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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1904
Page
4
An advertisement cites endorsements from officials and professionals for Peruna as a remedy for dropsy and catarrh. It claims Dr Wartman offers free medical guidance from The Hartman Sanitarium and promotes a 1904 Peruna Almanac. The text repeats claims, recommending readers consult druggists for the Almanac.
An article touches on shale gas potential with Otto Oppelt's process to convert waste into gas and oil, then shifts to Hawaii's leprosy control and banishment practices. It also mentions seed catalogs, a Mother Gray medicine claim for children, and a moral meditation on wit and virtue.
Lehigh County jurors find Catherine Bechtel not guilty of murder and aiding after the fact in the death of her daughter Mabel Bechtel. District Attorney Lichtenwalner indicated further indictments against Bechtel’s children may follow. Defense counsel Schaadt vowed to pursue the killer, claiming Bechtel’s innocence.
A Federal Grand Jury in New Orleans indicted James L. Bradford William H. Wright George Baldey and Francis Lory Jr on two counts for conspiracy to defraud the U S Government and for making and presenting false statements in land matters Investigations into Louisiana land frauds widen reaching into north and south Louisiana with more than 350 indictments already returned involving many officials and commissioners A separate note reports a jewel theft case in Minneapolis involving Baroness Tel eur Radzewill and a $25000 loss with $12000 in jewels recovered.
G Rank Dunton convicted of murdering Erul Myer in Sedali Missouri two months ago over betrayal of Daisy Dunton. Jury fixed punishment at twenty eight years in the penitentiary. Report also notes a crash at Salt Lake involving a rear end collision on the Union Colorado cutoff across the Great Salt Lake region with casualties.
Fragmented text cites racial issues in the United States, trade data on butter imports, apple prices, bank dividends, and U S ship tonnage. It references the Supreme Court on juries, manpower in Macedonia relief, and disenfranchisement debates, with scattered figures and dated statistics.
A federal grand jury charged United States Senator Burton with taking five checks totaling royalties from the Wake Gyain and Spirits Company to secure favorable action by Post Office officials over a fraud order. Major Hugh C. Dennis and W. B. Mehaney named among company associates. indictments faced in state courts but no convictions yet. US District Attorney Dyer forecasts a speedy trial arrangement.
A January 9 landing of Thasian marines at Viadivostok sparked a twenty hour riot against Japanese residents. Twenty four houses were wrecked, women maltreated, and elderly and children wounded. Officers accompanied the rioters and civil authorities failed to restrain them.
Colonel Alton Lynch, former commander of the Trish Brigade in South Africa, is released "on license" from imprisonment after treason conviction but has not received the royal pardon. He remains barred from Parliament and public office until pardon is granted and may leave the country if he wishes.
The provisional Government under General Morales gains recognition from several foreign powers amid fierce clashes with Thaies forces. Incendiary violence devastates the capital with multiple houses burned including the Clyde Line property. Norways town of Aalesund is destroyed in a seaborne region with massive losses. An accidental shotgun discharge in Upton Massachusetts kills Pe Alexander. S. I. Allen of Cleburne Texas is jailed on embezzlement charges.
A garbled miscellany reports a massacre by Parkhare tribesmen near Rue dall Lake in Mast Africa under East Aferest Syndicate auspices. It mentions figures like Marty Johnston, Marconi engravings, Ts Khan moved to Vienna, Archbishop Farley, Mrs Kipling, Admiral Casey, censor bans on Gabriel An nunzio, Gaetano Ramignuetto, Clyde Pitch, Loubet walking in Paris, Brisson as French Chamber president, Miss Chua Barton funding Red Cross, Tuscell Sage relocating, and Wu Ting Kang becoming VP of China’s Commerce Department.
A violent cyclone struck Moundsville Alabama decimating the town of 300. More than 35 people died and over 100 were injured as houses, the depot, a hotel and the railroad line were ripped apart. Rescue crews, doctors and students aided survivors amid widespread destruction.
The body of Mass Sarah Schaefer, a Latin teacher at Bedford High School, was found beside a carriage after an assault and robbery. She had recently moved from Elkhart and was reportedly attacked in the afternoon.
General Jimeae and Colin faced government forces at Haltlanider as they fled Monte Cristi where they sought refuge. A New York author attempted to murder his wife and son before dying by suicide in a volatile crime.
The report lists trade union activity across several regions including Toronto New Brunswick California Spokane and Minneapolis. It cites twenty seven to two hundred twenty seven factories employing thousands and notes wage talks child labor restrictions and efforts to curb strikes and lockouts.
In New York City at 410 East Sixty Fourth Street a fire in an apartment led to a mother Louisa Ellen and her two daughters Rose seven and Louise eight being found dead from gunshot wounds. The mother and children died in the bedroom bed with a revolver nearby. the cause linked to a smoldering bed fire and gunshots. The husband, an ironworker and former Ironworkers Union secretary, had separated from his wife after a recent dispute.
The body of James Smithson founder of the Smithsonian Institution arrived by ship at night aboard the Prinzess Trene en route to interment in Washington. Boston Professor Alexander Graham Bell urged that Smithson be moved from Genoa to lie near the institution. Officials traveled abroad last month to oversee the transfer.
An early night train derailment near Prospect halted due to the cold and lack of telegraph service. Passengers escaped fatal harm though the scene sparked a lengthy rescue with a frigid twenty degrees below zero reported.
A chaotic blaze in Dawson City Alaska sparked widespread fear as Dawson residents feared destruction. Fire crews battled flames for hours and eventually gained control as authorities assessed the damage and noted no confirmed fatalities. Gene Saralas and General Muni4 figures were mentioned in a confused report about regional conflicts and revolutionist activity.
The insolvency court appoints Cleveland Trust Company as receiver for the Cleveland Bank, listing assets and liabilities around 1,001,000. A separate fire claim notes a deadly blaze destroying five stores and a covariance building in Mentos, with casualties reported.
Claes Bonier aged seventy five, described as a founder and prober of Front and Jobs, was sentenced by the Supreme Court at Barstate New York. The report notes an execution scheduled for the coming week.
Market notes indicate wheat trade at ninety cents a bushel as the season price, with buyers noting it is the highest since September. Traders watch supply shifts and demand signals as prices hold.
In a Superior Court session at Gagud Etap lds Meh a seoble opti ab SiO hvila the case concerns a 1 million dollar penalty upon the city. Aresivan exports and regional entities are named. a dispatch from Kevtin Gemmichay notes forthcoming updates.
The Kentucky House of Representatives approved a timely supplemental appropriation for a state capital project. The vote sets in motion construction funding and related allocations for the state capital improvements.
The excerpt lists numerous farm product prices including creamery goods, oils, canned meats, fruits and vegetables, poultry, and live stock. It notes various weights, per bushel, per barrel, or per pound figures alongside many named items and standard market forms.
In Washington a meeting of the National Board of Trade agreed to appoint a committee to cooperate with the Agricultural Department in securing information for crop reports. The group cited the department’s work as essential, aiming to improve accuracy and acceptance of reports across the United States.
A quirky mix of nature notes and curiosities: a brave hedgehog confidently crosses a road in England while a string of peculiar inventions and medical ads from Philadelphia, London, and Argentina appears. It includes a submarine weasel, remedies for consumption, and local anecdotes about rain and wheat quality.
Dr Robert R Hoberte of Washington D C recounts his experience and that of many acquaintances in using Harrivan’s Peruna to cure catarrh. He recommends it to sufferers and to his patients noting relief and confidence in prescribing it.
An advertisement touts Peruna as a systemic remedy that cures catarrh by invigorating the nerve centres feeding mucous membranes. It claims rapid, lasting relief and invites readers to write to Dr. Hartman of The Hartman Sanitarium in Columbus, Ohio for personalized advice.
A brief note on a tailor in Centralia Missouri who stitched 70 in one minute, equating to 4200 per hour and vast yearly totals. Mentions Rothschilds and Bleichroeders as financiers, then notes University of Chicago history and a Chicago Tribune item about Lucinda Buck, high jumper and athlete.
A newly perfected cotton picking machine is described as capable of handling the bulk of the crop in Louisiana fields. It would reduce labor costs by leaving only some cotton to be picked by hand, with possible major impact on field work and wages.
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