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Newspaper

Cranbury Press

Location

Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America

Date

Nov 30, 1906

Page

4

Changing Weather Calls for Body Adaptation in November

The article emphasizes how temperate-climate populations must adjust to cooling temperatures as November brings shorter days and colder nights. It discusses physiological effects including reduced sweating and kidney strain, and promotes Peruna as a remedy claimed to support the body's response and kidney function during seasonal change. It also mentions unrelated anecdotes about dogs collecting charity money, deafness remedies, a beetle-caused engine whistle incident, and colorful local definitions and quotes.

Europe America Hartman

Doctor’s Health Trial Shows Grape-Nuts Benefit

A overworked Ohio doctor recounts breakdown from two jobs and stress. He credits Grape-Nuts with rapid, lasting improvement in weight and endurance, eating it for breakfast and sometimes dinner, with cream and a pinch of salt or sugar. The pamphlet The Road to Wellville is shared with patients.

Ohto Noart Wellville Postum Co Battle Creek Mich

Secret life of recluse revealed by death

A New Bedford bookseller William J. Smith’s death exposed the vanished George Yeaton Sawyer Jr. as the missing heir of Supreme Court Justice Sawyer. Sawyer, a Yale graduate and former NH lawyer, died after an alcohol lamp explosion during a vapor bath. His life was marked by isolation, a noted love affair, and a late occupation running a small bookstore.

New Bedford Mass George Yeaton Sawyer, Jr Supreme Court Justilee Sawyer Nashua N. H William J. Smith Smith Sawyer Roland Ashley Aghley Mrs. Hubbard Nashur Wee New York Baltimore New Hampshire Georgia

China ends opium use with stringent regulations

Pekin imposes eleven edicts to end opium cultivation and use within ten years. No new cultivation, annual one tenth reduction, and all users must register with consumption tracked. Only registered individuals may buy opium and starting use after the edict is prohibited.

Pekin China Yuan Shi-Kai

Curzon Interest in Estate Details Arranged in 1895

Details of the 1895 marriage settlement between Lord George Curzon and Mary Lester have surfaced. Lady Curzon received income from 1.75 million dollars invested in property and bonds, with Lord Curzon to receive one third on her death and the remainder to go to their three children Mary Irene Cynthia and Alexander. Lord Curzon will travel to Washington then sail to England.

Chicago George Curzon Mary Lester Lord—Gurron Robert—Tbincoln Joseph Lester Lady Curzon Lord Curzon Washington England

Chimpanzee Fever Link Shocks Tropical Research

Liverpool reports from the School of Tropical Medicine in Brazil confirm chimpanzees can be infected with yellow fever via mosquitoes. The finding is deemed highly significant for understanding the disease. A separate Chicago group proposes annexing Canada and establishing reciprocal trade to remove tariffs. In Knoxville a Federal jury finds Carl Berger not guilty of peonage charges.

Liverpool Eng School of Tropical Medicine Brazil Canada British Association of Illneis Chicago Carl Berger R. B. Oliver Knoxville Tenn

Sweeping challenge from Traymond Mayer to introller skate experts

Sporting Brevities notes Traymond Mayer issues a sweeping challenge to introller skate experts while Jockey Notter rides for J M Walden to New Orleans. The Madison Square Garden all day bicycle race runs December 9 to 15 in New York.

Traymond Mayer Introller Notter J. M. Walden New Orleans Madison Square Garden New York City Jim Jeffries Philadelphia Jack O'Brien Tommy Burns Paci A. C Los Angeles Calfy Collie Commodore Washington, D.C John M. P Desert Chief England America Sir Charles Nugent Brewix New York Wylie Grant Layland Brooklyn Castleton Stud Farm Kentucky Florida East Coast Daytona Beach Anoglivh Oxford Cambridge Meander Law Isaac ¥. Baker Jo Great Meadow Farm Comstocks N.Y

Wage increases sweep New England mills and Steel Trust raises pay

In Fall River Massachusetts thirty thousand mill operatives win a ten percent higher wage under a six month scale affecting seventy corporations and ninety two mills plus Iron Works. Independence of C D Borden led the move avoiding a strike. In Pittsburgh the Steel Trust plans a ten cent daily rise for common labor starting January 1 with notices posted December 1.

Pall River Mass Manufacturers’ Association New England Steel Trust Pittsburg

Diaz Demands Executions in Mexican Outrage Case

Galveston dispatch says President Diaz ordered Governor Cardenas and others to execute leaders linked to the Ji minez outrage and revolutionary movement. Gonzales, Marques, and Castro of El Mensajes are implicated. Texas seeks extradition and explanation after rearrest by federal officers.

Galveston Texas Mexico City Diaz Cardenas Jiminez Gonzales Marquez Castro el Mensajes Lanham

Ice Trust pleads and laughs as fines imposed

In Judge Wilson's court five Ice Trust defendants pleaded non vult contendre to conspiring to fix ice prices. Each fined $75 and costs. Seven others were discharged at the district attorney's request. Two defendants were allowed to leave with future prosecution threatened.

Philadelphia Trust Philadelphia Ice Trust Wilson Costa Bell

Canada Ends Postal Pact With United States

Canada ends postal agreement with the United States over publisher privileges. Ottawa notifies Washington that the pact will be abrogated on May 7, only affecting second class mail. Canada will seek new regulations and may renew talks on the second class matter.

Washington, D. C

Another Blow to Oil Trust in Findlay

Judge Silas E Harin granted a writ of alternative mandamus against Buckeye Pipe Line Co. Attorney-General Ellis seeks to compel transport of oil for any producer without discrimination. It is alleged Buckeye charges 20 cents per barrel while Standard Oil pays nothing.

Findlay Ohio Silas E. Harin Circuit Court Buckeye Pipe Line Company Wade H. Ellis Standard Oil Company Standard

Man and Wife Sentenced for Insurance Murder at Wray

In Wray Colorado Garrett Van Wyk and his wife receive life imprisonment for the murder of Miss Gerret Haast to obtain her life insurance. The case centers on the couple’s plot to profit from the victim’s death.

Gerret Haast Garrett van Wyk Wray, Col

King George Welcomed in Rome by State Dignitaries

Reports say King George of Greece was welcomed in Rome by King Victor Emmanuel Premier Gioletti Foreign Minister Tittoni and other state dignitaries. Accompanied by King Victor Emmanuel he toured the city in a cuirassier escorted procession.

King George Greece Rome Viector Emmanuel Gioletti Tittoni Visconti-Venosta Victor Emmanuel George

Railroads report record profits exceed a billion

The Interstate Commerce Commission released figures for the year ended June 30 1906 showing railroads in the United States earned a gross 2 319 760 030 with net earnings of 7 7 496 577 and dividends rising. Passenger income reached 618 555 834 while freight brought in 1 640 942 862, marking a dramatic rise over 1905 and rivaling government receipts.

Washington, D. C United States Interstate Commerce Commission Ng Ines Census Bureau Commission Congress Pullman Palace Car Company

Russians Stop Registered Mails and Parade Unveiling

The Russian government ends money in registered mails due to heavy losses from robberies. A Wade Hampton statue unveiling parade preceded by an elyle military event occurs in Columbia South Carolina. Various notes include deaths, appointments, and social happenings across multiple locales and figures.

Coal supply will last for thousands of years says survey

Washington officials of the Geological Survey declare coal is abundant and will not exhaust for 4000 to 5000 years. They cite U S production figures from 1866 to 1905 and compare per capita coal output with population growth, stressing a vast, enduring national resource.

Washington,d. C Geological Survey United States Isis

Wrights Claim First Practical Flying Machine Spark Debate

Alexander Graham Bell at a National Academy of Sciences meeting credited the Wright brothers of Dayton with a practical flying machine. He compared them to Langley as the first to achieve sustained heavier than air flight with a 1896 experiment, noting the Wrights’ October 1908 flight of about a quarter mile and the craft’s 37 mph pace and stability issues at slower speeds.

Toston Mass Alexander Graham Bell Telephone Fame Wright Brothers Dayton Ohio National Academy of Sciences Harvard Medical Society Langley Orville Wilbur Wright CNT

First official House membership tally for the sixtieth Congress

The Clerk of the House released the initial report showing Republicans with a majority of 38. Republican membership is 222 and Democratic is 164, counting Charles McGavin's victory over Stanley Kuntz in Illinois eighth district.

Washington House of Representatives House Charles AtcGavin Stanley Kuntz Wlinois Official Board of Canvassers

Engineer Takes Blame for Woodville Wreck at Commission

Frank Detnant, engineer of the first section of the Valparaiso Woodville wrecked train, testified he received no signal reply yet proceeded after whistling. He admitted full responsibility for the disaster that caused sixty three deaths, stating he trusted the freight train would clear the track.

Valparaiso Ind Frank Detnant Woodville Indiana Raiload Commission

Governor Harris backs income tax and inheritance tax act

Ohio Governor Harris says he will urge the Legislature to levy a state income tax if a constitutionally sound law can be enacted. He also favors reactivating the inheritance tax, repealed by the current Legislature. Paragraphs note other global and national items including Paris weather, Italian Freemasons, Brazil’s new president, and aviation predictions.

Calumbus Ohio Harris

Trade in Canned Goods Increases at Home and Abroad

The Bureau of Statistics reports 1906 exports of canned foods at over 18 million dollars, up sixty percent since 1896. Canned beet and salmon dominate, with fruit, milk, pork, vegetables, and caviar also shipped. UK remains largest customer while Tropics Orient see rising demand. Hawaii Porto Rico and Alaska bought 1.25 million dollars worth.

Washington Bureau of Statistics Department of Commerce and Labor United States Tropics Orient United Kingdom Hawaii Porto Rico Alaska

Cape Cod Cranberry Growers Set Prices for Crop

Cape Cod cranberry growers announce prices at 8 dollars per barrel for ordinary fruit and 3.50 for choice fruit. The harvest is expected around 250000 barrels, about 100000 barrels more than last year and well above earlier estimates.

Cape Cod

Prune Growers Prosper in California Record Crop Year

California prune growers expect 1906 receipts to rise by 2.55 million dollars over 1905, with a total due of 1.05 million for 180 million pounds of prunes. The report notes abundant production and prices around three and a half cents per pound, marking a profitable pruning season.

California Herrick Ohio Roosevelt Connecticut San Francisco Panama New York Pullman Company von Bugelaw Reichstag Germany Anngreen Santos-Damnont Japan Hawaii

President Roosevelt Tours Porto Rico Route

President Roosevelt traveled from Ponce to San Juan in six and a half hours stopping at major towns along the way. He urged citizenship for Porto Ricans and self government under union and liberty, while crowds cheered and children sang America. Officials welcomed him in Ponce and San Juan, where citizens gathered for speeches and ceremonies.

Travel Ponce San Juan America Roosevelt Porto Rico Colon Louisiana Winthrop Oppenheimer City Trail Rooseveltigh School Longworth Industrial School

Skyscraper Death Toll in Chicago Rises

The Bridge and Structural Iron Workers' Union reports 156 of its 1358 members either killed or disabled in hazardous work as 1905 saw more fatalities and injuries. Secretary O'Brien cites a busier building season and hurried work as causes, with most deaths from falls from steel structures in downtown Chicago.

Chicago O'Brien

One Man Holds Up Danek Bank in Newton Kansas

Bank clerks at Midland Bank of Newton were robbed of 1000 dollars by a single gunman who presented a letter to cashier Herman Suderman and threatened death if detainment occurred. He corralled six to seven patrons into the vault before escaping with currency in sight.

Newton, Kan Midland Bank of Newton Herman Suderman

Freight house murder report in Indianagalls near Indianapolis

Arm strong, an assistant cashier at the Cincinnati Blunt on and Dayton Railroad freight house, was shot and killed in his office. Karl Wilson was arrested nearby after a struggle. Cartridges matched the revolver but investigators doubt Armstrong’s murder. Wilson is held for further inquiry.

Indianagalls Indianapoli Ind Wiley Armatrong Cincinnati, Blunton and Dayton Karl Wilson Wera Kin Armstrong Armstrong Wilson

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