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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1905
Page
4
Thomas Melham of Sioux City sought a divorce claiming a need to avoid his wife signing a deed to a Tea estate. The Great Northern Railway offered him a price for the estate and Mrs Melham, then in Europe, had lent money for the deed but failed to sign. Melham intends to remarry Mrs Melham when convenient.
A collage of small items includes an ad claiming Cuticura Soap and Ointment cured a child’s yellow crusting on the scalp with several treatments, another note of a dramatic Delaware crossing explanation, a claim that catarrh is a constitutional disease cured by Hall’s Catarrh Cure, a report of a large loon found in a road in Hartford area, and an Allen’s Foot-Ease promotion promising relief for sore feet with a sample offer.
Across the United States reports claim Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound has effected similar cures. Women describe relief from common ailments through its use, with testimonials stressing renewed energy and steadier health.
Telegrams from Tokyo claim Field Marshal Oyama crushed Russian forces at Mukden with about 40 000 prisoners and 26 500 dead in Sha River area. Japanese losses listed at 41 202 since February 26. Reports describe vast spoils including rifles shells maps and supplies. Dispatches note continued pursuit and local skirmishes as Kuzan tai Kuropatkin resigns in St Petersburg.
The Indian Government fights a sweeping plague with drastic fire driven clearance of town sections and forced segregation. In one week deaths reach 31,000 with 850,000 annual mortality in 1903, while Burroughs reports rapid spread amid climate and sanitary challenges across outlying districts.
Count Benken dorff the Russian Ambassador to Great Britain paid $325 000 to Foreign Secretary Lansdowne in settlement of the North Sea claims ending the incident in London England the case closure announced by officials.
Fridley Minnesota suffered a devastating night fire that destroyed the village area and caused two fatalities. The loss is estimated at five hundred thousand dollars as emergency crews battled the blaze and secured the ruins.
Mrs. Chadwick was convicted on seven counts for conspiring to defraud the United States by certifying checks with no funds in the bank. The verdict followed a lengthy trial in Newark, with the jury returning at 8:83 after two hours of deliberation. Her emotional courtroom exit drew concern from onlookers as she proclaimed innocence and was assisted from the room.
A massive blaze tore through Elevator B of the American Cereal Mines facility in Cedar Rapids Iowa. Firefighters could not contain the inferno and nearby buildings were evacuated as flames raged past midnight.
The first session of the sixth annual convention of the National Coopers Association met at the Southern Motel in St. Louis Missouri with twenty six states represented. A key point from discussions noted that white oak lumber supply will be woven down by about one third over the next six months due to severe cold last winter.
The page surveys assorted notes from early 20th century society and politics. It cites extensive Suez Canal improvement work, Washington social trends, copper money being replaced by aluminum pennies in France, a Corcoran Gallery purchase, alimony rulings, and miscellaneous garbled references to horticulture, pensions, and distant events.
After three days of turmoil in New York, subway and elevated lines resumed normal schedules. Union tensions led to mass recruitment of strikebreakers in Dey Street offices, police mobilization, and a royal round of wage and hour demands. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers expelled Local No.105, while trains were gradually restored with supervision from authorities.
The report covers strikes and labor actions in Scranton New York and Germany. It notes unions in Canada and Europe expanding influence, a German hours reduction, a new Bremen Galveston immigrant line, and wage adjustments via sliding-scale schemes. It cites the United Garment Workers convention date change and a Wilkes-Barre dispatch on wage surcharges during a year of widespread labor activity.
Consul-General Guenther reports from Frankfurt says German associations have entered to establish artificial silk in the United States and shipments to the U S from that district reached 108315 in 14. The essay of Ludwig Brann notes long efforts to find a cheap silk substitute and cites carded cotton as the best material used by Count de Chardonnet, the first large-scale producer.
A reported revival in the drone industry signals rising demand for raw material as January marks the peak iron production in industrial history. Excluding charcoal iron, January output reached 1,776,000 tons, highlighting strong sector momentum. A separate 1904 Department of Agriculture study notes a favorable export balance for farm products from 1890 to 1908 amid rising foreign trade in grains and forest products.
A brief industry note highlights growing activity in the iron and steel sector with tied machinery, while textile mills show rising output and New England shoe shops expand shipments.
Mr Paddock United States Consul General at Seoul declares American commercial interests in Korea greater than those of any other European power. He emphasizes Korea as a strategic market and notes the increasing American business presence amid regional trade developments. He urges continued encouragement of trade ties and protection of American economic activities in Korea.
February earnings show only six percent gain, weaker than last year due to severe weather. Domestic wheat reports indicate early week market excitement and demoralization, with fewer payments and slower mercantile collections. Industrial and agricultural entities report mixed profits, while transportation and manufacturing groups seek cooperation to correct distortions impacting trade.
Japanese forces capture Mukden at 10 am after taking Fushun and Tita. General Kuropatkin reports retreat as Russian line collapses around the Hun River. Oyama claims success and great prisoner and supply captures, while Russian distress spreads through St. Petersburg amid fears of surrender. Descriptions of battles near Tita and Machuntan, with railways cut, and Japanese strategic advance noting overall victory.
Governor Loch received a message from C D Webacor president of the Webster Refinery Company Humboldt praising the new oil rate reforms. The note says the first car shipped under the new maximum freight rate saved $50.74 versus the old rate of 75.34 and thanks the Legislature for breaking railroad monopolistic bonds. The message was read with applause in both legislative chambers.
In a basement blast at Greenwood Baptist Church on Seventh Avenue and Sixth Street Brooklyn a heating boiler exploded at about 11 am killing Richard Tal twenty one and injuring Rasimon Denton sixteen. The force lifted the floor three feet and blew out plate glass windows. Tal resided at 261 Sixth Street and Denton at 358 Sixth Street. Two friends were left in the basement when the boiler exploded.
Reports remain conflicted but weather improves and business steadies. A subway accident at the Fourth Avenue and Twenty third Street station in New York City sent sixteen people to hospitals with serious injuries.
Russian forces under Kuropatkin face Japanese pressure as supply lines bend under bombardment and sharp maneuvers. Reports say torpedo craft head for Vladivostok while Red Cross depots brace for large troop movements. Kuropatkin shifts stores and contends with renewed assaults along the Slat River and Huot positions, with casualties cited and Russian convoys attacked by bandits near Sino-Manchurian borders.
A short excerpt describes Litthe Elizabeth, a scientist’s daughter, hearing about germs from her mother’s lullaby about measles. The passage references Harpers Magazine and a dubious advertisement for a guaranteed cure for piles with a Paro ointment, noting England’s high salt consumption per person.
A crowed period advertisement extols Peruna for colds and catarrh with a letter from Rose Gerbing of Crown Point Indiana praising its quick relief after a lung catching cold. It describes driving with insufficient clothing leading to illness and notes she bought multiple bottles to help others. Also mentions night school and other minor notes.
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