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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1908
Page
4
An old gentleman, likened to an unpolished diamond, complains of “that air” when corrected by his daughter Mary. The family gathers in the library as investors arrive, and a clash over speech and manners ends with a vow to close the wine down. The scene satirizes pretensions and schooling.
South Australian premier Price, described as hustling, has toured the United Kingdom to promote South Australian produce. He has met business leaders and officials in every city with potential trade impact, turning a supposed holiday into strenuous state work. A World report notes his energetic outreach.
Bernard Martin, a Hatton Garden diamond dealer and shares holder, faces a crisis as diamond values plummet. His daughter Florence opposes an arranged match with Lord Glenavon while her fiancé Harold Vere, a stock broker, engineers a market swing to secure funds. After a tense plan and an apparent threat, Florence reveals she and Harold are already married, and Martin forgives them as they depart for their honeymoon.
A collage of proverbs and maxims from German Italian Irish Danish Portuguese and other sources wove with occasional literary quotes and light humor. It notes the International diamond trade and De Beers premier discussions as part of a broader world affairs snapshot.
Lisbon conference cites an alternating current system for twelve keys on a single wire while notes warn water as a powerful explosive under pressure. Paris experiments test inflammable paste on bullets and cyanide dangers. Parisian paving promises ten year life with steel on cement. Swiss dairy regions prize milk over meat. An insulating asbestos-based pipe cover halts electrolysis and fittings aid joint sealing and couplings.
Representative Cooper of Uniontown cites Congressional Record figures showing coal production in Pennsylvania reaching 149,550,047 tons with ten counties contributing 76,800,082 tons and a human cost of 814 lives. From 1898 to 1907 fatal mine disasters rose sharply in bituminous and anthracite districts, underscoring need for federal inquiry and uniform law enforcement.
The article reflects on Thomas Paine’s enduring impact through Common Sense and The Crisis, crediting his writings with sustaining patriot resolve alongside Washington. It also recounts a humorous anecdote of an expert golfer causing a brief injury to a passerby and a later charitable gesture of five dollars.
A large fire in South River caused three buildings to burn and a fourth to be damaged, with losses around 75000 dollars. New Brunswick fire department assisted after responding to the blaze at Main Street and Washington Hotel, while several injuries occurred among bystanders and workers.
The American Railway Association shows a two week drop of 36 720 idle freight cars from June 10 to June 24 with a total 312 847 idle cars on reporting roads in the U S and Canada, the fourth consecutive decrease in two months. Gains in New England contrast with declines in the Middle West as box car demand rises for crop movement and coal fields resume mining. Wholesale prices rose to a peak unseen in eighteen years and New England shoe trades look to rebound with Southern and Western shipments.
A rapid-fire dispatch lists diverse items: a $1500 gold purse given to Father Frederick Bonneville of the Church of the Assumption, labor talks in Atlantic City on potters wages, a 1% rise for anthracite miners, Louisiana passing over 300 new laws, a warrant for Dan Hanna, a Petoskey Fibre Paper Company fine, and DC streetcar rules. Other notes cover a mayor hiding in a monastery, New Haven rail holdings sale, 30 days vacation for horses, tighter Canadian immigration checks, Western Canada wheat yield projections, a violent train attack in Virginia, Russia military spending and famine fears, a Philadelphia cricket match, a fatal building collapse in St. Petersburg, Finnish Diet composition, Korea insurrection battles, Cuba race war fears, a new Philippines commission, a leprosy case in Linn, Honduras revolt, a clemency for a convict in Ohio, and Australian old age pensions estimates.
A collage of old advertisements mentions Allen’s Foot-Ease powder for shoes and corn relief, Dr. Kline’s Great Nerve Restorer with a trial bottle offer, Winslow’s Syrup for teething, cocoa demand in America, and a census quip about Wiggs the auto mechanic. The snippet reflects vintage drug and product pitches with stray lines from various sections.
An ad invites kidney sufferers to write G W Winney of Medina New York to learn how Dean's Kidney Pills cured him after long illness and hospital care. He claims a weight gain from 143 to 162 pounds after 10 to 12 boxes and full recovery. Also a brief anecdote about a deaf and dumb man using a pad to reply and win a gold watch in a humorous exchange.
An insurance agent, seeking a weekly premium, learns the old lady plans to move ten miles away. She asks for a removal van, but she reveals a policy rule that transferring members between districts is free, leaving her payment at zero.
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