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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1901
Page
1
The verse laments vanished galleys that once sailed the main with bright sails. It imagines their resting places in dark ocean caverns, where the waters murmur in many tongues and hopes endure as sun and moon cycle.
In Lyne’s Chare South Shields Geordie, scarred by a shipboard accident, returns after eleven years to Annie Mason of Mason's Chop House. He explains his absence and past danger while she probes his mark and their unresolved history as the Tyne district mood shifts.
In a Ladies Home Journal tale a wild honey bee colony survives a summer famine and, desperate for forage, raids another hive. The fighting lasts into the morning with heavy losses. the victors enslave survivors and carry off honey to the woods. The queen is presumed killed in combat.
California farmers fought a scale outbreak threatening orange groves on the left bank of the Tagus in Portugal. In pursuit of policy caused by heavy infestations, specimens were sent to Portugal where they survived and flourished briefly before later dying out, mirroring California losses and eroding the Portuguese citrus industry as a warning.
A German newspaper notes extensive petroleum deposits recently found in the district of Chittach. Officials claim the water and geology indicate very high quality oil and gas potential for the region.
A long tribute recalls Charles Goodyear born 1800 at Naugatuck Connecticut, who discovered vulcanization after years of debt and failure. It honors his pivotal role in rubber history and notes his rescue of the material from decay into durable goods and life-preservers, with the New England Rubber Club marking his birth centennial.
The article surveys global science and technology topics including fever exposure in Italy, mosquito lethality, hydrogen temperatures approaching absolute zero, aluminum cookware reducing cooking fuel use in a Madras asylum, and a speech on human evolution. It also notes a Swedish army torpedo project propelled by internal gas pressure and trials reaching 16 000 feet, with a subsidy to Major Unge for development.
A Milwaukee Sentinel fragment recounts a psychology classroom moment where a pupil answers I see you when asked what she sees after a word is hidden. It notes studies of great men, age of fathers, and fashion commentary from Philadelphia, including Prussian income tax details.
Regional weather reports indicate mixed Wheat conditions with rains improving prospects in Nebraska Kansas and the Northwest while drought persists in parts of the Dakotas and Minnesota. Officials note yields around sixteen bushels per acre in Kansas and hopes for near normal production tempered by continued dry spells.
Rain and floods injure corn and vegetables while grapes benefit from the showers. Apples are scarce and late wheat planting recurs in Genesee Wyoming Steuben Allegany Seneca and Schuyler counties. Peach crops face damage from frost and curl in late season weather.
A botched arrest at a Corbin Kentucky residence led to the deputy sheriff and another officer being killed as they attempted to apprehend Andrew Cox. The suspect Wilderchot and Sir Walter Wesant Lewd are named in unclear reports with a dubious literary reference. The incident follows a struggle resulting in multiple fatalities.
Aun Americana Constantin Scandi reports being robbed by three fellow travelers on a railway while asleep. The thieves fled to Saint Jean de Ourlonne, pursued across the countryside, and all were drowned after jumping into a river. Volunteers From the Philippines Headed to Mustering Out.
The item lists various notable figures and events including Lt Hobson leading a Fourth of July ovation at Samak Plain Maps, Senator Culberson of Texas described as distinguished, Edmond Rostand elected to the Arrenel Academy, Lipton the yachtsman, Governor Odell attending the Buffalo Exposition, General A W Greely calling for Mantlif t from San Francisco, and references to Charlie Lowa and Shakespeare profits. The note also mentions Reverend Willim Howe, aged ninety five, presumed the oldest Baptist clergyman in the copy.
Secretary Tung announces rewards for officers and men for gallant conduct in China while Secretary Gage considers actions to aid in the effort. A Buffalo lifesaving medal is sent to Wu We Grieasets for saving lives from a gale on November 1, 1000. The Tan-American Congress faces arbitration limits as Peru and Argentina opt out. Transports stay off Atlantic service. Manila port figures show expenditures from August to November 1900. Philippine insurgents clash as Capt Algalogo and aide die. Cavite provincial government forms. Mindoro to be occupied by Ninth Regiment. insurgent leader Aguinaldo advised to surrender.
President McKinley, via Secretary Cortelyou, repudiates any third term bid and says he would not accept a nomination. The president laments talk of a third term and underscores grave issues facing the administration.
Port Royal Pennsylvanias Pittsburg Coal Company mine No 2 shaft near Baltimore and Ohio railroad saw a fatal blast. Sixteen men died and seven were injured as rescuers labored, with William McCune and William Alagon among the dead.
The War Department in Washington imposes strict hazing prohibitions at the West Point Military Academy with dismissal for violations. A woman's missing body is found in Chelmsford Woods near Lowell Massachusetts by private detectives under a nearby bridge. Two men drowned near Nutley New Jersey in a boating accident. Willan Clough of Franklin aged 30 and Willia Noovan, 20, identified. Paris police ordered sanctions to arrest cabmen who use coarse language amid public scandal.
Andrew Carnes conducted in London predicts the United States will save Great Britain from being crushed by Continental Powers. The interview outlines a vision of American aid shaping postwar balance and bolstering Allied resilience.
A fire at the general military hospital in San Pratessco, California, destroyed the awards kitchen dining area and medical supply room. No patients were injured with losses estimated in the tens of thousands.
The State Supreme Court decides Newark Mayor and Aldermen v North Jersey Street Railway Company, holding trolley franchises are real estate taxable for state revenues. The decision implies broad impact for cities, towns and boroughs with tracks, rents, and permanent street use.
The Department of Agriculture at Warbe ington issues a report on the wages of the green pea louse. It warns this destructive pest will widen its range and cause more damage. The bulletin cites $3,000,000 in losses and $1,000,000 repelled by mid June, with vigorous efforts to control its spread and detailed control measures.
Governor Toole of Montana grants pardons to two individuals including Lite Clarksind a Northern Cheyenne man who has served prison time for a murder in Canter County four years ago. The Indian Rights Association pressured the warden over the case, while the actual killer remains disputed amid broader social shifts.
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