14 Nov 1902
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 14, 1902
Page
1
An essay examines why women may reject marriage offers initially. It argues responses depend on a woman's character, past experiences, and genuine intent. Instances show women say no to test sincerity, avoid pity proposals, or protect sisters and loved ones.
A satirical critique questions if girls should read and what kinds of reading suit them. The author argues pleasure guides reading value, contrasts high and low natures, and condemns the notion that magazines or newspapers are necessary for women. He suggests reading as occupation has limited merit for some, advocating practical work as better for many girls.
The text outlines three core requisites for effective oratory: clarity, force, and appeal. It discusses achieving clearness through translation and composition, cautions against artificial adornments, and guides on outlining before embellishing with apt devices such as vivid description, antithesis, and strong metaphors to engage an audience.
The article discusses how top executives in railways banks and trusts manage stress and select capable assistants while noting smaller business owners bear greater burdens and must handle tasks solo. It also covers bee pollination and honey production detailing complex plant insect interactions and fermentation processes shaping honey flavor.
The poem presents a lyrical serenade to Zuleika as the speaker calls upon her to hear his truelove tale. Evening violet veils the valley while the lover’s passion glows beneath a moonlit sky. The imagery blends sacred calls with romantic longing, ending with the rose garden’s wooing refrain.
Janet Kimbolton confronts the famed burglar Dandy Dick in a shadowed drawing room. He confesses a life of crime born from rebellion and poverty, seeking danger over virtue, and reveals a tragic past with a former lover who rose to wealth. She realizes his departure is permanent as he vanishes into the night, leaving her to return to her own life.
A New Orleans project plans hollow concrete blocks two thirds of their volume with a simple mould. The process uses sand and Portland cement, with a hinged mould that forms columns during tamping. Blocks air dry in a week, must avoid excess sun heat, and require daily moistening. Also included are pithy maxims and fashion notes on making and wearing coats.
The article covers animal well being and loss from neglect, potato yield economics, feeding variety for cattle, creating a simple farm cart, buying quality animals, farm scales value, and the impact of congested street crossings on productivity. It emphasizes cost of seed, feed efficiency, and practical farm equipment.
The sensational murder trial of Roland Burnham Molineux ends with a unanimous acquittal. Ten thousand celebrate outside the courtroom as he is freed after nearly four years, including time in Sing Sing. He returns to Brooklyn amid cheering crowds and family reunion.
New figures show a slight population shift in France for the year 1900 with a net decrease of 25 088 people. The 1901 change reflects fewer births than rising deaths, altering the overall balance.
The Rev. TIL Walker, longtime marriage celebrant famed for presiding over over two thousand weddings, died in Pelkin North Carolina at age sixty nine. He leaves a young wife and a one year old baby.
A fragmentary report describes a state declaration tied to a Bragilian defense of Balishing against Balisin in dispute over a valuable distiller. Names surface such as Nerve Cheha and Vode Life With Carbotte Ahl along with L. H. Homan, a resident farmer from Wkrow lite, linked to a fatal incident.
A digest of minor Washington items notes near completion of a Panama Canal treaty with Colombia. It mentions court rulings on Mancagni's orchestra, a presidential removal of a tax official for party bias, civil service reclassification talks, a reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland, and a Cabinet meeting in new White House offices. Other items cover court cases, military canteen praise, postal investigations, anti piracy efforts in the Philippines, and assorted crimes including a Columbus murder-suicide and embezzlement arrest. The battleship Alabama heads to Caribbean maneuvers amid regional unrest and disasters including thefts, cattle losses, and a fatal shooting near Sparta Tennessee.
Reports on Castro's Caracas entry and Venezuelan upheaval, Balfour's South Africa optimism, Bolivian syndicate ventures in Brazil, Doukhobor displacement in Canada, Colombian gunboat movements, Sir Marcus Samuel's Lord Mayor installation, Japan's tight budget, forged nobility patents case, Egyptian cholera decline, Cape Colony fire devastation, German earthenware merger talks, Scotia Antarctic expedition, Carnegie gift to Belfast, missionary death in Osbourne, exiled Russian students, and Andrew White's birthday greetings amid varied international tensions.
The dedication of the New York Chamber of Commerce new home featured speeches by President Theodore Roosevelt and former President Grover Cleveland. Roosevelt pressed for peaceful progress and industrial harmony while Cleveland spoke on civic duty and national unity. The event included a noon invocation, a luncheon, and a banquet with 600 attendees.
Gov elect of Kanens W W Bailey unable to wed before nomination says he searched for a wife with no success. Washington Druggs at a Sulelite and druggist William Grant Roe with stores in Washington report a death by self inflicted gunshot due to ill health. Grosvenor Out of Speakership Mace at Spring Herd Ohio indicates support for Cannon. Prince Climbe Vis Peak Crown Prince of Slamban reaches Pike's Peak at altitude 1000 feet.
In Trenton a 12 year old girl Mamie Dons Oghue, motherless, surrendered her seven siblings to Superintendent of the Poor Vandenberg stating desertion by their father. She cared for the 3 year old and a baby until illness forced her to stay, then the father’s arrest was sought. Also, a Bergen County marriage swap links John Smith and widow Mrs Peter Brower after years apart. Fire at Camden damages ships and plant, with $1,000,000 loss. State Grange plans large meeting in Trenton December 3. Arrest in Elizabeth for suspected attempt on Senator Kean, released intoxicated. Other notes report deaths, deer, muskrats, crops, and local happenings across New Jersey.
In Paraguay towns nearly all inhabitants engage in lace making taught two centuries ago by missionaries. Designs echo spider web patterns from caterpillar webs, with the craft surviving in manufacturing today under an Indian word meaning spider web. Belgian women earn low wages with most under thirty cents daily. only a small number earn above fifty or eighty cents.
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