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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1906
Page
4
An advertisement touts Mull's Anti-Belch Wafer as absorbing gas and disinfecting the stomach to cure stomach troubles. It claims relief from belching, sour breath, and irregular heart action, urging readers to discard drugs as ineffective and noting the offer may not return.
An advertisement promises free Mull's Anti Belch Wafers sample with name address and druggist, plus four 25 cent certificates for more wafers, claimed for stomach trouble. The same page notes scientists at Ruvo achieving striking results in psychic phenomena with a fourteen year old in trance answering questions in multiple languages.
A testimonial from 1905 recounts severe blood poisoning and a nearly ruined foot healed after Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent use. The narrator credits rapid recovery to the remedies, noting the dramatic change observed by family and friends. The piece includes a humorous aside about a Kansas City Times writer and a dreamer seeking San Francisco as a railroad agent.
Supreme Court broadens anti trust testimony reach undermining any claim of privilege. Decisions in Tobacco and Paper Trust cases reject invoking the Constitution to shield books and papers from Grand Jury and examiner inquiries. Justices Brown and McKenna authored opinions, with dissenters in the tobacco cases. The Paper Trust rulings were unanimous.
Supreme Court decision grants Chicago near total control of local traction. City ordinances regulate street use, and company rights expire per terms. Union Traction loses street rights in north division, with limited purchase clause rights in others. Chicago City Railway gains limited rights only where purchase clauses exist.
Rioting broke out in Boeschepe near Dunkirk and other towns as officials inventory church property under church and state separation law. A demonstrator was killed and a government commissioner wounded while churches at Bressuire Belfort and Charleville were barricaded and attacked with sulphur and smoke.
President Roosevelt plans to transfer Panama Canal duties from the War Department to Secretary Root after Taft leaves, a move seen as easing cabinet tensions and aligning canal policy with the State Department. Other items note lawyer Ambrose McCabe’s arrest over jury bribery, French mine disaster relief votes, labor strikes, factory shutdown threats, and global labor unrest.
Rochester reports the death of Susan B. Anthony at age 86 from heart disease and pneumonia. The famed suffrage leader, born 1820 in Adams Maine, campaigned across states, founded and led major movements, testified before Congress, and lectured hundreds of times, shaping the woman suffrage cause.
Six deputy U S marshals were ambushed near Kansas Indian Territory by the Wickliffe gang of full blood Indians. Three officers were killed outright amid a mountainous Saline Creek ambush as the survivors fought to reach shelter. The Wickliffes, aided by many full bloods, are described as the last band in Indian Territory. Governor regulations have left natives short of supplies. German forces withdraw from China with 400,000 guards leaving Pekin legation.
The State Department in Washington was informed of the death of Dr Manuel Quintina president of Argentina. The news came from Minister Benupre in Buenos Ayres. Quintina was serving a full term after election in Todt. evidence of prosperity is shown by savings bank deposits.
Governor Higgins of New York grants Albert Patrick a further respite delaying execution from March 1 to May 15 or about sixty days. The document notes New York’s war outlay and a state loan from the Nathan government for equipment and troops. Jerome and Hearst libel case details appear, with publicity queries and a campaign bill before the House Committee.
District Attorney Jerome's probe yields five indictments against Mutual Reserve Life officers Frederick Burnham George D Eldridge and George Burnham Jr for grand larceny and forgery. Funds paid to law firms allegedly settled claims while shielding individuals. Indictments detail specific payments and alleged misuses tied to legal actions against the company and its officers.
A Federal Grand Jury in New York City began taking evidence on charges before Attorney General Moody that railroads with terminals in New York and Jersey City conspired to divide sugar freight business and paid rebates to the Sugar Trust. The probe, urged by W. J. Hearst, targets long running rebates as DOJ vows vigorous action. Defendants include Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad, Lowell M. Palmer, Havemeyer & Elders, and related Brooklyn dock interests.
University of Maine professors outline a statewide tour in a well equipped special vehicle to provide free lessons in historic agriculture to local communities.
An airship ascent near City Lavignia, eighteen miles southeast of Howe, Waly, ended when the balloon burst at a belt of over de ointe. Eight soldiers aboard were dashed to the ground. In Somerset County Pennsylvania the maple syrup season opened unusually early with considerable quantities harvested.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company's annual statement for the year ended December 31 shows a fall in business with net losses exceeding 7 million dollars. New business figures list 400 and 151,062,545 dollars, reflecting a troubled period. John P. Haines resigns as president of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, submitting his resignation to the board of directors in New York City.
Washington reports an official account of a Mount Dajo fight near Jolo. American and naval forces clashed with Moro defenders on lava ridges 2100 feet high. Army casualties totaled fifteen killed and several wounded. naval losses included Ensign Cooke and Coxswain Gilmore wounded. constabulary suffered multiple wounded and three enlisted dead. About 600 Moros were killed. the action ended with Moro stronghold destruction.
The New York Senate approved an eighty cent gas charge and sent the bill to Mayor McClellan for signature, aiming to supply cheaper gas to Greater New York after May first. The measure faces opposition from independent gas interests who argue it deviates from the state gas commission order and challenges the trust control of the Ryan corporations.
Secretary Metcalf reports seven months ending January show total exports to China at 28.49 million dollars, up from 28.80 million the prior period, with notable gains in copper ingots and mineral oils but sharp drops in cotton goods and mining oils. A Canadian firm favors white labor as cheapest. Enormous spring business outlook expected in British markets for next season.
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