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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1908
Page
1
A brief teaser notes a fragmentary excerpt describing stockings hung beside windswept faces and Tuco's image, hinting at a nostalgic scene. The readable lines evoke a festive yet somber mood, with characters and setting submerged in partial memory.
A travelogue style survey of regional Christmas figures. It describes how Santa Claus is imagined in Germany as knecht Ruppert and the Christ Child, the German gift scene, St Nicholas gingerbread, Dutch wooden shoes, Belgian St Nicholas Day customs, Bohemian Christ Child, Italian Bambino rites, Spanish fruit gifts, and the Sweden Denmark gift box tradition plus a birds feeding custom.
A feature by Helen Trew and others from Macon and New York describes handmade Christmas gifts. Items include a circus rug crafted from green denim with appliqued circus scenes, a croquet inkstand using a split croquet ball, a slipper needle book with padded soles, and a handkerchief tug fashioned from two handkerchiefs and a stitched hoop.
Instructions for making a one inch pine sled and a seven foot skating sail using wood tin battens and canvas. The piece notes a Christmas gift and observes a comparison between the African peanut and the American peanut in culinary uses and crushability.
The piece describes Christmas Eve traditions from France Austria and the Netherlands with scenes of Jesus Bambin, angels, and Gabriel. Children set shoes for gifts, the Christ Child arrives in various guises, and rewards or admonishments follow based on piety. The Newark Sunday Call reflects on universal peace and goodwill.
A historical menu lists courses for a Christmas dinner including Oyster Retyd Tomato Birque Boiled Trout with Caper Sauce Roast Goose Apple Sauce Mashed Potatoes Creamed Carrot Shrimp Salad Orange Sherbet Celery Oliver Christmas Pudding Coffee Crackers and Chega Muprand Rayiy.
A Washington conference report backed state federal cooperation to conserve natural resources. Prominent speakers included Andrew Carnegie and governors Woodruff Ansel Broward and De neen. The Inland-Water Ways Commission outlined costs and huge savings from improving rivers and waterways.
Four year old Ruth Bryan died after catching fire from a kitchen accident while her parents were away in Milton. An eight year old brother tried to help, a sister brought water, and Dr Charles Parker treated the scene but could not save the child. The ignition occurred within an hour of the parents leaving.
The Duma authorized a 225 million external loan sanctioned by the Budget Committee. Much of the 150 million conversion loan due in May will go toward covering the 1909 budget deficit.
Secretary Me cal f announces naval program in annual report proposing four battleships at the Dasle.
Battling Nelson plans to resume boxing in February. Yale football loses final game 5 to 2 to Crescent Athletic Club. Frank Mount Pleasant elected captain of Dickinson football team. Dr John B Taylor former Penn quarter mile champion dies of typhoid pneumonia. 172 American bred race horses sail to England on Minnetonka. Frank Kramer wins three cornered race in New York over Dupre and Major Taylor. Jerome D Trivers American golf champion to compete in British amateur in May. Napoleon Lajoie retires from publishing after two years as editor of the Lajoie Guide.
San Francisco faces a turning point as Abe Ruef is convicted of bribery after a lengthy trial tied to Heney’s vendetta against the political boss. The verdict followed a 24 hour jury deliberation amid tense courtroom scenes and notes of protest from jurors over prosecutorial tactics.
President Roosevelt and Senator Foraker confront the Brownsville raid mystery as detectives report alleged conspirators from the Twenty fifth Infantry. The message cites multiple informants including Boyd Conyers and Elmer Brown, pressing for confessions while proposing a three officer commission to assess innocence before reenlistment. The investigation continues as Foraker dens to control the process.
A premature blast at Bas Obispo on the Panama Canal killed fourteen and injured fifty as dynamite discharged during loading. Thirteen bodies removed, others feared buried under debris across an 800 by 400 foot area. Americans among dead include James T. Hummer and John J. Korp. Three Spaniards and eight West Indian workers also dead. Ancon Hospital reports many injured not seriously hurt. Washington dispatch lists names and says investigation ordered.
Onley Virginia at the annual stockholders meeting officers re elected. General manager salary raised to 1000 and general Inspector to 900. N W Bell named assistant. Produce handled included 590 barrels sweet potatoes 493 barrels Irish potatoes 100 refrigerator cars of strawberries and 220 900 packages of onions pears and cabbage. Gross receipts 2 496 625 28. 10 percent dividend paid and 27000 added to surplus.
William Prevethan cried out for help as tons of dirt and rock buried him at Boston Run Colliery in Mahanoy City Pa. Rescue efforts failed as another collapse buried him deeper before he was recovered half an hour later. In the same family tragedy his sister died two weeks earlier and a younger brother lost a leg in a railroad accident.
Governor Hughes announced a nine member committee of bankers businessmen and economists to investigate New York exchanges markets and speculation laws. The commission will report as early as practical and serves without compensation with the aim of advising on investor protection and regulatory changes.
Port au Prince reports Antoine Simon, President, states he will organize a provisional government until the Chamber convenes. The move follows a surprise turn of events as Fouchard learns of it from his ship arrival. Nord Mexis is exiled to Jamaica.
Grand Jury in Union City Tennessee reported two indictments in the Walnut Log tragedy. Thirty four men were indicted. Jesse Carter aged twenty two of Clayton was arrested in October charged with the murder of Captain Rankin. Carter died of malarial fever at Nashville.
Four infant children of farmer William J. Scharf perished in a bedroom fire near Hawthorne eight miles from Ottawa Canada. The tragedy occurred while residents of the farm slept, with investigators examining cause and potential safety lapses. Local authorities and neighbors mourn the young lives lost in the blaze.
John L. Sullivan, once famed boxing champion, obtained a divorce decree after testifying in Superior Court in Chicago about his inability to persuade his wife to return to their life together. Mrs. Sullivan resided in Centreville, Rhode Island, a small town near Providence.
Great Britain refused to consent to Bolstain's annexation of the Congo Free State unless reforms to abuses there were guaranteed.
Judge Jean Gervais Protals Blanchet of the Queen's Bench in Quebec shot himself amid illness. He was 55, a descendant of early French settlers, and his widow is the daughter of General Silas Seymour of New York.
The German Imperial estimates for 1909 total 716,250,000 dollars with 50,760,000 dollars to be borrowed. This borrowing is 16,250,000 dollars less than the amount borrowed in 1908.
Rodolfo Gaona, a famed Mexican bullfighter, was fatally injured in a Puebla arena. He was struck by a bull whose horns pierced the abdomen, ending his life.
French critics who disagree with American plans for the Panama Canal have been actively predicting its complete failure since the Gutun Dam incident, part of which has reportedly sunk.
Mrs. Sarah Pessin, thirty, wife of Solomon Pesoin the rabbi of Kesser Israel Synagogue, was burned to death in a fire at her Springfield Massachusetts home. The tragedy raises questions about the blaze and its circumstances as investigators probe possible causes.
Official notice from London that Bernard Arthur Forbes Earl of Granard will wed Miss Bentley Mills daughter of Oxden Milly of New York. The engagement is announced with formal greeting and anticipation of a royal style union between English nobility and an American heiress.
John R Wegeman president of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company was discharged from custody by the Appellate Division and er returned from the charges of perjury and forgery in a notable legal ruling.
Grand Rapids Michigan veterinary dean H L Schuh was found guilty by a police court jury of cruelty to animals for vivisection on an old blind horse at the college. Schuh admitted the horse was only partially anesthetized but argued it was insensible to pain.
Roger O Kelly, one of two Wentmute lawyers in Raleigh, N C, lost an eye while playing on the Shaw University football team.
Dutch cruiser Gelderland towed the Venezuelan coast guardship Alix into Willemstad Curaçao after boarding without firing a shot. The capture effectively seizes the Venezuelan navy with one prize. The crew were rounded up and released to wade ashore as the Gelderland headed to port marking the first Dutch act of hostility toward Venezuela.
Baltimore attorney general Bonaparte announces retirement from public life next March and says he has not been asked to join President Taft's cabinet and would not accept if asked. He plans to retire after March 4.
Women in the day’s news include Mrs. Cleveland returning to Princeton with her children for school, Mrs. Astor’s estate valued at up to 150090, and Mrs. Cornwallis West planning a visit to New York. Margaret Isington retires from the stage, and a Carlisle incident involves Miss L with a pupil elopement. Letters from Mrs. Cowper reveal a death by own action agreement with Warlick. Annie Peek earns a medal after Mount Hunecaran ascent. suffrage support grows among New York women.
Publicity over revived execution claims prompts caution in New Jersey. County Physician Dr. Scammell would need a relative's consent to attempt resuscitation, but authorities doubt he has any legal remit to report sudden deaths or to pursue post mortem experiments. Principal Keeper Osborne asserts control, delaying body delivery until death is confirmed to prevent resuscitation attempts.
An attempted robbery near Fort Hancock failed when two masked gunmen stopped an army wagon carrying $1400 from a New York bank. The driver and marine escort complied, the robbers searched the wagon, found nothing of value, and escaped into darkness after wearing soldiers' uniforms. No one at the fort was missing.
The Montclair Gun Club held its annual banquet at the Montclair Club dining room. Secretary Edward Winslow read a report showing 113 members. Awards were given for the year’s work including A R Allen winning a $50 gold medal for 461 of 500. Louis W Colquitt took second with 441. Ray Jacobug received the Ballistite medal for three of ten wins. George Batten was elected president with A R Allen as vice president.
Colonel James R. Michael aged sixty eight died at his home on Hazelwood road Bloomfield from pneumonia contracted while hunting on Newark meadows He fought in the Indian wars under Generals Sully and Sibley He had lived in Bloomfield about twelve years survived by a widow a daughter and a son The report also notes Samuel Conklin sixty years old of Hainsville was found dead at his home shot through the heart The case suggests suicide with a shotgun and states he was a tinker basket maker recently robbed of sixty dollars to sustain through winter
Mrs. Lillian Barnes Livingston narrowly escaped death when an oil lamp exploded at the Jobstown mansion where she had settled the Rancocas Creek farm to Pierre Lorillard’s will. She was severely burned on her face and hands before servants averted worse injuries.
Benjamin Brickledge of Saddle River died instantly after slipping on snow covered pavement on Main Street Paterson and being struck by a car. He was fifty, described as a prosperous farmer. Several women in the car were overcome and aided by physicians. Additional notes report improved glass industry conditions in Bridgeport and various local notices including a bazaar netting 120 dollars, church assignments, tax collections, accidental shotgun wound, and a French scientist’s death.
The 1908 farm wealth report shows U S farm products valued at 7 778 000 000 with corn at 1 616 000 000 and hay 621 000 000. Secretary Wilson notes wealth surpassed 60 000 000 000 in ten years, and exports exceed imports by 488 000 000, supporting debt payment and Panama Canal funding.
A blaze originating in the cellar of St James M E Church New Brunswick New Jersey destroyed the Gothic brick structure. The church valued at 75000 dollars was insured for 15000 dollars. The building boasted stained glass windows and a 160 foot steeple crowned by a golden cross.
President Roosevelt shook his head and declined an invitation to become president of the University of Minnesota after his term. The offer was conveyed by Governor Johnson of Minnesota during a White House visit.
Reports show the Iron Molders' Union of North America planning fiftieth anniversary celebration in 1509. The Trades Unionist of Washington DC warns unions to ignore the printers' union label due to non union firemen and engineers in some shops. Germany rewards ten year accident free engine drivers. Boston offers free steam engineering instruction for members. A two thousand strong labor meeting convened under the Federal Council of Churches in Philadelphia. Glasgow provides three meals daily to unemployed children under five via the Municipal Council.
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