13 Mar 1903
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1903
Page
1
An Indianapolis News verse fragment reflecting on aging and the end of youth. The speaker notes time's passage, the loss of childhood locks, and the need to bear the path of learning as age darkens the youth’s reign. It laments the bitterness of growing older and seeks wisdom to face life’s new woes.
Soo Tokion, a small Japanese student at a large university, woos Helen Sturtevant, an American pupil. Social teasing, a doomed romance, and a late tragedy lead to a Yokohama memorial chapel funded by a mysterious donor, honoring the East’s virtue in love. Helen, left heiress to Tokion’s funds, pursues acting in Chicago after the incident.
The article notes two large power plants planned on the east slope of Pike's Peak to supply Colorado Springs and nearby towns with lighting and heating. It also mentions Texas oil influencing Europe, ship tankage in Copenhagen, and railroads facing tight capacity and engine premiums for near futures. Various science and industry items follow, including diamond identification, diograph promotions, typhoid antitoxin work, balloon ascent observations, and gold extraction digs in New Zealand rivers.
A Pittsburgh Observer piece urges that dignified posture reflects inner worth and beauty, noting many noble hearts suffer from awkward carriage. It describes a crinkled ribbon embroidery for dainty items, detailing materials, colors, and techniques used on handkerchief cases, including heliotrope bengaline silk and chenille needles.
Do not force the bed or rush to a goal. relax the nerves and muscles and your journey will feel easier. Breathing deeply, letting go of tension, and avoiding gasps helps reduce nerves and fussy behavior. Yawning is healthy as it stretches and vitalizes muscles, increases blood flow, and relaxes the body.
The article argues that admiration and indulgence do not satisfy a woman, who seeks to share life fully. It stresses the necessity of perfect matrimony and partnership, warning that neglect or overemphasis on self can damage the relationship. It calls for mutual cooperation to achieve lasting peace and joy in the home.
An aged Philadelphian recalls Adeline Patti born in Madrid who rose to fame in Philadelphia at seven and delivered a famed performance in Martha at the Academy of Music during the Prince of Wales visit. A tale recounts Patti forcing full pay by postponing one shoe until the last moment, earning $5000 for Traviata after theater officials paid $4000.
A fashion write up details revival trends such as long tulle bonnet strings and lace set ensembles, pink crepe de chine gowns, satin jet trims, and varied spring wedding color schemes. Separate notes discuss General Andre’s war ministry changes allowing officers to dine together and the abolition of the presenting arms movements in barracks.
A fragment notes the word navvies born from convict era projects and its expansion to railway labor in colonies. It cites shifts in meaning from canal and railway laborers to any able bodied worker, with references to misused terms in Britain and Cuba where steam vehicle owners face criticism amid poor relations.
Gitta to Princeton Library reports the Princeton University Library’s recent acquisitions from abroad, including a 1775 sermon by Alyon Burr in New York City, a David Ramsey Memoirs of Great Britain, and other Civic and historical works with engravings. Also notes on Charles Webster of Paterson and a 1810s-1914 range of period items.
The Sharon Biological Observatory at Kammer School proposes a 60 acre woodland tract to become a produced forest. A working plan has been requested from the Bureau of Forestry. Dr George W. Fyhed, director, is noted as a master lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Tranavans name Joseph B. Daisy as instauetor at the University of California to head agriculture and bott positions. Daisy earns 2500 dollars annually with duties to oversee Tranavanl Government farming and related industries.
A roundup of scattered political and legal notes from the era including Panama Canal reciprocity expected to pass Senate within two weeks, Supreme Court actions on interstate commerce, and declarations by Secretary Taft on intercontinental railways. Also reported are gold reserves near 635 million dollars, Alaska boundary evidence, and various incidents from crime to politics across U S cities and territories.
The text reports varied items from the British Parliament, Ottoman diplomacy, and European conflicts. It mentions church appointments in London, railway concessions, Turkish military movements, and naval budget figures, with scattered references to Paris, Berlin, and Valparaiso. It reads like a collage of international updates with many garbled names and places.
The Fifty eighth Congress Senate convened in extra session after President Roosevelt proclaimed the meeting to consider treaties with Colombia and Haiti. Twenty six Senators took oath including new members Gorman Weyburn Hopking Latimer McCreary Newlands Overman Smoot and others amid floral tributes and gallery attendance.
Senator Gorman resumed his role as Chairman of the Democratic caucus after a caucus with seventy eight of thirty three Democratic Senators. He spoke briefly on taking the chair as discussions began on filling committee vacancies from the current extra session. A steering committee was named later, including Gorman, Cockrell, Math, Bacon, Dubois, Maney, Batley, Blackburn, and others to select and ratify committee members.
Mrs John Greenwood and her sixteen year old girl died instantly when the Kilta family crossed the Big Four trestle west of Springfield Ohio and were struck by a freight train. The two younger children sixteen and twelve and eleven were mortally injured and all were thrown into water fifty feet below due to dense fog obscuring the engineer’s view.
Fragmentary OCR text mentions York College and Harvard College in New York City with unclear references to a president Butler and a cut or policy. Mentions Roosevelt to the Senate and a collector of customs at Charles Town. Lacks coherent events, dates, or identifiable actions.
Secretary Hay informs that the United States cannot offer mediation in the Brazil Bolivia Acre territory dispute unless invited by Brazil. The Bolivian government has rejected or is unwilling to seek mediation under current conditions.
The Frank Curtey Gerning Journal, among the oldest publications, has ended its run. The paper reportedly ceased operations after years of service, marking the end of an era for its readers and community.
In London a heated statement targets the Katger Doctrine amid turmoil. The article reports a violent incident at Corday’s home where a white man killed the master, his wife, and child, amid racial tensions and political upheaval.
A west bound Erlefrelgt train broke apart north of Olean New York igniting tank cars with refined oil and gasoline. Fifteen men and boys from Olean and nearby areas died or were badly burned as flames swept the crowd gathered to view the wreck. Rescue crews cleared the site as doctors and ambulances rushed to aid the injured through the night.
A widow in Warrensburg killed herself after learning her husband Frederick Ferrer, a foreman for the Jud Kou River Water Power Company, perished in the capsizing of a ferry at Spier Walls, Saratoga County, New York. Meanwhile Vesuvius reawakened, throwing ash and incandescent globes in a dramatic eruption.
The Lennesse House of Representa tivex adopts a resolution asking the Governor to ignore Wisconsin’s request to appoint delegates to a race convention. The measure declares the race question will settle itself. Devlin succeeds Colonel Lynch as Galway’s representative in the House of Commons, replacing Lynch who received a life sentence for high treason.
James H. Blount of Macon who served as Georgia congressman and Cleveland era commissioner died in Athounta Georgia from lung trouble at age sixty six. He leaves a widow and four children including James M. Blount a judge in the PHropiies. Utah lawmakers back popular senatorial selection by direct vote.
A hotel room scandal erupts into a double tragedy as Arthur R. Pennell plunges with his wife into a quarry while Edwin L. Burdick is found murdered earlier. Pennell dies, his wife injured, investigators weigh accident versus deliberate act amid divorce case ties and life insurance questions. Witnesses describe Pennell at the wheel, hat blown off, car swerving toward the limestone embankment. Officials probe intertwined crimes and moral scandal as the city reels.
A garbled telegraph of varied items reports the Supreme Court affirming a Michigan medical practice law, an expedition by the Russian Imperial Academy of Selenge, a $25,000 gift to Thina ver College in Madison Indiana, and union activity among country school teachers and barbers.
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