06 Oct 1905
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 06, 1905
Page
1
Charles Tenney Jackson presents a tale of a secluded frontier incident weaving adventure with cautionary frontier ethics. A tense narrative unfolds around a pair of travelers exposed to hostile terrain and unforeseen danger.
Explorer recounts near fatal Wyoming ascent near Green River Canon. After a faulty release left him clinging to a balloon, he rode winds over cliffs, mirages of sagebrush, and rock walls. He crawled to safety on a pinnacle and as night fell, leapt with a parachute into the canyon, landing amid boulders and dawn.
The scene centers on a lecture titled Bearings of Pure Thought Upon Material Phenomena with an audience spellbound. A cockney admirer and a bespectacled lecturer exchange banter about collars, starch, and durability, ending with Even Pure Thought has its limitations. The note mentions the Japanese war office purchasing medical supplies in the United States and Morocco in recent months.
Curator R L Ditmars of the New York Zoological Park details snake expeditions in South Carolina. He and companion Snyder capture rattlers and water snakes in swamps along the Savannah River, noting hunting methods, dangerous encounters, and the snakes’ behavior and feeding.
A Chicago News item describes a witty exchange in which a young stenographer fends off a persistent mail order supervisor. He teases and flirts while she remains composed, asserting control over the conversation and directing the interaction. The pair banters about work, lunch, and social plans before he concedes.
A collection of aphorisms and sayings on home past reverence and virtue from authors including Chapin Howe de Girardin Eliot and Scottish Reformer. The passages touch on fame mortality and the moral choices of individuals in society.
A groom at a summer church ceremony waited for the promised fee. The curate had expected fifteen dollars but Henry the caretaker explained the bridegroom would only provide five. The bride offered the remaining ten, and the scene ended with laughter at the rectory.
The editor orders efficiency by collecting outsiders directions on running a newspaper. He directs that they be carried out. A boy gathers the rejected ideas into a wastebasket labeled Stray Stories.
A fragment from a newspaper page presents two brief items. One laments a moral lesson echoing across fields and roofs. The other jests about mispronounced foreign names and a keyboard with a humorous tone.
A gang of ten miles from Seattle blew open the express car with dynamite on an eastbound Great Northern passenger train at night. They looted the safe, escaped eastward, and left two juveniles who tried to rob passengers. $1000 to $5000 reward offered for identifications. Two of the gunmen boarded at Ballard. track walkers and deputies widened the pursuit.
A brief exchange contrasts Smithkins living in an uptown apartment with Jones in a Harlem fiat, noting a roughly $20 monthly difference. The dialogue spotlights urban living costs and perceived affordability.
In the Chicago press a comic exchange unfolds as a druggist notes patients dying by the dozen and Dr Grogs counters with a wry remark about not dying by the Grose, reflecting urban fear and wit amid a citywide crisis.
A collage of dialogue and quips from 19th century papers includes domestic scenes, church disputes over elder offices, piano playing for hire, sharp accusations of beggary, and humorous lines about love letters. The pieces illustrate everyday social tensions and wit in urban life.
The intersplind steam ship Canlibenl, 1097 tons, was sunk in a recent typhoon near Ticao Inland in the Visayan group. All aboard are believed lost, including five Americans, one Spaniard, eleven native and Chinese passengers, and 9 crew of ninety seven men and officers.
Henry Ambrose Leonard, son of a former official, admitted to stealing 359000 dollars in securities from the National City Bank to teach Wall Street a banking lesson. He disposed of 260000 dollars worth of stocks via a forged check and mailed part of the loot to a brokerage house. the remaining securities were recovered from a wardrobe at his home.
A compilation of early 20th century dispatches notes widespread demoralization in nearly every department since President Roosevelt’s return to Washington. It covers land conspiracy chatter about W N Jones of Portland Oregon, currency reform hints, and various overseas posts including the Philippines and Guam with updates on typhoon losses, shipping, health, and governance.
In Cingimints, Ohio Judge Sam W. Salth grants Robert P. Newlin an absolute divorce from his wife for non support and assigns custody of three children. Newlin receives no share of her property while his wife must pay $1000 and ten dollars weekly. Newlin, a dog fancier, was married in 184? and the couple are described as prominent.
Six people two women and four children died in a house fire in Tome Edgington West Virginia at night. The husbands escaped. The burned were Mrs J Algo and three children and Mrs Joseph Cardelli and one child. Bodies recovered from the ruins.
Secret Service chief Whitke reports four new Buffalo dollar counterfeit notes in circulation. A Chicago patient, Andrew Peedles, 77, died during a planned operation at Grace Hospital, with fright cited as a possible cause. The Russian Vice-Consul in Chicago was fined one dollar and costs for speeding. Baron Komura set sail from Vancouver on the Empress of India bound for Yokohama.
Andrew De Wet, nephew of a Boer general, is said to be arrested at Windholt charged with plotting to aid rebels and establish a Boer republic in Southwest Africa. The report notes suspected involvement with Bhicks and regional tensions rise amid unrest.
Advices from St. Petersburg report Russia will keep an army in the Far East. The force is described as five to eight army corps and is to be held for future operations in the eastern theater.
Frederic E. Carlton was sentenced to nineteen years in Sing Sing by Judge Aspinal after a week old conviction on three bigamy counts and one grand larceny. Carlton faced a courtroom mob as he left the penitentiary and again when escorted to the train. The judge called him a villain and expressed regret he could not sentence him to the electric chair.
A 19th century periodical argues elk could be domesticated across the East, withstand harsh winters, subsist on bark and twigs, and thrive in captivity. Professor William Holiday contends an elk farming industry could develop in New England if demand and prices align with beef.
The report notes Kansas expects a $77 million corn crop this year. It mentions a signed money order convention with Newfoundland and a plan to expand cargo and freight movements to Europe and beyond. A 105 year old West Hoboken resident, Aunt Nol Ryan, says she feels young again. A Norman Oklahoma woman May travels from Norman to Texas following a mirage to hydrate her companions. A San Minocopa piece brings $10,000 per front foot. Also cited is a $10,000 donation to the Audubon Society.
Five children died when a gasoline stove explosion torn the home of Frederick Dumhumson in Mort Dodge Iowa. The father was at work and the mother visiting a neighbor leaving the stove burning. The children wore night gowns as they played nearby. President Roosevelt pushes new railroad rate legislation after renewing campaign.
The United States battleship Mississippi was launched at Cramp's shipyard in Philadelphia in front of more than 15 000 spectators. Miss Mabel Clare Money christened the hull as it slid into the Delaware River. Miss Gould's Big Gift, donated by Helen Miller Gould, totals 150 000 dollars for a Young Men's Christian Association building in SG Lotis, Missouri.
A misspelled report shows September totals with receipts of 10 000 and expenditures of 41 700 470, yielding a monthly surplus of 8011 000 and a yearly deficit of 9 574 000, highlighting fiscal strain.
City courts in New York handle a crowded term with indictments and numerous auctions listed on the calendar. Officials prepare for a busy docket as cases and proceedings move forward.
James Gifford reported a big brown bear seen in woods near Clark's Pond three miles south of Bridgeton. He carried a gun but feared to shoot as the animal loomed close in the stand of pines.
A thunderous clap at City Hall in Baltimore startled occupants and is said to have shaken the clock’s batteries causing the mechanism to stop. The incident occurred in the morning at 215 o'cloth area.
Clarence Jae ker Wilkes, eleven, fishing from his home dock on Newark Bay near West Forty-fourth street Bayonne New Jersey, caught an eel showing two perfect bends.
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