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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1906
Page
4
Fragmentary verse evokes cows, clouds, a heron roosting, a wagon passing through gloom, lights in windows, a night landscape with oaths of nature and a sense of home. The piece ends with invitation to join Charles McNeill.
Frances Mattocks faces social pressure as the Nine Pins Club begs her to join a midweek concert outing. Frances laments lost gatherings while her mother Mrs. Mattocks insists on focus for scholarship and upcoming lessons.
A mother recalls past dreams of education denied to herself and tests Frances with a college path. She offers Frances a choice between college funding or a lavish social showcase, prompting Frances to vow to pursue college and acknowledge her mother’s plea and guidance.
The Egypt Exploration Fund highlights the architects of Mentuhotep III and Hatshepsut’s temples at Deir el Bahri. Mortisen and Senmut are celebrated as master craftsmen whose work defined royal monuments. Senmut rose from obscurity to high state office, serving as architect and royal administrator under Queen Hatshepsut.
A column discusses Wellesley College students and faculty fretting over dress norms and social expectations. It covers fashion trends from lingerie winter wear to rubber over shoes, and notes broader worries about women balancing style, independence, and home life. It cites Mary Stewart Cutting on home influence and Sir Thomas Lipton praising women sailors.
Vienna reports a possible radium spa at Alstedt with uranium ore imported to Auer Edght works. Radium for hospitals may be supplied from a 40 000 pound value byproducts. Vienna physicists plan a roachimstal lab to manufacture radium salts and analyze waters for a possible Kutanstalt bath. Franca hosts the world’s largest toothpick factory producing 20 000 000 units annually, later repurposed for a fountain pen mill.
An incomplete narrative segment portrays troubled lovers and social pressures around marriage. The text hints at imbalanced relationships, family opposition to matches, and financial concerns shaping the couple's decisions amidst awkward social dynamics.
A new process by Christopher Hamilton claims to dissolve hard blue dia mond ground from Pretoria mines. Tests show a tea spoonful of the solution dissolves the rock within seconds, enabling easy breakage and disintegration. The inventor promises low costs and reduced diamond breakage, with royalty-backed rights and planned bulk application.
A Venetian ghostly manufacturer markets glasslike hats and a peculiar paper used by Japan for undergarments. The material resists water and tears well, remaining strong when dry, though fragile when wet. A Portuguese official reports testing the material for government use.
Consul Jesse s h t chson of Alexian Area explains a method in Agle Minor to provide substitute fare. Snow is gathered, packed in a content pit, covered with straw and leaves, and melted water drained through a bottom conduit. Labor is minimal, delivered to consumers by pack horses, with selling prices listed per hundred pounds.
The article discusses social telegraphy and ceremonial handshakes as a form of communication. It cites Lady Victoria Tandrat von Usli as a Kaiser envoy sent to German South West Africa to map water routes, noting she has located fifty three princes in the area.
Sir Thomas Lipton writes in the Weekly Dispatch that American prosperity is unmatched in history. He argues growth stems from expanding industries and rising purchasing power, and rebuts claims it is due to manipulation, noting high costs in Britain stem from global food movements and redirected imports.
The note predicts 1906 will surpass 1905 in agriculture industry and mercantile activity, claiming the year will exceed the phenomenal 1205 record and outpace all prior years with broad growth across departments.
The text notes that many textile plants have followed Fall River mills by raising wages to the highest level ever seen in the industry.
Latest advices from Massachusetts indicate this season will yield about 250 000 barrels of cranberries. The report notes shipments west of York and to Canada exceed the prior year as the total crop surpasses 1905 by roughly fifty percent.
The sudden rise in butter prices in New York appears tied to a shortage of fresh stock.
Railway congestion spreads nationwide, delaying grain movement and coal supplies, disrupts cotton shipments to the South, and hampers manufacturing in the West. Profits rise for partners, agricultural returns hold steady for farmers. Seattle advertises for cavalry horses with 200 head at $129 each.
The 1906 07 season adds 300000 bales to the crop total reaching 12450000. Cotton consumption rises as higher raw cotton prices reflect increased demand from spinners, signaling stronger market activity this year.
The annual report examines federal judiciary interpretation of the Sherman Anti-Trust and Railroad Rate laws. It notes uncertainties in meaning of restraints and monopolization, enforcement challenges, and key rulings from Sherman law prosecutions since Roosevelt's term began. It cites twenty three Sherman law proceedings, seven concluded with Government success, and sixteen pending. It also covers railroad rate law prosecutions and renewed enforcement activity.
The Lithore government tightens drug laws declaring any possession of cocaine a serious crime in response to rising use. Police enforcement will be stepped up across the country to deter traffickers and users.
A Washington woman recalls years of stomach pain from starchy and greasy foods. After using Grape-Nuts and cream for breakfast she reports relief within two weeks and full recovery in two months, becoming a well woman who can eat freely.
Henry Labouchere writes in London Times about a church lobby in London lacking exit access and questions why worshipers should be less protected than theatre or music hall audiences. He argues the County Council would block such a plan for a theatre and urges safer design.
James R Keeler of Fenner J Cazenovia NY recounts years of back and kidney pain. He credits Doan's Kidney Pills with relief after using one box then two. He says his wife and friends also benefited and recommends them. 60 cents a box Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
A digest of two excerpts on corporal punishment in England contrasts class attitudes toward flogging and notes a historical link between a master and pupil at Westminster. It also reports on Swiss glacier retreat during 1905 and ends with a wry proverb about self control and silence.
A kangaroo reportedly cleared eleven feet in a jump, surpassing the deer's nine and a half feet. An advertisement touts Dr Kline’s Grant Nerve Restorer for nervous diseases with a trial bottle and free bottle offer.
An old London Answer column relays a quip from a Fast Indian servant of the late Lord Dufferin, then viceroy of India. Asked about the English lord on a hunting trip, the servant quips that the sahib’s shooting was divine, but providence spared the birds.
An advertisement touts Durham Medicine Company's Catarrh Cure as a blood and mucous surface remedy taken internally. It attacks the disease at its source, with testimonials promised and a claim of reputable medical backing. A second note mentions a fire safety sign on a Paris street.
A quoted testimonial describes severe eczema torment with itching spreading over nearly the entire body. After using Cuticura Remedies as directed the patient reports great relief and now recommends the products. Celery and onions are noted as nerve tonics and a carpet cleaning method is briefly described.
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