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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1902
Page
1
Poem by Bolon M Richardson celebrates Thanksgiving at grandmother's house with vivid detail of smells, displays, and the warmth of the grandmotherly gathering. The verse invites readers to share in the aroma taste and sight, praising grandma's courtly hospitality on Thanksgiving Day.
A Milwaukee post office boy nightly asks if there is any mail for the Jenners, prompting a kind letter written by the office girl to Governor. The Governor arranges a charity drive with local children, delivering food and warm clothing to Bobby Jenner. On Thanksgiving, Jenner returns home with a donated bundle carried by a courier, reuniting with his son amid a town’s shared generosity.
A fragment from LUntper's Bagur recounts Miss Pickley-2l being told Thanksgiving dinner could fail yet Mrs. Criddelae notes an unintended outcome as a turkey is sliced in a meat-chopper incident. The piece preserves a humorous, period voice with informal dialogue and local flavor.
A fragmented verse notes a hummingbird and a stray line about praise and pride, presenting a rustic, imperfect glimpse of a folk style scene with misread spellings and playful imagery. The readable text centers on a humming-bird and a crowd, conveying a poetic mood rather than a clear narrative.
Practical tips on cleaning and preserving household items. Advice covers oilcloth care with brown paper, leather drying with absorbent powders, white felt hat and clothing stain removal using soda ammonia pipe clay chalk, and kerosene to remove fly specks. Also includes gasolene for cleaning porcelain sinks brassware, stone sinks, glassware, and bug elimination with careful staining of fabrics and fixtures.
The article lists detailed steps for Braised Fowl-Singe Rye Bread and Apple Pudding, including washing, salting, browning, basting, and thickening the pan liquid. It also describes cucumber with chicken forcemeat, plus a variety of Swiss hotel industry statistics and a note about the Poughkeepsie bridge paint color and a remark on the worldly woman.
The Supreme Court, in the J I Kelly and the American School of Magnetic Healing v McAnnuity, voids a Post Office fraud order, ruling treatment efficacy and ethical judgments are matters of opinion rather than fact. Justice Peckham delivered the opinion, addressing the public good and limits of the Postmaster General, with implications for Christian Science healing and mental healing debates.
Cotton prices fell by about one fifth of a cent per pound amid bearish speculation and strong crop estimates. Officials note wide variance in yield forecasts from ten to twelve million bales, with prices influenced by port movement and uncertain demand as the week compares to last year. A Swedish sailor on the Sumner, John Nystrom, died in San Francisco after rescuing a flag torn from a ship’s launch during a gale.
The firm C. C. Bigler & Sons of Powerhick County assigns for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities total 190000 dollars, assets valued at 200000 dollars. They have long been leading breeders of Thoroughbred Short-horn cattle in the West.
Fernand du Martherny secretary of Treganon at Rome named Swiss minister to the United States. Swiee Aioister takes up the post amid diplomatic ties and ceremonial duties in Washington.
Prominent people mentioned include M Rotvier the present French minister of finance who began as a book agent. A French translation of Theodore Roosevelt’s book arouses interest in Barks. Professor M I Papen of Columbia University who invented the ocean telephone began his career in Amelia. Dr Nanoen, Arctic explorer, announces a polar expedition for next year to King William Land on Greenland’s east coast. Senator Torrives in Ware ceptor Mang, once owned by John Hancock. The Duke of Buccleugh is noted as one of the world’s richest nobles owning 000 acres and a yearly income over 1 500 000. Speaker Wendopson notes Upper Town University at Fayette and plans private library mates. Mrs Wetty Creen, said to be the richest woman, institutes a mortgage of 12000 on a Chicago church seeking funds.
President Roosevelt failed to shoot a bear on the Mississippi chase after a six mile trek to the Big Sunflower River. Major Helm and Dr Lucy with Cortelyou scored a successful deer drive, killing a buck and a doe. The party prepared to depart Smidces for Memphis, with deer and bear to be sent to Washington.
Salt Lake City Utah reports the Minle terind Allance outlines a vigorous strategy to oppose Reed Smoot’s U S Senate bid. The group plans to mobilize Mormons statewide and pursue a national petition to bar Smoot, an apostle, from Congress, aiming to mirror the Brigham Roberts fight.
European weather turns brutally cold with London at thirty two degrees and easterly gales. Vienna records fourteen Fahrenheit with heavy snow on the Semmering Pass. Bohemian and Moravian regions face deeper freezes and crops at risk as Russia sees rivers locked. Austria Switzerland and Germany report widespread frost and ice while Adriatic winds sweep the coast.
Fragmented dispatches report a mix of international events including a Moroccan conflict with the Pasha halted, Buffalo court ruling on a barber’s fine, Chilean court approval of a guessing contest legality, discovery of coal beds near Rosario, pension grants in Sudan and France, University of Chicago absorbing Rita Medica College upon fundraising, Italian brigand mapsulin starving, Indianapolis arsenal site sale, Bloomington building a single‑door schoolhouse, and Dutch approval to build submarines for twenty five years.
Inspector General J C Breckenridge praised generals in the Philippines and said Army progress continues across departments. Lieutenant George B Tee resigns after ten years in naval service. he is a Kentuckian. Payne of New York announces bid for Speaker of the Fifty Eighth Congress. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury awards W C and C G Barton of St Louis the contract to erect the Government building at the Louisiana Purchase Exposition.
The telegrams report a wide range of events from the Philippines treasury losses and imperial policy to volcanic eruptions at Kilauea, cholera in the Philippines, deportations of Chinese workers, and political shifts. Also noted are jail escapes, bank fires, strikes, notable court cases, and a high-profile divorce suit in progress.
A collage of brief 19th century items: Prince Edward of Saxe-Weimar dies at seventy nine in London. funeral of Viceroy Yiu Kun Yi in Nanking draws foreign and native tribute. Austrian court allows possible invalidation of a marriage due to religious difference. Santa Maria eruption in Guatemala reportedly kills hundreds. 60,000 Belgians and Americans may visit Delhi for coronation, high prices deter many. Spanish gendarmerie arrests anarchists after outbreaks near Gibraltar. composer Lierro Maseagol seeks intercession in the United States without response. trade in France shows lower imports but higher exports over ten months. Jeremiah Buckley of Limerick jailed four months. Chateau d Ey destroyed by fire. Emperor William inherits wealth from Dresden. German Reichstag adopts ballot voting to prevent obstruction. various fugitives captured off Venezuela. British squadron sails to Morocco amid Kabyle uprisings. an officer fires in Chamber of Deputies. Czar invites ambassadors to call on him in a gesture toward the United States.
Trenton Supreme Court upholds 1900 act condemning private lakes in Sussex County for public fishing. Other stories note typhoid fears in Trenton, a Newark Bible society canvass finding 3000 homes without church ties or Bibles, and election results showing New Jersey leaning Republican with notable margins for Loudenslager and Gardner. Also report boardwalk widening in Atlantic City, local legal cases, and community updates across counties.
The article notes hair counts vary by color. Light hair totals about 140000 to 165000, dark hair around 105000, and red hair about 20000, implying red hair is coarser but less prone to balding. It compares men and women and mentions aging patterns.
The article notes five additional atmospheric elements besides oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide. It lists argon neon helium krypton and xenon as present in the air.
Chicago pupils walk out in protest at multiple schools including Andrew Jackson Washburne Tilden Garfeld and Jones as parents teachers and school board clash over alleged delays recess rights and classroom conditions. In Bloomington Illinois twelve students expelled for a color rush trigger a mass walkout at the high school with others joining at noon.
Eddie Wilbert ten son of EF A Wilbert of Atoo Wayne County Pennsylvania killed a deer in his father's field. The boy threw a stone breaking a leg, clubbed the animal, then took a table carving knife to cut the deers throat. The doe weighed about 130 pounds.
Edward Butler a St Louis millionaire and Democratic leader was found guilty in Columbia Mo after a change of venue. The jury sentenced him to three years in the penitentiary for attempting to bribe two members with 27 each to win a vote on a garbage contract. An appeal will be taken.
Washington March 14 United States Minister to Guatemala Dr. W Winter Hunter tendered his resignation to the President who accepted it Leslie Combes Pension Agent at Louisville was chosen to succeed Hunter who is also Minister to Honduras Combes will also assume that post Hunter has led a stormy diplomatic career in Central America since 1897 and the post pays 910000 a year
Four men attempted a southbound Monon Express robbery at Cyclone Indiana. Engineer Pute kept the train at speed after torpedoes were struck, firing revolvers as the crew and passengers escaped. Deputies captured four suspects named Charles Johnson James Mack Frank Smith and Harry Gray who claimed Cincinnati residences.
The Philippine Commission passed a law making highway robbery by three or more persons a capital offense. Conviction requires no proof of the actual crime. mere band formation suffices. Severe penalties target aiding brigands and related crimes. The report also notes an airship ascent by Lebandy brothers near Moisson France and a French coal miners strike nearing end with two-thirds returning to work.
The boot and shoe factories remain well sapped with orders, keeping most fully employed until after the year turns. They have work lined up as far ahead as March 1. Wholesalers demand quick deliveries, signaling sustained activity in distributing to consumers.
Governor Odell speaking in Albany says he supports Senator Platt for another term in the United States Senate.
A cholera outbreak at Vitth Talantry in Manila has caused several soldier fatalities and raised fears of a broader recrudescence. Meanwhile the Vondon Vallyxpress reports that Colonial Secretary Chamberlain aims to secure British control over Rhodesia during his South African visit.
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