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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1903
Page
1
A poetic obituary fragment from Pharell O. Reese in the San Francisco Bulletin laments mortality and the world’s forgetfulness of great lives. It contemplates how even the most illustrious figures fade into oblivion as time moves on.
In a three section North Side building the No 7 flat draws stares from neighbors as a well dressed young man Charles L Jeffreys and Miss Isabelle Leavenworth move in with no furniture. Neighbors speculate about an unmarried couple and a curious early morning routine while heavy shades conceal their activities.
Isabelle Leavenworth and Charles L. Jeffreys, siblings, win a $1500 prize from Clowdy Day Camera Company for a series of amateur photographs staged in a North Side apartment. The couple, living above No. 7, planned their gallery while counterfeiting fears unravel as a landlord negotiates. Proceeds benefit St Barnabas Hospital.
London Tid Bits notes thieves are deeply superstitious and cowards who rely on charms and amulets such as coal bits rusty nails and lucky stones. Dogs deter burglars more than police, and a plant called gray limewort is said to prevent dog bites. Legends claim candles of young women's bodies render robbers invisible. Two Russian murderers confessed to using such methods. Gypsies and black art exponents are cited as influencing thieves.
The article critiques a feminine education as insufficient without domestic and social skills, listing duties from cooking and mending to temper control and elder care. It then reviews fashion trends in New York stores, praising white moire stoles, feather trims, and especially a handpainted Irish crochet stole with moss rose motifs.
The New York Tribune notes graduates from Wellesley College and Oberlin College funding women athletic facilities. King Edward awards the Royal Red Cross to Lady Macdonald for tending wounded in Pekin 1900. German dentist Dr. E Castner shifts to horticulture. Mexico’s Supreme Court awards Rancho Llano de Oro to Mona Clair Erskane after a self‑made legal fight.
The article surveys lace yokes on dresses and tailor outfits, praising pleated skirts extended into front panels, appliques in various shapes, and embroidery as life-like accents. It notes old-fashioned gowns, marabout plumes, and antique lace as fashionable yet costly, with Paradise plumes and Parisian trends fueling chic French influence.
A Washington Post interview reveals a physician noting how many women distort facial features with meaningless mouth grimaces during conversation or thought. He argues this self distraction undermines beauty while contrasting readers of beauty columns with their actual behavior.
A man relates how a storm during a Tyrol walking tour forced two groups to share shelter and meals. The niece becomes his wife after mutual inquiries reveal they grew up on the same New York City street and even lived next door, unbeknownst to each other.
The narrator travels the Allpur Road amid crowded traffic of ox carts and pack animals as native life and bustling transport scenes unfold. He notes diverse peoples near the frontier, from Cauul and Peshaivar to Gilgit tribes, with distant customs and dress.
Joseph W. Cumming cashier of the State Bank of Cornwall in New York is jailed after a nearly 60 000 defalcation is uncovered. The bank with 25 000 capital and 60 000 in deposits will likely close. The bank’s major depositor the Mirth Carpet Co. of Cornwall withdrew 4 000 recently. Cumming, once respected, faced Wall Street losses from speculative “tyers” totalling a suspected 15 000 to 20 000 to reimburse the bank.
In Bluffton Indiana John Terrell a wealthy farmer shot Melvin Wolfe on a doctor's operating table as Wolfe prepared for an operation. Terrell fired two shotgun blasts killing Wolfe and wounded a man, then attacked a mob attempting to seize him before fleeing.
In Columbia, Sheriff Crewell’s daughter Mary Creech, 19, facing a lynch mob at the sheriff’s home, retrieved a rifle and aimed it at masked assailants demanding the keys to a prisoner. Seaborn Moore had surrendered after fatally shooting Herbert Sanders at a Barnwell dance.
Governor Lanlino issues a proclamation offering a 50 000 reward to anyone who discovers and provides a practical remedy for destroying the cotton boll weevil in Penny Texas. The proclamation notes relatively small harm from the pest this year amid ongoing efforts.
Thomas G. Barker, who shot Rev. John Keller in Arlington in 1901, is released on parole by the New Jersey Board of Pardons after a long imprisonment. The board also denied parole for Tiazie Garrabrandt and granted parole to Rev. Clarened Young who faced bigamy charges.
A severe storm hit Baltimore driving rain and cyclonic winds for over an hour. Winds tore roofs from homes and uprooted trees in a five mile area around Nash Broadway and Enger Street. Damages exceed 500000 with many residents seeking shelter in cellars as storms darkened the night.
The American rifle team competed for the Palme Trophy against British, Canadian and other international teams on the Binley range. The Americans posted a high score near 1800 points across 800 900 and 100 yard ranges while Britain finished with 1550s. The Pata trophy honors the world shooting championship, first offered in 1875 with American wins until 1901 when Canada took the lead. Last year Americans challenged on the Rockville Ottawa range. British led with 1450, American 1700, Canada 1373.
Secretary Shaw earned the degree of Swector of Laws at Wesleyan University. The piece lists varied obituaries and notes on public figures including John Garrett as minister to Argentina and Sir George Williams founder of a youth church group. It mentions a long travel year and interviews with many kings and emperors.
A wide survey notes Treasury exchange rates and consols, science work on an aerodrome, and sanctions shifts. It covers Porto Rico education funding, Hawaiian governorship interest, Philippine regulation urges, a Bloomingon murder arrest, and various U S political and foreign items.
A group of stranded high school students traveling to Ness County was seized by Wheat farmers at Otis and forced to abandon the train to work in harvest fields. Some athletes tried to stay aboard. others were dissuaded and fled with torn furniture as proof of resistance. The incident highlights farmer labor rights and coercive tactics in rural Kansas.
A Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics of Labor report on Sex in Industry says most women remain unmarried, value independence, and increasingly divorce. It lists roles held by women such as hack drivers, teamsters, masons, bricklayers, photographers, and other trades, with factory and professional employment numbers.
Reports from southern Indiana describe widespread cold shoulder toward Evansville refugees. Twenty five negro travelers reached Indianapolis area seeking aid to reach Kansas where they hoped to find work, claiming officers helped them move on while towns along their route feared associating with them.
Brookline Mass health board plans experiments with an electrical vibrator by John F Fleming to attract and kill mosquitoes. The device emits a high note D at 110 volts, claimed to mimic the mating call and lure insects in an infected area for extermination.
A negro attacked Emma Cole eleven near New Baltimore and fled to Coxsackie where arrested. Authorities planned lynching but moved him to Catskill county prison. The incident sparked swift police intervention and transfer to safety.
Governor Murphy reports design plans approved for the Glen Gardner site in Hunterdon County for a state funded hospital to treat curable consumptives. A $300,000 appropriation with $100,000 extra for site work and access roads was authorized amid technical delays on ventilation lighting and drainage.
Jean Perrier, a French engineer for the Havre and Rouen chambers of commerce, has drafted a plan for a tunnel under the Seine. Havre seeks a new railway connection while Rouen desires a more reliable river crossing than ferries provide.
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