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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1901
Page
1
A compact verse from Frank L. Stanton celebrates Southern pride and unity, portraying a rising nationstate with flag unfurled on mountains and ships returning with harvests. It casts the South as vibrant, free, and linked to the Union through heritage, strength, and hopeful abundance.
Gilbert Keith visits Mrs Muncie seeking a rest and mail. Miss Margaret Jardine arrives to stay and help, bringing new plans and crafts. The two women bond as Margaret volunteers to make preserves and, amid mistaken box pickups, rekindles old ties, with jelly in transit and a hopeful future.
A whimsical recounting follows Mr Keith and Miss Jardine in Melton as a box of magazines is repurposed into jelly by a kindly Mrs Munce. Margaret Jardine arrives, meets old friends, and learns of Rosemont. The tale shifts to a discussion of naval armor and projectile advances, from tempered steel to Krupp armor and soft nose projectiles, highlighting a long history of arms innovation.
An article notes the potential impact of telephone unification on diplomatic and commercial relations. Long distance lines already connect capitals, promising quicker intercapital communication, reduced doubts, and fewer misinterpretations in formal diplomacy, while Turkey’s lack of telephones is cited as a factor in opaque events and mystery.
An early overview traces polo's rise in the United States from its Turkish and Persian roots. It contrasts English pony breeding with American stock, detailing training methods from mallet work to ball recall and noting the high cost and solidity of English ponies versus affordable American cow ponies.
A fragment discusses a three story building at Lexington Kentucky, noting its cornerstone date and design purpose. It mentions Atlanta conventions and a prevalence of widows, including some under ten, though the text is garbled and contains unclear references to persons and events.
The excerpt discusses farm topics including fence setting with proper post installation, wintering bees in a cellar to control temperature, and cellar risks like mice and moisture. It notes avoiding overheating hives to prevent honey loss, and suggests sheltering hives under a shed to protect from sun and wind while preventing overheating. It also mentions a movable green fodder rack used at the fodder price end, wheelable to pasture or barnyard.
A compilation of farming notes on cheap poultry feeds, using oats wheat corn barley and other grains, and guidance on selecting the cheapest cost per output. Also advice on frost protection for vines and profitable strategies for selling or feeding oats and stock, with emphasis on well bred colts, pasture and hay, and careful feeding to promote growth.
A fragmented reminiscence contrasts old hotels in Charleston with New York’s finest. It notes the rise of private baths in late nineteenth century America, once a mark of civilization, and laments changing standards as public and private facilities proliferate amid urban growth.
The assassin of President McKinley, Leon Czolgosz, was put to death at Auburn Prison at 1:12 a.m. Tuesday. The electric chair delivered 170 volts three times, with doctors present and witnesses noting his calm demeanor and final statement that he did not feel sorry. Autopsy showed a healthy body and the corpse was buried after precautions to destroy evidence.
Fragmentary OCR shows an anal fragment discussing a parliamentary session with references to United Kingdom figures and a tense climate regarding peace. It mentions alleged threats attributed to Limperor Williams and a German press debate about consequences of commercial tremor.
Washington DC authorities reveal a nationwide penny counterfeiting ring led by William Weiner with profits of about seventy five cents per dollar of pennies. Key figures include Israel Usher in Boston and the Lerner family in Baltimore and New York. The operation used a Brooklyn attic plant and involved a network across New York, Boston, Baltimore, and beyond.
Nine year old Tawrence Fox played Santa Claus at the cost of his life. His three year old brother was nearby when a chimney aperture collapsed, trapping him. The boy entered the second floor back bedroom opening and fell, the shaft filled with fuel oil and debris. He died after frantic attempts to recover his passage and was held in the aperture for about half an hour before relief arrived.
Boer states seek Restoring normal life in colonies with repopulation plans while Milner warns the war may not be over. Canada’s justice minister disputes Britain’s fortification moves under the Monroe Doctrine. Reports include escaped prisoners, moonshine arrests, a $5000 safe theft, a 21 foot whale caught near Newport, and Boer execution news.
Ambassadors and officials appear in a flood of notes. Andrew White sails farewell at the State Department while Navy plans push consolidation and expansion. Theft, accidents, resignations, and drought headlines mix with international concerns and political shifts across a tense week.
Washington reports Lieutenant General Oral Miles details total army strength of 13. million 874 thousand with 33 874 in the United States 43 230 in the Philippines 4 914 in Cuba and remaining detachments in Porto Rico Hawaii China and Alaska He notes Cuba reductions and possible cuts in the Philippines while criticizing the artillery corps structure and War Department management urging decentralization and restored subordinate command to improve administration.
Secretary Cortelyou outlines the White House social schedule with January events listed from New Year’s reception to a grand ball for Miss Alice Roosevelt on February 9. The season marks the first time the home is officially called the White House and omits the usual Shrave Tuesday public reception.
London reports the Anglo-American commission settlement after resumed talks with Sir John Ardigh. United States receives 40000, Germany 150000, Austria 15000, Russia 20500, Spain 7600, Sweden and Norway 5000, Denmark 1250, Switzerland 1250, Belgium 4000, total for forty American claimants. Newton Crane calls the outcome favorable for most claimants, with fifteen parties aided.
Washington reports the Department of Agriculture estimates next fiscal year at 4 788 740, up almost 1 million from the current 3 802 420. Weather Bureau totals rise to 1 218 000 with salary hikes and vegetable pathology funding up. Forestry increases to 280 150 and boll investigation gains 31 000 amid expanding duties. Reports from drought areas note rain improving conditions, while xenial international tensions and assorted local items appear in mixed dispatches.
The state auditor released an annual report covering 163 manufacturing enterprises for the year ending September 1, 1901. Of these, 119 are current plants and 34 are enlargements, with capital invested about $9 million and 18,000 additional jobs. Industries span machinery, silk, oils, leather, pottery, glass, tobacco, textiles, electricals, and more, centered in Newark, Jersey City, Hoboken, Paterson, and Passaic with growth also noted in rail-connected towns.
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