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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1901
Page
1
A Globe verse mocks marriage economics and fashion in a quaint plea to marry a wife of suitable size. It humorously weighs bank balance, dressmaking costs, and ready made gowns, lamenting how love risks unpaid seams and fate if budgets fail. The poem playfully critiques social pressures of attire and marital prospects.
A cold night chase follows George Maurice Hamilton toward the Old Court House. A highwayman offers aid, shares a moment of danger, and reveals a budding romance with Barbara. The boy’s birthday wish and the rival’s confession converge as Barbara grants the boy his wish.
On Barbara's wedding day the rivals attended the ceremony. The highwayman appeared as the bridegroom and George Maurice Hamilton acted as best man.
Reports detail a Madison county oil venture that fizzled into salt water, initially buoying hopes of 100 to 200 barrels daily. Investors rushed to lease land around the gusher, but the No 1 well yielded salt water instead, sparking frantic drilling and competing leases across nearby tracts.
Anamorphic notes describe the Okapi’s vivid coloring and uncertain features such as a possible prehensile tongue while detailing how circus elephants from Asia are trained by harness and crane. The piece blends zoological curiosities with notes on pachyderm education in a ring.
The article surveys imported French lingerie with beading and elaborate trims, noting modern gowns feature long clinging skirts and trains. It reports Washington government female employees aging midlife to seventy, with wages from $900 to $1600 annually and many civil service examinations open to women. It also mentions English tea rooms in Continental cities and Norway’s servant bureau system, describing centralized employment and biannual job changes with blackboard postings.
The Chicago Record-Herald describes a process where a lady of the house rejects unsatisfactory applicants, returns their card to headquarters, and requests replacements. If accepted, the maid receives a small “band money” bonus and an agreed start date within one week after New Year or Midsummer to permit the present employer to release her.
A digest of recent notes on women in history and contemporary life. Misa Margaret Stokes, Dublin antiquary, has died. Women operate electric light plants in Bay City and Saginaw. Fourteen of sixteen prize essays on missions go to girls. Mrs. Laura Alfierman owns a large Northwest apple orchard. Rush Medical College to admit women and men equally. Mrs. John Kidder presides over a Nevada County road project. A Buffalo heiress passes government steamboat exams. A Syracuse woman funds college via domestic work. A Syracuse woman earns university funds through lucrative work.
The article surveys current jewelry fashion with winged brooches, silver belts, and gold dragon pins. It notes Hussian enamel, opal rings, gold signet designs with photos, and a wreath motif from English society. Floral brooches in natural and stylized forms, baroque pearl centers, and pearl stamens decorate new pieces.
The United States railways spent about 50 million dollars yearly on locomotive fuel, roughly ten percent of operating costs. Coal transport adds further expense as rails source far from supplies. a few lines like the Southern Pacific extend coal fields from New Orleans to San Francisco. Wood fuel has largely been replaced by coal and then by cheaper alternatives. soft coal costs about half as much as anthracite, and newer fuels appear to be supplanting coal and wood across the West and South. The shift favors neutral, lower-cost fuels as railroads expand usage.
The article recalls Emma Goldman long associated with anarchist causes in New York City. It notes her 1893 Blackwell’s Island imprisonment for unlawful assembly, trial before Judge Randolph B. Martine, and a year’s penitentiary sentence. It also covers her conduct, later exile from Blackwell’s Island, and enduring public speeches.
Powerful influences are enlisted to rescue missionary Miss Stone after a failed kidnapping attempt tied to a European plot. The State Department acts vigorously, forwarding funds to Constantinople and pressing Turkish and Bulgarian authorities to capture those responsible. Spence Eddy, secretary of legation, coordinates efforts and probes the network behind the abduction.
The American missionary Milas Stone is kidnapped by Bulgarian brigands demanding 110000 in ransom. State Department officials refrain from details, while reports say US Consul Dickinson and a missionary envoy are in Vienna to pursue Stone. Brigands extend ransom deadline by one month.
In Philippopolis Bulgaria public interest centers on the fate of the kidnapped American missionary Miss Stone and her colleagues of the American Mission in Bulgaria and Macedonia. The Macedonian issue and royal support are cited as factors. London dispatch notes Bulgarian Foreign Minister Danew denies failure to act, claiming 5000 troops are in the search.
Washington Postmaster General bans Mrs. Helen Wittmann of Sta Freeza Fin for a mail scheme to obtain money by false pretenses. She claimed power to heal ailments by concentrating thoughts, soliciting remittances of 3 dollars weekly or 1 a month. Evidence shows she opened mail and handed funds to clerks for stereotyped replies. Arrests for kidnapping in Philadelphia also noted with four men charged and a prisoner held for four days.
A mixed, garbled summary of labor and political snippets. References include a Alabama jury verdict in Asheville, UK blast furnaces at 30, France 70, female compositors barred from night work, unions in Vancouver and Pensacola, a strike threat by 27,000 mill workers, and global comparisons of work and wages.
In the Yowpaugh Mountains the Wanamakers family faced five days without food as their cows starved inside a barn. Neighbors found the crippled husband and wife near death and authorities provided aid. the cattle had to be killed after wasting away. Other items note a runaway-tramp case, a cow injury in Rahway, and various state investigations and local notices.
James R. Dewey retired after forty-one years as a public educator. Born in Westfield Massachusetts, he trained at Williams College and studied medicine in Chicago before shifting to teaching. He served under seven superintendents and three principals during his long career.
Washington reports that neither Great Britain nor the United States sacrificed fundamental principles in the new canal treaty talks. The arrangement preserves the Clayton-Bulwer core while the United States gains relief from guarantees. The treaty reflects amendments to Hay-Paunce cote and emphasizes textual changes over substantial shifts. Berlin notes British renunciation without compensation underscores broader war-era paralysis and international reaction.
Senator Chauncey M Depew confirms engagement to Miss May Palmer after nine years known, dating six weeks. The couple will wed this winter in Paris. Palmer, born in New York at Fifth Avenue home, has lived abroad much of her life. the engagement follows a long acquaintance through Depews cousin, Countess de Sere.
President Roosevelt rejects the term Executive Mansion preferring the traditional White House name. Letters from officials show the White House address in use, while a church fight in Pavlova leads to 80 deaths as troops restore order. A federal judge in Alabama is named and Chicago inspector Burke faces embezzlement charges. Shamrock II to be built for next race, a boy is shot by an elder brother in New York, and a man falls to his death on a Styrian peak named after him.
Washington and Great Britain expect the Isthmian Canal treaty to be signed in November. Roosevelt named Benjamin F. Tilley to be a captain in the Navy. Walter Darige, fifty-year lawyer and founder of the District of Columbia bar, dies at eighty eight. Pan American Congress draft praised by Roosevelt and Hay. Cook named U S Consular Court marshal at Foo Chow China. Yellow fever institute plan approved for Maine Hospital Service. Hartzell named Porto Rico secretary. Cuban towns show gratitude as protests and disaffection rise in Philippines. Three drown crossing the Missouri River near Murfreesboro Arkansas. Burglary in San Francisco yields 5000 in jewelry. Crime events tallied across Indiana Kentucky and Iowa. Arizona statehood bid advances. Nineteen drownings on Portuguese coast in storms. War-era and political turmoil noted in Europe and beyond.
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