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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1909
Page
4
A Baltimore reader cites four years of misery from female ailments and credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health. The advertisement claims the remedy cures displacements inflammation and other gynecological issues and invites readers to write Mrs. Pinkham for free advice.
The article notes how donations in China and Brazil tied money to titles and hospital builds. It mentions a Spanish merchants plan to charter a ship to showcase Spanish goods for a world tour, boosting global demand.
Representative Halvor Steenerson of Minnesota urged Fred Big Wind to be appointed postmaster at Twin Lakes Minnesota for political reasons. The suggestion drew laughter from the Post Office Department across the floor as Star Bad Boy was proposed to succeed him for political ends.
A housekeeper tried cucumber peels to trap cockroaches, spreading peels on the floor. The pests quickly covered the peel, absorbing moisture, but after a second attempt the roaches were reduced to a quarter and none remained by the third night. A lighthearted romance note in the piece shows a bride recounting a quaint confession. Renaissance lighting for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacific exposition in Seattle will use electrollers with sixty thirty-candlepower globes atop large lit spheres to illuminate grounds.
An ongoing wave of health testimonies praises Postum as a coffee substitute. A illinois young woman reports improved sleep and digestion after quitting coffee, while her brother notes relief from stomach issues and the desire to avoid coffee.
Long debate over Broadway morality as Archbishop Farley denounces plays as orgies of obscenity. Charles Burnham, veteran theatre manager, urges stage censorship or closed houses, arguing indecent productions corrupt youth and deserve public action. He criticizes press agents for sensationalizing immoral plays.
Wisconsin legislature adopted the conference report on the United States Senatorial primary investigation. Senator Isaac Stephenson led on the eighth joint ballot with 58 of 119 votes, two short of a majority, amid 14 absentees. Senator La Follette warned his allies would oppose the probe, while claiming no fear of the outcome.
Albert Helnsath of Cleveland president of the senior class at the International Y. M. C. A training school in Springfield Massachusetts and two Miss Hurds of Springfield were drowned while skating on Waters hops Pond near the school.
King Edward and Queen Alexandra were welcomed by the Berlin crowd with more warmth than anticipated. The visit drew cheers as the royals toured historic sites and met local residents during their European journey.
Yale defeated Cornell 6 to 3 in hockey as part of a weekend sports roundup. The missives also note Burns Handle bab, marathon results in Pittsburg, and various boxing and baseball items alongside player trades and contract talks.
Assistant Chief James Gunning led six men to death when a varnish barrel exploded at the Jobs Manvilla plant. Ten injured included eight firefighters. two companies were buried under a collapsing four story wall. Rescue work required rope descending into a fire pit to recover bodies as wives and families learned of the tragedy. One injured survivor Nimmer crawled from the debris begging for aid for others.
Justice Mills rules labor unions and employers may require pay for security and other expenses when picketing and boycotts force a factory to hire guards. Case by Joseph W. Jones of Jones Speedometer Company against George M. Maher of an IA Machinists lodge. Damages set at $3847 for New Rochelle strike of 1907.
Pittsburg investigators charge a wide juror-buying scheme with at least twelve men involved. Charles Calbert and his brother John are jailed. warrants issued for ten more as District Attorney Blakely and Detective Chief Waggoner expose attempts to corrupt the venire. Outcomes target Councilman Kieln and bankers A. A. Vilsack and William Raomsens.
In Milton, Massachusetts, a crowded restaurant hosted a pistol duel between Frank Fleming and Robert Pinton, both noted planters. Pinton fired the fatal shot killing Fleming. A coroner's jury exonerated Pinton and ruled the homicide justifiable.
In Stockholm the Swedish Diet approved universal suffrage with proportional representation. The bill passed the first chamber 120 to 98 and the second 134 to 94, enabling all residents over twenty four to vote.
Agnes Brady of Leadville Colorado eighteen year old daughter of Paddy Brady the pu yi ist pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to one day in jail for the shooting death of Samuel A. Davis a mine owner.
King Alfonso concluded his Portugal trip aiming to woo King Manuel with a marriage proposal for Princess Beatrice of Coburg, the cousin of the Spanish Queen, as a wife for Manuel.
A squad of policemen pursued a frightened deer through central Springfield until it ran into a frontier fence at the United States Armory and was captured. A crowd of hundreds followed to headquarters before the deer was taken to woods near St. Michael's Cemetery and released. James Hatch, game warden, was notified of the capture.
Mr. Taft completes a grueling travel log covering 25,000 miles since July 3, reaching Cincinnati. The trek traces a broad tour by rail and road, reflecting a presidency era effort to observe national conditions and public reception.
Fragmentary historical OCR lists varieties and prices for fruits vegetables livestock and goods. Mentions locations and vendors in a dense catalog style with irregular punctuation and numerous legible item names and figures.
Prices for standard winter apples remain high with limited Western New York stock and strong New York exports seen for 1909. Fall River mill dividends rise to 2.73 percent, while potatoes hold near eighty cents Maine stock and rice supplies in Texas and Louisiana look ample. The trade overall remains quiet with rising onion prices and a surge in Southern truck. Paris notes a growing taste for horse flesh.
Three passengers die and thirty six injured when a Mindy Central train from St Louis to New Orleans derails on a broken rail six miles east of Murphysboro Illinois. The wreck occurs at high speed as the engine clears the trestle but cars plunge down an embankment. The dead are Walter B. Long Joliet Mrs Cerena Walton Anna Ill and Miss Mollie Walker Mount Carmel Ill. The Rev H Al McLellan of Murphysboro and sixteen troupe members are among the injured with Miss Helen Yellowe seriously hurt.
A man armed with a pistol and a dynamite bomb demanded $7000 from Lawrence M. Jones, head of Jones Brothers Dry Goods, at his Kansas City residence. After a tense half hour interview, Jones and family helped restrain the intruder, who was identified as C. H. Garnett.
State Senator Richard J. Welch told a legislative committee in San Francisco that the United States faced possible war with a Pacific naval power. He cited Roosevelt Gillett and Stanton correspondence to illustrate the near conflict and noted recent Isla Creek project discussions.
Professors Butler and Maugie with Junius Morgan depart Princeton for Cherbourg then to the Arabian Desert to lead Princeton University's second archaeological expedition in the region. A Adravan camp crew awaits at Jerusalem to begin the dig. Magee elected Pittsburg mayor with a landslide conservative plurality amid a heavy rain reduced vote.
Obituary notes the death of Rear-Admiral James G. Green US Navy retired at Edenton North Carolina. Born Jamaica Plain Massachusetts in 1841 he entered the navy as acting ensign during the Civil War and served throughout the conflict. News item mentions a spate of Berlin street attacks on women, totaling twenty two incidents since the start of the assaults.
Ephraim K. Smith a founder of the Diamond Match Company and maker of the first safety match in the United States died in Philadelphia of pneumonia at age sixty nine.
An earthquake at Silvas, im Asfatte Ture key, collapsed houses and government buildings. Initial reports indicate about thirty people were killed and many injured.
Michael V. Devine and Arthur A. Nonan both tailors in New York City face indictment for grand larceny following bankruptcy proceedings.
A compilation notes 1844 metal trades convention in Utica protest against convict labor. It cites Australia and New Zealand pension plans starting July 1 1909. UMWA denounces Justice Wright in Gompers Mitchell Morrison. Massachusetts debates eight hour laws and unions push for wage protections. Lowell sheet metal workers win eight hour day without pay cut. New Jersey commission presses industrial training. Moyland Soutland regional training galleries discussed. Garment factories accused of false fibers. Knights of Labor oppose AF of L program in Washington.
The Government of Victoria has fixed stamp denominations up to five hundred dollars to standardize postal charges and revenue collection across the colony.
A testimonial from Newark New Jersey dated September 28 1908 details a severe eczema case described as a mass of raw bleeding sores. After using Cuticura Remedies the patient reports cooling relief healing of sores and eventual cure.
A nephew and his uncle dine in a city restaurant waiting for their meal. The nephew notices a pager and asks about cerebrospinal meningitis. The uncle declines the illness and jokes he would rather have fried liver and bacon instead.
The article notes thousands of women chasing hares with beagles in London outskirts, describing the spectacle as humorous and fashionable. It mentions the vivid public fascination and the odd beauty in the scene as women run through brambles and hedges. It also briefly references milk producers in Chicago and U.S. railroads employing hundreds of thousands.
The advertisement extols the California Fig Syrup Co and its claimed chemist driven method for Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna. It warns only the genuine product bears the full company name on the front and to avoid imitations. It also references Marine Eye Remedy and other health claims amid various product pitches and numbers.
A new tubercular theory proposed by Dr Charley E MacDonald of the army links tuberculous fish to human infection. It echoes Hutchinson s long held views on fish diet but reframes it as an infection from tuberculous fish rather than diet alone. The piece notes differing opinions on bovine tuberculosis and cites comparative pathology advances.
Guaranteed to cure itching bleeding or protruding piles in 6 to 14 days or money back. Also mentions Brown's Bronchial Troches for throat irritation and Woolford Sanitary Lotion for instant itch relief, with druggists carrying the products.
Howard S. Hill of Gardner Massachusetts created a fruit vegetable hybrid by combining cucumber pulp with orange flavor producing a yellow edible with fine taste. Frances Champion of San Diego walks ten miles daily for health keeping a strict morning and afternoon routine, weighing about 130 pounds. A notable quip on cleanliness appears from The News.
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