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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1907
Page
4
A white deer from a northern camp was brought to the city on Thursday by L P Stevens. The snow white buck stirred belief in legends about misfortune tied to killing the white deer. Stevens dismisses any bad omens and notes the animal’s rarity dispelling hunter doubts cited by Stanley Correspondence Milwaukee Sentinel.
The London Chronicle reports a list of curious personal names collected during investigations at Somerset House. Notable entries include Hyde Parker Eliza Silence Tom Jolly Death Mary Pine Coffin James Whalebelly Sarah Greek Gable John Gotohed Minnie Shorthose River Jordan Innocent Fox James Boots bornfoot Samuel Drinkmilk the Ist and the christening of a female baby named Constance Cremer.
Fragmentary old newspaper items mix a Hall’s Catarrh Cure advertisement with testimonials and a Toledo druggist claim. Includes a claim about D. Carney and Co. and I J Cheney’s honesty, plus Dr Charles Bastman’s revision of Sioux names on the Bioux allotment roll affecting 28 200 Indians.
A 1905 account tells of Lizzie E Stodge from Selma Alabama who suffered with black facial splotches and itching eczema for four years. After two doctors failed, Cuticura Remedies allegedly cured her in six months with no recurrence over three years.
Hiram from Lake City Minnesota reports severe kidney trouble causing back pain dizziness and vision issues. He credits Conan's Kidney Pills for curing him and restoring health, noting the product sold by Bold by all dealers at 0 cents a box from Milburn Co Buffalo NY.
The Jockey Club of New York State moves to end poolrooms nationwide after January 1, 1908 under the Belmont-Slicer agreement. States like Louisiana and California may create racing commissions and bar licenses for tracks that refuse to suppress information from poolrooms. The war involved vigilant measures, espionage, and even threats, with no confirmed deaths.
Chicago reports that Mary Josephine Crane daughter of Iron founder Charles R Crane plans farm life after completing a three year agriculture course at the University of Wisconsin Madison Miss Crane who is deaf from birth travels with Miss Camp her interpreter and notes taker attends exams alone and aims to supervise a Lake Geneva farm next summer Her father recently provided a farm near their Lake Geneva summer home and she intends to direct work there herself next season.
Boston Herald publishes a symposium of reports from New England editors on business conditions. Money market jitters barely affect industries with steady orders from West and South. Winter activity remains robust, with no major layoffs. Holyoke currency stringency minimal. Portsmouth forecasts its busiest winter in history. Rutland and Barre describe busy conditions, Brockton expects record output for eleven months, and Lynn and Lawrence echo strong activity.
Official commendation honors Captain C. S. Kilbourne of the Thirtyfifth Company Coast Artillery Fort Monroe Virginia for hitting 100 percent at Battery Parrott average 6041 yards four shots in one minute nine seconds two shots would have pierced a 6 by 10 yard rectangle additional notes mention Sy Young coaching West Point baseball and various sports movements including major league players returning to majors, rink leasing in Delaware and early 20th century football captains heads.
The President sent to the Senate a list of decorations from foreign powers to American officials. Included is a large silver urn presented by Central American republics to Commander R. Richard Mulligan who led the Yorktown during friction with the Central American nations last summer and helped avert war.
The Nussa-Chinese Bank reports profits postwar, Korea borrows 5 million from Hypotheo Bank of Japan, and most of India's cottonseed exits the country. Fuji mill in Japan uses American machinery. Armstrong & Co England to set up a cordite plant. China sends students to Britain and Europe. Japan's match factories produced 6.5 million with 5.26 million exported. Bank clearings in Tokyo reach 1.76 billion in 1906. Klushu Railway imports two American cranes for coal transfer. China orders 10 large locomotives for Nanking Shanghai line amid Kou-Lung railway embankment work starting February 7 at multiple points.
President Roosevelt and Omaha mayor James Dahlman, longtime West friends, discuss the money panic at the White House. Dahlman, with Elmer Brown, pushes for a meeting despite cabinet-day constraints, and Roosevelt voices support for a broader financial housecleaning to address the panic.
In Raleigh Governor Glenn and Southern President Finley reached a compromise to end the railroad investigation. The state accepts a legal rate of two and a half cents per mile with interstate rules unified. Mileage books and family passes are set with various conditions, and the railroads pay litigation costs to date. Seaboard Air Line supports the agreement while Atlantic Coast Line objects.
The Democratic National Committee chose Denver to host the next National Convention, edging out St Paul Chicago and Louisville. Colorado’s offer of $100,000 to cover expenses coupled with favorable climate hotels and scenery swayed delegates, though money sealed the decision.
Boston and Albany Railroad president William Bliss died at his home after a long career starting as Western Railroad of Massachusetts assistant in 1865. Born December 11, 1834 in Springfield, Bliss served 27 years as head of the Boston and Albany. Col. A S Colyar, 90, famed jurist and Confederate official, died in Nashville. Arthur St. Clair Colgar, born in Washington County, Tenn., 1818. Hyde offered compromise for Equitable Life suits. Attorney General Jackson did not agree.
A fragmented wire of notes reports 40 000 posteMces in Germany Tasmania grows the largest apple in the world Algeria horses outnumber humans H O Havemeyer dies of indigestion South Africa becomes a hub for musical instruments England and Wales municipal elections bring defeats to the Tories Amateur aeronauts in Paris lose interest after Patrio flight New York firms abandon Mill Trust rate for eight cents Salvation Army reports rising personal crisis in New York Extensive pletron deposits found along Grand Trunk Pacific near Fort William Rails from England arrive with 2000 men at work Northern Nigeria Railway progress John Milton's Family Bible questioned as genuine Cholera fears intensify near Marshalltown Iowa Italians plan to stay in Italy while 200000 more return from America British Lords urged to seek fourfold peerages.
Reports from the crop reporting board of the Bureau of Statistics note winter wheat area down 17 percent from 1906, with 31,069,000 acres sown. Rye area also fallen by 2.2 percent to 2,016,000 acres. December 1 conditions for winter wheat at 91.1, rye at 91.4. Copper production and currency highs cited along with assorted economic notes and international items.
A fragmentary piece urges taking part in public speaking and acting training, promoting elocution as a path to fame. It encourages practical effort over dreamers, warns against cynics, and suggests meetings even when nothing is planned. It reads as a motivational missive from Washington Stair.
A collage of humorous lines and quips from various newspapers. The jokes touch on bank runs, family life, wages and sleights of hand, and social observations, featuring exchanges about earnings, marriages, and shopping. Notable references include Life, Punch, Cleveland Leader, Philadelphia Press, and Chicago Record-Herald.
The British Board of Trade Journal reports American seed planted in Corea yielded 100 bales weighing 50,000 pounds on 175 acres. Fiber praised as fine and lustrous for fine yarn. Estimated 175,000 acres potential with 100,000 bales yearly. Projections include 1,000 bales next season and 10,000 the following year.
In a Newfoundland tale, villagers reputed as wreckers are described as exploiting opportunities within law not theft. A meeting with Sir Wilfrid Laurier and a priest near Cape Race yields a wry exchange: how will people fare this winter, the bishop asks, and the priest replies with a cheerful blessing and a grim joke about wrecks and God’s aid.
Traveling glove salesman Benjamin W. Klemm asserts Kansas City orders demand the biggest gloves and shoes, with patterns running large. He notes many Kansas residents spent youth on farms or in hard labor, contributing to larger measurements and clothing needs. Senator Warner reportedly had trouble finding a hat fit in Washington or New York but found one in Kansas City.
A swimmer near a pond in the woody Bulle Ham spots an alligator by scent. He strips his coat and dives, Bullie is rescued as Bouillie’s log surfaces and signals help. Four foot alligator captured with Bullie lifted to shore, per Apalachicola Times.
The body of Arthur Orton, who claimed to be Sir Roger Tichborne, lies in Paddington Cemetery Willesden Jane. His coffin bore the title while a tiny tombstone shows only the line No. 1472. Orton, after years in prison, died in Star Street near Edgware Road, London.
Special to the Philadelphia Record reports a letter addressed to E. S. Merrill in Winchester with a 1756 postmark found today by M. J. McDonald in debris. The cellar cleanup rule, overdue by 161 years, would have uncovered it earlier if followed.
Four monkeys escaped during feeding on Saturday. Three returned and were recaptured. one remains at large. Reward offered by Mr. Robinson is 23 dollars. Meanwhile a teacher almost dismissed due to low attendance as only one boy attended this week and he is crippled.
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