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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1906
Page
4
A sprawling clipping mixes letters praising the Poruna cure for colds with social sketches of brides and gowns. It also includes commentary on British politics under Campbell-Bannerman and a reminiscence about Gorham Academy and early American leaders.
Carson reports a severe fog called pogonip lingering over the valley with freezing humidity and health fears. In Pennsylvania and on the Pennsylvanian and B and O lines porters threaten wage raises as tips dwindle, tied to free riders and altered passenger revenue.
Twenty year old pecan tree at Mr W A Lindsey’s place yields large crops. This season 58 pounds sold and 40 pounds remain. At twelve cents per pound the year’s crop brings $78.00. Last year’s harvest around 600 pounds, the previous year near 100 pounds.
An old advertisement recounts a mother seeking eczema relief for her child, praising Cuti Cara Soap Ointment and Pills after washing with borax failed. The piece also includes early 20th century notices on cures for fits, piles, and other medical claims, with various product attributions and locations. The text blends medical quackery with brief notices and literary excerpts from the era.
Ad touts Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a cure for tumors and wandering pains in women. Includes testimonials from women cured after using the product and urges others to write Mrs. Pinkham in Lynn Massachusetts for advice. Claims the remedy can avert hospital operations and restore health.
Reports from Vinlovostok and Ekaterinostay describe a renewed mutiny with both cavalry and infantry in arms. General Michchenko leads troops against rebels holding fortified positions as arrests and pardons ripple through the government.
Senator Lodge in Washington asserts Roosevelt has irrevocably moved from the region of any executive candidacy and will not seek another nomination. The statement reflects Lodge’s view of the President’s position and aligns with Roosevelt’s publicly stated stance on 1904 re-election.
Joseph Wheeler U S Army retired famed Confederate general died at his Brooklyn home aged. His long career spanned the Civil War Spanish American War and later public service in Congress. He led cavalry in the Confederacy then commanded American forces in Cuba and the Philippines before returning to garrison duty on the Great Lakes.
The House Appropriations Committee reported the Urgent Deficiency bill with a total request of 17 007 24. Included are 0 940 786 for the Tennessee Canal and 630 000 000 for pensions. The Treasury and Navy items total 82415 251 and 110. Under the Treasury is an agent owed by New York for War of 1812 equipment. The committee added provisions for increased spending and contracts. Madison’s granddaughter dies in Toronto at age 42.
The Silk Exchange quotes wide ranges for dairy, poultry, produce, grains, and live stock. Prices cover State and Western sources for creamery butter, cheese, eggs, turkeys, ducks, geese, cranberries, potatoes, tomatoes, and various grains with noted per unit costs and package sizes.
Census Bureau bulletin shows total cotton ginned by January 16 amounting to about 3,000,000 bales less than expected at that date last year. Texas leads with 2,251,000 bales, Georgia second at 1,695,330, New Zealand mention notes 104,282 bales regionally distributed to Florida Georgia and South Carolina.
The Mining Work of Chicago reports a nationwide dividend total of 65 771 047 dollars for the year with metals and related industries driving profits. Companies boosted dividends to 450 269 000 and claims of near fifty percent gains from private channels surface, while steel and manufacturing sectors see renewed activity and plans to expand.
A quirky fragment from a Nebraska Epicure piece describes odd kitchen phrases and surreal dishes like murifard duck and rasp Noiry jelly. It reads like a playful, muddled regional menu spoof with whimsical terms and domestic scenes.
A university professor argues for coeducation while criticizing opponents who favor single gender lectures. The dean challenges the idea, noting student attention and engagement as the measure of lecture worth. The exchange highlights campus divides over educational structure and audience expectations.
Charles E Chapit of California claims a new firemen breathing device weighing twenty three pounds with a back mounted air supply and mouth exhale valve. An example tested in a San Francisco room filled with fumes reportedly showed the apparatus functioning under dangerous conditions. Officials note the cattle of Sammiland fattened on date stones yield potentially better milk.
A detailed portrait of Swift & Company’s seven state packing plants in Chicago Kansas City St Louis St Paul Fort Worth and more. It describes vast output from beef mutton and veal to poultry butter and merchandise including soaps and lards with emphasis on scale scope and sanitary facilities.
A French trial in Paris introduces a mobile street sweeping and watering machine. A large automobile carries a 470 Eurons water tank and has no fuel engine, using bevel gearing to run a fixed front brush and rear spray pipes that wash a twenty foot wide street. It can replace several street cleaners and water carts, offering labor savings.
A government survey challenges the view of the Saban Desert as barren by locating numerous springs surfacing and proposing an aquifer system to the south of Alge. Deep bore tests reach about 2000 feet, revealing significant underground water potential and opening new prospects for the region.
A Milwaukee Sentinel report notes Hollow HID near Sparna within Wisecotsin State Home for Dependent Children. The cone shaped hollow ground area allegedly emits a rumbling sound prompting tourists to stamp the summit and sparking theories of an air space trapped in lava rock.
A fragmented clip notes that the postals trade in England is more a pastime than elsewhere, with a despondent woman voicing bleak sentiment about the market.
A fragment notes that KAPOr vlaves and stockings have been produced and resemble gobble woolHin in appearance after completion.
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