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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1906
Page
4
In Italy a fashion demand for Grildcia flowers arose during festivals for blossoms worn in and out of season. During the Middle Ages artificial flowers evolved as substitutes, with men and women adorning themselves with cambric, paper, glass, and metal creations. Today the finest artificial flowers are said to be made in Paris.
A long extract notes Lydia B. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound aiding female health, with testimonials to its power. Mrs. Fannie D. Fox recounts cure after avoiding surgery, praising Pinkham and urging letters to Lynn Massachusetts for free advice. Also references various cures, remedies, and general health and agricultural statistics from the era.
A San Bernardino California widow praises Grape-Nuts, claiming the cereal strengthened her after childbirth and cured illness. She shares weight gain, steadier nerves, and improved appetite, and notes her four year old son’s eczema cleared on the diet. The ad cites Postum Co Michigan and urges inquiries.
The Dall Malt Gazette notes Mer. Glonchine Arceverde de Ala Cavalcanis receives the red hat from Pius XI, creating a South American Cardinal and linking to the Brazilian branch of the ancient Cavalcanti family. It claims Thido Cavalcanti was a friend of Dante and that the Brazilian line has existed 400 years with many distinguished positions.
A 1905 Speer Ferry Virginia reader reports eczema long plagued him, worsened in winter, until using Cuticura Ointment and Resolvent. He claims rapid healing, restored appetite, and full recovery after three bottles. He urges others with skin or blood disorders to try the remedies. Also notes Portugal may pioneer steamer airships in warfare with West Africa expedition plans.
A collage of promotional quackery for Hall's Catarrh Cure and assorted anecdotes from Europe and China. It weaves testimonials, a Philadelphia Record excerpt, Manchurian ginseng notes, and a boarding house tale about discipline with sticky fly paper, all presented in a late 19th or early 20th century style.
An elderly couple traveling on a Falkoad train in the Choctaw Nation were awestruck by scenery until the train crossed a long trestle. They glimpsed the ground far below, felt fear, then regained calm when the car returned to the dirt roadbed and the old woman thanked the Torah Bilas for their safety.
A deadly panic erupted during a fire at the Colored Baptist Church on Broad Street, injuring and killing numerous parishioners as worshippers rushed to exit. Rescue teams and police battled a crush on the stairs, with reports detailing fatalities, injured, and a chaotic scene as congregants fled to Mill Street streets.
A noon Dust explosion at the Detroit mine on Paint Creek West Virginia killed eighteen workers. Most men were dining when the blast and violent blast shock threw debris across the mouth of the shaft. Rescue teams found the mine wrecked and hours later only one body had been recovered. The mine had been recently opened by one company and sold to another. District Inspector Ban had urged sprinkling to reduce dust and preparations for sprinkling equipment were underway.
A spate of burglaries targets safes across Missouri towns along the Mississippi Cairo to Memphis launch, blamed on river pirates known as the Jangeb. Post offices in New Madrid Point Pleasant and Stewarts Leigh report break-ins, often using nitroglycerine. Memphis and other cities seek police aid as two months of activity continue without capture. Roosevelt orders cutting printing and streamlined annual reports to reduce penning. A Brooklyn stabbing leaves a 25-year-old man dead after an attempted murder.
In Merrimac County New Hampshire authorities report a deadly farmhouse fire linked to Charles Ayer. Seven family members died and Ayer killed himself after allegedly shooting his mother in law and wife intervening. The case centers on a disputed farm sale and an estate dispute involving Mrs Lakeman.
The Chicago City Council passed ordinances to acquire street railway systems for municipal ownership with a 7 to 28 vote. A separate measure would submit municipal operation to a public vote, while franchise extension plans were rejected. The package aims to let voters decide on ownership and operation at the polls.
A second committee of the Lovedores Union refused to discuss settlement as a citizens’ contingent of about 75 armed men surrounded the hall and escorted 25 Cubans to the steamer Mascotte for Havana. The group had criticized American workers and the Citizens’ Committee. The vagrant law would be enforced unless the area returns to work. Four men arriving from Tampa by the Mascotte were also arrested and sent to Havana.
A board plans a domestic science school for women at the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburg. The effort honors Andrew Carnegie’s mother, following a formal designation at a trustees’ meeting.
Prices quoted in New York show a range for milk and dairy products plus extensive farm staples. The list covers creamery items, beans, peas, poultry, fruit, vegetables, hay, and live stock with prices per unit and per measure, reflecting robust demand and abundant orders for the coming season.
December exports from the Port of New York set a record with 709 004 value, surpassing the prior year. The gains came from steel products and shipments to domestic markets, with notable advances in oil, provisions, and various metals alongside rewritten trade figures for imports and exports during that month.
A patchwork of anecdotes and anecdotes like a Philadelphia Real Record piece recounts a snowy street stumble involving a man and wife, a wariness about corruption, and a notion that some marriages fail while others endure. It also mentions a Australia migration, a jokey coffin gag, a kidney remedy claim, counterfeit coins in New York churches, and bridal ornament fashions with roses and plumes.
A selection of clippings notes Rear Admiral Hichborn’s weighty statements on Berudi and naval affairs, praising his authority in echoing views of senior officers. The excerpt also discusses the football term rugby, its Oxford-origin derivation, and the health tonic Peruna praised for preventing and treating catarrh and colds among soldiers and players.
The Georgia farmers who pursued farming as a sideline last year now claim independence. The incident notes a farmer sending poems for sale while holding cotton, reflecting a period piece from the Whitsett Courier.
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