28 Apr 1905
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1905
Page
1
In early colonial New Hampshire a panther attacks the Tyler cabin. Mother Mrs Tyler fights to protect her children with Mercy aiding as the panther is killed by a carefully aimed shot. The incident leaves Mrs Tyler shaken yet grateful for courage.
Man as his teeth show is omnivorous and adaptable. The author argues meat is not essential to a proper diet, citing Japanese practices and the coexistence of food faddists. Digestive complexity supports that humans can thrive on varied diets.
An unclear passage describes a professor walking with one foot on the gutter and one on the pavement. A pupil greets him with a garbled prompt and the professor responds about a test timing. The fragmentary text reads like a humorous or misread diary note from an old issue.
An article on new pretty boudoir slippers with an opera shape and modified Louis Quinze heel. It notes a purple pair with heliotrope silk turnover and embroidered rose buds, finished with a heliotrope ribbon bow.
The article endorses dress reform and details the Siamese queen's costume of a white blouse black knickerbockers and stockings with shoes and buckets. It notes Siamese beauty and Buddhism praising temples bonzes pagodas and reverence for King Chulalongkorn. It then shifts to posture and daily exercises to prevent round shoulders in growing girls, advising pillow avoidance and a doorway chest stretch routine.
In a fragmentary Atchison Globe style column, remarks ridicule women and discuss masculine dentistry while noting travel hazards and odd domestic scenes. A Minneapolis Chronicle snippet mentions a burglary threat and a revolver incident on Lyon Street, with terse blurbs about social meddling and love chains.
The article details seasonal dress trends with emphasis on hats ranging from large to small, and shoulder emphasis in bodices. It notes long tal skirts, redingotes in velvet or cloth, and velvet costumes remaining popular, with coats and jackets in demand and wearable into fall.
A report on steam dredges in California that scoop soil washing out gold and dumping refuse overboard. The process promises profits but requires experienced capital and promoters risk, with warnings about unscrupulous schemes and careful investment. Sealskins to the United States are also noted in shipping figures.
The Milwaukee First National Bank faces a $1.3 million embezzlement tied to cashier Vollers lack of funds. Frank G. Bigelow confessed, with bail set and a federal grand jury expected. Directors pledge to cover losses with personal guarantees and assets to reassure customers.
In Hempstead Texas a mass meeting led to gunfire injuring multiple, killing Congressman John M Pinckney, J N Brown, and Sam Pinckney. Doce Tompkins and Rolling Brown wounded as Rangers rushed to Hempstead to restore order. Prohibition conflict worsens after disputed election.
Representative John M Pinckney Democrat born May 4 1845 in Grimes County Texas. He served four years in the Civil War with the Fourth Texas Regiment Hood’s Brigade later served as District Attorney for the Twenty third Judicial District of Texas and three years as County Judge of Waller County. In November 3 he was elected to Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of J Ball.
Miss Fe May Forney, daughter of the late Colonel John W. Forney, found her two servants shot in the Philadelphia mansion. The butler Samuel Barnes died after three hours. cook Margaret Toner lay fatally wounded. A revolver lay on the floor with empty cartridges. whisky and beer indicate drinking. Police could not explain the tragedy.
In Indianapolis and across the state police boards enforced the new cigarette law. Officers arrested individuals found stacking cigarettes or possessing cigarette paper rather than dealers, with John E K Lewis, a known citizen, fined $25 and prepared to appeal the case.
Four men died in a Union Pacific wreck near Molson Tunnel about 100 miles west of Cheyenne. The engineer fireman brakeman and an unknown tramp perished as the west approach collapsed burying a portion of the wrecked train under thousands of tons of earth and rock. Rescue trains crews and laborers were rushed from Mining and Larainie to the scene.
Fire swept 900 acres of forest meadow and pasture near the West Barnstable road two miles west of Hyanns Mass with no buildings burned though many were threatened. At Thappy Hollow residents hastily moved belongings to safety after a shift in wind saved the hamlet.
Russian officer Mamned Kasperoft of the Commissariat Department faces loss of 500 in supposed purchases for the Army. The case suggests misused funds while stationed in St Petersburg. A separate item notes former lieutenant governor Unit of New York marrying Isabel Morrison in New York City.
An early morning quake lasting seconds was felt across Derbyshire, Yorkshire, and nearby districts. Walls and roofs suffered damage in spots while movable items toppled. no serious injuries or damage reported at press time.
The Journal reports the Director of Naval Construction's rooms in Toulon were looted though valuables were untouched. Dusty documents and papers were warded off during the break in as national news and sporting notes appear in this mixed item.
Zemstvo governments expansion to Siberia and Fiplad begin under the Czar. A rough tally estimates 15 000 deaths in India drought and famine. Wheat oats and barley shipments to the Pacific coast will be scarce for years according to Bradstreets.
Reported increases and stoppages affect workers in several states. Warwick forvice employes in Potts town Pa gain ten percent raise, while about 100 Longmead Tron Company tire department workers in Conkhohookin Pa strike for one percent. Interstate Steel Works Tarentim Inds workers reportedly receive ten percent rise. The Boston Plot discusses a broad strike in heroic terms, and the French auto industry counts roughly sixty thousand workers and clerks including drivers involved.
Colonel J Witter Brown files a suit in the United States Circuit Court seeking appointment of a receiver for Equitable Life Assurance Society’s surplus. He represents policyholders alleging misallocation of funds and stockholder schemes, aiming to recover a portion of the $80 million surplus and test new equity precedents.
A tire alert blaze on Grand Street in Manhattan destroyed the Old Shlley Store building on the south side near Grehard Street. The East Side branch of the Van Norden Trust Company occupied second floor offices. Acting Battalion Chief W Z Wieland fell from a ladder and later died from his injuries.
Fragmentary notes describe an espionage arrest on Bean Island near Singapore, a funeral in Mexico, a murder in Greene Me, large depositor losses in Muswatuker Wis, and various political and social references. Text is garbled with many misspellings and uncertain attributions.
Governor Stokes signed multiple measures in Trenton including the Robbins bill targeting assaults on girls under sixteen with up to 5000 dollars or 30 years imprisonment. Other enactments cover juvenile delinquency penalties, tax and lien reforms, subcontractor notice rules, name changes for attorneys, concealed weapons penalties, and toll road purchases.
A man posing as Max Miller, a Tyrone Pennsylvania resident, arrived in Trenton and tried to borrow funds using two bank books bearing his name with deposits totaling 11000. He deposited 5000 but could not draw until Tyrone bank word arrived. He later tried borrowing from Jacob Phillips but only obtained a dollar. Tyrone authorities confirmed the man was an imposter and had stolen the books. the suspect fled as police closed in.
A group of New York business men pursued five deer that escaped from Werbert Bradley on Eagle Rockway and Wayside Place. The chase extended through Essex County Park woods and ended in South Orange. Bradley alerted nearby towns by telephone to capture the deer without harming them as they were unusually tame.
A milkman William Willick fell into a well near Rahway while drawing water for a horse. His elderly mother and paralyzed father witnessed the accident and tried to save him, but he died before help arrived. Separately, Captain John A. Vigus won a $1000 verdict against Mrs. Mary Sielm as administratrix of ex Mayor William S Strong’s estate for six years of care.
In Trenton a powder explosion in the rear storehouse of Robert Phelan’s hardware shop killed Phelan, Dr. Parker, and Arnold, with John I. Pearce severely injured. The blast wrecked the store and nearby buildings. two others were lightly hurt. Authorities suspect a gum-dispensing shot may have ruptured a powder can. The incident devastates downtown business districts and damages multiple structures.
On the steamer Prinz Regent from Zanzibar Mmne Gondel wife of a Hamburg millionaire arrived in Naples. She is forty five years old and has thirty three children born in twenty five years of marriage. Five times she had triplets and some children travel with her. Her eldest child is a daughter twenty four years old.
Treadwheel continues to be employed in many English prisons as a rehabilitation and labor device, with ongoing demonstrations of its use and relevance in penal facilities.
Walter D. Hine argues against rail rate regulation before the Senate committee. The Supreme Court seeks enforcement to move George W. Beavers for postal fraud trial. Military promotions follow Major General retirement. leadership changes in city delivery. Examinations for naval paymaster vacancies to begin June 12. Moros and Philippine unrest, Hawaiian Sunday laws, labor strikes in Puerto Rico, Cuba, and the U.S. politics and crimes dominate.
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