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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 12, 1901
Page
1
A Boston Transcript line reflects on labor and perseverance, noting that life is full of care and troubles. It suggests that those who work steadily earn their place, while those who shirk never prosper. The piece emphasizes mutual aid and enduring effort through hardship.
In a March era tale, Jim Watson and Simon Jackson lead a young party from Palmer Blaisdell to a sugar camp twelve miles away, planning a late return by hay rack. Indian warriors attack. Jackson urges rapid retreat, defending women as bullets fly and horses strain to outrun the fighters. Two youths are wounded, with one rider losing use of an arm, amid a fierce pursuit.
In a March night tale from Waverley Magazine, Simon Jackson and Jim Watson rescue settlers fleeing a band of Indians near the Green Mountain settlements. Their daring escape involves swift horses, a lone gunfight, and a dramatic charge by mounted neighbors. The episode becomes a cherished family memory and is linked to later service in the War of 1812.
A mixed scientific digest reports deaths from consumption in France, debates on glacial epoch signs, and calls to relabel ice cap craters as glacial features. It cites a St Petersburg discovery in Turkestan of gold deposits and a finance syndicate backing exploitation. A Cuban yellow fever commission confirms mosquitoes spread the disease and dirt is not the cause, while photography on cloths and thermal expansion of metals are discussed in separate notes.
A historical overview traces how 16th to 17th century carriers and higglers linked London with rural towns. It recounts the evolution from slow riverine and road networks to the carrier system, with Taylor’s 1638 Carriers’ Cosmography detailing inns and routes. The piece notes differences in service frequency and the pivotal role of the carrier as chief newsmonger before steam and electricity transformed news transmission.
Practical advice from Collier's Weekly on organizing a room with inventive shelf hooks, choosing and covering chairs, and packing a trunk efficiently. It covers shelf placement, chair covers, trunk trays, careful folding of dresses, tissue paper for delicate items, box labeling, and safer handling of jewelry and heavy hooks on travel.
This item lists kitchen preparations including a Maple Sugar Sauce with butter flour and water and a Pie fillings such as Pumpkin Pie and Cranberry Pie with steps for mixing baking and serving. It also mentions a fragile brief on a new aid for the blind called din ematograph and notes about steel in a new type of Tali Heli and its first battery trial.
Moscow to demand ninety million dollars from China while Russia tightens stance on Manchuria. Tokyo dispatch cites Russia refusing further talks after China letter. London reports insistence on Japan's neutral stance amid Far Eastern skirmishes. Yokohama coverage notes Japanese dissatisfaction with Russia's moves.
Tom Johnson plans a broad tax reevaluation across Cleveland with a force of 100 clerks and maps to value every property. He orders aggressive action on unsafe frame buildings, sending inspectors to 121 Erle Street and tearing down several structures, with notices served to numerous landowners.
A city report notes Japan may resist abandoning the Manchurian settlement and urges solving Chinese questions before a ministerial conference. The mayor's actions include ejecting a drunken caller, vetoing ornate ordinances, and insisting on sober enforcement. Police patrols to end sightseeing at saloon doors are also announced.
Reports from Pekin and Shanghai describe a rising rebellion led by Tang Fu Shin with 150 mile reach, drawing in Mongolian forces under Prince Olaskan and Prince Tuan. Reforms and Westernization are urged by Yanutse rulers as indemnity talks loom in Washington.
On arrival at Cherbourg France the Nordstern German ship Wilhelm der Grafke Lugelbart from New York City reported that iver Lont bars worth 20000 each had been stolen during the voyage. Customs and detectives examined all landed baggage but found no gold. Passengers disembarked for Paris while detectives rode a special train after them.
Denver reports its first female arrestee for political fraud Mrs M A Ratellfe is charged with voting unlawfully and corruptly at the wrong precinct. Warrant issued. she aided the Democratic ticket in the last campaign. She is 36, well dressed and active in party work. Additionally, notes on Battleship Kentucky at Cavite, Indiana appointing John R Ward as Indiana Adjutant General at age 29, and various brief items on Cape Colony death penalties, President Diaz, and other figures.
Syracuse crowd watches as the Jaynes Street Bridge over the Gawega Canal collapses while a Syracuse Rapid Transit car crosses. Sixty passengers fall thirty feet into the canal bed. No deaths, about forty injured amid wreckage, rescue crews respond swiftly. The bridge, recently deemed safe, had long faced criticism for condition and weight limits.
Washington D C April 1893 The President announced the appointment of Philather O Knox to succeed John W Griggs as Attorney General Knox born May 6 1893 in Brownsville Pennsylvania began law career in Pittsburgh under H R Swope later partner with J H Reed He served as Assistant U S Attorney Western District of Pennsylvania and became President of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1897 Knox holds memberships in multiple clubs including Duquesne Pittsburg Golf and Lawyers Clubs in New York City Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and remains in private practice.
Professor George El Beyer of Tulane University and a special inspector for the American Ornithological Union returned from a Gulf coast tour to locate bea birds homes and breeding sites. Deputies were sworn in to enforce federal bird laws within three miles of shore and state trespass laws ashore, aiming to curb ten years of millinery bird slaughter by landowners along the coast from the Ga Fourche to the Atchafainya.
Concord Nebraska votes Carrie Nation ticket nearly unanimously to run town under her advisory guidance for twelve months. Mayor elect R A Autedeliree and a full council pledge to obey Nation on all municipal matters, with an appropriation planned for her services. Concord, a village of about 1100, anticipates her conference soon.
Second Lieutenant Rudolf E. Smyser of the Forty-seventh Infantry was raised to first lieutenant in the same regiment, a life-long appointment in the volunteer army. Smyser, from York, Pennsylvania, is not yet nineteen and joined as a private during the Spanish War with parental consent. His service in the Philippines has been commendable, and Senator Proctor seeks to place him in the regular army.
In Sudbury Pennsylvania a confessed killer turned himself in after fleeing since the murder of his mother and brother at the Gulick farm. He described roaming the mountains and begging for food, and attended his mother's funeral in disguise. He was jailed following his surrender. The report also notes a ship launch by White Star and various global events, including Cuba constitutional measures and sports milestones.
Lieutenant Frederick Boyer of the Thirty-ninth Volunteer Infantry and chief commissary for the Second District of Southern Luzon faces charges of misappropriating fifty cases of bacon and other irregularities. The alleged shortage at the Manila commissary depot amounts to about $185,000.
The New York Yacht Club vessel Constitution has been officially selected to defend the America's Cup after winning trial races. Across Europe, famine and typhus rage in combined Russian and allied territories, with mortality reported at about thirty percent of the population.
Miss Mary P. Mallory released a flock of white doves on the new steamer Denver to fly between New York City and Galveston. Reports mention doves covered with papery fragments and unclear mention of international events and treaties involving China, Spain, Germany, and ongoing global tensions.
General Senor Prales Guard Major General W. Ketwell lauds New Jersey National Guard division for their military appearance at the inaugural parade. Sheriff Hendee’s men capture about forty tramps near Port Morris. Somerville group explores a $10,000 armory for Company 41. Mary Rivers, 18, of Jersey City, died by suicide using carbolic acid. her parents unaware of her actions until returning home.
Charles Roller, a young Newark real estate operator who fled after an alleged $100000 promissory note scandal, was arraigned before Justice Skinner and pled not guilty. He faced about two dozen indictments and was committed in $10,000 bail. Roller had recently arrived from Los Angeles.
Women workers collected refuse at London wharves in a dust sorting task. Men tried to bar women from the industry, prompting an investigation by the Women’s Illustrated Council. The workers said they enjoyed the work and dismissed claims of unhealthiness.
A Klondike mining tale follows Dawson who bought a claim on Gold Bottom for 1. Beginning digging, he struck a rich streak the next day. By week’s end a bidder offered 340000, which he refused. Government cables carry high tolls between Washington and the Philippines.
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