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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 01, 1901
Page
2
A reflective piece critiques sentimentality around the death penalty, arguing capital punishment is rarely used and should be reserved for the truly deserving after due process. It also muses on changing social attitudes as the century ends, contrasting past privileged life with harsher realities for the majority.
Walter C McAlister William A Death and Andrew J Campbell were convicted of second degree murder for the October 18 1900 killing of Jennie Bosscheiter by chloral and ether. Kerr pleaded to assault. McAlister Campbell and Death receive thirty years hard labor. Kerr fifteen. Sentences may drop to twenty and eleven years on good behavior. New Brunswick action ends with no further clemency. In separate Newark area notes a trolley crash near George street narrowly avoided as Boston Express brakes failed. A Camden death warrant for Robert F Hill fixes February for execution. Hill remains calm in cell speaking with father.
Peddie notes describe a Friday evening meeting of the Bros euphla Literary society with Mu Alpha at the Institute parlors. The program includes Banjo solos, essays, dances, and a Milton Paradise Lost adaptation by Peddie students. Also reports spring baseball plans, Y M C A events, campus speakers, and notable deaths and visits in the community.
Advertises excursions by Pennsylvania Railroad to Old Point Comfort Richmond and Washington from New York Philadelphia and Newark with round trips including meals and hotel stays. Rates from multiple cities. also promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy for grip and flu prevention with testimonials and local sale points.
An 19th century advertisement touts a salve and pills by N. F. Clayton claiming cures for nearly every ailment from corns and burns to ulcers and fevers. It promotes King’s Life Pills as a universal cure at five cents, criticizing eight hour laws and touting widespread use.
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