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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1901
Page
4
Obituary notes Baron Johann Faber founder of a leading lead pencil factory dies in Nuymberg on January 15 in his eighty fourth year. He built a large operation employing over a thousand workers and helped displace English pencils in global markets. The obituary contrasts his achievements with broader reflections on bravery and public honors.
An eccentric piece traces a Pennsylvania congressman's pause outside the Capitol and a thunderclap memory. It meanders through reflections on letter writing as literature and the faded art of correspondence. It also notes the origins of fuchsine and the naming of gallium.
G W Thompson at the Albany Hotel calls guls-bottomed boats a novelty. tourists view the sea's bottom through glass bottoms at 100 feet. San Catallunsland off California is described as a leading summer and winter resort with quiet waters and mossy sea floors.
An English language advertorial urges readers to contact Lydia E. Pinkham of Lynn Massachusetts for her Vegetable Compound claiming relief from uterine trouble and related symptoms. It promises confidential personal advice at no charge and emphasizes female readers seeking help.
Report of the marriage between Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands and Duke Henry of Mecklenburg Schwerin at The Hague. Civil ceremony at 11:00 am followed by a royal procession to the church. Attire and gowns described. dowry and royal promises noted. details of the reception and gifts.
Crowds filled the streets and stands along the procession route to Groote Kerk as Queen Wilhelmina and her bridegroom celebrated a Dutch wedding. The church hosted diplomats and locals while the royal family shared a breakfast at the palace. weather was cold but clear.
A report to Congress from the Adjutant General details organized militias totaling 113,007 officers and men across cavalry artillery and infantry. It notes 10,402,045 unorganized militia in the United States with New York contributing about 800,000. The New York militia is described with breakdowns by branch and personnel.
The United States transport McPherson ran aground on a reef west of Matanzas, Cuba. All aboard were landed safely and the cargo unloaded. Weather and other reports prompted ship operators to exercise extreme caution with perishables.
Wholesale prices for dairy, cheese, meats, fruits, and vegetables show modest activity in New York markets. Notable items include standard quality dairy products, various cheeses, fresh meats, berries, cranberries, poultry, vegetables, and tobacco outlooks across multiple regions and firms.
Washington reports a record calendar year for iron and ore exports with total value exceeding 120 million dollars, over 100 million more than the previous year. Electrical machinery and steel show sharp gains as imports and domestic production shift, while Lorain Steel resumes work after six months.
A garbled compilation of crime fiction lines, travel notes, and advertising blurbs. It mentions a pistol confrontation, a vanished robber, a new instant beverage like coffee, grain based drinks, and medical patent tonics amid assorted travel and economic vignettes.
A capital take criticizes a dead man leaving a WaTon as weak satire. The editor claims the humorist is wrong and notes the principal rivers of Vaamanin have been stocked with various trout bred in the colony.
A fragmented passage recalls a courteous book seller and a polite teller. The text hints at a questioning jury while noting the teller’s patient interaction with customers.
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