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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1904
Page
1
A speaker questions why friends insist on wealth and fame, noting they expect easy riches for those who work hard in any field. He rejects writing verse and art as paths to wealth, arguing wealth often favors those born lucky, a sentiment echoed by Collier's Weekly.
In a small English town Miss Priscilla Bentley, an aging former love, letters a major after a long separation. Betsy, a loyal caretaker, nudges truth and shame as Priscilla confronts past affection and a strained confession. The scene unfolds with memory, risk, and a community whispering around one woman’s plea for romance.
In a scene from The Woman at Home Miss Priscilla blushes and apologizes as she contemplates a promise made by a guard. Alexander asserts the woman’s sweetness while Betsy reports a clerk’s boy lingering at the printer’s end of the road with a note or letter box clue.
Harper's Bazar describes the White House steward as a quiet trustworthy mulatto who purchases daily at markets in Washington. The routine is discreet and unseen, with unlettered wagons delivering supplies through the south entrance to the kitchen, similar to royal patronage notices in London.
A summer incident at an inland lake amuses spectators as a husband warns his wife about a fisherman smoking his pipe upside down. The scene escalates into laughter revealing the warning was a lighthearted ruse, ending the tale with playful relief in Sunday Magazine.
Genealogists report hundreds of thousands linked to royal lineage via surnames such as Jones Smith Wilson Churchlit and Morley among others. Arch bishop Temple and Sir Wilfred Lawson are named relatives, with Sanderson Mamers and Validarts also prominent in the record.
Two men discuss hog handling and enclosure tricks. One boasts lifting a 350 pound hog between pens with one hand. The other describes forcing a pig through a partition hole as it grows to 400 pounds.
A column debates army life and marriage norms for officers, urging wives to share duties and embrace frugality to support families. It discusses social life, regulations, and the idea that love will find a way. Also includes fashion notes on skirts, hair removal myths, and various dress details. It mentions breakfast history and a rare pearl known as The Somern Cross auctioned in Australia.
In Sheboygan Wisconsin town, notable women raise money for a new library by performing unusual tasks at home or for others. Mrs A D Deland baked bread, a wealthy woman did at home work, and other ladies shampooed heads or pressed clothes to fund the project.
A medical note warns against overfeeding crying babies to quiet them, arguing feeding can mask pain and mislead diagnosis. It stresses limiting nourishment to natural needs, avoiding excessive medicine, and teaching proper amounts for growth and resilience. It cites grandparents’ remedies and suggests cautious care in infancy.
An old fine tale from Sullivan Counts appears in the Pinkadelphia Ledger. The story, relayed by Dearitia at sesslancat rauit, involves a peacock and a vlybuingale named Signe.
A compact recipe describes a Jelly Roll: four ages, one cup of sugar, one teaspoonful of vanilla, one cup of flour, one teaspoonful baking powder. Bake on a sheet, roll with jelly, then unroll on paper and dust with powdered sugar.
A simple chilled drink mix blends water and sugar, then adds currant juice orange juice pineapple bits and mineral water. The mixture is frozen to a mush and served in glasses for a fruity summer treat.
A pint frost grape juice and a cup sugar simmer to a syrup. Core tart apples simmer until tender in the juice then dish and pour syrup over each apple. Serve with whipped cream or grape syrup.
A recipe fragment lists ingredients such as white sugar one and a half cups, four eggs, two cups flour, two teaspoon baking powder, boiling water, vanilla. It advises sifting flour, beating eggs separately, then combining, and adding boiling water last for a lighter batter.
A faded recipe describes a lemon pie method using a double boiler, two cups of milk, sugar, egg yolks, lemon juice and rind, flour, and a baked crust. It instructs folding in beaten egg whites, a meringue-like top, and browning in the oven.
A rustic recipe describes combining agate kettle ingredients including vinegar mustard seed celery seed salt and ground mustard with butter and sugar to form a cream. The mixture is heated to a boil then added to finely chopped cabbage and processed in glass jars for serving with meats or beans.
Twelve hard boiled eggs are halved and yolks removed. Sardines are minced with yolks, seasoned with salt paprika cayenne and lemon juice, then mixed with flour to form a paste. Shape into egg forms, present on lettuce with salad dressing, or wrap in tissue. Canapes use thin fried bread rounds with walnut balls or pickles for garnish.
The text gives domestic guidance on cloths and cleaning, including avoiding sticking to wood, washing with borax, and dust control. It then shifts to feeding the German Emperor, describing his four chefs and their roles, the variety of cuisines, and the palace kitchen routine.
The Court of Appeals reverses lower courts in People ex rel Cossey v. Controller Grout, deeming the eight hour provision of the 1897 labor law unconstitutional. Justice Haight and others dissent or concur on alternate grounds, citing Rogers v Coler and Atkins v Kansas to argue the statute violates due process.
Secretary Taft releases the annual War Department report detailing the regular army strength on October 15 with 705 officers and 63,000 enlisted men, notes Filipino postings and U S locations, outlines coast defense progress with emplacements and mortars, and proposes funding for officers, militia efficiency, torpedo defenses, and insular fortifications.
London dispatch notes mutiny at the Odess naval barracks causing many deaths and wounds as pickets fire on mutineers. Separate award sails $40,000 for life to a widow after death from insulation failure at a Richmond tower incident. Prairie’s deputy named to an international commission for North Sea service.
The notice mentions a renowned sculptor and various cultural figures, including scholars and poets, with recent obituaries and honors. It references Edward Vibor Bough and Victor Pavers, along with the British Natural History Society and other names in a mosaic of memorial notices and recognitions.
The readable text presents scattered phrases about maths, delivery cards, and a mix of names. No coherent event, person, organization, or place is determinable from the fragments provided.
War Department accepts the restgration of Major Walter B. Alexander of the Artillery Corps stationed in San Francisco. A new arbitration treaty was signed by the State Department between the United States and Portugal. The Merchant Marine Commission heard testimony from Secretary Morton and several naval officers on the value of the merchant marine as an auxiliary to the navy in war.
Reading through dispatches from the era, reports detail harsh measures against convicts on Malalil Island and a crackdown on Porto Rican workers in Hawaii. The piece notes education cuts in the Philippine Islands due to funding shortages, tied to a broader unease over Puerto Rican labor and crime. Other items cover a series of local tragedies in New York and St. Louis, a shipwreck near Blackwell's Island, and various international tensions from Paris to Moscow.
Rescue crew from Atlantic City works at night to reach a drifting ship seen near Absecon Inlet. The schooner Frank N. McCullough, of New York, commanded by Captain Edward Bilnk, was ashore near Little Ground. All on board were reported safe, though the life savers faced grave danger during the search.
Jewelry worth 10000 reported stolen from Miss M L Winslow at 64 Maple Avenue Morris Town. Diamonds and pearls valued at 8000 missing from a bureau drawer after a door and window were found secure. Doctor Henry Henriques aided recovery on roof and through a window. Miss Winslow lives alone with a companion and servants. her father was a New York banker.
Fred Schroeder and his wife were injured when a fast red car struck their carriage on the pike as they headed home from town. The auto fled the scene after the collision, leaving no visible license number. Schroeder’s carriage was demolished and both occupants suffered bruises and cuts.
A Jamestown cranesman loses his leg when a coin in his pocket causes a dredge wheel to slip during startup. The coin welded into a mass as the wheel stalled the machinery and damaged the man. Other notes mention Woodbury trolley schedule, a new jail, Bridgeton plant move, red winter snow birds, and novel phonographic picture post cards.
A farmer from Netherill, Pennsylvania, was found strangled after a sack of apples bound around his neck caused the rope to tighten as he hanged himself from a tree. The scene describes his death and the weight of the bag causing fatal constriction. A note mentions a New Dairy School linked to the University of California.
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