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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1909
Page
3
A historic note on the shift from costly safety razors to a cheaper postpaid option. An inventor offers a stir safer razor for twenty five cents, aided by scientific machinery that cuts costs. Includes quips about a bicycle accident and a barrel of beer as street humor.
The Postmaster General declares the evening mail run a success in certain Manhattan districts. In his annual report this second heaviest daily delivery relieves morning routes, allowing carriers to finish forenoon rounds faster. The Brooklyn Standard Union notes the measure, celebrating efficiency gains and improved distribution.
A young captain drills the awkward squad and orders halt with motionless feet, urging exact stance. The scene captures disciplined training under the drillmaster's precise guidance as cadets practice balance and timing.
A Louisville woman recalls nine years of coffee damage to her daughter who nearly faced nervous prostration. After stopping coffee and tea, drinking Postum and Grape-Nuts, she improved dramatically. Now healthy, she heads five charities and a club, credits Postum and Grape-Nuts for recovery.
North Carolina Mississippi and Alabama enacted statewide prohibition laws, Georgia already dry for a year, and Louisiana implements a regulation aimed at curbing saloons. New Orleans enforces near churches and schools, while several parishes go dry. Biloxi Mississippi sees first saloon loss in two centuries, and Toronto slashes hotel and saloon licenses in city elections.
Reports from Hermosillo describe a mysterious disease killing many, causing terror and mass emigration as victims die within days. Other items note a two-cent postage rate to Germany, a man’s suicide in Hot Springs, statehood bids for New Mexico and Arizona, and pardons affecting murder cases.
New Jersey news notes include Miram Hitchner of Elmer winning $30 for prize corn shown at a state fair. Twelve cars of corn weighed sixteen pounds each with 1300 grains per ear. friends calculate futures across years and grains, projecting astronomical car counts.
President Roosevelt cables King Victor Emmanuel expressing sorrow over the Sicily Calab ria quake and pledges Red Cross aid. Taft likewise sends condolences and offers American Red Cross support as appeals for funds to aid sufferers go out.
Henry W Poor longtime Wall Street figure and sole partner of H W Poor & Co assigns his assets to Mark T Cox of Robert Winthrop & Co for creditors. He had spent vast sums on houses and art at Tuxedo Bar Harbor and No 1 Lexington Ave, with private fortune factors reportedly shrinking from a 6 million dollar library loss amid last year’s financial storm. Paris paralyzed by blizzard halts street traffic as city confronts worst freeze since 1
Aまとめ of items includes a 1908 Brazilian deficit of 21 000 gold in the state expenditures, Tokyo and Moscow election results, police killings in Tiflis, a large fire in Cebu wiping out the Chinese quarter, four deaths in Warsaw socialist clashes, Ecuador cocoa record with lower prices, bubonic plague in Guayaquil, Italian praise for Turkey, Russian death sentences for rail strikers, King Edward’s Berlin visit denial, China opium abolition edict tightening, and Bourne Mills profit sharing in Fall River.
A Salem jury convicted Walter Stockley of second degree murder and, after a twenty hour deliberation, sentenced him to thirty years hard labor. He killed his wife last September amid alleged infidelity, while court testimony revealed plans to marry two women in Woodbridge. In Trenton, funds are being raised for, and social aid is extended to, John Minkle’s widow and seven children after his suicide revealed destitution. Park Commissioner I A Hain hosted a dinner for 300 newsboys. Camden Justice of the Peace Philip Schmitz was named Deputy U.S. Marshal, succeeding resigned Constable Joseph Smith. James Joy of Gloucester City faced $200 bail on charges of deserting his wife. Trenton County Physician Scannell autopsied Glacint Ricci, deeming death instantaneous and painless. Aaron Seltzick’s family escaped coal gas danger after a timely awakening and physician’s intervention. In Camden, Frank Parrett and Charles Cullen, charged with bombing Israel Palitz’s store, were acquitted. August Queren suffered a broken rib after a fall at Blaslua factory in Woodbury. At St Mary Magdalen Church worksite in Millville, Joseph Slosser fell, sustaining head and shoulder injuries. Farther, Benjamin Wells, working for James Moore near Wondbury, was aided after a rib fracture and later injured again by a horse.
Fall River Massachusetts reports a 1908 review of cotton manufacturing dividends showing an average of 6.94 percent. The rate, aside from the extraordinary 1907 surge, stands as the best since 1902, highlighting strong earnings in the industry.
A WIRE report from Bracebridge Ontario states a fire destroyed Sibbett's and the McCosh blocks. About a dozen firms were burned out with losses pegged near 100000 dollars, largely uninsured.
Ex President Timothy Dwight of Yale is eighty. Governor Deneen will take a college course on corn and cattle. Secretary Newberry elected Yale Alumni Association president in Washington. Sultan Mehmed Abid Effendi, three, born Constantinople 1905, nineteenth in throne. Don Ramon Pinay Millet arrives New York from Gibraltar. Count Johann Von Bernstorff arrives Washington as German Ambassador. Electrobi-litances sold at Lord Amherst auction London for 66000 dollars, J P Morgan reported buyer. Admiral Evans wary over Dewey case, will not house him in Los Angeles. Sir Walter Hilyer named expert adviser to Chinese Government. Sir Theodore Martin, age 92, celebrated birthday at Bryngwyn in Longollen. Dr D K Pearson of Chicago, financier of philanthropy, says report untrue and will donate 3,000,000 more to educational institutions.
A Philadelphia Inquirer note describes a novel printing process enabling Braille like books to be produced on both eldor and standard paper. The system halves costs and could double output for libraries and readers. Government support and teacher initiatives for the blind are highlighted, using a script with artificial characters rather than raised letters. Also mentions Japanese youths and a Sweet Heart sash custom replacing an engagement ring.
Mrs Harriet Armstrong aged 101 died at her Roanoke Virginia home where she lived all her life and never traveled from it.
The Mille Exchange shows standard quality price at 40 per quart and lists varied dairy products including butter and cheese with multiple quality grades and regional references. It also prices fruits, vegetables, poultry, and meats with assorted per unit or per bag rates, covering items such as ducks, turkeys, potatoes, cabbages, peppers, and onions, reflecting a broad early 20th century market catalog.
The 1908 foreign commerce downswing shows declines in imports across 25 major nations except four, with Europe hardest hit on imports and North America on exports. Despite lower values from price drops, the report notes manufacturing inputs and global prices explain much of the fall.
Columbus reports Theodore Burton nominated by the Republican joint caucus to succeed Joseph Foraker in the U S Senate with election expected January 12. Burton, a 15 year representative from Cleveland districts, received strong applause and emotional support from legislators. Taft withdrawal details are linked to Frank Hitchcock, with Taft urged to avoid a Burton tie by withdrawing.
St Paul report quotes John L. Sullivan saying the Burns Johnson bout in Australia went as he predicted. He argues Burns never deserved the world title and that modern boxing with padded mitts fails as prize fighting. Sullivan laments the public's waning interest in the manly art of self defense.
Claus Spreckels died in San Francisco at age eighty from pneumonia. At his bedside were his sons Rudolph John Adolph, and daughters of John D. Spreckels, with wife Mary Holbrook and Mrs W Hamilton. The estate is valued between 40 and 50 million dollars. Broom prices rise as shortages and future gains are forecast.
Dr. Irving B. Hayes of Northampton Massachusetts died in El Paso Texas when he fell while trying to alight from a moving train. He was returning home from a trip to California and was accompanied by his ten year old daughter.
A 35 year old railroad man Barclay Gray was found dead in Erie Railroad yards at Newburg N Y after hanging himself from the edge of a freight car roof. The incident follows reports of unrest in India where cow sacrifice bans sparked deadly riots near Calcutta with troops killing several rioters and wounding about sixty. Anson R Flower a Keowee banker died at Watertown N Y. Senator Henry Cabot Lodge visited Taft in Augusta Ga urging Meyer to remain in the cabinet.
An aunt injured in a railroad collision reports kidney trouble and long hospital stay. William White of Constantine Street Threa Rivers Michigan credits Dean's Kidney Pills with dramatic improvement after seven years of doctors, claiming four boxes restored health and strength. An American Motor Car Manufacturers official notes 62,000 cars valued at 105 million produced in 1907 versus 38 million in 1962.
An advertisement recounts a severe case of eczema with itching and cracking hands cured in a month by Cuticura Remedies. It also promotes catarrh cures from All’s Cheney Co and Cheney’s constitutional treatments, including a claim of a $100 reward for cure failures, and mentions a copper Marat assassination tub sale in Paris. It ends with a Turkish sultan’s downfall note.
A New Orleans Times-Democrat inspired account describes Breton cottages as simple and dirty yet marked by two bright details: pristine white calf of a mistress and gleaming brass armoires. The storyteller recalls intimate bedchambers called lit clos with carved panels and a husband asleep inside fully dressed, while a Breton mother boasts six children managed through top and bottom bunk divisions.
An old advertisement touts Bromo Quinine as the universal cold cure used worldwide. It emphasizes a single day relief and features BE W Grove’s signature. The product is priced at 25 cents and marketed as a laxative variant.
A collage of old advertisements notes remedies and cures for various ailments and products. It lists Paro Ointment promising cure in 6 to 14 days, Garfield Tea laxative from Brooklyn, Woolford Sanitary Lotion, Burma oil yields in 1907, Mrs Winslow’s Syrup for teething, and other medical quirks. The piece also includes a rail dining car pie grievance and light humor quotes from Punch and Tit-Bits.
The American battleship fleet arrived at the Suez Canal two days early as the Yankton and the Calgon began their transit at once, signaling a swift movement through the canal.
A collection of brief items reports John T. Fay, mind reader, dying by his own action in Oakland, Cal. and other disparate notes including Venezuelan politics, Cuba, aeronautics forecasts, foot and mouth disease quarantine in New York, and global tensions with no single leading event.
The Boston Herald notes the American yearly sugar bill nears 400 million dollars, rising about five percent annually. It emphasizes the cost to the public and the tariff schedule's relevance while pointing to refinery activity outpacing consumer action.
The tale recalls Major Pond guiding Bill Nye through early lecture seasons. Nye and a friend spotted Pond’s sign in a window and sought to join his platform. Nye claimed experience with Barnum and Satscon, joking about displaying his head atop a cabinet with a large ostrich egg.
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