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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1905
Page
1
The ballad laments the toll of glory and love as soldiers fall and fame fades. It contrasts those chasing power with a lone beloved, whose passion sustains hope through winter lanes and a single, enduring law. The verse, printed in The Criterion, dramatizes devotion as the true Heart's Desire.
A veteran narrator tells Howard of a past tragedy that scarred him, warning against love’s risks. Howard reveals he has married Elinor Vancour, prompting a stunned reaction as the elder contemplates the newlyweds’ future.
A German authority estimates Belgiums foreign investments at no less than 1.5 billion dollars, in relation to its population and area compared with Ohio. French capital abroad, British money totals, and the London Stock Exchange figure in the discussion, with Russia noted as a major debtor nation and French Belgian and German investments employed there.
There is a magic J the word that makes men profess love for non Chicago Record-Herald. After eleven days buried anew some sheep have been recovered alive in Domfrlechire.
Dr. L. &, err describes bone as a prime feed for hens, ground or broken bone being highly relished and rich in calcium phosphorus and nitrogen. He suggests boxes to keep bone before hens constantly and shares a note on railroad gate origins for a separate sagging issue.
A masked burglar entered Ernest G. Woerz’s residence at 1 East Sixty adding street, forced the maid at gunpoint, demanded money, and fled after Mr Woerz tossed about $100 to him. The thief, wearing a black muffler, escaped toward Central Park, and police arrived half an hour later with no capture. The incident followed criticism of police protection of wealthy neighborhoods.
Farmers with surplus skim milk or sour milk can feed winter laying hens generously. Provide warm milk in the morning and a warm bran mash at night, mixed with milk. Cooked small potatoes chopped and mixed into warm milk makes creamy feed. The varied diet markedly improves egg production per Indianapolis News.
A letter questions a reader’s claim of plastering henhouses and asks how to keep hens from digging and consuming plaster. The writer suggests supplying grit and possibly boarding walls high or using material hens avoid, citing E L Vincent in The Epitomist.
An old style essay notes nitrogen fixation in legume roots by bacteria, arguing farming has become a science taught in colleges. It praises the blend of chemistry biology and physics in modern agriculture and cites James Whitcomb Riley on space, with anecdotes about violets, sales, and a postal matter as occasional digressions.
Three men perished in a late night blaze in a frame dwelling in Warmarville. The victims, named John Hilda, Joseph Kramer, and a woman referred to as Frank, were found in a second story front room bed as flames trapped them. The fire destroyed four frame rooms and damaged adjoining structures.
In Chicago a hotel keeper Hil-Thomaar Davis and waiter William Medanuy exchanged revolver fire in a room of Davis's hotel. Both were wounded and Davis died on an operating table at County Hospital hours after the shooting. The dispute centered on a woman.
Waycross city council doubles saloon license tax to 30 000 from 14 000 with a population around 000. A cable dispatch notes France may adopt the photomicrograph device Ceoughout France. Five firemen were seriously injured at Lynn Mans when a ceiling collapsed in a bath used by a society. City official Joseph Setnnenvi sor faces indictment in Clademnatti for alleged gambling in his business. Japanese papers criticise France over Baltic aid.
The annual report of the Philippine Commission to the President, with separate reports from the civil Governor of the Salanda and the four departments, portrays improving tranquility in most areas while noting ongoing issues in the Moro region and Mindanao. It cites English learning among Filipinos, reduced education funding, and a shift in revenues, the new coinage on firm footing, and abolition of industrial taxes. It highlights Manila Harbor improvements, Cebu wharf completion, Hollo harbor work, and tariff reforms to boost American market access. General Wood praises Moro bravery under equitable law, warns against American rum shops, and supports a $5,000,000 bond plan for general improvements. customs revenues may rebound to normal, and opium trade regulation favors a licensed, limited sale to registered smokers with medical exemptions after three years.
Supreme Court reverses certiorari denial in Burton case and remands for new trial. Two men suffocate from gas in New Haven. Wardwell offers $100,000 for Red Cross hospital site in New York City. Indus steamship floated from Fire Island, towed to New York Harbor. Kansas Legislature mulls tax on Standard Oil pipelines. San Francisco police seek public whipping post for felons. A spring wagon, 65 with 1000 ton capacity, owned near Bar Me. Floor collapses in He France kills two inspires injuries. Fastest European train between Leeds and Edinburgh covers 330 miles in 259 minutes. William Frost plays unceasingly for 17 hours. Ottawa reports 75 percent adulteration in coffee wholesale. Danish gov expands privileges for heads of families to print names if dissatisfied. Loklo notes many Korean students at university with $10 monthly living allowance.
A blaze at Rahway's New Jersey State Reformatory trapped thirty inmates in smoke as others fled amid armed guards. Prisoners roamed and shouted as doors finally opened, thirty were unconscious and carried to safety. Fire department arrival prevented wider destruction. damage listed at $10,000 with records damaged.
Bowden of Boston drives a ninety horsepower automobile a mile on Daytona Beach in 37 seconds, unofficially beating Vanderbilt’s world record by two seconds. He predicted further reductions and praised the excellent beach conditions despite a strong wind.
Captain Brown and ten men from the four masted schooner Cordelia I Hayes were saved by Cape Hatteras life savers after the Hayes ran aground on Diamond Shoals several miles southeast of Hatteras. Rescue teams from Creeds Hill and Cape Hatteras faced high seas and thick weather in their attempt to reach the vessel.
Berlin reports the death of Carl Alexander, reigning Prince of Lippe Detmald, in Bayreuth. The royal succession dispute intensifies as the line of succession becomes more contested amid broader European tensions. In other news, William F. Potter is elected president of the Long Island Railroad Company and Atlas Coke acquisition signals potential coke market manipulation by Frick firms.
Six thousand workers in the Russian region around Baku rose in open revolt. In three days, forty Cossacks were killed and hundreds wounded while property worth millions was looted and burned.
The article lists signings and appointments in baseball and football, yacht racing results on several rivers, Newmarket training restrictions on horses, a New York yacht entry, a poultry auction at Madison Square Garden, and entries for a major steerage race, highlighting Hermis as last year’s winner among pacers.
A basement blaze at 133 West 125th Street in New York City traps the Mason family and a servant. Fire crews find William Mason, his wife Claire, daughter Ellen, and infant Marilou dead in a rear room on the third floor, with two others perishing or missing. Efforts to reach them via stairs or roof fail due to missing ladder and heavy smoke.
In Houston Texas John H Kirby sues Patrick Calhoun alleging Calhoun withholds 4 159 800 in Houston Oil Company stock. Garnishments against the Houston Oil Company and Kirby Lumber Company seek property and sums owed by Calhoun. A 125 000 bond covers garnishments as receiverships ended the two firms operations.
In a pivotal move, Democratic lawmakers and Addick supporters formed a coalition to block any bid to bring a vote on a United States Senate candidate, effectively sealing the Delaware legislature’s deadlock. The alliance eliminates a path to a Senate vote and reshapes the legislative stall into a firm stalemate.
Reports indicate Connecticut union carpenters number 17 300 while Massachusetts mills cut 300 jobs. New Zealand labor, Chicago conferences, Wisconsin mill workers, and Michigan wage studies surface in a scattered union and wage snapshot covering several states and industries.
The President appointed Robert Watchorn as Immigration Commissioner in New York and urged Congress to reduce the Panama Canal Commission. Reports from Manila discuss Avery and Austin wounded in the Philippines and related actions. Other items cover fires in Waltham, wrecks on the Atlantic Coast Line, a fireworks ban proposal, anniversaries, and various international notes.
President Roosevelt reappointed John Hubbard as postmaster of Asbury Park after a prolonged contest with opponent George Ormerod. Hubbard’s term, extended beyond last June, hasraised the office to second class and may advance to first class as Asbury Park grows.
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