31 Aug 1906
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Aug 31, 1906
Page
1
A cold night weighs on the forest as shapes flit in the gloom and suddenly a spark becomes a flame. Edwin L. Sabin notes The wilderness remains a home in The Criterion.
A baby arrives at Tom Clifton’s boarding house. Three doctors clash over treatment while Dutch and Swedish nurses feud, forming a comic scene. The four year old brother torments the infant with pranks as chaos erupts in the household.
A New York Weekly tale recounts a four year old brother Frank seizing the infant and attempting a ride in a homemade wheelbarrow. The baby’s endless crying and the household’s chaos provoke fear, medical runs, and a comical siege of safeguarding efforts as Frank plots further mischief by the sea.
A collage of aphorisms on ethics and truth from various publications contrasts with a July plan to push auto and rail travel to Baguio. Charles Jenkins of Dagupan and Baguio aims to have cars on roads soon, with bridges over rivers and a new Benquet road route, plus a 27 mile rail link from Camp to Baguio expected within a year.
The London Evening Standard reports a curious Eastern practice where a sunstroke victim is laid flat and massaged from the feet up. After the masseur concentrates pain on the forehead, he bites away a piece of forehead flesh, claimed to be invariably effective, whether by faith or illusion.
Agricultural notes discuss high demand for lumber from apple trees for saw handles. The Witch Grass nuisance is addressed with early cutting and crop smothering. Steps for harness hooks are described. Water troughs require cleaning and slats to prevent duckling waste. Pepper crops offer small but steady profits with seasonal yields. The Poultry Plant advises slope for drainage and layout. Pigs should be kept growing with efficient feed, using skimmed milk and slop to bridge to grass.
A fragmentary note from Cedar Rapids mentions Dalko and a silver dollce described as a nuisance. It discusses money, wallets, and the appearance of wealth, with reference to an ordinary citizen and a character named Char yee Apple.
Fragmentary report describes an early morning scene at Gullane golf links with a large rabbit hole and a heap of something found in sand during bunker guarding at the sixteenth hole. The text is garbled and difficult to interpret.
President Roosevelt adopts the new style spelling. report notes a shift in orthography and public reaction to the reform.
New York plans for the greatest naval review off Oyster Bay with the Mayflower carrying President Roosevelt and Rear Admiral Robles Evans overseeing twenty miles of ships led by the Missouri and the Kentucky. The event aims to showcase twelve battleships and multiple cruisers as part of a Labor Day spectacle drawing crowds from New York and hundreds of miles around.
Miss Elizabeth Rothwell of Wilmington kneels in prayer after freeing her face from a Baltimore and Ohio trestle and being ground to pieces by a freight tam near Brandywine Springs Park. Mrs Richard Rothwell and young cousin Richard Rothwell were injured. Rothwell jumped to the bank, breaking bones.
Oyster Bay Roosevelt endorses Carnegie Spelling Reform movement and orders Public Printer Stillings to print the President's messages and White House documents in the reform spelling. The Brander Matthews committee lists about 200 words including thru for through and though. Officials anticipate wider adoption as new spellings appear in executive and departmental communications.
In Havana Province General Bandera and two companions were killed during a clash at the Silvetra farm near Punta Brava fifteen miles from Havana. Rural Guards under Capit n Ignacio Delgado and Lieutenant Aart res Serre engaged Bandera’s party. Bandera and his followers were killed and mutilated with machetes while the guards pursued. The bodies were transported to Havana amid grisly injuries and torn clothing.
Borough Clerk Iir Van Wagenen Meyer of Orange Madison confesses embezzling about 8000 dollars. Mayor Calvin Anterson says the theft stemmed from borrowing salary payments with intent to return funds. Meyer succeeded William N. Ball in 1898 after Ball absconded with a 2000 dollar shortage. Simon P. Flanagan named to replace Meyer as overhauling books proceeds.
One hundred Porto Ricans landed in New Orleans aboard the Arcadia after being shipped from San Juan to work as laborers on Louisiana sugar plantations. The drive is organized under the Louisiana Penman League and aims to swell labor supply for the cane fields.
An OCR fragment from London Daily News discusses how writers limit words to fake authenticity. It references a sales pitch line promising goods for free and hints at exposing schemes aimed at the poor. The text invokes social critique and media manipulation.
A banquet in a room adorned with paintings featured a renowned college president who toasted and praised attendees. He contrasted the paintings with the many valued figures present at the table, asking what need for painted beauty when so many are there.
The text describes Suntower coop harvests and seed sales by Taynter, with seeds sold from fifty to seventy five cents per pound and retailing at $150 a pound. It notes street peddlers in Burshitn province selling the product as a favorite food.
Washington and California officials are cited as confirming duties with the Interstate Amera Commission. A postal service discipline method via firing employees is abolished. Reports show meat exports declines since packers probes began. Rear Admiral W T Swinburne is named commander in chief of the Pacific squadron. Military and Naval Academy rifle teams cannot go to Sea Girt for the national match. Public Printer Stillings suspended. foreman W A Mitles of the GPO bindery cited for insubordination and insolence. The second secretary of the Japanese Embassy will visit Alaska to probe a poaching incident and attend suspects’ trial.
Major Hugh L. Scott arrives in San Francisco en route to Washington aboard the Thomas from Manila. One hundred Porto Rican laborers sail from Arecibo to New Orleans aboard the Akradia. Auditor Ward sails from San Juan to New York to negotiate a million dollar Porto Rico bond sale. Former President Jimenes sails for New York on the Coamo. Five thousand Filipinos protest pace rack betting in Manila.
A Vermont State Bar Association recommendation favors reorganizing the state judiciary. The report cites procedural efficiency, clearer court roles, and improved access to justice as key aims.
Western railroads face record freight volumes as crops promise bumper yields and industrial expansion accelerates. Production of pig iron and coal demand rise, while car and engine shortages hinder movement. Traders anticipate strong earnings in a prosperous year for farmers and manufacturers alike.
Official statistics report sharp rises in murders and homicides in St. Petersburg since the revolution began. Over the week, revolutionists killed 172 government officials and wounded 42, with 120 bombs found and numerous illegal printing presses and copies of suppressed papers uncovered. Police arrests for political offenses reached 276.
Hoke Smith won Georgia's gubernatorial race in a landslide, defeating four opponents led by Clark Howell J H Estill and J James South. Smith campaigned on lower freight rates disfranchisement of Black voters and opposition to the ring rule, with a decisive statewide lead.
Kansas City Free Employment Bureau director T. B. Gerow reports almost 200 job seekers needed across the state while no applications have arrived for work. Counties seek threshing crews to harvest wheat, signaling farm labor strain amid unemployment observations.
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