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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 18, 1906
Page
4
An item details a wedding gift from the emperor to Prince Witel Fritz, a heavily chased Argo silver Inkstand. The piece is described as exceptionally decorative. A mention notes a Chinese destroyer near Canton and a steamer Talon involved in a crew incident.
A. T. Stotts of Columbus Ohio recalls fifteen years of kidney troubles with backaches and urinary disorders. After a collapse he used Deans Kidney Pills and within months regained health, now weighing 188 pounds. He reports twelve boxes left and two years of wellness. Sold by all dealers at 60 cents a box. Foster Miller Co Buffalo N Y. Drew Up by Proxy. T J McEachern’s death reported and life policies paid, but investigations show Robert Speed killed two days earlier and McEachern alive. authorities arrest him for discharge. Fraternal societies confirm the misidentification and policy payout remains questioned.
An 1905 Hutchinson notice relays W M Chidester's psoriasis battle across body patches. After using Caticura Soap, Vintment, and Resolvent, he claims complete cure in thirty days, five years past. The piece shifts to moral and public notices, including excerpts from sermons and book ads.
An old coffee taper finds quitting coffee hard but Postum offers a smoother transition. The copy extols Postum Food Coffee as a nourishing, nonpoisonous drink that replaces coffee within ten days to two weeks, claiming nerve relief and better health.
A telegraph operator in Glambtee, Georgia, opened fire during an eighteen hour rampage across Fulton and DeKalb counties, wounding several and killing a man, before retreating to Dunwoody. Posse engagement ended with Clark shooting himself. Nellie Gay denied any affection for him as the siege closed.
An ecclesiastical court in Rochester has suspended Rev Dr Crapsey, rector of St Andrew's Church, after finding him guilty of heresy. Four judges favored suspension. one abstained. He may appeal to the court of review, which could stay the sentence. The court accused him of impugning core Christian doctrines in Religion and Politics and other extracts, violating his vows.
Report from London notes a futile bid to reach a compromise with Turkey over the Ta Hak boundary. Britain keeps ships at Phulorin Bay while delimited frontier questions unfold, and Egypt may bolster defenses near the Suez to deter any shift westward.
General Greely informed the Finance Committee he expects to withdraw all Regular Army on duty in San Francisco by theater time. He cites relief efforts and Red Cross readiness, with two or three refugee camps remaining, as food for 30,000 is cooked on the streets and East relief contributions aid recovery. Debris clearing progresses with able-bodied men at work.
In Success Hill area four powder magazines of the Pilon Metlie Cartridge Company exploded, causing houses to detach, trees to topple, and crowds to flee in panic. No injuries directly from blasts reported. one death cited of a railroad signalman. Shocks felt across Connecticut with tremors remembered in East Hampton.
In Crawford Nebraska Troops of the Tenth United States Cavalry a black regiment from Fort Robinson clashed with a cowboy mob trying to lynch Sergeant Reed held for the murder of Marshal Arthur A Moss. Murders were shot by the soldiers guarding the jail as cowboys gathered all day in the cattle country.
The report combines violent incidents in St. Petersburg and Warsaw with U.S. Supreme Court action on Chicago traction, large gifts for arts and infrastructure, and varied international political and economic notes. The mixed items cover assassinations, bomb attacks, legal decisions, philanthropy, and global affairs in a dense, era-typical collage.
Three hundred thirty two whitecappers indicted for manadation in Amite and other counties face trial in Jackson Mississippi. They have been sentenced to three months’ imprisonment and a fine of twenty five dollars each. Governor Vardaman’s policy exposed conspirators and quelled the disorder.
Sacramento reports that Grant, cashier of the New York National Exchange Bank, placed $20,000 in the lands of George W. Pettler to be used for relief outside San Francisco. Pettler says the money will likely go to Santa Rosa, San Jose and other locations lacking aid from San Francisco's general relief fund.
In Federal Court the General Paper Company known as the Western Paper Trust surrendered its case after the government suit to dissolve it over interstate commerce schemes. The court ordered dissolution. the suit began in 1904 but was delayed by witness refusals. The U S Supreme Court later required testimony.
Carl Schurz former Secretary of the Interior died at his home 24 East Ninetysecond Street New York City aged seventy seven after a year of illness. He rose from German refugee to soldier statesman author editor and revolutionary and remained a central force in public life through the era.
The former president declared he would never run again for president. He spoke after addressing the National Conference of Charities and Corrections and noted his resignation to political ambitions. The article also mentions lawsuits and various sports notes from Philadelphia and other cities.
A dynamite accident at Shenandoah City Works in Mahanoy City Pennsylvania leaves five laborers dead and nineteen injured. The blast occurred roughly 200 yards from the slope on the East Buel Mountain vein operated by Reading Company. All five victims were Hungarian men.
In Pittsburgh contracts were let for the expenditure of 3,000,000 to open extensive bodies of coking coal in Washington County Pennsylvania. The project is estimated to contain about 200,000,000 tons.
A fragment notes an anchor incident involving the Standard Oil Company under the North River near New York, with a pipe and a secret revase mentioned. The readable text is garbled and lacks clear facts or entities beyond the company and location.
A sweeping Interstate Commerce Commission inquiry exposes Standard Oil Company tactics to control trade through bribed clerks, fake firms and secret rebates. Testimony details price cutting, specific regional schemes in Illinois Indiana and other states, and ties to Santa Fe railroad practices.
The report notes nzno winning the Targa trophy at Paloro Italy while other sports items mention George Slosson defeating George Sutton in billiards in Baltimore, August Belmont’s equine plans, Jay Gould defeating Vane Pennell in tennis, and various academic and athletic notes.
Reported notes include Senator McCarren's $25,000 aid claim for a city street project, Samuel L. Clemens buying a summer home, King Edward and President Paiteres in Paris, and Chancellor Day condemning a Standard Oil message. Other items mention birthdays, retirements, and royal coronation guests with Jersey City officials in civic mentions.
A garbled OCR page lists varied farm products with prices for poultry, eggs, fruits, vegetables, grains, and livestock. Items include Turkeys per pound, Pigeons per pair, Ducks per pound, Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes, Cabbages, Onions, Carrots, Lettuce, Lettuce and berries, Strawberries, apples, pears, and poultry terms. Regional pricing hints appear across a broad catalog format with unit measures and price figures.
Dun's Index of commodity prices shows May 1 level at 10,059 and April 1 reading at 106,000 with 97,862 a year ago. Despite a slight April decline, overall prices remain at a twenty year high, up 8.7 percent vs August 1905, with declines in dairy, garden products, meats, and a late surge in metals and burlap loading.
The Japanese government will maintain additional customs and consumption duties for war purposes beyond the December deadline, extending them for an indefinite period. Details note automob ile and railway car use in Alaska related to state plans and a few local trade items cited, including a pearl sale in the Wabash area and a North American tea shipment from Somerville, South Dakota.
Argentina maintains a standing navy of about twenty thousand sailors and forty six vessels. The TAme forces manned by the TAme appear in the report, with twelve vessels listed under Seat sailors and a crew of twenty eight thousand.
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