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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1900
Page
1
The column surveys wealth and worth from Arthur Sullivan estates to American mobility and moral ruminations. It notes Drummond like social quotes, medical student abundance, horse versus automobile trends, and ends praising Moon and Smiley as White Oak shaft heroes.
In a Trenton area farm house during the Revolutionary War a Quaker mother and her two children face a grim Christmas as Captain Truesdale, sent to reconnoitre Hessian positions, hides on the premises. Hessian troopers and the British spy Jake Stubbs threaten the family while a storm rages. The plot thickens as Truesdale is captured while a Hessian party seeks warmth and a loyal rebel spy.
In a tense scene Mrs Truesdale fears for her children as soldiers threaten Captain Pronten with drumhead justice. Lily Hyads appears in the doorway while the Strickland family hides, as plans for gifts in a candy tin become a wartime goodwill ruse.
Dolly and Jack, nearly exhausted, reach the wharf and launch a frozen rowboat through ice to cross the river. They rescue Captain Truesdale from Hessians as Washington’s forces approach Trenton, earning praise and an invite to Christmas dinner that never comes.
A playful exchange about Samoa, drums and horns contrasts with a line about gift giving at Christmas. The fragment showcases cribbed dialogue and local color from a Philadelphia North American item.
Fragmentary verse notes a reflection on time and the year end. The lines hint at preparation for a quiet season and a person named Tes, with a sense of short weeks and dusting the year.
A rustic verse recalls a boy awaiting Christmas joy with imagined gifts. The speaker pictures a horn, soldiers, a drum, and a sled by the fire, then shifts to a modern image of a photograph among dancing stones and a bright, new fashioned toy promising Santa will bring it tonight.
An Indian corroborates the Little Big Horn massacre tale detailing Lieutenant Harrington's escape attempt and suicide to avoid capture. The account places Custer's doomed march, Terry and Gibbons, Sitting Bull, and a dramatic dash that ended with Harrington's death. The narrative frames Harrington as the lone unaccounted survivor myth, with the Indian witness asserting the dire events and surrounding forces.
The New York Post notes a small Malay community near the East and North rivers in the downtown boardinghouse district. Seventy to one hundred residents from Malaya, Sumatra, and Singapore are described as dark skinned yet Caucasian in features with straight hair. They are peaceful at first but may resort to violence when provoked.
The article describes the King of the Belgians in public and private life with emphasis on his appearance and morning toilet. It notes his head as a focus of attention and mentions a routine involving a cloth wrap before bed and a lengthy time at his toilet table.
The Senate confirmed George W. L. Meyer of Massachusetts as Ambassador to Italy. Judson Clements of Georgia was reappointed an Interstate Commerce Commissioner. The Post Office decided bond investment schemes harm postal laws. Hanna defended the Ship Subsidy bill in a long Senate speech. General Isaac Khan arrived as Persia's new minister to the United States and was received by President McKinley. Colonel Emerson H. E. Liscum was buried with military honors at Arlington.
Governor Wood inspected troops and fortifications at Matanzas Cuba. Taft Commission authorizes MacArthur to set police in Philippine cities with 150000 dollars for maintenance. Cuban official scandal. Indian measles, Kansas saloon drive, and Oklahomahood movement appear in varied reports.
The article notes rising activity in the free library movement across New Jersey with new buildings and funding totaling about $1.5 million. Forty-eight traveling libraries and a State Library Commission promote library expansion, sterilization efforts, and more municipal tax support. It also covers local deaths, crimes, and assorted state notices.
Channing B. Barnes, a train robber with many aliases, shot himself in a swamp near New Orleans after a running fight following the Illinois Central express train holdup near Wickliffe Kentucky last July. Police had pursued two men. one wounded man dropped a mail bag and fled, later found dead with two bullet wounds and a self-inflicted knife wound. The body was identified at New Orleans Police Headquarters. his brother and an accomplice were captured and confessed.
In New Orleans J R G Pitkin resigns as postmaster following an expose of a sensational nature. No charges were filed, but revelations linked to his private secretary a woman accused of stealing papers exposed letters claimed to be Pitkin’s and sent through the mails, touching on postal law violations.
President nominates John G. A. Leishman to be Minister to Turkey replacing Oscar S. Straus. Arthur S. Hardy to Greece Roumania and Servia. Charles S. Francis to Greece Roumania and Servia. Clarence B. Thurston named for Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres.
Henderson and Rowland were hanged in Rockport Indiana by a mob of about five hundred after being accused of murder and robbery. Alfred Metzger murdered actress Elsie Dinsmore and killed himself in Hopewell Pennsylvania. Frederick Le Clair, once set to wed, joined the Army after being jilted at Syracuse. Kennedy’s Bank in Hope Indiana robbed for about $1500. A man named Martin Dorsch was cut in two by a train in New Jersey. Canton reports 200 Chinamen drowned in a boat capsizing. Minnesota women allegedly become cocaine fiends per state medical group. Wreck removal bids for the USS Maloe in Havana proceed. Chicago woodworkers strike settlement expected. Toledo adopts eight hour workday across city departments. Lafayette Colorado miners strike for higher pay. Philadelphia Jewelry Workers Union grows beyond 100 members. Minneapolis servants unions organize under AES. American factory output up to September end. Spain’s common laborers paid about 30 to 40 cents day in lager towns.
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