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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1901
Page
1
A Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph note discusses the laughing cure as a new treatment, where a doctor uses humor to induce laughter in patients. It describes telling funny stories, local gags, and songs when needed to provoke mirth, with the aim of improving a patient’s mood and condition.
A Denver Post tale recalls how a Laramie man delayed a North Dakota wedding by a blizzard and cyclone. After two days trapped, a parson aided by a storm mobile saved him. Arabella emerged in her wedding dress as he rushed to the church at 3.59.
The report notes large cobalt and diamond deposits in Chile and Brazil, oil acting as an insulator with mica, and a surge in building stone production in Germany. It also covers electric tram dispute near London’s Kew Observatory, silk-worm domestication efforts in South Carolina led by Duke de Litta, and medical access gaps in Hlangury with many villages lacking doctors within ten miles.
A collage of 1900s era society musings covers English and Parisian dress, royal train lengths, and public figures like Mrs McKinley. It ponders women’s liberty, education, and modern identity while offering style tips and a curious tale of antique buttons and clothing adornments.
John Milne, famed Royal Society seismologist, warns that buildings must match the earth’s seismic pitch. His horizontal pendulums record quakes every fifteen seconds, guiding construction to avoid shared resonance. He also claims the earth’s interior is rigid, with vibrations traveling through its center faster than expected, challenging hollow or liquid core theories.
A young woman’s illustrious necklace made from a dozen clasps on her Eton Jacket drew a thief’s eye and vanished from her apartment. Months later in Brussels Museum the velvet cushion display bore the same piece with its unique clasps marked. The tale hints at a storied journey from American home to Musee de Bruxelles and kembali.
A morning London paper will be run entirely by women. Queen Wilhelmina abstains from drink. Florence Croker rides well. The London wife of the Lord Mayor writes verse for magazines. Mrs Annette McCréain seeks to beautify parks with stables near Mauds railroad. California pioneer women crossed by ox teams. Thirty names on the charter roll. Frances Power Cobbery owns lace lappets once worn by the Duchess of Leghterey. Portraits by Gainsborough recovered. The face book trend spreads among friends as a bound sketch diary signed by its maker.
A dry goods listing describes washable duck materials for small children and shirt water suits in white blue oxblood and navy. It notes lace openwork hosiery edging and embroided accents at sale prices. Golf colors accessories jackets stock collars wings plumes and millinery ribbons in polka dot and plain colors. Separate skirts dark heavy material for mountain and seaside use plus varied bandkerella borders and solid colored dress linens.
Household tips on arranging rooms for function and charm, monogrammed fabrics, and careful cleaning practices. A Boston inventor’s electric washer uses current to heat water, cleanse clothes, and kill germs, with adjustable temp and a hooded tank. Also included are kitchen floor cleaning routines, sweeping guidance, dust control, floor scrubbing techniques, wax steps, and milk-and-warm-water cloth cleaning notes.
A group of old fashioned kitchen notes detailing baked bananas with lemon butter, asparagus salad using leftovers, cherry fritters coated in egg and almonds, and cucumber croquettes fried to a golden brown. The text lists steps for preparing each item and hints at serving suggestions, reflecting period home cooking.
The Windsor herd, not doomed to destruction, is being spared to regenerate decadents. Domes, Hicky and excessive digitization have imparted constitutions. London and Dublin zoos receive specimens, plus three boars sent to Mr Scott Montague for breeding and improving breath of pigs kept by bernvers and Colligers in the new forest.
A remarkable horse named John works at Louis Pfielzer & Sons slaughter house in Chicago. He drags carcasses to dressing, hauls downers to the kill area, and refuses unfamiliar contact, guided only by a few trusted handlers. John displays keen intelligence, independence, and a strict work code, earning status as a valued employee. He recognizes the whistle and maintains distance, with Doctor T. R. Fugit noting his exceptional understanding.
An extended report details John McCarty, Territorial Game Warden, organizing a major round-up of California lions in the San Francisco Mountains about 150 miles north of Flatsign Arizona. Hunters aim to bag hundreds, with past bounty cash totaling over $100,000 in Arizona. The piece notes the species’ behavior, past extermination pressures, and plans to drive the lions into a circle for killing, mentioning universities that collect trophies.
A few members of the ministerial front bench hurried to the House of Commons lobby to attend a division, their appearance noted as less than dignified though not as bad as past instances. The account recalls MPs voting in shirt sleeves and even a member rushing from a bath to reach the lobby before the bell.
A collage of quotes from Chicago Record Herald Yonkers Statesman Free Press Chicago News and Puck. The piece riffs on stage entertainment and social wit with casual jests about women work prodigies and talking animals. It blends humorous dialogue about witchcraft talking about women and light satire from early 20th century papers.
A collage of humorous quotes from Chicago and Detroit papers, including a would be suitor to Old Gotrox, a thieving eel trap scene, a jab at female originality, and a calculating marriage proposal gambit. The snippets mirror social mores and verbal wit of the era with a mix of ribbing, satire, and wordplay.
New York leads in pie production with over 125000 daily from regular factories. The biggest plant churns 20000 pies daily while many smaller shops add heavily to output. Apple pies top popularity, followed by lemon and custard. pumpkin and mince rise in season.
New Jersey shows strong population and industrial growth, leading the East with a 30 percent-plus increase per census comparisons. The era's reports note historic gains, inquests into local shootings, tax account deficits, land purchases for parks, and assorted civic events across Bergen, Essex, and Cumberland counties.
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