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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1902
Page
1
A writer laments modern Americanwomen spending resources on Europe and hotel life, arguing women abandon homemaking for travel. He contrasts urban life filled with women and harried men, claiming homemaking is a birthright traded for fashion and novelty, leading to dissatisfaction in hotel life.
A reflection on seeking guidance from the tested and fallen rather than the wealthy. True insight comes from failure and struggle, not from lofty success. The capable adviser understands weakness and can empathize, while the self confident often cannot. Asking for advice reveals an altruistic spirit, yet worth hinges on action and realism.
A reflection on studying history to understand current events and international relations. It argues that history broadens perspective beyond national pride, linking nations through shared human experiences and wars, and transforming mere names into living people of the past.
The Pecos Valley in southeastern New Mexico shows a vast irrigation achievement with over 4 million dollars spent to divert Pecos River waters. Two large dams create McMillan Lake and Lake Avalon, reshaping a 120 mile valley into fertile land and turning Carlsbad and Roswell into thriving towns with trees and hedges.
A reflection on true success through virtue and usefulness, citing Christ’s view of success and the value of helping others. The article notes a pamphlet by the Third Assistant Postmaster-General, "Postal Statistics of the United States, from 1775 to 1902," detailing early and current postal growth, revenues, and mail metrics. It lists 1789 post offices, routes, and revenues, and highlights 1901 figures for stamps, money orders, registered mail, and mailed matter, plus the Walnut Crop profitability and potential yields per tree.
An entomologist warns the codling moth costs New York farmers about one third of their apple and pear crops annually, totaling millions nationwide. The moth hides in tree bark and orchard crevices, lays eggs on fruit at night, and its larval stage tunnels into apples, impacting yields despite methods like Paris green spraying.
The article discusses methods for reviving old strawberry beds, crop rotation to prevent pests, and spraying with Paris green and London purple while noting adulteration risks. It covers using manure, wood ashes, and chimney soot as soil amendments, a rose cutting method from Europe, and general fruit tree protection against pests like the plum curculio and oyster scale. It warns about potato disease rotation, chicken yard benefits near fruit trees, and the renewed activity of San Jose scale on fruit trees and shrubs.
Reports from a Pennsylvania forestry official describe an oyster shell scale pest spreading among two local plants. The infestation, larger than San Jose scales, resists control despite whale oil sprays. US Department of Agriculture illustrations aid identification. rare instance of scale appearing on multiple bushes prompts concern.
The Liverpool Post discusses how Bible printing remains tightly controlled, noting the universities at Oxford and Cambridge and the king's printers hold authority. A past dispute over capitalization in Matthew and Mark led to a council ruling permitting capital N, signaling that authority governs any changes to the 1611 edition. The piece reflects on royal and scholastic power over sacred texts and mentions royal titular claims and medieval kingship claims to Jerusalem.
London reports a sudden royal illness as doctors decide on urgent surgery for the king. Sir Frederick Treves leads the operation, anesthesia by Dr. Hewitt, abscess evacuated, Queen Alexandra steadfast, as palace notices confirm a postponement of the coronation and a hopeful recovery outlook.
Private Garth Shores of the Ninth Cavalry was convicted of desertion in the Philippines and sentenced to death. President Roosevelt commuted the sentence to three years imprisonment as Lord Milner and South Africa figures attended a public oath ceremony.
Sporting notes reveal Urevitton buyer Wohltney paid 21000 and 17000 for two Watercress yearlings and Mode Alary’s Kitt Kourgan won the Prix de Paris worth 10000. Belmont names a 25000 yearling, while Frank Kramer sets bicycle records at Wallsburg. Regatta in New York is dampened by strong winds as the Min Lincoln and Yankee meet. A swordsman claims a trophy from a rival in a military gymnasium world championship.
Cholera spreads to the Philippines with ninety American soldiers dead and rising cases nationwide. Health authorities enforce strict controls as deaths climb to thousands in major provinces. Additional items report life sentence for murder in Portland, royal health in Ireland, naval and political updates from Europe and the Vatican.
London reacted in dismay as news spread that the coronation and related ceremonies would be postponed due to the king's serious illness. Crowds dwindled, stands were torn down, and markets shifted to mourning as officials and citizens processed the unexpected delay.
Professor John C Joligon of Wisconsin State University Stadigon Mich died instantly when a wagon wheel crushed his head near Pier Cove while moving goods to a summer cottage. He left a wife and three children. In Warren County news, Mays Barnett killed his mother in law with a stove.
A garbled report describes a new railway line near London with one thousand miles of supposedly completed track. Widespread failures and deaths plague districts, while Yaqui Indians stir unrest near Hermosillo. Government offices will close Saturdays at 3 pm in July and August as discussions of immigration and labor unrest unfold. A national exhibit for the World’s Fair begins at St. Louis, and a circus elephant is shown in Tours, with U S and Germany near appointing a joint commission on bacteriological slots.
SUMMARY OF WEEKLY EVENTS notes senators discuss a possible November extra session to examine a reciprocity treaty with the Cubs. Troops and officials report progress on Taft Vatican negotiations, and a wave of military, political, and legal actions ripple from Manila to New York.
A Hungarian couple, Yournj Krizan and his wife, were found dead in their bare Paterson apartment. Face to face, ropes from a single hook, they choked themselves after dragging an old trunk beneath the hook. Neighbors say the pair, aged 33 and years younger wife, had no friends, and no valuables remained in the rooms.
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