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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1906
Page
4
A fragmented dialogue mentions Ancestry Vi Chime and blue blood Hextor, with a patronizing tone from a matner. The text references a Syrian introduction, mount, education, and a Lebanon Christian question about religion, inclining toward a home conversion narrative.
A mother recalls her six teen month old son suffering severely with sores all over his body. After doctors failed, she used Cuticura Soap and Ointment, noting rapid improvement within two months and lasting health.
A collage of items recounts early 20th century science experiments on brain activity in cattle, a Pawnee Bill bison display in Oklahoma, One Eyed Pete McCoy’s famed coaching drives, and a toast to the first artificial fire sparked by rubbing wood to ash. The column blends science notes, rodeo lore, and curious anecdotes from Washington Post and St. Nicholas.
Nurse Martha Pohlm testifies from Bleckley Training School and Philadelphia Hospital that Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her own female troubles within four months. She urges others to try it, claiming it restores health where other medicines fail and endorses the remedy as universally effective for women’s disorders and related symptoms.
Letters from Ed Crumbo ex mayor of New Albany extol Peruna as a cure for catarrh and indigestion. The text also references political chaff about a Western politician praise and a series of brief notes including travel, library curiosities, and a Grape-Nuts breakfast testimonial claiming health benefits.
Fowler committee report to New York Life Insurance Trustees reveals payments totaling about 1.25 million dollars connected to Andrew Hamilton and John A. McCall since 1892. Investigators cite $235,000 from McCall’s resignation and $37,607.61 for Hamilton’s 1892–1905 salary as part of a larger unrecorded cash flow. The board endorses the recommendations to sue to hold the men accountable, including actions in Paris and at the home office. John A. McCall, former NY Life president, lies bedridden at Laurel House with health concerns.
St Petersburg Russia new taxes on commercial undertakings require periodical reports. Firms pay three to fourteen percent of net profit above three percent of capital. If profit exceeds twenty percent a ten percent tax applies. Directors and managers face a one to two percent tax on salaries or bonuses.
Chicago reports a fire that threatened Johnson and Sons furniture factory. Catherine Branty eighty years old woke in a frame building north of the factory and roused five families. She collapsed from the exertion and remained unconscious.
House debate lasts hours over pension bill size with Gardner citing long rolls from the Civil War and Spanish War. Proposals warn of rising costs and future pensioners, including potential 132,414 Spanish War veterans, as Andrew concludes with a clause redesignating age as a permanent disability under pension laws.
Indianapolis firm E H Tadley Co a major poultry buyer and chipper has made an assignment due to overproduction from open winter. It held millions of summer eggs in cold storage in Eastern cities, with prices down to about half their cost. Liabilities around 100 million dollars.
Missouri Insurance Commissioner Vandiver warns more than sixty insurers to provide written promises of vital reforms in management or face non renewal of licenses when they expire March 1. The report also notes unrelated items including a Moscow court sentencing and various international notices.
The list shows wholesale quotes from the Melk Exchange with standard quality dairy products, fresh meats, fruits, vegetables, poultry, grains, and live stock. Entries include state dairy products, various nut butter items, canned goods, berries, apples, and per unit prices for fowls, turkeys, ducks, geese, and other market staples.
A cargo aboard the Indrashama from Calcutta included two massive royal pythons that battled inside their crate. Captain Craven and Colonel Edwards worked with Jacob Schmitt to disentangle the snakes as one swallowed the other, leaving the victim dead and the larger python exhausted and dying. The ordeal frightened the crew as the reptiles roamed the deck.
The roll call on Hepburn Railway Rate Regulation followed the journal reading. McCall of Massachusetts voted No, joined by Sibley of Pennsylvania Southwick of New York Littlefield Perkins and Weeks plus Vreeland and Weeks again. Seven opposed. There were seven votes against the bill.
A severe storm battered the Mediterranean coasts of Sicily and Italy with strong winds and flooding. Galati Memartino near Messina reports destruction and many homes washed away. In Palermo rain mixed with yellow sand while ships were wrecked and navigation toward Naples became difficult.
An abstract caption features Trealiain and a girl with red parasols. The cow appears purple and enraged, described as the focal oddity in a surreal rower themed art piece.
A former judge from the Bridal High Court of Justice, after retirement, reconsidered a decision and returned to the case by sending a personal check for the amount sued for indicating a revision of judgment.
The Academy notes that Mr Gladstone apparently bore a nickname Merrypebbles used by some intrepid individuals, though it was spoken only behind his back.
The Rev. A. Lloyd of St. Ambrose's Birmingham argues church singing left to choir should be shared with the congregation to set an example for nearby worshippers.
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