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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1905
Page
4
Article discusses English clothing trends such as silk bonnets top hats and riding gear with a critique of the top-hat reign and notes on outerwear. It urges joyful home life, discourages neglect of domestic amusement, and promotes a bright cheerful hearth as a guard against vice and bad influences.
A tram ride in Glasgow features a witty exchange where a woman activist asserts equal rights, and an elderly gentleman jokes to let her enjoy them by standing. The item appears amid a cluttered page of varied ads and notices.
Wire dispatches from Moscow and St Petersburg describe a brutal urban struggle with thousands killed or wounded. Loyalist troops resist rebels as barricades, bombardments, and street fighting rage through the night, while rumors of provincial soldiers deserting and rail links cut off add to the crisis atmosphere.
In New York City a dramatic aboard surgery on Hop Ling, a fireman on the Satsuma, cleaned and removed his appendix with improvised tools. Chief Engineer Brand led the operation using a soldering iron and a sail needle, while Ling recovered quickly and returned to duty.
A Roxbury resident credits Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment with curing severe hand dermatitis after two doctors offered no relief. The testimonial appears alongside other patent medicine claims for teething syrup and throat remedies dated February 10, 1000.
Libbie Garrabrant, who served thirty two years for poisoning Charles Burroughs in Paterson, is released after a pardon. Governor Stokes and judges supported clemency while Chancellor Magic opposed. She expresses gratitude and looks toward rebuilding her life with help from lawyer Miss Marr Philbrook and Essex County probation services.
In New York City the jury found Abraham Hummel guilty of conspiracy tied to the Dodge-Morse divorce. Hummel faces a $500 fine and up to one year in prison. two additional perjury indictments were noted. Justice Rogers delivered a cautious charge favoring the defense. The case centers on alleged efforts to invalidate a divorce and resettle the marriage.
An incident near Delphos Ohio involved a horse bolting onto a train bogey as a hearse was attached to a baggage car. Train crew members did not realize the accident until inspectors found a bogey curtain caught in the door. Injured include Mrs Barney Wa howBon and a daughter of Mr Hoo trorst.
Miss Alice Roosevelt surprised friends by saying she will not use an engagement ring, though she may wear a sapphire bargain ring from Mr. Longworth. The sapphire heirloom glows dull gold with unusual bris banes as Longworth plans Christmas in Washington before New Year in Cincinnati.
A report notes Governor Uhegins in Albany seeking stay of execution and release from solitary for Henle on appeal. It covers global labor unrest including China, Russia, France, and the Netherlands with strikes, union growth, and wage debates in various sectors.
TokIo Tapin reports the combined Japanese Navy dissolved, Admiral Togo named President of the General Staff, and Manchurian headquarters dissolved. Oyamit renamed Presidency of the General Staff. Sajonit viewed as forming a new cabinet amid Privy Council regulation changes in Korea. Military governance shifts cited.
President Morales leaves the city for an unknown destination causing quiet in Santo Domingo yet visible unrest and excitement over his unexpected departure.
A mosaic of clipped items reports editors arrested in Warsaw amid party tensions. A Polish nationalist proclamation urges Jews to adopt Polish language. Other notes mention historical figures and brief biographical snippets from Europe and beyond, including politicians, scientists, and public figures with scattered dates and places.
Turkey protests mass killings of Muslims in Batoum and Hatoum as Ottoman government seeks protection. Separate items note a Nassau County auto speedway plan near Garden City, a merger of three foreign auto agencies, and speed cylinder displacement as the basis of competition. Yale and NY J C hockey result 5 5. Brooklyn trades Sheckard to Chicago for four players. Pulllain re elected N B L president. Clinton High beats Morris High in dual meet. NYU invites colleges to football conference in NYC.
A long OCR list outlines wholesale prices for milk dairy products and live poultry in New York markets. Items include Creamery Western butter, state dairy products, various cuts of meat, poultry by the pound, and eggs, with prices per quart, per pound, and per dozen noted alongside farm and regional suppliers. The page also contains a brief note on the new wheat estimate and winter wheat prospects.
The report notes rising merchandise prices as manufacturers adjust orders while buyers resist higher costs. The London Economist index shows commodity prices at high levels, with December values near peak since 1855. Building activity slows, and railways issue warnings as stocks near exhaustion. A factory fire destroys Mutual Match Co. and a village in Umly is wiped out by a landslide except for a church.
Yesterday Ong Quee paid a visit to China street venders and collected 25 cents for the police raid. He was charged this morning by P. C. Taylor and pleaded guilty. He had already served a month in prison and was sent back to prison. A high jumping hog at the stockyards drew amusement as it leaped a five foot fence, forcing the pen to be boarded over to contain it.
A man rushing to catch a Staten Island ferry boat failed to start in time, narrowly missing the door as a gateman shut it. A bystander quipped about his speed. Pearls kept under lock and key age, dulling their luster over years.
A new clock variety uses phonograph to vocalize hours replacing bells. Alarm discs can be swapped to prevent familiarity, awakening sleepers with a speaking voice or familiar calls. A Columbus Avenue barber shop offers free legal advice with a shave, advertised alongside a humorous window display.
A Springfield contractor named Michael Glaney amassed wealth by buying and racing horses. He bet $20 on a promising entry at a Saratoga meet, while spectators joked and asked his fellow trainer where his horse stood in the race.
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