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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1907
Page
4
The Malden Enterprise notes Missouri leads in several areas including a high share of soft lead mined locally and dominant premiums in cattle farming. It highlights the state’s strong farm property value, school fund, and expansive stock farm and apple orchard holdings, signaling overall regional prosperity.
Mrs. A C Breathin of Chicago Illinois reports her baby suffered red itching skin on face and neck for over a year. After failed treatments from doctors, Cuticura Soap Ointment and Renalvent Pills brought dramatic improvement following three boxes.
A historical note explains the hazel divining rod used to locate water. A forked twig is held horizontal with tips in each hand and the stem points forward as the operator walks. When passing over a water vein the stem purportedly bends downward, though effectiveness varies and is not guaranteed.
A New Castle Pennsylvania resident, Mia John Mansell, reports her kidney trouble improved after a week of Dean's Midwest Health Ton ic and says several boxes cured her. The testimonial notes swollen limbs and heart palpitations improved, with a price of 50 cents a box from Foster-Mit%um Co of Buffalo, New York. European delegates discuss grain trade with the United States and consider a potential boycott if improvements do not occur, citing moldy bad quality American grain in the Rhine-Ruhr region.
A London Commercial Intelligence summary describes an Australian process to convert straw into flax fiber. Straw baths, rollers, and steam apply a fiber solution, then rinse and dry. 336 pounds per bath, cost under four dozen cents, bath reusable, fiber darkens modestly with use.
An Oklahoma editor claims a $2000 worth of Grape-Nuts food cured illness, gained 25 pounds, and restored strength and brain power. He says advertisements misled him until tried, praising its taste and nutritional value and noting a copy of Road to Wellville.
A fragmented recipe passage lists multiple dishes and methods. It describes sweet buns with nutmeg and cream, sponge with yeast, almond tea cakes with sugar and almonds, and a layered bake with butter eggs and flour. It ends with a frozen fruit dessert and pistachio notes, all implying home kitchen techniques.
Practical household tips cover cleaning tarnish free, stain removal with butter, disinfectant cures, curtain repairs, dusting methods, and cooking guidance. A brief anecdote follows about a major chasing outlaws, a wayward Irish saddle hand, and a comic misdirection from Harper's Weekly.
The New York Journal of Commerce reports fire losses in the United States and Canada for the first quarter at 61.5 million dollars, compared with 84.7 million the previous year and 56.72 million in early 1905. The Springfield Republican comments the figures show slow recovery for fire insurers from last year’s San Francisco disaster and ongoing waste by fire.
John G. Capers of South Cadollnt was appointed interim Internal Revenue Commissioner, took the oath, and immediately began duties. Other items note Obear Hammerstein signing to build an Washington opera house, and various international and domestic political snippets from the era.
An English guest at a Welsh inn during salmon season struggled with a large fish. A keeper, seeing the man could not swim, gaffed him and began hauling him ashore. The man urged his friend to help as the fish pulled hard, the event recounted in a Kansas City Independent fragment.
A fragment shows a mother telling her future son in law that though their daughter is well educated she cannot cook. The reply suggests the lack matters little since she does not try. The names appear as odd blends like Tony Fligeaite Tutlor.
Richard Croker’s Orby ridden by Johnny Reif won the Derby Stakes at Epsom over 6500 sovereigns. Wool Winder was second and Seve Gallion third. Nine horses started. Orby won by two lengths amid rainy, somber Derby Day scenes and mixed public response. The victory boosts Orby’s value and Croker’s fortune, with estimate near 250 000 dollars in overall gains and future sale potential.
The Pennsylvania Railroad vows radical retaliation to a two cent fare hike. It claims it can overturn the law as unconstitutional and warns of no appeals or commuter tickets, with no commutation or excursion tickets sold after September 20. Thousands could be affected by the measures.
An electric car collided with a trolley car in North Birmingham, overturning a pot containing fifteen tons of molten metal. Motorman B. Caldwell and Deputy Sheriff A. G. Gurley died in the blaze. Deputy C. Stiles was seriously injured by the impact.
Joseph Fola fired at a guest during a dispute over noise in Mrs Bild Green's premises. Sullivan attended a social event nearby and attempted to mediate when Folastoour appeared to protest the disturbance. The shooting occurred and Folatoou fled.
Mrs Barker, sister of the late Mrs McKinley, appointed administrator of the McKinley estate in Canton. The estate valued at 145 000 in real property and 67 000 in personal property. The exclusive estate of the President will pass to designated heirs in Cleveland and nearby.
At Leavenworth Kansas Judge Reed Fook and others sentenced H Tuckward to several days for filing an affidavit in a case tied to the Uncle Sam Company. A Confederate veterans reunion near Charlottesville Virginia drew attention as participants gathered. A list of names and sensational rumors surround the event.
Crop experts warn conditions look poor for wheat corn and cotton yet farmers hold strong bank reserves built from bountiful harvests. Analysts expect modest rail tonnage and possible export declines while demand for steel rails and money supply show resilience despite a Wall Street lull.
An 1873 account outlines the house fly origin from egg to adult, including larval stages, pupation, emergence, and wing hardening. It notes rapid development under heat and manure, paralyzing predators, and health risks as a disease vector, urging housefly extermination.
A Douglas County citizen reports a local Ava paper mentions a plant called tuckahoo or Indian leaf found by a plow. The excerpt drifts through Indian dishes, ancient duels, Homeric battles, and old English notices, ending with scattered golf and river notes.
A United States district entity reports a substantial purchase valued around 1.5 million dollars. The deal involves nanas and related commerce, signaling strong activity in the local market.
Deadly storms across Kentucky Indiana and Illinois kill at least twenty nine people and cause extensive damage. Gradyville Kentucky suffers the worst with floodwaters ten feet high washing through the town destroying six houses a mill and more while New Minden Illinois and York Illinois suffer multiple fatalities and property loss.
President Roosevelt and five Cabinet members met with ICC officials to decide prosecutorial handling of coal carrying railroads. The group concluded that criminal prosecutions should be directed by the Attorney General and that antitrust cases would begin in Philadelphia following witness testimony in New York.
Madison Wisconsin The Wisconsin Assembly approved a Public Utilities Regulation bill granting the State Railroad Commission power to regulate rates and service of heat water power and light companies. The measure passed under suspension of the rules after an amendment adding a referendum provision was rejected. It is described as the most stringent utility law yet enacted in the state.
The Pennsylvania Railroad and allied lines show a net earnings drop of 1209.00 dollars for the four months ending April 16. The report notes a substantial decline compared with prior periods. Authorities attribute the decrease to reduced traffic and rising costs across the system.
A parliamentary commission report released in Brussels exonerates King Leopold II and defends the administration of the Congo, presenting a favorable view of governance amid calls for scrutiny.
A Stark Ecchange seat sold in New York City for 75 000 dollars, the lowest price since Most Tanner. The sale price was 4 030 dollars below the previous list price.
The column highlights women entering Vassar College, Miss Adlen Gould in Venice, and Sarah Orne Jowett receiving a $20,000 legacy. It notes women’s voting rights in several states, Austrian exams for female barbers, and Mrs George Gould’s reported testimony in a divorce case. It also references Teeland women voting, Mrs Talmage in Washington literary circles, Helen Taft nicknamed “the trip girl,” and the death of Mrs Robo in Pittsburgh aged ninety four.
The excerpt traces a shift from national to universal humanity in art and literature, linking patriotism to a broader European and humanist scope. It cites a Century magazine piece about Victor Hugo and remarks on the French Revolution’s law of development, then cites a British tally of 8678 killed and 23 733 wounded in Asia and Africa over six years.
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