springtime renewal and hope.
A New York World reprint urges making death beautiful for youth and elders. It cites Edmund Burke, Christian faith, and the City of God as guiding images, arguing life continues beyond death with divine purpose and eternal youth.
A reflective piece on Easter’s meaning, Christ’s conquest of death, and the immortality offered to believers. It cites Tennyson’s time of vision, the Apostles’ courage, and imagery of heaven, the Father’s house, and the cradle to death gateway. Includes biblical and poetic allusions with devotional passages.
The piece contrasts Lent’s subdued tone with Easter triumph. It recalls the crucifixion and Christ’s words about laying down and regaining life, notes the coming of Easter Sunday, and affirms belief in resurrection and eternal life beyond mortal change. It emphasizes faith in Christ’s atonement and the universal hope of resurrection.
Norfolk Virginia headline reports the Virginian Railway completed and ready for business with Henry H. Rogers as president. Mark Twain attended with Rogers party including Rogers Jr and Urban H. Broughton. The Sewall's Point coal pier, 2000 feet long, handles 40 000 tons daily. new terminal slated for $20 million upgrades.
The Rev. William McMahon pastor of St. Bridget's in Cleveland and editor of the Catholic Universe has filed for bankruptcy in U S Court. Liabilities list 1 594 141 64 with assets 75 207 08 including 71 200 real estate. Secured claims 946 925 78 unsecured 371 761 93 and 155 1 fathers ties to Fidelity Funding Company lead to receivership.
Truman Pitcher, a boy near death from pneumonia, received pneumomoltic serum after five days of illness. Dr J E Buchanan had already given oxygen in large quantities and administered a full adult dose of twenty cubic centimetres. The patient recovered gradually from a dire prognosis.
The Iowa Senate killed constitutional prohibition by a 26 to 21 vote in Des Moines. The result ends the matter for two years.
President Roosevelt arrives at Gibraltar aboard the Hamburg and docks after a brief shore excursion, then turns to board the ship from a small boat during the voyage.
Father Daniel Pembroke former head of St. Marys Parish Maryville Missouri was jailed six months by a jury for sending a blackmailing letter to Bishop I Burke of the St Joseph Diocese.
The Wisconsin Senate defeated the county option bill in Madison with an 11 to 17 vote, ending the proposal in the Legislature.
Mrs Taft heads honorary Daughters of Ohio. Anna Britton traps a NYC burglar. Charlotte Cole, Jersey City singer, marries on Valentine's Day. Mrs Join Woltasek attempts suicide from a window after spotting a fenderless car. Maude Adams to perform to entertain East Side children with a Barrie play in Bowery NYC. Shanghai Woman's Medical School awards six diplomas. Lillian Brown seeks a Portland license to operate a motor boat. Shigeno Mitobe Aiko Nagishi, Yokohama graduates, study in Aarenten to finish education.
The Zeppelin I, commanded by Count Zeppelin with seven companions, climbed at Friedrichshaven for a Munich flight but battled high winds and squalls. After hours of rough weather and deviations, it landed safely near Dingolfing and later at a Munich parade ground, amid official caution and lighting to guide its return.
Long Island towns across Suffolk and Nassau counties mostly voted to permit liquor sales amid a heated campaign. East Hampton remained dry after 200 years, while Shelter Island faced a mixed result with hotel and drugstore licenses favored. Local churches temperance groups led the battle as merchants and saloonkeepers opposed the change.
William F. Downs a 26 year old city clerk in Baltimore was arrested on embezzlement charges after a police hearing. State’s Attorney A S J Owens said the sum taken could reach about 100000 dollars dating back to July 1 1907. Downs lived beyond his means with race horses prize fighters and costly outings noted.
Bernard Cabisius pleaded not guilty and posted 5000 bail after allegedly striking Katharine Creamer as she ran from approaching autos. He carried the injured girl to her home where she died of a skull fracture, and the father, Matthew Creamer, confronted him in distress.
In Michigan the local option vote closes upwards of 600 saloons and ten breweries across nineteen counties. The anti saloon league claims victory affecting more than two thirds of attacked saloons with a 41 vote margin in Jackson County amid a bitter campaign. A recount is deemed likely.
William Grothe of Wentzville Mo through his attorney sues an express company for the value of a donkey that died during shipment from Hitneis to Missouri. He alleges a gas jet near the crate was ignited by the animal's braying and the donkey blew out the gas while in the warehouse.
Charles E. Ellis president of the Citizens' Passenger Railway and a Philadelphia Rapid Transit subsidiary, worth $10,000,000, shot and killed himself at his home. He was 74, found by his wife in his room after a revolver report. He had neuralgia and rheumatism and had undergone an operation about two months earlier.
Washington reports that Dr. Charles W. Eliot retiring Harvard president has definitively declined the offer of the Ambassadorship to Great Britain. President Taft is not considering any replacement at this time.
Swedish Academy awards Thomas A Edison the Adelakild gold medal for inventions tied to the phonograph and incandescent light. The medal is given only once in ten years as recognition by an academy in Stockholm. President Taft nominates George H Moses of New Hampshire as Minister to Greece and Montenegro.
The National Game reports Walter Clarkson leaving baseball for good and working in a Cleveland retail shop. Criger calls Ty Cobb a bone headed base runner and says he can outguess Cobb. Stahl may get the call for Boston’s base, while McGuire trains Cleveland’s young pitchers. Owen Bush to be taught to slap left handed by Leader Jennings. Wille Keeler recovers from stomach trouble. Third baseman Bil Beady’s leg operation successful. Jack Thoney of Boston ill and unlikely to play regularly for months.
The Oxford University eight defeated Cambridge to win the sixty-sixth annual regatta on the Thames near London.
George H. McCord, noted artist, died at Bellevue Hospital New York after tooplexy. He had recently been hospitalized following a warning of an explosion at the home shared with E. L. Ferguson. The McCord family resided with Ferguson. Sergeant Lima slain in Lisbon during the 1908 uprising involves betrayal of comrades amid the Carlos assassination.
Justice Gould in Washington DC sentenced Thomas G Hayes former receiving teller of the American National Bank to five years in Fort Leavenworth penitentiary for embezzlement and misapplication of funds.
The body of Ross A Freeman a Brooklyn freshman at Syracuse University was found by Professor Scott at the bottom of the swimming pool in the new gymnasium.
Dave Alexander, a Black resident, died after a mob removed him from a Cell at Voligo Station and shot him near an electric light pole following a confrontation in Canton related to a sharp object incident. Police Station was lightly staffed as about twenty five men carried out the assault under public safety pretext.
President Taft sent to the Senate the nomination of Learned Hand of New York for United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York. Other brief items include miners returning to work in Wilkes-Barre under old terms and a Carlisle commencement with fifty-two trades students and twenty-five classical students graduating.
The town of La Maya, twenty miles north of here, was destroyed by fire. Loss tallies at 580000 dollars. In other items, Italian students meet Rome backed religious culture effort, and various international notices on finance, law, and culture.
McRae Georgia police believe the killing of prominent Macon attorney Pope Hin is connected to the long Dodge land case. Coroner’s jury declares Hill murdered by unknown parties after a struggle in his office. A threatening note and a revolver are found with his body, his death part of a string of cases dating to 1891.
In Winchester Virginia a Frederick County teacher W F Shipe was given a drugged apple by a girl as an April joke. He fell ill and nearly died before a physician saved him. The student confessed she intended only to make him sleepy but overdosed him.
In sixteen of twenty seven counties voters backed drys by margins from 300 to 1500. Washtenaw County saw a strong dry push but German voting in rural areas aided the vets who won by 26. Republicans led by over 100000. Offices include Justices of the Supreme Court University Regents and Board of Agriculture.
Nashville Tennessee Cumberland Presbyterian Church wins ruling in long court battle. Supreme Court holds that a section of Cumberland Presbyterian members who joined the Presbyterian Church, U and A., did not effect a valid transfer.
Newport Rhode Island educator Henry W Clarke, who taught in public schools since April 30 1855, receives a pension marking his retirement as the city's oldest teacher.
Judge Swann in New York City directs two Grand Juries to indict for manslaughter and reckless endangerment. He holds that an owner who knowingly hires a reckless chauffeur is equally guilty of the crime.
Mrs. Maturin L Delafield Jr and Mrs. Henry Spies Kip, prominent New York society matrons, depart for Reno Nevada as they join the growing divorcee community seeking legal separation in the desert hub.
Thomas F. Ryan strains to shed a heavy corporate load. Secretary of State Philander Chase Knox rose from printer to lawyer in 1875. C K G Billings to ship trotting horses to Europe. Prince Henry of Prussia spoke aboard a moving picture voyage. Hanns Quertel named Yale delegate for a university anniversary. Rasall, famed as a bandit, named governor by the Moroccan sultan. J M Dickinson, Tennessee lawyer and former state supreme court justice. Colonel Peter F. Rags of Waco dies in Houston after Civil War service and fighting at Corinth.
Patrick Sweeney, longtime chimes ringer at St. Marys Cathedral Trenton, found near death in a dilapidated house after years of isolation. He died soon after rescue attempts failed, while a separate note recounts Verona hermit known as the Hermit of Verona losing his barrel dwelling to curiosity seekers.
Mrs. Mary Grogan completed fifty years as a servant for Ablal Price in South River. A banquet featured seventy five old friends, Riverside Orchestra, fifty year old bread pans, and a centerpiece cake with fifty candles and two Irish flags. She has never taken a day off or asked for a raise. In Montclair the Hillside Grammar School project is criticized as architectural wart.
Bayonne volunteers seek appointment as women police to patrol Bayonne City Park and assist children. Mrs. Hagerty and Mrs. Anderson cite recent marriages and aim to learn about children through service. Dr. D McLean Forman, longtime Memorial Hospital surgeon, dies at Freehold home of heart disease. Born 1845 in Freehold, he leaves widow Lizzie Van Derveer and two children, Edward and Frederick.
Major Wilbur F. Sadler Jr as receiver of the Camden and Trenton Railway Company files in the Court of Chancery at Trenton an audit covering the receivership to March 1 showing profits of 43074.54. The report notes gains in the last four months and says patrons have come to rely on the schedules.
State Methodists gathered at Nutley for the cornerstone laying of the Vincent Methodist Church. Bishop Thomas R. Neeley led the service with assistants Rev. George W. Smith of Newark Rev. Dr. Thompson Landon of Bordentown Rev. Elbert Clement who started the movement and Rev. Elam Garston.
Saloonkeepers in Burlington face indictment for selling liquor to minors and plan a vigorous challenge to bishops law as they seek to retain licenses.
Cape May council raises delinquent tax interest from seven to twelve percent. Flemington school dome height raised. Hope Grange organized with officers Gidecon L Bowers Ezra Cyphers George Pierson Mrs John Hoyt Sheriff Wilson Gloucester County. Millville glass workers depart for Cumberland Md as new factory opens. Former Judge Ferdinand S Holcombe celebrates 91st birthday near Ringoes. Over 100 youth attend pound party for Millville poor. Rev Ernest W Pickering to serve Baptist church at Collingwood. Berks County Poor House bill for 168 gallons molasses presented. County Comptroller A L Rhoads stalls payment pending investigation. Rhoads notes molasses ample for inmates baths and table use. Texas insane asylum population climbs rapidly.
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