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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1901
Page
3
Fragmented items recount the destruction of a famed library and praise wartime heroines Mme Belfort and Fullette Potty, noting loyalty and valor. The piece also cites garden school programs in Sweden and Germany, innovative cement blocks in Renmark, and brief mentions of Springfield cities and sugar cane growth.
The excerpt recounts Bartholomew Roberts the pirate’s rise and death, notes on Captain Tomsda's General History of Pyrates, and contrasts with fictional Cleveland. It closes with a London Chronicle aside about clever jokes at sea and a Paris World correspondent on Mormon polygamy in Parlin. It also mentions Nootka Indians and medical statistics on lockjaw.
President McKinley told crowds in El Paso there is no imperialism except the sovereign power of the people. Mexican officials and thousands of spectators greeted the U S party as celebrations bridged the border with flags intertwined. Diaz sent greetings via General Hernandez and McKinley replied warmly, then the train moved to Deming, New Mexico, where Governor Otero welcomed the party and statehood was urged.
The yacht Constitution Way was christened by Mrs. W. Bunler Duncan amid a showy ceremony in Bristol. The event featured a wine bottle break on the bow, a brilliant lighting display, rockets, and a lively crowd. Observers deemed the vessel an improved successor to Columba with notable virtues and few faults.
The Milk Exchange lists standard quality milk at 24c per quart. Western tobacco shows firm, steady demand with ongoing business. Sumatra tobacco sales are active with high prices, and new Sumatra is praised for color and combustion. Domestic leaf is quiet.
Washington reports winter wheat generally in promising condition. Oklahoma and Texas list insect damage while Missouri and Arkansas notes emerging pest pressures. Winds in the Dakotas exposed late sown grain, but overall conditions remain favorable for sowing and germination.
Growers in the Northwest face a persistent flax disease. Professor Bolley of North Dakota Agricultural College reports fungal growth in flax plants that remains in soil for years. Investigations seek soil treatments to curb the issue. First ship of eleven carloads sent from Maine to Australia via New York and Sydney, boosting Maine timber and paper trade prospects. Southern Front interests show active business in Chattooga area with mills at full capacity. Cargo worth nearly 1 million dollars arrives in San Francisco from India by steamship. Iron and steel trade remains subdued as producers wait for orders for distant delivery. Large crop reports from Germany show mixed signals. winter wheat and rye conditions noted, with overall improvements over prior pessimistic forecasts.
A Prince Edward Island farmhouse case centers on the murder and alleged drowning tied to Mrs Dohiard McLeod. Archi Bald, heir to the property, faced arrest for murder and later died by hanging in a prison cell. Related McLeod brothers include R J McLead of Whitney Glass Works and Malcolm McLeod, former mayor, all connected by the family tragedy.
Report from Amsterdam says Mrs Cronje wife of Boer general Cronje has become mentally unbalanced from war experiences. She is confined at Deadwood internment area in St Helena and believes she is Empress Eugenie of France. Five other Boer prisoners also insane and recently staged a theatre piece titled The Bitter Struggle with characters Chamberlain and Rand capitalists.
Arthur Morrison, thirty seven, died in hospital from paralysis after proposing to Miss Lidia Lisson in Newburyport Mara. The popular basketball player collapsed after the engagement ring was placed on her finger, doctors citing sudden paralysis.
A collage of brief items: Irish train delays and a stationmaster exchange, urban park promotion framing parks as outdoor colleges, a cargo note about skunks headed to Alaska for a pear perfumery venture, quack remedies and popular tonics, a Danish thermometer joke, and assorted short anecdotes on health, money, and social quirks from late 19th or early 20th century press.
An old text notes a $60,000,000 annual spend by about 270,000 visitors to the Riviera in a 10 day season. It cites $100,000 daily and $17,009 per hour, with one third English speaking totaling 60,000 British and 30,000 American visitors. It also states the Parisian hotel Dieu as the most expensive hospital ever built at $8,000,090.
A report notes that hay work formerly needed thirty-five hours of manual labor to mow, turn, rake, cook and bale a ton. Now eleven hours suffice mainly due to mowing and curing efficiencies. The crop is key to farm profitability, with glucosets from corn starch highlighted as a growing product and a caution about adulteration of sugar.
A subscriber died leaving fourteen years of unpaid subscripts. The editor stood at the grave with a Wnen duster and thermometer as a palm leaf fan and a recipe for Miller’s fee, reflecting on millors not prospering yet kindhearted. The Galveston Texan News notes scattered men in Northern Siberia and a temple idol feast costing $15,000 per year.
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