24 Jan 1902
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 24, 1902
Page
1
A Chicago Tribune poem parody laments the unyawned yawns as a playful meditation on faded social rituals. The verses mix whimsical misprints and mock entrepreneurship with scenes of church, dining, and late nights, concluding that nothing is lost.
Michael J Budinger a West Side Chicago youth and family son reappears after over three years away. He endured harsher times in the Philippines than many celebrated servicemen in Dewey s fleet during the Manila Bay victory. His homecoming drew modest attention beyond his immediate kin.
The narrative recalls sailor Budinger among seven Americans aboard the battleship Baltimore during the 1898 Manila Bay engagement. Captain O’Donnell identified Budinger through papers and a scar, describing the chaotic duel with Spanish shells, the six inch rifle shield, and the fatigue and nerves of battle while seeking credit for damage amid heavy ordnance.
Edward B. Clark recalls a Spanish shell hitting the Baltimore near the ammunition hold on deck. A seven man crew behind a six inch rifle shield were knocked out by fragments from American ammunition. a shell fragment struck the left eye, another near the chest, and he remained hospitalized a month unable to eat or sleep.
A Washington Post report notes hotels have downsized room sizes while adding baths and telephones to justify higher charges. Experts explain modern builds cost more yet patronage remains steady, with a single large room shrinking from about $2 daily to $5 or $6 in value per space.
A Washington Star letter denounces professional mourners who crowd funerals and gloat at the carriages. The writer notes an undertaker says such mourners cry as if the deceased were kin, attends multiple services a day, and pressures families for a ride to the cemetery.
In a Park Row bridge area a Columbia professor, absorbed in a difficult problem, asks a beggar for change. The beggar offers two dimes and a nickel, the professor returns the nickel, and both walk on, grateful.
In Ghingen landlords offer free rent for a fortnight this summer to tenants who behave well and pay promptly. Tenants meeting conditions may dodge half a day’s rent, and the plan has already seen over sixty percent participation, reported by the prize donor in the Daily Chronicle.
An English engineer compares rivet driving speeds between two processes with unspecified rivet sizes. French expert M Hiviere seeks advances in date tree cultivation to preserve heirloom fruit varieties. Reports discuss fruit crops, tribal life in Northwestern Texas, and underground springs under lava basins in the U S Geological Survey context.
In the Batangas and Laguna provinces General Bell orders surrounding zones where residents must relocate into reconcentration areas. Those who refuse face confiscation or destruction of property. The measures reflect a broader intensification of U.S. efforts in Southern Luzon during the Philippine conflict.
The article describes a planned briquetting plant with a 33 ton ten hour capacity and three product lines including precious metal grey briquetting dust and iron ore briquetting. It notes a movable dam near Sterling for the Hennepin Canal feeder, forming a large lake, and details about its design, cost, and winter storage. It also discusses tree surgery progress, citing improvements in pruning and preservation of Cameron elm near the Capitol.
Telegram from government reports Colla volcano active with renewed earthquake shocks across the region. Governor Mora tightens control in Guerrera city as residents abandon streets and camps guard against panic amid the crisis.
Terrifying quake devastates Chilpancingo Guerrero killing hundreds and injuring many as churches, the parish church and government buildings collapse. Telecommunication hub damage delays numbers while troops aid rescues amid widespread misery and aftershocks felt across towns.
The governor released over ninety percent of prisoners in the past two years, including two murder convicts, under a policy restricting press access to pardons. The list details offenses such as fraud, manslaughter, burglary, robbery, and larceny.
Court hears that Jin San Gaceto J Foe feigned guilt to shield a criminal ally. Gilmore, a member of a steadied family in South In and a postuideler, faces a deromfiate sentence for horse theft. Judge deliberates leniency as innocence claims surface. Durkin to be asked for pardon.
The vessel carrying the crew from the West Indies to St Pierre and Miquelon ran into a storm leaving the ship low on food and water. The captain became blind and the mate navigated to Lat Polly Newfoundland where rescue arrived after a perilous voyage.
Fragmentary report lists names such as Curry and professor figures with political and sports roles. Mentions Harvard rowing, Cornell football, Annapolis cadets, and a figure receiving 72000 in pulses for exhibitions. Coherent events and outcomes are not clearly stated.
King Edward opens Parliament with a ceremonial procession and speech from the throne in the gilded chamber. The King notes continued South Africa operations, colonial contingents, and a new Interoceanic canal treaty with the United States. Queen Alexandra and the Prince and Princess of Wales attend beside a regally dressed peerage.
The article describes guards marching at dawn through narrow streets toward South Africa, as bands played and tensions rose. A crowd or contingent faced distress and cries as soldiers moved, with reinforcements and officials noted in the early hours.
West Point NX reports several cadets found deficient and dropped from the United States Military Academy. Names listed include Murphy of New York and others from New York Missouri Nebraska Kentucky and North Carolina among districts. details indicate multiple dismissals creating vacancies.
A fierce gusting wind swept Vienna causing widespread damage. Buildings toppled roofs and debris blocked streets as residents struggled with power outages and repairs. Japanese forces cited in distant reports amid chaotic conditions.
Seventy five hundred medals to be issued for officers and men involved in the memorable West Cadiz naval campaign during the Spanish American War. The report notes a female incident where Miss Lille Malone faced an assault during a sortie, with details uncertain due to damaged text.
Disjointed dispatches describe mutinous activity among Turkish and Yemeni forces, with reports of quarantines at Smyrna and arrears in pay. A jail sentence is noted for Melnight, former president of a German bank, tied to illicit loans and alleged misdeeds in Lotravne, Kentucky.
Governor Murphy takes oath of office in Trenton before the Senate and House. Chief Justice William H. Gumry presides as Voorhees introduces the governor. Murphy vows faithfulness to the constitutional oath and thanks past governor Voorhees.
Governor of New Jersey addresses Passaic Valley pollution and election law reforms. He calls for secret ballot improvements, booths for ballots, five oclock poll closings, and primaries under election boards. He urges a state hospital for consumptives and an expanded National Guard, then reviews a 4500 troops parade. A bank cashier in Montana is arrested for embezzlement with an estimated loss of 70,000 to 100,000.
The Court of Cassation in Paris denies Arvere’s appeal after he was sentenced to death for murdering his five children. Trial testimony shows the widower planned remarriage and a young woman connected to the family was involved, with the children killed in a clash linked to a feud.
Amid frayed resources, Minneapolis harvesters face care shortages while French coal plans target 2 000 tons weekly. Inland trade shifts as tobacco equipment schemes surface, and a landslide near Mount Caymel Pennsylvania reveals land sudden subsidence. Promissory swindles hit farmers in Lowan and a Call Corasa sum reaches 17 million dollars. Roosevelt signs parcels post pact standardizing US and other nations, while agriculture and electrification debates ripple in Baltimore Weaver and Connecticut.
The weekly Washington roundup notes Rep. Kahn of California backing a Chinese Exclusion plan, Senate committee actions on Pavle Bills, and a $2.5 million post office project for New York. It lists Wil l iam Fairbanks urging a $10 million government building appropriation in D C and President Roosevelt ordering the return of $378,000 in silver bullion seized at Tien Tain.
A large water tank atop the Consumers’ Tea Company engine house on Michigan Avenue in Atlantic City burst with a roar, flooding the street and wrecking the coping house below. The incident caused near panic but no fatalities, though workers could have faced disaster on a busier day.
John King a Jersey City convict with four years to serve died of smallpox at the Trenton State prison. He was buried in the prison cemetery with precautions to prevent infection. King, received December 23, contracted the disease, it is believed, in Hudson County Jail. No signs of spread at the prison.
The annual government census lists horses carriages and motor vehicles. The veterinary commission long handling base and carriage statistics now oversees the automobile section due to lack of another legal assignment. A Russian fugitive school in Paria operates a Russian high school with several university branches taught by eminent Russian émigrés.
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