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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 25, 1902
Page
4
In a Congressional record debate a member asks the chairman what nixie clerk means. The reply advises consulting the dictionary and defines nixie as a clerk designated to decipher legible addresses.
Judge Clarke of St Louis convict Lins and grocers face debts over misbranded baking powders made from plum and rock, seized by New York Health Department. Officials warn substitutes threaten health as plum based powders undercut legitimate products, urging consumers to demand proven brands and avoid low price imitators.
Three youths in a Chestnut street restaurant pursue a new waitress named Pearl but receive a sharp reply. A veteran waitress calls Pearl the pearl that was cast before swine, sparking a brief exchange in a Philadelphia Telegraph framed anecdote.
The Syracuse Clinie notes curative value of fruit in dietetics with grapes urged for dyspepsia consumption anemia gout and rheumatism. Advocates say daily intake should range from two pounds to eight pounds of grapes or three to fifteen cycles of oranges to maintain balance and health.
London reports J Pierpont Morgan to form the Atlantic Securities Company of America with six transatlantic lines. Leland White Star American and Red Star Lines plus Atlantic Transport and Dominion Line to be owned under American capitalization of 200 million dollars. Trust aims to fix rates, control sailings, and push lines into the group or out of business.Opinions in London papers vary from concern over empire interests to praise of American influence.
Census Bureau report shows United States total value of crops at 825 482 177 with 2 836 200 people employed in Irish potato cultivation on 2 028 952 acres producing 273 328 307 bushels valued at 8 387 524 New York accounts for 305 510 acres and 38 860 47% bushels valued at 15 010 135 largest potato crop yields The total value of miscellaneous vegetables over 9 000 000 Major Octavius L Pruden dies in Washington a confidential White House official about sixty years old Mexican bull and cock fighting ban Senate seeks injunction against Northern Securities Company ruling by Chief Justice Fuller
A section boss W W Jones returns home to dinner and cannot find his wife a young woman from a pool family. A search identifies the body in a dog house with throat cut. Robbers suspected though no clues offered.
A severe heat wave hits the North Central states with Chicago reaching 67 degrees in the morning and 84 degrees by noon. Winds from the southwest push temperatures higher across Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, and the Dakotas, with readings between 80 and 95 degrees.
Reports from major winter wheat regions warn that eight days without rain could cripple crops. Drought, frost, and heat across Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, and Missouri have lowered conditions, with potential losses of tens of millions of bushels. Kansas faces record heat and sparse showers worsen subsoil dryness, delaying growth and signaling a fragile outlook nationwide. Snow storms hit the West, affecting mountains and plains with high winds and low temps.
President Roosevelt attended the installation of Dr Nicholas Murray Butler as the twelfth president of Columbia University in New York City. The ceremony featured a Grecian temple stage and drew leaders from government and academia. The keynote urged strenuous manhood and civic service.
A New York court awarded $60,000 to Mrs Lorie Dimon widow of Henry Dimon in the Park Avenue tunnel accident against the New York Central Railroad. The verdict is the largest of its kind in New York and the jury deliberated only half an hour. The plaintiff has five children to support. The railroad will appeal.
The Agricultural Appropriation Bill for the year ending June 30 1903 was reported to the House of Representatives in Washington. It carries a total of 5 198 370 dollars and an acreage projection of 576 150 acres for the coming year.
The river steamer City of Pittsburg of the Cincinnati and Southern packet trade burned to the waterline near Turner's Landing. About sixty lives were lost, with twenty two passengers and numerous crew members missing. The disaster occurred as the vessel carried roughly 150 aboard from Cincinnati to Memphis amid a heavy blaze starting around 4 p.m. Many jumped overboard or remained sequestered in staterooms as escape routes vanished.
Reports from cross state markets show meat price increases driven by cattle scarcity and suspected packer trust activity. Observers in Pennsylvania Missouri and Iowa note price jumps from two to fifty percent with retailers and wholesalers aligning pricing. New York labor leaders proposed a beef boycott, while Liverpool imports also fell.
Alice M. Weaver faced a jury that found her guilty on the first count of forgery after a second trial drew mixed opinions from the public. The verdict surprised some, with others praising the conviction amid a divided community. She was remanded for sentence as witnesses and jurors reflected on the case’s implications.
A dense OCR of market items lists creamery prices, dairy products, meats, produce, and poultry. It includes Butter Creamery Western, imitation creamery, various skims and full creams, beans, cranberries, strawberries, fowls, turkeys, ducks, geese, beef, pork, and seafood items with per unit or per crate prices, along with vegetables, fruits, and staples such as flour and maple products.
A census report shows that in 1899 thirty five hundred eighty three thousand eight hundred sixteen farms reported hay and forage with a total of sixty one million six hundred ninety three thousand two hundred sixty six acres and four million twelve thousand four hundred fifty six tons harvested. Of this the last named figure includes corn stalks. The total value of all hay and forage harvested was over fifteen hundred fifty one million two hundred fifty six thousand five hundred forty six.
The wool strike in New England slows demand for raw wool and delays fall deliveries, unsettling wholesale clothiers. Despite occasional special causes, trade remains steady and favorable for continued business. The GoDun & Co weekly report notes 108 U S failures and 19 in Canada.
A youth with a crutch is offered a seat by a sympathetic woman. a man reveals the boy holds the crutch to trick a lame man, sparking a quiet confrontation. The piece shifts to Candice Marafone Ont noting candle wax compositions and a remark on beeswax candles remaining venerable.
An 18 month testimonial praises Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relieving severe ovarian and menstrual troubles after a doctor advised surgery. The letter urges others to try the remedy and warns against substitutes, with unrelated ads and notices intermingled in the page text.
A New York Treas item notes rising interest in double yolk eggs as poultry hobbyists investigate the phenomenon. A Long Island young woman plans to hatch twenty four chicks from a dozen two yolk eggs, aiming for either two dozen chicks or twelve twins.
The advertisement touts Vogeler's Curative Compound as highly effective for indigestion and stomach ailments. It cites a testimonial from Mr. W. Bowell of Winchester Col. and claims the remedy derives from a London physician. A free sample bottle is offered by St. Jacob's Oil, Ltd. in Baltimore, Md.
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