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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1902
Page
1
A poem depicts a street scene where rivals jostle for advantage amid rush and pressure. The speaker contrasts bold aggressors with the meek, while two sleepers rest away from the chaos, as the pursuit of the maddening dollar drives the crowd.
Billy Smith, a Chicago newspaper office worker, helps his Omaha bound brother by gathering expert electrical opinions to back a city franchise fight. The plan involves Mr McGovern, a city attorney, and several electrical specialists. The episode ends with a friendly luncheon and a solitary dollar.
The article describes Marshall Island navigators who use yard square stick charts with shells as island markers. Pilots in the bow read streams indicated by sticks and rely on celestial cues for direction. They voyage across their archipelago to the Carolines and Gilberts, returning to known lands if misled.
In a Chicago Record-Herald report, Billy Smith weighs a payout as he aids a big brother’s electrical firm against a rival in Omaha. McGovern confirms Smith’s loyalty and ties to New Orleans headquarters, with a New York firm also represented by a Smith on the ground. Edward B. Clark notes the brothers’ shared surname and roles.
The article reviews chemise designs with nightwear details and neckline trims, praising lace yokes and embroidered hems. It then shifts to health guidance, emphasizing daily open air exercise, regular dumbbell routines, and skipping rope for chest development and overall cleanliness. It closes with a note on Georges Sand’s literary rise from a Paris workshop to Balzac’s editor.
The piece surveys lavish female attire including gold linked belts and pearl jewelry, notes a London club of ladies fencing, and sketches scent balms and perfume safeguards amid a society portrait of gowns and ornamentation. It mentions the Ladies Fencing Club at Lower Queen's Gate and contrasts male female fencing dynamics with social expectations.
The piece describes beads and pearl decorations as aromatic ornaments and rare prices. It notes orange wag as a common infection preventive, with a hollowed inside sponge soaked in vinegar inserted. Old travelers carried silver vinaigrettes with perforated interiors to hold sponge and cloves, a fashionable scent device in earlier times.
A collage of brief items highlights Mrs. William Sloane and Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes funding native bird protection, Indian nurse Minas Seleber Atsye, and Belle MacKinnon joining a family business with 2000 employees. It notes the Gould home library, Mrs. May Alden Ward’s Cambridge leadership, and photography and art courses at Buffalo's Women’s Educational and Industrial Union. Also mentioned are Mrs. Jessie Fremont and Queen Victoria era ties among American women leaders.
The passage details dress design elements such as white ribbed fabric, velvet and cloth combinations, embroidery, and decorative eyelets. It discusses reception gowns with fur trim, Swiss embroidery, and textured fabrics, plus remarks on style longevity and fabric behavior in varying conditions.
The War Department division reports Philippine ylang-ylang attar surpasses colognes in price and demand. Trees yield up to 200 pounds of flowers yearly. distillation produces high value oil used as perfume base. Manila oil faces Germany France England monopoly. supply exceeds demand in U.S. markets at high cost.
Harper's Weekly notes United States leads in wealth with $51.75 billion, ahead of the United Kingdom and France, while debt shares vary. The article compares global wealth, debt ratios, wheat and steel production, and Russia and Germany figures, highlighting U S advantages in debt percentage and output.
An aged emperor noticed a small boy who waved from a street near Alliveche road. Police blocked the crowd and the boy vanished. The next day a letter from the emperor offered aid in locating the child who may be the pensioned widow’s son and pupil at the Cavernian penitentiary academy in Vienna.
A devastating blaze in Paterson New Jersey caused by an overheated trolley car shed gutted the heart of the city. Governor Murphy deployed National Guard troops to guard the damaged districts as hundreds of businesses were destroyed and thousands found themselves unemployed. No fatalities were reported though several injuries occurred. property losses were estimated at about 10 million dollars.
Fragmentary report notes the death of Taland of Samar associated with BLL and M Melxendo amid unclear circumstances. No clear date or location is provided.
A waterspoint derailment on the Jerdainian Mezzamn tral Railway in Brazil caused many deaths and extensive damage. Emergency crews work amid wreckage and delays as officials assess the scene and coordinate relief.
Reports of union actions and wage demands sweep multiple locales. Carpenters in Heston seek a daily payout and co op laundry. Maryland labor groups push to abolish wage laws. Dyers in Hartford outline indefinite strike, Denver workers press for $4.05 daily and eight hour day. Toronto carpenters and Santa Fe laborers report wage tensions. Gloucester and Brockton areas show organized labor activity amid factory developments.
Fragmentary report notes a treaty with Spain discussed by the cabinet and the Duke at Alnodosii. It mentions a council of state debate and anticipated signatures with the United States after deliberations, signaling a formal international accord process.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe Hindoo twine separation by Doyen InsPath, noting segregation outcomes and references to a Witte silt and related terms. The readable content is sparse and lacks clear entities or dates.
A large fire swept the area around City Hall igniting a car barn and damaging several banks stores and churches. Flames reached Park avenue Straight street and Market Street, with St Joseph Church under attack. Firefighting by locals limited spread. many businesses ruined with little insurance. Major losses listed include First National Titanic 200000 and St Josephs Church 300000.
Early morning blaze devastates the Empire Hotel on Olive Street killing ten men and one woman. Eight more injured, with frostbite injuries among the survivors. Notable deaths include Morris Vall and J J Lally. several students and staff named.
Fragmentary text notes Dundee Scotland granting freedom to Andrew Carnegie amid public ceremonies. Mentions Prince Henry and a gifted jewel box, plus international figures and future U S shipbuilding claims. References to Empress Eugente and King Christhir EX with varied, unclear details.
John C Evans a former mayor of Milltown New Jersey died after two days of illness from congestion of the brain aged forty seven He was superintendent of the Mayers Rubber Company and after its absorption by United States Rubber he worked to keep the plant operating and employed workers later forming the Milltown Tibber Company serving as president The Carnegie Laboratory note and organ purchase issues follow with reports from Blairstown and Shiloh and economic concerns across Cumberland and Gloucester Counties
Unearthly finds along the Rosi River in the Province of Kieff include six feet eight depth traces of mcineration and charred bones. A gold wire dish shows a scene with a bearded kneeling man drinking wine, a seated woman with a mirror, a bow armed figure, a lyre player, a youth pouring wine, a weary priest and other figures in ritual poses.
Report from Cardhit Wales on the death and funeral of General Mite the famous dwarf who traveled with Tom Thumb. Born Fly Me in Chenango County New York he weighed two pounds and a half at birth and grew to thirteen years old at twenty two inches tall. He first appeared in New York City in 187% with Minnie Obarn the Swedish dwarf.
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