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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1919
Page
2
A broad summary notes progress of the world and legislative happenings at the national capital, with brief mentions of electoral and policy developments across the country. The report emphasizes ongoing governance and notable political events shaping national affairs.
Paris press voices gloom over possible Anglo French defense pact fallout and a sense France would stand alone against a vengeful Germany. Other items report U S Senate rejection of Versailles pact, Britain ratifying to aid France, and Wilson’s forthcoming message to Congress.
Congress confronts a heavy legislative agenda in a presidential year with key measures stalled in the Senate over the peace treaty. The House Immigration Committee probes Red propaganda and deportation delays at New York port amid rising smuggling. President Wilson orders resumption of food control to avert a sugar famine and urges cost cuts. Mexico tensions rise as the note demands Consular Agent Jenkins’s release and threatens bilateral relations. Coal miners reject arbitration after wage and hour demands.
Governor Smith calls for state control of the milk business at a meeting with milk distributors and community councils in New York. Carter Glass says certificates of indebtedness at 4 1 2 percent will resume, amid the soft coal miners’ strike. Steel workers’ strike appears to have failed, coal shortages persist, and October exports rise to 652 million dollars with a 35 million increase.
The annual Harvard Yale game drew 50 000 spectators as Harvard defeated Yale 10 to 3 at Cambridge. The report notes other fall sports and boxing headlines from the era including Minnesota over Michigan and Mike O Dowd beating Mike Gibbons in St Paul.
Paris fails to provide room for 339 new deputies returning to the French chamber. In other notes, Vienna merchants sell goods only for German marks, while La Valle Hall at the University of Montreal burns, $400000 loss covered by insurance. Monarchs and councils discuss peace and armistice terms amid global unrest.
Debates over the Versailles treaty and Lodge reservations dominate the session as Wilson refuses compromise. Republicans and some Democrats defeat unreserved ratification and mild reservations, with the war end to be revisited at the next session.
An advertisement extols Green's August Flower as a world renowned household remedy for constipation liver trouble and nervous dyspepsia. It asserts several symptoms respond to a few doses and notes the product is a gentle laxative sold by druggists in civilized countries.
A fragmented reminiscence notes a boy who set bent pins to trap sitters. It says he has grown into a man who scatters glass in the streets and laughs at the punctured. The piece reflects on changed behavior and consequences of mischief.
A light exchange contrasts nostalgia with homesickness in witty banter. The speaker notes a friend grips nostalgia mildly while another says the ache is only a stronger homesick feeling. The line highlights comic mood about longing and memory.
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