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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1900
Page
2
An 15 year old law banning cigarette sales to youths has never been enforced. The article cites widespread underage smoking from town to city and links cigarette use to mental and moral decline, citing Edgar Burns as a case arguing nicotine may have poisoned his mind.
The piece extols Abraham Lincoln as a great leader and self made man whose enduring fame rests on his ardent patriotism. It notes his presidency came at a crisis and credits his singlehearted devotion to the Union as the key strength that sustained the nation.
Port master George Werrer collapsed and died of heart failure during the Assembly session at State House. Custodian Bennell nearly collapsed as officials arranged his removal to Newark. Werrer, active in Essex politics, leaves a widow and two children. Governor Voorhees named Frank Swayze to the Circuit Court bench for a seven year term at 7500 a year. Legislation moved to electrocute murderers and abolish capital punishment. Plans for a new Senate Chamber costing about 280000 were submitted, with fireproof Indiana limestone and New Jersey freestone features.
Belmar borrows 5000 dollars to cover state and county taxes. A minstrel show is planned by the Zimmerman Cycle Club of Freehold on February 22. A load of sweet potatoes from Woodruff nets 3 75 per barrel. Tele phone Moe work advances between Williamstown and Glasaboro via Cross Keys. Fort Hancock gives cast-off wood to Seaside poor families. J H Horner named fourth class postmaster at Perrinsville. Lam bertville First Baptist Church marks 79th anniversary. Camden bakery donates 150 loaves to Overseer Jefferies for the poor. Street Commissioner Wilson Havens visits New York after 25 years. Blodgett orders telegraph operators on NY and Long Branch line to wear uniform. Belmar combats beer peddlers on streets. Hindoo and Bengalee wedding plays staged in Hightstown. Stockton residents seek town hall and lock-up. committee to locate site and estimate cost. Despite cold, three baptisms occur in Hornerstown lake. Asbury Park military company seeks $16000 stock for a new armory.
The report covers a rabid dog incident in Clinton with bites to dogs and a cow, a large fire destroying the Klang Club House in Somers Point, a Sunday crusade planned in Hackensack to urge saloon action, and salaries or appointments for church and medical leaders in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. It also notes lumber shipments to Europe, walnut tree theft probes, rail gate petitions, newsroom leadership changes, a church fire in Downer, shipyard construction plans, a large new cruiser project, industrial and labor prosperity, overcrowded state girls' school, a silver service for a master mechanic, a court case involving Alfred Kerr, G A R inspections at Vineland, and academic appointments at Princeton with Wordsworth lectures.
A Camden Recorder sentenced George Henderson to sixty days in the county jail for stealing a wrap worth 40 cents. A major fire at Beast Dover left three families homeless as hydrant access failed and water had to be drawn from the nearby river. Frederick Barto of Somerville survived a severe skull injury from a locomotive crash, with notable mental changes after treatment. The Hobart memorial service committee requires tickets for noon assembly in the Assembly chamber, with limited seating and specific access rules. Princeton opens Stafford Little Hall dormitory, a Gothic stone building costing above 100000 dollars, housing over a hundred students with modern dorm amenities.
Three day PRR escorted tour to Washington D C departs February 15. Fare 14.60 from New York and 11.50 from Philadelphia with hotel stays at Arlington Normandie Riggs or Ebbit House plus meals and baggage handling. Additional reductions for Willards Regent Metropolitan and National hotels with side trips to Mount Vernon Richmond Old Point Comfort and Norfolk. Tickets valid ten days with hotel coupon extensions. Inquiries to Tourist Agent 1196 Broadway New York or 4 Court Street Brooklyn or Geo W Boyd Assistant General Passenger Agent Broad Street Philadelphia.
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