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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1902
Page
1
Nostalgic reminiscence recalls childhood winters and hand sled rides from days past. The speaker fondly describes snow, coasting hills, and villages near a red schoolhouse, McGuffy’s cider mill, and Slocum’s Till, ending with a wistful note on time’s passage toward adulthood and a farewell on the Tiana-Sled.
Six-foot-tall, stylish gambler J Llewellyn Tubb schemes to wed an Albany widow and secure a fortune. He pursues a loan through Hoff and Peak, bankers, with a high interest plan tied to his wife’s joint signature, while debt and risk mount.
In a lavish but doomed con, J Llewellyn Tubb uses fake promissory notes and pressure from banker Huff to extract advance money from Clara, the supposed widow. The plot collapses when a forged signature is exposed. newspapers scream crime and scandal as the couple flees to Denver and notes are protested.
A historical overview discusses fire and rapid fire as crucial lessons from naval battles including Navarin and Santiago. It highlights improvements in gunnery accuracy, rapidity, and smokeless powder, citing Col. Mingwood's training and U S Navy practices, while noting issues with turret powder and gun laying.
The Brooklyn Eagle describes how women enter switchboard work, detailing age, health, eyesight, and quick perception as key hiring criteria. It notes varied backgrounds, city upbringing, and graduates close to school as preferred, with two weeks of work testing revealing adaptability. It cautions about temperament, training, and the need for cheerful, precise delivery in daily operations.
The fragment mentions an Atehison woman with an unidentified device and secretive item details, followed by a statistic from the United States 1900 regular medical school noting 1079 female and 21,073 male students.
The report discusses British Columbia and Yukon miners missing platinum in placer deposits and notes sulfur production on an island dominating global supply. It covers formaldehyde as a disinfectant lacking mosquito effectiveness, Hutchinson's pocket lamp for miners, and broad reflections on honesty, duty, and enterprise. It closes with a Chinese Exposition plan and a push for American trade displays in London.
The week’s items include President Roosevelt conferring with Long and others on naval matters, and Senate panels moving favorably on labor strike related bills. Reports cover Nicaragua Canal debates, executions in Porto Rico, and a transport reaching Manila with medical cases. Weather, storms, and shipwrecks mark perilous seas, with European politics and colonial affairs stirring. General Wood orders restrictions in Cuba, and incidents in Ohio, Illinois, and New York reflect unrest and crime. International dispatches note Venezuela, China indemnities, and British colony notes amid Europe’s storms and naval maneuvers. Local calamities include fires and deaths, with civic notes on polls and public policy.
A historic blizzard shuts roads and rails across Western New York, roars through Rochester and surrounding counties. Trains and streetcars halted, freight stalled, schools closed, and deaths reported as drifting snow blocks routes and halts daily life. Rescue and road clearing efforts struggle through deep drifts and widespread outages.
London reports Britain will not permit foreign mediation in South Africa peace efforts with the Boer leaders. A Dutch memo argues for neutral good offices while Queen Wilhelmina's government contemplates special safeguards and safe conducts to enable delegated talks in South Africa, aiming to bind Boers both there and at home.
Miss Inglis a twenty three year old sophomore in the medical department of the University of Michigan, daughter of Dr David Togils of Detroit, shot herself in Ann Arbor near the heart. No motive is known though she suffered mental depression and had threatened self harm. She died a few hours later.
Fragmented report describes Porto Ricans held in Ceuta facing Spanish penalties, with mentions of political prisoners and displaced delegates. Additional items note deaths in Ohio and Toronto, a Civil War chaplain’s links, and money from a Greenwood New York pauper case, all amid scattered wealth finds and household losses.
The judge advocate asserts Schley did not control any part of the fleet during the battle. He states Sampson ran the action, with only slight influence claimed for Schley over the Brooklyn. The inquiry, though proceeding, highlighted command disputes and signals not observed by ships New York and Brooklyn.
Washington reports the Ways and Means Committee favors repealing almost all Spanish-American War taxes, leaving only a small levy on mixed flour. Chairman Payne says this would cut government revenue by about 77 million dollars, with no expected rise in the current year. Cuban reciprocity is postponed pending tariff reduction actions.
In Chillicothe Ohio at Eagle Mills a man named Cox shot and killed Joseph Rattellif after an altercation over Cox's attention to Rattellif's sister. Cox, who accompanied Miss Rattellif to service, fired a revolver wounding Rattellif in the aisle before the latter collapsed and died. Cox was arrested.
Mary Christiansen of Ouawa wins 6000 in a breach of promise suit against a dead man’s estate, while Sue Crom petitions for 7000 asserting postponed nuptials and death before the new date. The Sporting World records Royal Victor’s 2 16/5 mile trotting world mark. Headlines cover Jockey Club weight scales, Perry’s coaching move, Horace Fogel with the New York Baseball Club, a Louisville Amelia team bid, Philadelphia lacrosse results, United States Golf Association changes, and Harvard fund efforts for a Waltham college polo course.
Miss Tonlea Diehl a prominent Trenton woman sought restraint at the State Hospital for the Insane after fears she might harm her infant niece. Doctors believed her earlier surgery caused temporary eccentricities and that she would recover with care.
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