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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1904
Page
1
The essay contrasts fame with notoriety, arguing that admiration sustains virtue while notoriety feeds curiosity. It notes two opposing forces in humans the need for social belonging and the pull of self. Privacy-loving individuals suffer under constant public exposure and cynicism grows from sensational chronicles.
The text frames commerce as supreme as humanity seeks continual production and exchange. It describes Earth as a squeezed orange, humanity borrowing energy from atmosphere and sun to amplify product output and satisfy appetite.
A distinguished eye specialist warns that eye strain causes headaches nervousness and other pains across history and in children. It explains blinking from refraction errors, habit formation, and the need for early oculist evaluation. Treatments favor proper spectacles over risky drugs and emphasize avoiding near work without correction.
The text argues advertising is shifting from billboards to newspapers as cities curb billboard displays. It contends newspapers increasingly lead in public visibility, while billboards fade from prominence with regulations and changing advertiser sentiment.
A lyrical reminiscence by Alfred J. Waterhouse recalls childhood journeys through a dreamlike realm with giants, Jack the Killer, Cinderella, Beatie, and a little girl named Mairyland. The speaker laments losing the path to Faraway and asks where the Brownies and elves still play.
A grandmother recalls a silver milk jug from France carried by a wagon train to the Northwest. The tale weaves family kinship from New York to Iowa and Kansas, wagon camp life, wolves, prairie fires, and an earthquake near a dried creek as the jug marks a perilous journey across the plains.
A brutal buffalo stampede forces a wagon train to flee across a rocky creek bed. Families cling to horses as decimating hooves thunder, leaving provisions, arms, and beloved items lost. Government surveyors aid the group who then buy replacement wagons and supplies.
The Ned Man nears the end of self governing status as allotment completes in Indian Territory. He will inherit, settle, and face federal law until Congress may set land as a Territory or state. Indians risk land loss as Anglo-Saxons dominate, with near half a million residents in the Territory and widespread alienation of tribal lands.
The piece surveys cut work in gowns, lace usage beneath cloth, and the shift toward plain velvets and crepe de chine. It notes hot water and onion cures for health, a floral fan fashion, shopping donts, and parental guidance shaping young women’s social freedoms.
The St Louis Stay cites grim attitudes toward women, arguing mothers indoctrinate daughters toward domestic roles. It claims girls are stunted by social duties and constant supervision, producing insipid, unhealthy womanhood.
A dated beauty column offers home remedies for facial care. It recommends borax in water for facial cleansing, almond oil for eyebrows, warmth and brushing, and gentle removal of ear debris. It also suggests cocoa butter for neck fullness, a warm rinse routine, and hydration with fruits and water.
The article surveys fashion trends featuring lace appliques on collars, velvet pastilles and chenilles, mink tail fronts on evening wraps, and wool embroidery in coats and accessories. It notes a decline in silk coats and hats while collarless designs gain prominence and emphasizes gold braid trims and a pale gray crepe de chine gown with a simple high neck.
A reflective piece quotes moral maxims on humility, prayer, church greed, and discipline. It critiques market-driven faith, urges inner transformation, and notes historical fasting practices and religious observances across nations, including references to Yale Review and global Lent customs.
Extraordinary Privy Council meeting approves emergency order guaranteeing principal and interest on a 10 million yen debenture to speed the Seoul Fusan Railway project expected to finish by 1904. Railway board chief to replace dismissed president as control shifts amid wartime tensions.
William Shepherd of Letcher County is arrested in Whitesburg after shooting three during a drunken attack at Obadiah Fields home. He killed Riley Webb a teamster, his wife, and the infant in her arms before fleeing and being captured. The baby died shortly after.
The Cenons Bureau reports the 1902 mining year produced 34,291 kilogs of quicksilver valued at 1 467 848 dollars and 11 727 short tons of cinnabar 36 365 short tons of flint and feldspar totals with values of 144 209 and 250 424 and 11 492 short tons of Fuller s earth valued at 98 14.
In Waukegan a court hearing on a Zion City rail crossing saw Dowie quote offers from 50 thousand to five million for North Shoreland. A Council Bluffs mob unleashed on a jail, freeing two prisoners after battering doors. Balkan tensions near the Murkish frontier and France’s role in Far Eastern affairs are noted. The piece also mentions US crop values, China trade talk, and local civic measures in New Levin City for playgrounds and schools funding.
The State Department announces Trafessor soin Lodd My to serve as consul general at Greytown Nicaragua. Secretary Shaw notes bonds will be received as security for public debts. Various diplomatic changes and domestic incidents are listed, including leaders attending funerals and planned travel for relief.
A New Jersey syndicate controls Hackensack Meadows stock and begins grading 3000 acres with hydraulic fill from the Bay Ridge channel deepening project run by Hughes Brothers and Bangs. A 40,000 cubic yard daily flow is planned to raise land to eight feet, tying it to Passaic River Newark Bay waterfront.
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