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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1907
Page
4
A Kansas City social leader credits Peruna with restoring her health after a year of collapse from overdrinking social duties. She praises Peruna as a shield for nervous strain and systemic catarrh, urging society women to seek its protection.
A survey of historical Indian numbers in the United States estimates peak populations between 600 000 and 1 000 000, with current figures around 284 000. It notes geographic distribution, reservations, citizenship, literacy, and church activity among tribes, and mentions a separate cave library discovery in France with Andre Faure.
A Philadelphia Bulletin excerpt critiques English luggage handling and highlights a lack of carrier responsibility. It contrasts American check systems with English practice, notes a London and Northwestern notice about a single motor bus between Harrow and Watford, and includes brief items on theater and Siamese walking aversion plus a French contractor sleeping with dynamite to prevent freezing.
A Rock House reader in North Devon touts Postum as coffee substitute after 30 years of coffee caused indigestion and restless nights. He reports quitting coffee and using Postum improves digestion sleep and mental clarity. Family-wide adoption follows with careful preparation and boiling to extract flavor.
A Boston Herald note describes forestry care of old shade trees with amputations of diseased limbs and cleaning cavities with preserving cement. It mentions tin roofs over upper branches to keep dampness away and prevent decay, likening it to human dental operations.
Great big strapping Bill Shoels known for felling a steer with a fist will have a tooth pulled tomorrow if he can summon nerve. This lighthearted note from Walker Nebraska records the staged act as local humor.
Roosevelt Ave resident Zimb B Frank Doremus recalls kidney trouble after military service. He suffered headaches dizziness and dropsy with leg swelling and a threatened amputation. He credits nine years of relief to Dean's Kidney Pills with swelling subsiding and normal urine. Sold by all dealers 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo N Y.
The Dundee Advertiser notes a study of 1500 Western children finds storms as the greatest terror, followed by snakes and strangers. Rats and mice fear is much higher in girls, with boys showing diminishing fear after age 15 and girls after 18.
David Munson, a long time business leader, died after slipping from a ladder while crewed on a barn in Curtisville Tipton County. He fell twelve feet to the ground and died from the shock. Munson invented copper tubular lightning rods with spiral flanges around 1850 and held about 125 patents related to lightning rods and their manufacture. Indianapolis News.
A Topeka State Journal quip notes a poor girl weighing needs versus wants. She favors an Angora kitten over an umbrella, arguing a kitten is usable at all times while an umbrella is only handy when it rains.
A government wedding present is given to every employee of the British post office upon marriage. In Belgium, telegraph messages are delivered 70 percent of the time within one to fifteen minutes.
A mix of home cleaning recipes using bathbrick powder whiting soap and vinegar for tin zinc brass and china along with kitchen tips. It also lists menu ideas for an afternoon affair including sardine sandwiches fruit jelly with whipped cream and a scalloped crab or lobster hot dish.
A French girl Christina Michelot died after a fever crisis from November 1751 to July 1755 while on water with no solid food. Monica Mutehe Acha from Suabia subsisted two years on curds whey and water suffering nervous disorders and insomnia. In 1762 Al Walsh a twelve year old girl from Harrowgate survived eighteen months on a daily third pint of wine and water.
The London Times notes the traditional code and Confucian ethics hold China within a political frame. It argues the Manchu rule and Mandarinate party are decaying and may collapse, warning of implications if the framework gives way.
The Indiananolin News reports a school headmaster in England pronounces America as Heimurroayiveh. The item notes the humorous mispronunciation reflecting language quirks and cross cultural perspectives.
A grand ceremony marked the dedication of the Carnegie Institute in Schenley Park Pittsburgh with Andrew Carnegie presenting the institute named for him. Dozens of world figures attended as the 30 month project cost 5 million dollars and the complex opened to the public with a 2 PM dedication and a Pittsburgh Orchestra concert.
Major F. F. Fremont son of The Pathfinder faces a court martial on charges of conduct unbecoming an army officer tied to several financial transactions. In Trenton New Jersey the Free Railroad Pass bill advanced to grant free travel on all New Jersey railroads to United States Senators and Representatives.
The Dartmouth team begins its first Southern trip as top exhibition crowds surge. Hans Libert and K Ench rival with strong hunters like George Browne and Willie Keeler. Bob Unglaub shines at first base for the Boston Americans. Attendance at spring exhibitions rises, while Brooklyn’s fast show raises pennant expectations. Reports claim clubs aim for strong rosters, with Grifith reshaping third base, Dovey censoring ball games, and Billy Gilbert linked to Brooklyn. Pittsburg displays college-heavy rosters and pitching depth, while Oyo Barney Dreytues touts the NL’s best staff except Chicago as the season looms.
Chicago reports on winter wheat damage from the Texas bug show mixed private conclusions despite official reports. Market sentiment is cautious with moisture and weather changes influencing Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri prospects while prices shift little. Brazil alone faces regret over heavy coffee speculation as prices drift.
Judge Gary of the Steel Trust Board reports March orders at 8000 tons per day above last year’s record. The Boston and Maine Railroad orders 7600 new cars, mainly freight, and will double track its line between Johnstown and Troy, New York.
The Standard Oil Company posted new quotations on all grades of refined products from half a cent per gallon higher. Otto State test ten, water white Ohio State test ten and a half, headlight 175 degrees eleven and a half, Eocene eleven and one half. Quotations on gasoline and naphtha remain unchanged.
C W Morse and the New Haven Railroad reached a deal on coast traffic control between New York and Boston, aligning management of the coastal route.
Males are in demand and selling for $110 to $125 for fourteen birds high. Fifteen hands males bring $140 to $175 per head, while large sixteen hands birds command $175 to $225.
In New York City buyers from leading retail firms across the United States say they have never faced such difficulty in obtaining cotton supplies. The note signals widespread scarcity affecting trade and retail inventories.
Report from Martinaville notes the cotton crop of the thin section is all planted and about one third chopped out, about thirty days earlier than last season. The Texar crop is expected to be thirty days earlier as well.
The piece notes Germany’s rising commerce and prosperity driven by a strong wave of growth. It mentions the availability of native currency and sufficient ready money aiding business, signaling improved financial conditions.
Roosevelt unveils plans to curb graft in the Panama Canal service. A wide range of notes covers nominations and political moves, naval expansion, international diplomacy, labor upheavals, and notable incidents from across the globe with emphasis on U.S. figures and policy.
A physician in Portland Oregon estimated that 2048 teaspoonfuls of tears or two gallons were shed in one night by the audience that heard Savage's Madam Butterfly in that city recently.
At St Osyth in Essex England an ejectment order was granted against a tenant who had paid no rent for forty years.
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