This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 32 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1905
Page
4
The black diamonds field in Brazil are owned by the government which rents the rights to private operators. It also collects a thirteen percent export duty to gain further revenue.
Medical claims praise Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a universal cure for female troubles including ovarian issues inflammation and womb displacement. It alleges relief from backache, headaches, and nervous symptoms and recommends against substitutes sold by druggists everywhere.
A collage of quotes and ads appears from a 19th century page. The items include a joking remark about George III and Queen Charlotte, a Hall's Catarrh Cure promotion, letters praising J F Cheney, a Hall's remedy advert, domestic vignette of Bobby learning of a new sister, a social quip about heat trouble, and Oregon fruit distribution totals with line items for apples prunes pears peaches and small fruits.
The article reports a foreign modern page describing Professor Seeligmuller claiming success treating articular rheumatism with electricity. He uses a two-brush electrode system with negative and sponge positive poles, applied to joints for several seconds with painful sessions. A patient with eight years of chronic rheumatism reportedly regains arm movement after a few applications.
Mrs. P Hackett of 4 Van Buren St Brooklyn thanks Cuticura for curing her mother's severe ulcer once deemed incurable. She describes dramatic facial improvement and now reports a clear, smooth face. Also noted are a diamond’s fate and a Daimler armor plated car concept.
A massive strike paralyzed St Petersburg and surrounding industrial areas as workers from iron and steel works to government yards halted production. Factories were raided, markets closed, and police advised lax control as 1000 workers protested outside plants and 100,000 were said to be involved across the state industrial colony.
Mrs Mignonette Seavey an inmate at the New Hampshire State Hospital for the Insane killed two fellow inmates Mrs Isabel Merrill of Lyme and Ophelia Cossett of Gowle in Concord. Josephine T Howard of Rochester was injured and nurse Aas Fiske was slightly hurt. Seavey used a towel roller as weapon.
Reports from Guadalajara describe ongoing eruptions at Colima with lava and sulphur pouring from a meslean crater. Nearby Indians flee huts seeking safer areas as eruptions continue daily and smoke fills the sky. State River Commission plans to study harnessing the San candagit Racquette and Black rivers to tap 240000 horsepower valued at 20000000 annually.
The Railway Age notes foreclosure sales of thirteen railways as 1008 miles are recovered and 624 miles are repurposed with bonds totaling 18 081 000 and stock 14 085 000. Foreclosures peaked in 1806 with fifty eight roads over 730 miles capital 1770 00 00 sold for reorganization. In twenty nine years 91 percent of roads representing almost TE inites and over 6 840 0 000 stock and bonds have failed and been sold.
A Yaqui ambush four miles east of Cobnehl in Sonora left four Americans and one Mexican dead and others wounded. Victims include Chicago residents Dr. R. C. Coy and Mackenzie John J., Toledo's M. A. Call, and Kewanee’s Walter Stubinger. The party, entering La Colorado after Camp Toledo, was attacked. survivors fled toward Cobachi. Mexican authorities dispatched troops to pursue the Yaquis.
Experiments by United States Government officials at the Tamarack Mine in Lake Linden Michigan show steel balls dropped down a 1920 foot shaft settle and lodge against timbering, never reaching the bottom. The observed deflection is attributed by some theories to the rotation of the earth.
Reported unrest across Prussia as workers rally for solidarity and demand parliamentary action. Word spreads of disbanded stands and calls for insurrection with instructions to seize arsenals. Local labor meeting in Warsaw urges uprising and calls for a general parliament.
Mrs Eliza James Gibbs of 351 Kosciusko Street Brooklyn leaped from a second floor rear window in a death caused by self harm amid temporary insanity after a pie related illness. She was found unconscious with a fractured skull and other injuries and pronounced dead by a physician.
Random notices report over 90 000 musicians in the United States and that rural carriers in Tyrol are women. It notes a Midvale Steel fare increase, 1400 tobacco factories in York and Atkins Counties PA, and the Stonemasons International Union electing Thomas F. O’Neil in Kansas City. Additional items mention San Francisco trades council, Lackawanna Railroad shops at Keyser Valley, plus 1000 jobs. Britain’s Trade Union Congress representation. a coal mine incident. Supreme Court on uniform couplers. Memphis savings trust to open. and Pennsylvania factory inspectors preparing new rules.
During the Neva water blessing in St Petersburg bullets from a firing battery struck the imperial palace and nearby rooms. Six shell fragments entered the ground door and six first floor windows were shattered. Police concluded a deliberate assassination attempt. Captain Davydot led the battery under Capt. Karzef with Counts Koutuissoff and Perebinosoff among the officers.
The Fall River cotton mill strike affecting about 25 000 workers ends through Governor Douglas mediation. Mills resume with a 4 percent wage dividend and arbitration groundwork while margins between cotton cost and selling price are reviewed. The settlement sparks jubilant scenes as 71 mills resume with reduced payrolls and large losses cited.
At a revival gathering led by Rev. Dames McCarey at Wilders Station near the city, Richard Bossy, described as a warbeliever, interrupted the meeting declaring a sinner could not be saved. McCarey denounced the disbelief and Bossy collapsed and died on the church floor, uttering a last word.
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports rail accidents in July to September with 228 passengers and 183 employees killed and 2154 passengers and 1503 employees injured in train accidents. Total quarter casualties reach 1032 killed and 3207 injured with 1130 collisions and 1821 derailments causing 2,439,070 in damage.
In Ithine country 207000 of 268000 miners struck while government commissioners prepare statements for judgment. Boisterous crowds in several towns were dispersed by mounted police using sabres and blank cartridges amid the dispute.
In a United States Circuit Court in Cleveland Ohio J P Dawler set bond for the release of Mrs Cassie Ye Chadwick on federal charges at 20000 dollars Dawley indicated the amount would be furnished and Wing faced the amount at 200 dollars.
The Russian Ambassador to Italy Prince Ouroussoff is reassigned to Austria Timn owary. Russian Minister of Justice Muravieff will succeed Ouroussoff in Rome.
The British steamship Roseley, seized by a Japanese warship in the Sea of Tapa en route to Vindiyoetok with Cardiff coat cargo, was condemned by a prize court. In New York City a desperado armed with three receivers robbed Dr. Roberts, Lalbow and Hin faintly at their home, then escaped as detectives later arrested a suspect.
A dairy school linked to the University of California opens while Yale Summer School features loom. Prominent gifts include Andrew Carnegie funds, and a new division for Vermont at Yale Divinity School. Columbia resumes lectures on Literature and Antiquities of Tao and Persia. New York University Summer School and Princeton University auditory project progress are noted. Memorial honors for Professor James Weir Mason are reported.
New Jersey Governor Stokes delivers inaugural message urging a new law to lure corporations to the state. He argues a pro business policy will create jobs and boost the economy.
In New York City plans outline tearing down the old Viewmi Bakery site and replacing the corner with lawns and gardens. The move ends the Timous "brond We" charity founded by the hae Mi Pledsethindits.
London dispatch reports a Tibet survey mission establishing Mount Everest as the highest peak in the world. In New York City, Major Jacob Ridgway Wright of Wikenbarre, Pa, was fatally shot at the Imperial Hotel. A physician attending him was held for the coroner’s jury.
Reports from St. Petersburg and Nagasaki describe political moves at the close of the Russo Japanese War. Russia suggests continuing the conflict for dignity while Port Arthur falls and the Czar signals a possible reevaluation of neutrality in China amid heavy Japanese resistance and rearmament of forces.
A garbled Washington and world news summary references Britain Britain reform plans and U.S. Senate actions. Mentions memorials for President Roosevelt and port transit developments while paroled officers and the rapid transit commission surface in unrelated items.
A teletyped list shows dairy and farm product prices from the Milk Exchange in New York. Standard quality milk per quart, butter, cheese and creamery terms. assorted beans fruits poultry and vegetables with unit prices for various grades and regions. Names of goods include Jersey fancy, Western Choice, Crandberries, apples, potatoes, peppers, lettuce, onions, and diverse live stock quotes.
The piece notes a shift in view on wheat supply from the 19th century harvest, arguing the Meld of prime milling wheat was under 500 million bushels and insufficient for export. It cites the public misperception, quality concerns, and its impact on prices.
A sweeping report notes vast property losses from major fires in the United States and Canada, with U S property damage nearing 200 million dollars and Toronto contributing about 12 million. European potato production figures are listed with Germany leading the rest of Europe. The piece references steel pricing, a Philadelphia titration project, and rain damage in Algona as crops fail in arid regions.
A historical clippings style item touts Peruna as a cure for la grippe with testimonials. It describes the universal grip affecting all social classes and includes anecdotes and advertisements about products, labels, and era remedies. The piece blends medical claims with editorial voice and old-time consumer remarks.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.