25 Aug 1905
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1905
Page
1
Molly Devereux, once the prettiest girl in Tabournon Terrace, loses her sight after illness yet gains inner strength. Through years of adaptation she becomes capable, cherished, and ultimately finds love with Jim Fremayne, a doctor’s partner, who values her courage over beauty. Her mother and father witness Molly’s transformation into a resilient, trusted person.
The Minneapolis Journal notes a craze for hundred thousand dollar men after the Steel Trust and related firms formed. It cites Schwab allegedly breaking a five year contract, high salaries in the Equitable, and promises of large pay for unknown abilities as part of a broader fever for consolidation and profit.
An Aden officer in charge of a post handles military duty and mail disputes. He learns of a reprimand and asks if it involved a sentence or imprisonment. Told it was a second reprimand, he discovers it arose from improper seating of mail bags and stamping a wax seal with a uniform button, a makeshift that baffled a distant Hindu official and led to a strange dispute.
Secretary James Wilson defends government training for 700 young scientists within the Agriculture Department, arguing farms need practical education and noting extensive work in meteorology, animal health, grain and cotton research, and soil studies. He criticizes colleges for over specialization and urges broad, applied training linked to forestry, dairy, tobacco, and silk initiatives, with emphasis on US self-sufficiency.
An account of Maubin in Burma noting its extreme mosquito problem described as a world-spanning swarm. The text portrays how mosquitoes invade ships and living spaces, forcing residents to fortify homes with iron gauze and barred vents to survive the relentless onslaught.
Unique pot plant notes cut the pineapple top to form an oval leaf cluster, plant in damp sand in shade until roots form, about two weeks. Transplant to sand and rich lean mix in a pot, keep in shade briefly, then move to morning sun, later full sun. The plant has a tropical, odd, attractive look.
Fall planting advantages include soil moisture around roots and protection from drying winds. Very young trees should be staked if possible. Rootlets grow until frost stops them, and a newly set tree needs maximum rootlet contact with soil for establishes.
Gertrude Thurator describes wild flowers and bulbs that can be grown in gardens. She notes wild flowers like blood root transplant easily, bloom early, and persist as perennials with good care. Bulbs should be dug in fall and planted in a sheltered spot with leaf mulch for winter protection.
Instructions outline soil suitability for evergreens, proper hole sizing with topsoil, root arrangement, and careful settling. Emphasis on August as critical for new root growth, need for regular watering, mulch, and cultivation. Also covers spacing for windbreaks and hedges with specific distances for Spruce, Pine, and Arborvitae varieties.
A garbled quotation reflects on patience, love as a constant temper, and inclusion of the divine in faith. It weaves reflections from Henry Doty Maxon Samuel Johnson and Arthur Wells, urging endurance, benevolence, and steadfast virtue amid life’s trials.
A collage of quips and dialogue, highlighting vagaries of language, social small talk, and contemporary curiosity. Items reference The Philadelphia Press, Somerville Journal, Transcript, Puck, Yonkers Statesman, and local clubs, with comments on revolutions, promotions, Moroccan questions, and a telephone method for delinquency dun.
A New York Press line plays on a librarian punchline with Becker noting a bookkeeper character. The exchange hints at a humorous profession joke where a borrower is unlikely to return a lent book. The snippet reflects period humor and dialogue style.
A tongue in cheek quip from London Tit-Bits features Mrs Pancake asking Mr Bargnp about a steak, while Hardup snorts that although trite and overtrained it is a firm muscle. The item playful and clipped in tone.
A Philadelphia Press quotation shows a mother scolding her child for foul language while a friend named Hipling is referenced. The exchange highlights neighborhood tensions over behavior and discipline among youngsters.
A fragment from the Detroit Tribune shows Edd and Emiline speaking about future cooking plans after graduation. Edd mentions aiming to cook Lin aiel, while Emiline questions the desire to discourage him. The dialogue hints at personal ambitions and social expectations.
In a clipped period exchange the gravedigger asks if the doctor is busy, the coachman replies the team is running out daily, and the gravedigger resents the delay saying they dug a hole for Mu this snug while.
Quote from Cleveland Viain Dealer praising Bingley as the most truthful businessman. Question arises on his success and a partner who can tie the bark off a first growth hickory is cited as the explanation.
A Cleveland Leader brief notes the manager of a local theatre installs a peculiar sign in the lobby warning that rabies are not admitted unless accompanied by an older person, reflecting quirky theatre governance.
A Western city banker bought romne chickens from a ranchman and ordered delivery to his home. His wife found the animals on the lawn instead of the hen house, and the flock vanished. He searched alleys and questioned neighbors, then sought help to locate the missing poultry.
Household Franconia potatoes prepared with uniform size baked around meat, browned and flavorful. Custard cups filled with bread crumbs and chopped cooked chicken, beaten eggs milk salt and pepper, baked in a hot water bath until set.
Heat vinegar and pour onto well beaten yolks of eggs. Beat until creamy then add butter. Mix salt mustard and pepper into the cooked mixture. Shave cabbage finely and mix with the dressing.
A homey two cup corn and two cup tomatoes bake with salt pepper sugar and butter. A bread crumb topping browns as rolls rise and glaze with egg wash. Potato salad blends potatoes celery eggs mustard sugar vinegar and oil with parsley garnish. Baked apple custards steam apples with egg yolks milk butter sugar and nutmeg then meringue tops serve cold.
Be SP. CUNTS FOR. THE' THOUSEKEEPE see "EES Castor oil is excellent to soften leather, Benzine and common clay will clean marble. Wash white warble with clear water and a soft brush, Lemon juice and glycerine will clean and soften the hands. Coral necklaces look well with the pretty lawn dresses. Drippings from a candle can be taken out of cloth by ether. If you are buying carpets for dura bility choose small figures. If a Hamburg steak is served with a hot tomato sauce it will be most appe tizing. Clean out closets and buresus with arpentine water and use generous pro portions of the turpentine. By covering the bottom of a bureau or chiffonter with a sheet of tin or glue protection from the is secured. A feature brush is preferable to 2 cloth for dusting gilt picture frames, as the cloth wears and dcadens the git An old tin tea kettle with the bottom cut out makes an excellent cover to place over iron heating on gas or gaso ine stoves. Until the plumber can come, a leak e can be temporarily stopped with a mixture of yellow soap, whiting and a very little water. A small, stiff brush, such as artists use when painting snots, is excelent for brushing the dust from the crevices In velvet trhuring and froit between ribbon folds. Lemon juice will whiten frosting, cranberry or strawberry juice will olor Jt pink, and the grated rind of an orange armiined through a cloth willolor It yellow. Glean springs and woodwork of beds carefully, going over joints and ends of slats and every crevice with corro sive sublimate, by way of guarding against possible dust creatures.
A speculative piece discusses how wealthy buyers and dealers push art prices higher at auction. It notes the tension between eager bidders and collectors seeking status, and asks whether profits always reach the original owner. The text references a drought in Australia affecting crop yields in 1908.
A crowded wrap of weekly notices from Washington covering the White House overhauls in the president’s absence, personnel moves like Edwin H. Conger resigning as ambassador to Mexico effective October 18, and various international and domestic items. The report notes Taft tributes in Zamboanga, a fast steamer run to Honolulu, and other international developments alongside U.S. political and social happenings.
Mrs. Mize, 42, of New York, was killed after resisting a purse snatch at Fifty-eighth Street and Wallingford arena. The robber, described as a tall slim man in a light gray suit, escaped west through an alley after seizing the purse containing several hundred dollars. Mrs. Wilson, a friend from Las Cruces, Mexico, witnessed the crime and alerted hotel staff. The incident drew Hyde Park police to the scene and a wide manhunt ensued, with detectives dispatched to parks and elevated stations. The motive appears robbery. Mrs. Mize had arrived at the Del Prado Hotel with Mrs. Watson on July 25.
General Frank D Baldwin narrowly escaped a bullet during skirmish practice at Fort Logan before leaving for Oklahoma. The shot, alleged to be deliberate, prompted a War Department report while enlisted men were kept under light duty but officers treated the event seriously.
Thirteen workmen employed by the Chicago Wrecking Company were injured when a large section of the Educa tion Building roof collapsed at the World’s Fair grounds in St Louis Missouri. Wrecking company officers attribute the failure to an earthquake.
Miss Zelda Stewart and her fiancé John Chartres were rescued forty miles offshore in Lake Michigan after spending forty hours without food. They had departed Chicago by rowboat for a lake sail and were found late in the afternoon in an exhausted condition.
Imperial telegram to General Linievitch expresses the Czar's cordial appreciation and directs readiness for any outcome. Promos announced for Zennekampff and Mistchenko to Generals of army corps. Personal gossip notes Root in Labrador, Dr. Parker dean, Grace famed cricketer, Sarasate talismans, and other society items.
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