03 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1902
Page
1
A vivid description of a grand tent spectacle where the ringmaster, ushers, and audience chase quick approval as wealth and spectacle define the scene. The piece evokes a carnival atmosphere with dancers, music, and the exit through the canvas wall as the curtain falls.
In a late night scene Clara is awakened by her father who brings out a small reddrab brown furred animal with bushy tail and bright eyes. Clara asks what it is and the father hints at its resemblance to a zebra while recalling her animal book study.
A stray fox cub named Billy becomes a cherished pet of Clara Harris and her family. Billy bonds deeply with Clara, learns tricks, and seeks comfort in the kitchen curb when sleeping arrangements become an issue. After four months of pampered nights, Billy vanishes into a trap door and is rescued from the water, ending the episode with a bittersweet note on the bond between child and animal.
A fragment on Chesterbrook stock farm owned by Alexander J. Cassatt, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, located in Chester County near Philadelphia. The 700 acre property is largely grassland with bluegrass established two decades ago, details of sowing, pasture, hay, and livestock including horses, sheep, cows, and bullocks.
The column notes fashion shifts toward water-dresses in bright colors, lace, and taney buttons on bolero jackets and blouses. It covers hand care tips, Berlin university women Bertha Neumanna and Caroline Stewart, Persian velvet waistbands, modern shirt waists, and Turquoise jewelry rising in popularity with new mounting styles.
Describes social fashions and notable women including Borah Bernhardt and Mrs Marguerite Warren Springer. Mentions philanthropy, a university gift, a focus on women’s suffrage, literature figures, and a Boston Business League push for women to study business methods and legal rights affecting women and children.
The piece describes white leather trim and velvet gowns in red, brown, blue, green, and black for street and reception wear. It highlights white-cloth gowns trimmed with chinchilla, elaborate Muffys, fur fringes, and chiffon finishes, plus accessories like white velvet hair sprays, embroidered stockings, and color-blocked handkerchiefs.
A Sun article notes pocket compasses offered from twenty five cents to ten dollars, in sizes from half an inch to hunting-fork scale, with nickel cases and agate bearings. Best value is a one fifty compass with agate bearing. Thousands sold yearly.
The American Society of Naval Architects review shows armor strength up about forty percent in ten years due to better alloys and heat treatment, allowing thinner plating yet equal or greater protection. Gun steel improved 70–80 percent, with defenses distributed higher, guiding battleship design toward closer ranges and faster firing.
The drought across Missouri and Kansas depresses farm prospects and merchant activity. Water shortages strain wells and ponds while stock water is scarce. Farmers haul water, wheat grows, but dry ground threatens next season. Citizens save money, cut nonessential spending, and seek necessities as rainfall remains insufficient.
A Cleveland wealthy planter Ashley Cocke, with A M Phipps and Tom Lauderdale and Blackman, killed a passenger Ithea on a north bound Yazoo and Mississippi Valley train near Leland Mississippi. They compelled the engine driver to uncouple the locomotive and escape to Shelby then Cleveland. All four were captured hours later. Authorities view Cocke as notorious after prior racial killings.
Secretary Way arranged an accord with Mexico for arbitration of Catholic Church claims in California. Rear Admiral Francis Asbury, formerly of the U N, retired October 4 1885 after decades of service. Warship gatherings in Venezuelan waters drew great Washington interest amid German expectations. Rear Admiral Robley D Trang received 168 in Sandigs bounty. A hotel suicide in Washington identified the victim as George A Roger of Schenectady NY.
A severe coal shortage grips the West and North, threatening railroad service and factory runs. Western railroads lack motive power as engines freeze, with coal piles depleted and shops closing. North Dakota reports a car famine as elevators overflow and farmers cannot sell grain due to empty cars and storage limits.
A new corps named National Scouts is being formed in Pretoria to aid the British. Boer burghers elected leaders will oversee free wings operating in Southern and Eastern Transvaal. British gains credited to cooperation of Celier and Cronje's commands under General Bruce Hamilton. Wheat prices fluctuated narrowly with a slight weekly decline and continued outflow of winter wheat from producing regions. Extremely cold weather in the Northwest and power shortages hinder shipments. A man killed his mother with an ax during an incident at Taylors Balls. he was deemed weak-minded but harmless. At American Bridge Works in Chicago a crane collapse killed three and injured many.
Reports from Georgia to Virginia recount fatalities from floods and a fatal train wreck in Pennsylvania. Georgia deaths include four from violent weather across the region, with drownings at West Point on the Chattahoochee and a freight wreck near Notasulga. West Point streets filled with water, and Fort Tyler hosted displaced residents. In Pennsylvania, wrecks delayed traffic as floods and washouts impacted the Upper Schuylkill and Susquehanna regions.
Report from Vancouver describes a brutal incident near McNair's camp where two Japanese attackers felled Ruraji Kareburu and Ikabu Saburo killed by the initial strike. The three assailants were tied to trees and left in the mountains overnight. One victim died of exposure. police later took the others into custody as dawn broke and a fire raged nearby.
Mrs Mary B Wright Smith released after three weeks in jail for contempt of court over withholding the location of 200000 dollars in government bonds sought to satisfy a 300 judgment under Orrin J Dalley of New York City. Terms of release not disclosed. Gale and weather notes follow.
General Chaffee and Acting Governor Wright deny friction between military and civil authorities in the Philippines. Captain Foltz named Port Captain of Havana. Cuban campaigner Maso returns home. Subic Bay military prison reopens as many Filipinos are sent there. Domestic tales include drownings in Connecticut and Mississippi, embezzlement arrests, train wrecks, arson and mutinies, a Colorado wheat shortage, and a fatal shooting tied to a spouse. Numerous international items cover Spain, Russia, Norway, and Basel Congress, with incidents in Jamaica, Venezuela, and Africa.
A fragmentary report notes Senor Lopez arrested in Batangas province for treasonable communications with insurgents and hanged in Manila. It mentions Aguinaldo’s European representative Siatu Lopez and local wealth in Manila and Ba Ling. A McKinley Memorial Fund warning references a commercial venture. A boy twelve, James Mott, died on a farm when a rope accident caused a cow to bolt and drag him 200 yards.
The steamer Sunway burned to the water's edge while docked in Memphis Tennessee. Fifteen passengers were aboard and three were burned to death in the blaze.
A proposed Purification plan for the Passaic River would divert all sewage via a trunk outlet into New York Bay near Robinson's Reef. Estimated cost is $7,000,000 with construction over several years, deemed the most economical solution yet. The report is to be submitted to the Legislature.
A dark New York City public school experiments with basement showers for boys offering baths once every five weeks during recess. The plan aimed to improve hygiene in a setting described as problematic, with officials linked to broader political maneuvering.
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