15 Dec 1905
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1905
Page
1
A fragmentary poem line traces a long search for "The Place of my Desire" through weary years. The lines express longing, pain, and yearning set against sunset imagery, emphasizing personal pursuit rather than external events or characters.
In New York society amid dancing and jealousy Muriel Day shuns Sta Brook for Macclesfield. A daytime drive turns fatal when Muriel falls into a river and Sta Brook dives after her, disappearing beneath the glassy tide. Macclesfield survives the rescue attempt. Sta Brook perishes, leaving questions of fault and fate.
Andrew D. White cites 1757 Cologne archbishop tariff listing fifty five cruel penalties with payments for instruments and methods from beheading to burning. Harper's Weekly features Madame Nordica on sacrifice and the prima donna’s demands, including a tale of attending an opera and a reminder to rest before Gotterdammerung.
A tale from Coldville recalls two rival churches where clergy kept peace but members clashed over doing joint charity and social efforts. Mrs. Harmon, a recent town arrival, joins the North Church and earns praise for her universal friendliness and warm regard for both congregations. The piece quotes a neighbor praising her generosity and amiable spirit toward South Church members.
The Chicago Neaf and Aid Society reports a sharp increase in applications for assistance over prior years. More than one quarter are widows with young children, over one eighth are deserted women, and illness is common in nearly every case.
A discussion contrasts American and English men through a column on gendered behavior. The American man is described as constantly serving and scrambling to retrieve a dropped item, while the English man remains dignified and reserved, never erasing his self. The London Telegraph is cited noting even in England a dropped fan sparks multiple men to help a pretty girl. The piece ends by claiming excess modesty is uniquely American.
The Colorado State Federation of Women's Clubs prints 1000 copies of a letter from Governor Fesse F McDonald praising women’s clubs for civic improvement while differing with Grover Cleveland’s views. He argues clubs help both women and men, improve homes, cities, and states, and enable women to perform duties more intelligently through club involvement. He also notes the positive impact on children and civic life. In a Southern trip report, Roosevelt meets Mrs. W J Baker, a Southern regime figure, after a public reception dispute over whether he may visit a private home.
Fashion notes describe color rules for faces and outfits, favoring ostrich plumes and lace and velvet trims. Moire effects are forecast, large black hats advised for versatility, and a society hat features a vivid green bird ornament with a purple base and long tail feathers.
The annual report highlights seventy five new schools funded and run by the Cherokee community with Indian teachers, reflecting advancement. It notes the tribe’s constitutional government at a prominent capital, their historic embassy to England, and the enduring resilience after displacement, shaping a modern, educated nation.
Reports from St. Petersburg describe dramatic chaos across Kharkoff, Ekaterinoslav, and Dorpat as mutinies seize arsenals, peasant bands pillage, and martial law spreads. Rail unions strike disrupts mail and telegraph services while troops refuse orders and governors conduct court martials.
United States Senator John H W Mitchell died in Good Samaritan Hospital Portland at 11 40 am. He was seventy two. Death followed complications from removal of four teeth at a dental office a hemorrhage could not be stopped despite stout remedies. Doctors failed to save him.
Washington reports from Controller Ridgely show the United States leading in gold money with about 5.087 billion dollars held, followed by France, Germany, Russia, and Great Britain. Silver money totals and per capita comparisons are listed, along with bank counts, deposits, profits, and notes on bank failures and governance.
Ten persons were killed when Union Pacific train No 2 the east bound Overland Limited collided head on with a pacific coast fast freight near Wilkins west of Green River Wyoming. Dead include Brink Esquineer Rawls James Bushee John Lawless Frank Mekenta J A Newson Frank Peterson J EB Phillipor Ed Rorenbau Stigers McKenna and two others. Injured include Milks Edna Michak Maud Hiler Donnie Y McArthur M C McCoy Gertrude Cook M Hulitt. Cause cited as failure to read orders by the freight crew and engineer. Destruction heavy with wreckage fire. Damages estimated at 130000 dollars.
Mary Mabelle Rogers was hanged in Bennington for the murder of her husband Marcus Rogers on August 12 1902. Governors reprieve denied earlier. she confessed plotting life insurance and elopement, aided by Leon Perham. The brutal case unfolds with details of the rope chloroform and river burial.
Paris reports a serious mutiny aboard two Russian torpedo boat destroyers nearing launch at Toulon. Sailors revolted against officers but the unrest was quelled by the garrison and new crews will be sent to Toulon to resume the project.
Reports from Hull England on a new American enterprise tied to iron trade. NZ Arbitration Court awards favor unions in recent rulings. Spanish union membership growth tripled in five years. Perth building trades unionizes electrical workers. Chinese emigration to Transvaal noted. Chicago Burlington and Quincy Railroad ends two decades of opposition by recognizing the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. Francis Joseph name day celebrations in Austria linked to servant payouts. Chicago printers resist the International Typographical Union in a bid for a shorter workday.
In Longwood Valley near Oak Ridge reservoir Petersburg Lake has been sold to a group of business men forming the Petersburg Fishing and Hunting Club. They leased 705 acres of the Chamberlain estate plus 1000 more, creating a 2000 acre area planned for stocking with pheasant and quail and developing sport fishing with retained bass rights.
Miss Pauline Christman was sworn in at Pueblo Colorado as a full fledged police patrol woman. She does not expect to walk about but will perform duties assigned by the chief. Christman works for a Pueblo newspaper and has campaigned against street expectoration. The Police Department chose her to enforce the ordinance, the main reason for her appointment.
J WASHINGTON President Roosevelt reportedly told friends he plans to form the world after his term expires. In Washington, Cannon announced seats on House committees as Panama Canal bill moved to Appropriations. Tillman sparked a Senate debate with a railroad rate bill. Interior pension rolls listed 998,441. Taft says army 9,814 and militia 121,008. Platt met the President at the White House as a compromise forms to admit Arizona New Mexico together and Oklahoma Indian Territory separately.
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