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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1901
Page
4
A St Louis Globe Democrat note describes a garden feature where trees are placed to shade different parts of a house as the sun moves. At 9 o clock the B o clock iron shades the dining room and by 10 o clock shade shifts to adjacent rooms, creating a moving pattern of light and shadow.
The piece includes an advertisement for Hair Vigor claiming hair restoration benefits and mail order availability. It also reports the death of Mr. Robert Arthington of Leeds at an English watering place, noting his extreme frugality yet immense charitable giving under a fictitious name, with a large will presumed. It mentions shipboard storage batteries by a German firm used for lighting and storage in ocean liners, enabling reduced engine use while keeping lamps powered.
A garbled text segment recalls thrift advice and consumer quirks, referencing Grain-O beverage, misattributed quotes, and scattered notes on commerce, travel, and history. It mentions Kemp’s cough syrup, grain drink’s coffee mimic, a 1837 rail line, Bank of England notes, and a Guthrie Oklahoma wagon train journey.
New York State faces rising drunkenness with 32 50 commitments to prisons and workhouses for intoxication. The State Commission on Prisons urges treating drunkenness as a disease, recommending suspended sentences, parole, and probation officers to reduce punishments on families while pursuing cure. It also calls for a state reformatory for male misdemeanants, a separate building for condemned prisoners, and convict road work in Patlaades Park.
West Baton Rouge police jury trustees of the Poydras fund decide to divert revenue from encouraging marriages to annual support for higher education of poor girls. The fund, left by Francois Poydras, funded the Poydras Girls Asylum and marriage incentives for indigent white girls. now translated toward education as the French dowry system fades. Over 75 years the fund reportedly facilitated thousands of marriages.
Telegraphed reports from Skagway describe a food famine in Circle City and the Yukon area with flour at 45 dollars per sack and scarce supplies. Potatoes bacon sugar and rice are unavailable at any price. stores report run out and some traders selling limited goods only from sellers without permits. Reports also note wolves attacking travelers, two wedding parties victims in Marmaros District, and a sleigh driver nearly freezing. Other items include arrivals in Halifax of Lake Superior and Tunisian steamers with passengers, and brief sports and local notices.
The report notes demand for Pomel race production bonds and Welierade Investment stock, with material advances. The Kssen Chamber of Commerce discusses changes affecting Germany’s business ties with the United States and cabbage growers in New Jersey convene to consider a proposition to reestablish a 77 square felling axisey, aiming to meet the association’s needs.
The notice lists wide ranges for dairy and produce items including milk prices around 3 1/2 cents per quart and creamery goods, plus detailed listings for canned goods, vegetables, grains, and livestock. Several regional sources cite State and Penn products, with prices for apples, cranberries, peas, potatoes, onions, cabbage, carrots, and tobacco markets.
Weather Bureau notes winter wheat region largely free from heavy snow protection yet subject to temperature swings. New York reports favorable December, with rye and wheat in excellent condition. Western Kansas, Texas, and Southern California show moisture shortages. Large copper trolley wire order ships to India. Canadian business failures rise modestly. U.S. bankruptcy filings exceed 400. exports valued near 1.47 billion, with substantial trade surplus.
A sweeping grip outbreak across the United States, with over 500,000 cases reported and significant deaths in Chicago New York Philadelphia and St. Louis. The epidemic aligns with unseasonable weather, while notable figures such as former U.S. Senator Edmunds and bishops are listed among sufferers. Authorities note rising deaths tied to pneumonia concurrent with the grip.
Louis Carrier, 40, at 47 Alexander street Albany New York, cuts his wife’s throat and assaults their 12 year old son Archie before slashing his own throat and ingesting paris green. He leaves a note claiming the wife brought poison to elicit his death and notes $200 life insurance to bury them. Carrier accused his wife of infidelity and cited frequent quarrels and past arrests. A second item notes Cuba to grant universal suffrage after a constitutional convention decision.
A Bangor survey report notes the year 1000 being bleak against 1890, with only 142,090 feet of lumber surveyed in Bangor and limited outputs elsewhere. The piece weaves labor unrest, wage changes, coal mining accidents, and industrial tensions across the United States and mentions forthcoming wage increases and regulatory debates.
A collage of odd clippings and quips from late 19th century papers. It cites a veteran editor in Colorado’s Golden Transcript, a farmer in Larimer County losing a cow via a bizarre incident, and a humorous note on English cream in a Boer War joke. Also mentions Indians in London viewing wigs with astonishment in Harper’s Young People.
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