02 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1903
Page
1
In a sunlit scene two lovers debate a woman’s code of honor as a man’s past fails him. A friend’s letters, a dying architect, and a doomed romance unfold through tense exchanges and a final twist that tests loyalty and truth. Edith’s sharp stance seals a heartbreaking choice about love and propriety.
Figures from Professor Gottlieb show Jews totaling 10,431,829 worldwide. America hosts about 1.73 million in the United States, with other countries in North and South America listed. Europe totals over 3.8 million across many nations. Asia records about 348,077 across several regions. Africa and Australia have smaller but notable communities. The study projects distribution to Palestine for settlement aims amid persecution concerns.
A page of aphorisms and quotations from Goethe to Addison, Socrates to Plato, praising self-improvement, virtue, patience, and duty. The selections urge inner change before moving the world, celebrate public life and family, and view death as a companion to enduring work and love.
A study of velvet use in high fashion notes velvet hats dominate new models with darker shades and light creams used as trims. It also covers training children to care for hair, stressing brushing routines and personal hygiene, and discusses women architects recommendations for education and domestic focus.
A fragment discusses dental hygiene with advice on myrrh in rinse water, brushing directions for upper and lower teeth, and cautions about charcoal. It shifts to a long literary aside about Lord Salisbury and his wife, praising her influence, tact, and steadfast support as exemplary of strong, supportive spouses in England.
A Philadelphia Record fashion note extols mauve as a versatile, elegant color for morning and evening wear. It highlights mauve dresses, crepe de chine fabrics, velvet trims, medallion accessories, and coordinated items including shoes, stockings, gloves, parasols, and a taffeta parasol with hem stitching.
The article surveys autumn and winter millinery, noting sailor shapes, ostrich feathers, velvet windings, and new color palettes. It highlights mauve and white hats, plumes, toques, yurbans, and picture hats, with elaborate trims like lace, chenille, and rosettes, plus a Dickens House auction in Portsmouth for a future museum.
A remark in Lord Salisbury’s presence prompts a sharp recall of the Philistines being struck down by the Jawbone of an ass. The exchange highlights his famed repartee and the value of hard work as antidote to fatigue.
A collection of farming tips on egg washing and packaging for higher returns, feeding and fattening sheep and hogs, manure value estimates, poultry disease remedies, and practical notes on forage crops and market timing. Includes commentary on tax incentives affecting hogs, and a reflection on the social role of children and parenthood.
A collection of humorous quips and jokes from era periodicals. Dialogs include social satire about class, economy, and romance with Crisp wits and parlor humor reflecting early 20th century life. Read as light weekly amusement from press selections.
A compilation of witty exchanges and quips from various papers. Juvenile romance and social manners appear in brief snippings. The snippets showcase light, era style humor with playful banter on marriage rings birthdays and expectations.
A collage of quoted lines mocks legal writing and daily absurdities. It includes jumbled dialogue about briefs and weights, a New Yorker quip about maps, a judge remark, and a gossiping exchange between Edyth and Charlie. The piece shifts to mosquitos and a collage of local lines. It ends with a chaotic description of Chinese Decoration Day rituals in Chinatown with graves, incense, and feasting.
A Ferguson Construction Company payroll robbery near West Middletown ends in a deadly dynamite blast on a road trail. Superintendent Ferguson and bookkeeper Martin die or are wounded as highwaymen hide in bushes and trigger the charge as a buggy passes. Suspects, believed Polish, are arrested near the construction camp as authorities pursue the rest of the gang.
A Denver Catholic parish was notified that $52000 placed in Cripple Creek mining stocks while under Father Callania’s management dwindled. He confessed and bore full responsibility, saying he acted without parish consent. Catholics hope to build the cathedral, currently hindered by funds tied up elsewhere.
Former Assemblyman Alten of New Jersey died in his wagon behind his Broad Street home from a bullet wound. A pistol lay nearby, his frail health said to have led to suicide. Alten, over seventy, once served as prosecutor for Monmouth County and was a state legislator in 1811 and 1854.
The president and Mrs Roosevelt spent a day near Oyster Bay and Sayville, riding and bowing to locals while the president conducts business away from the village offices. A German tugboat tows an Italian bark, and Secretary Shaw tells Maryland bankers there will be no monetary stringency this fall.
The Treasury bought 240000 ounces of silver for Philippine coinage at 9.75 cents per ounce. Immigration to the U S rose sharply in August 1903 with 64977 arrivals vs 45549 a year earlier. Minnesota seeks an appeal against the Northern Securities Company. Senator Foraker and Representative Dick express confidence in a Republican Ohio victory.
In Elwood Weymouth area nearly two hundred Italian pickers share a cran berry bog, with two new baby boys named for company leaders John J. Albertson and John Z. Irving. A Somerville man William Brown dies after a head injury near Hamilton Street. cause under investigation. Victorian Dorsky of Trenton dies measuring sugar amid a tirade against city ordinances. The will of Montclair’s Caroline W. Sweet probated, leaving $250,000 with large legacies to relatives and servants. New Jersey leads in explosive manufacturing in Burlington impact. crop damage predicted. No tolls on Sea Bright Turnpike after 1878 stretch bought for $4,250. residents fund remainder. Hunter calls to shoot cats in woods due to rabbit and quail predation. Potatoes rotting Cumberland County crops. abundant chinquapins. plan to extend telephone lines Bridgeton to Deerfield to Elmer. Moore Brothers Glass Company reports ample orders but factory hiring hampered by labor shortage. Dams on Mantua Creek dredging planned. Millville passes trolley ordinance for People’s Traction extending toward Sea Isle City and Cape May. Horse disease near Tuckerton causing animal deaths. vets uncertain of treatment.
The ballad featuring the line I’ll hang ny harp on a weeping willow tree was written by a young man who fell in love with Queen Victoria at seventeen. Shi Jover, heir to a baronetcy, could not pursue royalty, and after confessing his heartbreak he wrote the famous verses before emigrating to Australia.
Dr Walter Kuntze at University of Leipzig becomes the first deaf mute to receive a doctoral degree. His achievement is hailed as a record in achievement, reflecting exceptional skill and a notable historical milestone. A separate note mentions a Lynn Massachusetts factory shoe record, detailing fifty seven operations, forty two machines, and one hundred parts assembled into a single pair.
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