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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 17, 1903
Page
1
A lyric fragment contrasts a tired dreamer with the crowded world. The speaker longs for the river of youth where memories linger, noting a dreamer who lives briefly before fading.
In Toronto Saturday Night a narrator catalogues seventeen prior proposals to Phyllis and improvises one more as a new climax. Phyllis teases about age and marriage while the couple spar over seriousness and future plans.
The Evening Post reviews an early flying machine attributed to a Portuguese priest. The ship boasted sails, bellows, two globes with attracting virtues, land stones on pedestals, iron wire netting with amber beads, and sun powered action. Despite many devices, it never achieved flight, provoking curiosity about its instability and conflicting mechanisms.
The article notes American peanuts winning favor in France with goober shells littering streets and Marseilles consuming thousands of bags. It contrasts African peanuts as cheaper, stirring debate over America's peanut supremacy and flattery in New York News tone.
Farmers should guard hogs by checking new stock and avoiding disease areas. Drainage helps soil, water retention, and rainfall movement. Cows drink 1660 pounds water monthly. unlimited clean water is vital. Milk varies by cow. feeding cannot standardize butterfat. Butter production from a Jersey herd yields about 42 pounds weekly. current process includes rapid cream separation and careful cooling before churning.
The passage notes that turning cattle to grass reduces winter feeding and labor while boosting milk output. It warns of a slow transition to prevent milk flow disruption, especially for young cows in early spring when pasture is high in water content. It advises continuing dry feed briefly then gradually reducing over two weeks or more.
Farmers at fairs note the corn shredder revolutionizes fodder use. It quickly removes ears from husks and shreds stalks, enabling leaves husks and stalks to be baled as hay. Shredded fodder improves cattle acceptance and provides bedding, boosting farm profits and stock.
A farmer describes raising lambs with Jersey cow milk to speed growth and market readiness. Use a dumb feeder, a one gallon milk can with three sprouts for nipples, and bottle-feed initially to train the lambs to milk time. Continuous morning and evening feeding helps lambs catch up with the best.
A young artist known as a native student studied London slums and spent a night in a Penny Sie Up lodging. The space is a crowded single large bed with rows of benches, inmates paying a penny to sleep upright all night. Rest is impossible and health concerns are noted by observers.
Household department advertises a new chair seat covering made of long wool. Available in rich red, green, blue and bold brown, described as durable and of high quality for household use.
Lace door panels, after the Malta flet, are mounted on metal frames allowing removal of the panel to clean the glass without disarray. Frames fit standard openings. Ventilated cake and bread boxes noted among the newest and best with perforated shelves and top ventilators.
The article recommends each bedroom window get a dark green shade to block early morning sunlight. It suggests a lightweight Holland shade is unnecessary and proposes dark cheesecloth side curtains beneath the shade to create a dim, tranquil, religiously conducive sleeping environment.
A commentator praises originality and warns against monotony from single tones. He argues rooms should feature balanced color schemes rather than distinct red or green rooms, noting proper blending creates color as a unifying effect rather than separate colors.
A woman who struggled to identify her trunk in busy railway stations decides to stencil her initials on all four sides and the top. She says it saves time and temper, and brings comfort by making her luggage easy to spot.
The article argues that livable quality hinges on balanced wall and floor coverings. It warns against heavily patterned or glaring decor and suggests avoiding large friezes above twelve feet. It recommends simple cornice treatments and Morris pattern Scotch rugs for affordable, tasteful floor coverage.
The text describes an upholstery and drapery fabric with softly tinted floral festoons from Marly Antoinette style. It suits delicate furnishings and contrasts bold crafts room designs. It’s ideal for covering fine mahogany in Georgian or Colonial rooms, featuring a new silk brocade with a pomegranate pattern.
A collage of recipe instructions for Mock Indian Pudding and German Toast with details on ingredients and steps, followed by Coffee Custard and Apple Tapioca dishes. The passage also mentions a Salmon Purée and a critique from Lady's Pictorial about contemporary fiction and social manners, ending with a note on a newspaper report.
Captain Leutze reports Maine showes worse condition than officials believed. Turret supports and six inch gun mounts show weakness and boilers prove unsatisfactory. Bowles and Cramp & Sons cleared of fault as naval planners push upgrade to endure higher powered guns.
Former president Grover Cleveland told a Madison Square Garden audience that he aligned with Booker T. Washington and Tuskegee Institute on a path for the negro problem in the South. He urged white Southern leadership and pledged support for Tuskegee education while rejecting social equality.
The ceremony joined Cathleen Gebhard Neilson and Reginald C. Vanderbilt at Arleigh Courage Newport. The bride wore ivory gown with lace and a high neck, long train, pearl necklace, and bouquet of white orchids and orange blossoms. The reception featured white orchids and orange blossoms with a satin ribbon.
President Rosevelt camps and moves toward Norris as snow delays road clear. Engineers open routes to Yellowstone geysers. Officials claim 30 000 buffalo remain and game warden Buffalo Jones fights to exterminate them while the President declines to hunt. Dutch strike leaves 10 000 out of work and distressed families.
The War Department reviews reported disparaging remarks by General Baldwin about Filipinos and Negroes prompting a formal inquiry. Separately in New York strong winds caused significant damage and disruptions in the shopping district. North Wilcox U. S. Conans Chief and Jim North to lead the Census Bureau as appointed by President Roosevelt, with the National Association of Wool Manufacturers announcing changes in its executive committee.
A sensational account claims Bulgarian forces destroyed the village of Sama, wiping out sixty survivors from a Mursutinan population and committing brutal acts against women. The piece also mentions legal actions involving officials Attorney-General Firet Victim and Attorney General McCarter in unrelated speeding cases.
A tornado swept Logan Dewite and Pratt Counties injuring several and killing one child. The child died near the Tatsadaizer settlement in Pratt County three miles from Athgood. the child’s mother was seriously injured.
Fragmented report notes German opposition to an anti American union at Rome and hints at global labor and agricultural debates. It mentions U S agriculture incomes, auto and machinery industries in New York, and a California timber yield. It cites Dr Annie D Lyle in Vienna and labor union outreach to immigrants in New York City.
James M. Beck resigns as Assistant Attorney General of the United States, accepted by the President, effective April. He will join a New York City law firm. Mrs. Roll dies at 102 in Minneapolis, survived by three daughters and forty-eight grandchildren. Blonvoy Maddox dies in an accident at home. a taxi service prepared a cab for the day when he fell and slept.
The United States government victory in the Northern Securities rail merger case is affirmed by the US Court of Appeals. The decree blocks further stock acquisition or voting by the Securities Company and orders no interference with the Northern Pacific and Great Northern corporations. An immediate Supreme Court appeal is planned.
Dr Wiley reports borax tests cause pink hue in boards while receipts at fifty large post offices rise eight and a half percent in March over 1902. Navy reports Commander Drake foiled a Canton plot. Roosevelt congratulates Knox on Northern Securities ruling.
Wall Street saw a brief price drop as the ruling stirred interest in holding company deals. Industry leaders and figures like J P Morgan predicted a Supreme Court appeal, urging railroads to clarify rights in construction and operation while noting that Northern Securities still operates and profits.
Washington reports Baron Sternberg informs Secretary Hay that Ambassador von Holleben is retired by Germany. Emperor William grants him the Red Eagle order as a special favor, while Holleben avoids return to the United States to probone his recall letters.
The Bennings race track awarded Oriza the two year old purse while a heavy racing scene unfolds with other stakes and entries noted. An American Association baseball league opens April 22 and ends September 21 as a wealthy syndicate plans a costly Los Angeles horse track. Ton Alien, ex heavyweight champion, dies in St Louis at eighty. Donald Ross shoots 147 to win the open golf tournament at Plymouth. Boston fans plan a petition to Stan Johnson over foul play. Tarvard-Yate boat rates are set for June 25, and the New York Yacht Club lists Reliance Constitution and Colums for season trials.
Governor Murphy issues annual proclamation dissolving 927 NJ corporations for failure to pay taxes. Combined capitalization tops 239 million dollars. receivers appointed for 127 firms with 274 million capital. Notes include large stock in National Asphalt and National Salt companies. Also reports on suicides, peach crop outlook, inheritance for a barber, and various local appointments.
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