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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1911
Page
5
The Postmaster General reports a shift from an annual deficit of 17 million dollars to a surplus of 219 thousand dollars as postal service improvements are urged, including one cent letter postage and a parcels post. The Secretary of War warns the army was unprepared for war, scattered, short on reserves and artillery, and recommends abandoning many posts.
The sculptor Thomas Ball died in Montclair New Jersey in his ninety third year. The report notes his death and aging but provides no further biographical detail.
Sporting The Eastern League will be known as the International League. Harry Wolverton signed a contract to manage the New York club of the American League for the 1912 season.
Reports note December plowing in northern New York and lower Canada after warm weather. Other items include Treasury stating per capita circulation at 34.34 dollars, political and legal developments in New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, plus freight train crash near Manor with six dead and five injured.
A scatter of brief items reports on varied happenings including prison release for Mrs Peck in Auburn New York the suicide of Mrs Gubelmann five hundred blue jackets departing for San Francisco dynamite inquiry in Indianapolis and Los Angeles criminal cases involving the McNamara brothers and other incidents such as peonage concerns in Colorado and a major mine disaster toll in Tennessee officials discussing reforms in Philadelphia and New York and a call for a uniform national divorce law in Nevada.
Reports from Europe note foreign jubilation in Russia over Britain's perceived weakness on Persia. Other items include a deadly collision near the Paris Northern Railroad terminus, drownings in Panama, Nobel prizes in Stockholm, and various political and security developments across Europe and Asia.
The Sherwood service pension bill passed the House 229 to 92, aiming to add about 75 million annually to federal expenses by increasing pensions for civil and Mexican war veterans. It sets monthly rates from 15 to 30 dollars based on service length and includes amendments affecting veterans' access to Federal and State veterans homes.
Two masked bandits robbed the New York and Florida Mail No 80 one mile north of Hardeeville S C escaping with all registered mail worth thousands of dollars. Post office inspector George Sutton confirms 55 registered packages stolen in the heist.
An organized demonstration by Irish and German groups disrupted a Citizens National Committee rally in Carnegie Hall supporting arbitration treaties with Great Britain and France. The clash routed Stephen Wise who attempted to restore order, and the meeting was shut down as Carnegie and Frederic R. Coudert remained to comment on the treaties.
In the first Arizona state election the insurgent Democratic ticket won. George W. P. Hunt was chosen governor over Judge Edward W. Wells, Marcus A. Smith and Henry F. Ashurst won advisory votes for U S Senators, Carl Hayden elected to Congress, with the remainder of the state ticket broadly Democratic.
The Republican national convention of 1912 will be held in Chicago with opening on Tuesday June 18. Harry S. New is named chairman of the arrangements committee which will appoint temporary officers for the gathering in the Windy City.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture estimates U S cotton production for 1911 12 at 14 885 000 bales of 500 pounds gross weight not including linters The series of prior years shows 1910 11 11 426 000 1909 10 000 1908 9 12 920 000 and 1907 08 11 678 000 bales The new crop is a record breaker.
A sweep of local items across New Jersey notes Mrs Mehorter taking a teaching post in Red Bank, Emma Taylor and Emma Hires joining Penns Grove and Palmyra schools, plus labor, church, and civic activities. A train accident injury, a dog bite campaign, and a steamboat sale to New York capitalists are also reported.
Announcement from Prosecutor Scovel office in Camden sets trial date for December 19 for the murder of John Gideon during a July fight. Lawyers Ralph W. E. Dongen and Ralph Wescott are assigned to defend Elizabeth Green.
Readable excerpts discuss civil service reforms and extending merit-based exams, including election officer reviews and a report by the State Civil Service Commission. Potters' association and the National Brotherhood fund a tuberculosis care program for sick potters and families, while Ruth Horton pleads guilty to shooting in Camden Court. An elderly toll-taker Charles Prickett marked his 85th birthday with five generations in Millville.
Sir Thomas Shaughnessy of the Canadian Pacific Railway offered a $1,000 gold prize for the best 100 pounds of wheat grown on the American continent, won by Seager Wheeler of Rosthern Saskatchewan. Wheeler’s prize wheat, Marquis, plus his seed-quality farming, marks Alberta and British Columbia as prominent in grain prizes at national and continental shows.
A humorous courtroom exchange centers on a woman insisting a female attorney handle her divorce. The judge notes her objection to a portion of the marriage rite and the line about a husband not being allowed to intervene.
Health claim suggests applying Hamlins Wizard Oil to gums to stop decay and using a diluted mouth wash to chase disease germs. The text presents a home remedy instruction without clinical evidence or expert endorsement.
An 19th century style ad mocks vagrants and praises Hoxste's Croup Remedy for colds croup and sore throat. Claims safety speed and lack of nausea with price 60 cents. Ends with a sexist line about believing a woman is better than she is and warns against eye openers.
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