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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1902
Page
4
A Seventh Avenue butcher advertised by hiring Italian street musicians to play daily outside his shop. The lively polkas and waltzes drew children and shoppers, broke street monotony, and increased patronage, ensuring the butcher’s success.
Norwegian farms rely on simple heavy tools with women doing much of the work on small farms while larger plots use occasional American machines. Farmers grind grain, shoe horses, make and repair tools during long winters, reflecting a century gap in industrial adoption.
The article explains Roosevelts names originate from the Carow Quereau line on the maternal side. It notes Isaac Carow mis-spelled Quereau, and Quentin and Kermit tracing to the Carow French Huguenot names Quantine and related roots.
The Hepburn Nicaragua Canal Bill cleared the House by 808 to 2 and moves to the Senate for revision. Voters, including Morris Shackleford Parker backers, supported the Nicaragua route while pledging no obstruction to final passage.
The House passes a measure empowering the President to secure concessions from Costa Rica and Nicaragua for a canal route from Greytown Nicaragua to the Pacific near Brito. It directs surveys and use of the San Juan River and Lake Nicaragua, guarantees for Costa Rica and Nicaragua vessels, and a $10,000,000 present appropriation with total estimated cost $180,000,000 drawn from the Treasury.
Washington, D. C. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Henry 0. Payne of Wisconsin to be Postmaster General. The nomination to the cabinet post follows hearings and a party line vote, setting Payne to lead the federal postal service amid administrative shifts.
The Dowager Empress of China grants audiences in a hall never entered by a woman as the Emperor remains under her influence. Across topics, sports and industry loom with plans for a nine foot America's Cup yacht and a New Jersey bicycle race program expanding.
Report outlines plans for the German Emperor to have his yacht Hohenzollern attend the christening by President Roosevelt's daughter in New York. Admiral Prince Henry of Prussia will represent the Emperor, with a ten week US cruise and February 20 launch date discussed.
The visit will begin in New York with a twenty one gun salute on arrival. Prince Henry will be greeted by President Roosevelt’s representatives and invited to Washington as a guest of the nation. A formal dinner will include many prominent Americans.
Charleston celebrated Liberty Bell day with schools closed and a citywide holiday. The bell from Philadelphia arrived at 10 o clock amid a large crowd and military escort including the First Artillery Band and German Mercenaries. A formal program at the Philadelphia Building featured a thirteen-gun salute as the bell was placed on display.
The Pension Appropriation Bill was reported to the House of Representatives in Washington. It carries 129.842 million dollars, the exact amount requested, against 145.215 million allocated last year.
M Ranton Dunont likely to enter the airship competition at St Louis Exposition. H W Kitson the Boston sculptor commissioned to model a statue of General NP Banks costing 18000 dollars for the State House in the Hub. Elizabeth Allen Denison dead noted as Texas social figure who raised a landmark Federal flag over her San Antonio home. Roosevelt to visit Lek Observatory next summer. Frederick Maemonules abandons sculpture for painting in France. Prince Lubomiryk plans a Paris ride from Spa to Nice on one horse amid snowy Alpine passes. Rosebery critiques reader time and tastes. Kate Greenaway memorial volume planned by her family. Zola impersonators noted in France and a spring-nipper inventor warns public of misattribution.
Italian inventor Giuglmo Marconi arrived at Grand Central and stated that his wireless system could be used commercially in the near future. He cited successful long distance tests between England and France and argued tuning of transmitters and receivers enabled cross sea communications.
Richart Croker steps down after fifteen years as leader of Tammany Hall and Finance Committee chair. Lewis Nixon is named his successor with John Fox moving to the Finance Committee. Croker states his sole ambition now is to win the English Derby.
Manila residents crave regular American news to ease homesickness. Officials and local bodies pledge to fund a daily cable press from the United States, with subscriptions expected from Manila, and the government offering free bulletins to officials and troops.
Forty million bushels of wheat in the twenty counties near Wichita Kansas overwhelm local mills. Farmers vow to store the grain for six more weeks to allow the crop to mature. Offers of seventy seven cents per bushel failed to secure sales. Plates Candidate for Re election. Senator Thomas C. Matt of New York said he would run again for the United States Senate.
Chicago unions note a poor agricultural outlook for the coming year while last year proved unusually prosperous for many workers. The piece mentions 500 knee pant makers seeking higher wages in New York, Oregon lumber, and notes on miners and machinists. A general strike of election workers erupts in Buffalo, and apprentice systems push for better technical education and school reform.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision in the Section 30 land case affirmed Midway Land Co owner A N Miller and Frank W. Eaton's claim to Vermilion Range lands. Eaton, once penniless on Pike Lake, now holds property valued around ten million dollars, with ties to Alf red Merritt and S. UT Moet of New York. The ruling confirms ownership amid a complex chain of locators and powers of attorney dating back to 1853 scrip laws.
A deadly fire in Huffalo, N Y, claim Henry Pearlstein his wife and five children aged from one and a half to twelve. Joseph Sapowski owner of the building and shoe store on the ground floor is under arrest pending incendiary investigation. Fire destroyed a stairway and blew out shopfront. bodies found four hours after flames were extinguished.
Wholesale price list from New York shows milk at 344c per quart and varying rates for butter, cheese, beans, fruits, live and dressed poultry, seafood, vegetables, and stock market style commodity figures. Notable items include Jersey and Greening apples, Cape Cod cranberries, and Turkeys priced per pound or per dozen with regional variations across states and coasts.
New York reports to R G Dun shows 1901 failures totaling 11 002 with liabilities 113092876 banking failures 74 amounting to 1801874 and overall insolvencies across sectors. Manufacturing and tr a de show rising indebtedness and a prosperous year despite crop and price concerns.
Grief grips New Rochelle after the Central tunnel tragedy with widespread mourning and frantic calls for information. Citizens urge action for safer rail travel and electric power to prevent future disasters, while officials consider indictments and new transportation reforms.
A steamer Bristol wrecks near Greensland BR with seven men drowned including the captain and six crew. The vessel carried 2500 tons of coal on a voyage from Ladyauith to Treadwell. Also reports of a pastry cook Tantale killed by his wife at St Avenue, cremation, and a wife found in an oven. British call for infantry volunteers to fight the Boers and Kitchener’s farms aid supply in South Africa. David Aiken nominated for Greenwood postmaster. General Frederick Funston arrives in San Francisco on sick leave. Daniel BR McCreary nominated for U S Senate from Kentucky. Carnegie Institution trustees named. Pique destroyer praised. torpedo boats to be overhauled due to topheay issues.
A Chicago Tribune excerpt recalls a Missouri wolf chase near Cape Girardeau and contrasts city indifference with a New York Post tale of a dying man and a widow in an uptown apartment. The pieces reflect urban anonymity and sudden death, with limited coherent linkage between them.
A fragment from a late century column recalls humorous oddities like the largest bag containing a rabbit a beater an onlooker a boy and a dog. It also notes strange public safety incidents a hare colliding with a man and a South American hunt for partridges. It cites Chinese taxation debate and a mix of medical ads and notices from the era.
Reports indicate wheat, rye, turnipa and flax are decreasing crops in Great Britain while darley, oats, potatoes and small fruits show increases, signaling shifting agricultural patterns across the country.
The fragment mentions a woman named Dean Mas in a medical context describing years of female troubles and doctors’ differing names for the condition. The text notes her repeated pain and dread of a certain time, indicating a chronic health issue discussed in a historical medical notice.
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