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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1901
Page
1
A narrator recalls the waste of wishing over daily life and goals, urging work over longing. The scene cuts to Marie and an older aunt reflecting on memories of youth, a missing token, and a soldier with a cherished ring and card.
An elderly woman named Aunt Celeste, with antique charm and a gentle soul, bonds with her grandniece Marie and grandnephew Tom after their Boston visit. Marie draws out Celeste’s long-guarded heart as the faded treasures and lace reveal a secret from the old woman’s past.
A fragmentary page blends a family reminiscence about a soldier and a dance from youth at a convent with a Washington Post notice about Mr. S Yoshii, a Japanese architect in Tokyo working on European style designs for government and hotels. It notes his view of European versus Japanese architecture, earthquake concerns, and Tokyo’s adoption of Western plans.
A long feature discusses education and music for children, noting Mrs Evelyn Fleteh de Copp’s view that a royal road to learning exists for future generations and is now being made smoother for today’s children, with emphasis on reading music and language. It also covers fashion notes on taffeta waists and velvet trims.
An ornate description of a princess gown carried in a walnut shell and a series of evening dresses highlights fashion as a sport trend. The article notes hunting trips with female companions joining men, equipping rifles, and hunting customs in the Adirondacks with evolving rules and attire.
A New York Sun account describes a woman hunter venturing into Adirondack ridges and thickets to stalk deer like men. She moves along lake banks, uses the old tog road, and fires a rifle as the deer reacts, leaving a deer's head as proof of her prowess.
Philadelphia reports over 1300 women in civic offices and police matrons as a standard feature. The piece notes women physicians like Mary Putnam Jacobi and Sarah Tackett Stevenson, a New Bedford library funded by the Women's Club, and Libble Frieze's rotary massage instrument. It mentions Queen Marie of Roumania supporting theater quality and Margaret Howle pushing future women lawyers in Britain, plus various notes on women ministers and public addresses in society.
The article surveys season trends including white velvet corsets, oxblood fabrics, tunnel waistlines, two material sleeves, and embracing two material sleeves. It notes ornate hat embellishments, double English velvet for gowns and turbans, sablecloth winter costumes, rich deep violet collars, and a preference for buttons over clasps in gloves and garments.
A reflective piece questions whether crows communicate with a real vocabulary beyond human imagination. It contrasts folklore beliefs with cautious observation, citing ongoing debates among scientists and curious farmers about crow speech and collective reasoning.
The 1900 Census shows more men than women in the United States by about 1.8 million in a population of 76,307,384. The male to female ratio is roughly 612 to 488 per thousand, with stronger imbalances in certain regions and among immigrants. The pattern echoes earlier decades and contrasts with Europe where women outnumber men. Migration and domestic factors influence the gender balance across states, with notable excesses along the Atlantic seaboard and in western mining districts.
The text notes Charles Stoltz, around ninety seven, approaching another birthday with health fluctuations. Mentions of relatives and possible upcoming marriage rumors surface as a playful local chatter, referencing past remarks and shared memories. The Glove-Democrat column style hints at regional gossip and aging milestones.
George F A Roberts Jr named Post master of Brooklyn. Senators McLaurin and Man clash in the Senate while McLaurin is urged to realign. The Panama Canal treaty is favorably reported. A pension bill for Mrs McKinley at 50000 a year is introduced. Colonel Robert I Meade of the Marines is acquitted at the Brooklyn Navy Yard court martial for drunkenness.
The report strings together disparate incidents: Cuban municipal bids rejected amid power disputes. Philippine insurgent activity and a judge’s murder case. November coffee exports from Puerto Rico to Europe. drafts of tariff plans for free sugar and favorable rates for other goods. Manila merchants petitioning for a free port. U.S. intercession calls over Borro crisis. private and public finance shocks in various cities. legal cases in Philadelphia and Alabama. violent crimes, bank robberies, and prison sentences. a wave of international tensions including Boer War impacts, European finance shifts, and imperial policy notes.
Senate introduced bill to punish for murder or conspiracy against the President Vice President and successors Ambassadors and foreign ministers resident in the United States. It imposes death for killing or inciting killing and ranges up to thirty years for threatening death or endorsing violence. It also bans violent overthrow of law with penalties up to ten years.
Democrats overwhelmed Republicans in Boston area elections, winning mayoralty and control of the City Government, with ColNha defeating Wart by a large plurality. Across Massachusetts cities Republicans claimed several mayors, while Democrats won in Cambridge Lowell and Woburn. Oklahoma Governor Ferguson sworn in at Guthrie, with no policy address. Reports cover protests over export coal tax, congressional pay debates, and other national items.
The North Atlantic Squadron will stop at a Venezuelan port on its southern cruise as officials weigh German aims and Monroe Doctrine interpretations. Debates center on possible German debt collection in Venezuela and U.S. responses to temporary occupations. Two naval stores manufacturers Powell and Overstreet killed each other in a Florida duel near Zolfo.
Fragmentary 1910s style notes report changes in naval attendance, copyright treaty debates, prize offers for military vehicle adoption, rising U S railroad earnings, October import/export shifts in Germany, steel bridge replacements near Sacramento Canyon, Mayaguez public school status, road overseer inspections, and a Russo American commerce item mentioning bones.
Incoming Legislature to restore nonpartisan jury commissions or strip Sheriff of grand and petit jury selection. Counts Bar Association urges bill to create county jury commissions. State sheriffs organize to oppose changes amid other local news including a theft report, missing veteran, bank injunction, and civic notices.
The Postmaster General completed arrangements to carry mail from Seattle to Nome Alaska by stage and steamship. Routes via Cook Inlet to Nome cover about a specified distance with two round trips monthly during winter. Travel time between Seattle and Nome has been shortened from sixty to sixty five days each way, improving delivery cadence.
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