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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1906
Page
1
A rain beaten attic scene recalls a young girl spinner amid old trunks and herbs. The spinning wheel sings as she threads anew, dreams of youthful trust wash away years as roses bloom. Adella Washer, Youth's Companion.
Readers encounter a spoof interview with a self styled scientist Professor Rabies. He peddles grandiose degrees and makes outlandish forecasts about Mars inhabitants and solar physics while offering a dubious book. The exchange blends satire with mock seriousness.
A professor humorously claims Chinese invented talking machines in 1000 BC and a mind photograph. he jokes about gunpowder, horsepower tests, and a laughing truck horse, as students gape at the odd science demonstration and the New York Evening Star notes the amused chaos.
Mrs Mary Schenck Woolman of Manhattan Trade School for Girls opens the conference on home economics at Lake Placid N Y with four papers on trade schools and general education She notes Europe leads in industrial training and that skilled labor attracts foreign operatives while some U S factories relocate abroad for lack of domestic skilled workers She cites uplift in homes and character from trade education and urges public schools to adapt to wage earning needs.
A compilation of quotes by George Eliot Elizabeth Grinnell AM Savage Little and Joseph Cannon on speaking, prayer, happiness, willpower, self denial, patience, and moral responsibility. The passages urge modesty, endurance, and concern for others as paths to true character.
Treasury staff report describes a newly formed peak sixty miles west of Coalashd Abtolit. The feature rises abruptly to about FOO feet with a wide base and steamy plumes forming a persistent cloud seen by observers at One thirty anica.
A collage of opinions from the era argues beauty rarely raises wages, while smartness and poise matter more in business and stage careers. Articles urge women to pursue practical roles, promote homemaking and dressmaking, and offer child play and posture guidance for stylish, dignified presence.
A press report claims Washington officials set a rigid height and body measurements for women applying to the Government engraving and printing bureau. The rules require a minimum height of four feet ten and a half inches, a slim figure, specific bust and hip measurements, and suggest retiring those who gain weight.
In a discussion from Woman's Home Companion the piece critiques recent hat trends noting the travel, turban, and picture hats as extravagant and often unflattering. It argues many hats appear slovenly with veils sagging and misplaced decorations, reflecting a craze for eccentricity.
A survey of dress details including fussore silk ups, princess skirts, peacock gators embroidery, ruffles across bodices, net yokes with tiny stars, plaid lace blouses, and rainbow belts. It notes the end of the princess skirt vogue and the shift toward bright colors and decorative trims for gowns and house textiles.
The Woman's Home Companion notes Mai Barnoi’s tale about a cherry colored cat seen by a visitor. Barnum offered one hundred dollars for such a cat but the owner returned with a cat described as not cherry colored. The incident appears to have generated substantial advertising value for Barnum.
A Parsee visiting London for the first time dines with a Bishop who urges him to convert, while the Parsee notes Parsee sun worship. The Bishop laments London’s short sunlit season and cold, wet winter, unable to grasp why anyone would worship the sun.
A garbled text fragment describes an event at Sevyin and Piahl with references to a fish tale and a sequence of odd actions. The readable parts hint at a staged scene or joke involving a fish and a crowd, but no clear people, organizations, places, dates, or outcomes emerge.
In Buckingham Quebec two strikers were killed and about a dozen wounded as mill workers and provincial police clashed at the MacLaren Company sawmills. The strike began September 15 over import of labor, with 200 men arming and firing. leaders Belancar and Navier Tehrien died, others were seriously injured. Authorities hope to prevent further trouble as talks resume with police and mill owners seeking to end the strike.
Reported mob violence spreads from Mobile to Arkansas and Indiana. Across Mobile Alabama and other locations a pattern of extrajudicial killings emerges with several lynchings and attempts at cornering Black individuals. Authorities face widespread unrest as vigilante actions rise.
A blaze in Rensselaer, New York destroyed two tenement blocks housing twenty four dwellings, leaving twenty seven families homeless and causing about 125.90 dollars in property damage. Fire spread from the front to the rear as flames raged for nearly five hours before containment. Several fire companies from Albany and Troy aided the effort. Most residents are described as poor and facing losses.
Suffolk County Grand Jury indicted Alderman Theors FE Ruggles of Chelsea Mass on charges of receiving a fee in connection with a city contract for trolley work. Tenia Nichols, secretary of the Republican Ward and City Committee of Chelsea, was also indicted for offering a different bid relation. The indictments stem from a lengthy grand jury investigation.
The Panama ships two cavalry squadrons from Newport News Virginia bound for Cuba, part of the transport fleet.
Report notes a blown experiment in replacing Chinamen Cornegia labor with 10000 dollars spent. Mentions union secretary Gubtay Kotawinkle and a strike at Whiting Tad demanding wage increases. DOJ rules railroad workers unskilled under alien committee law affecting imports.
Greed led masked robbers to the Japanese bank known as the Golden Gate Bank where they beat two clerks into unconsciousness and looted gold before escaping. The manager, patrons, and a couple fleeing after eloping were killed or gravely harmed in the chaotic aftermath as police pursued suspects linked to prior murders.
State convention delegates favored eight hour workday direct election of U S Senators and elimination of the bank amew. Nominees listed included ED Eis for Governor from Pawtuck Providence. Charles Sisoon for Secretary of State. Edward Mo Sullivar for Attorney General. John Ho Arehaisbauit for State Treasurer.
Rebels surrender to the government amid a smooth transition with a mass lay down of arms in Havana. About 700 guerrillas and their horses have been moved toward Pinar del Rio as the offensive phase ends. The provisional government reports strong cooperation and orderly disarmament signals.
Washington DC reports a pension year end with the largest drop in pensioners since the war. Net decrease 1247 0 though new pensioners and widows were added to the list, total pensioners stood at 0 85 47 71 compared with prior year.
Fragmentary text shows a court action involving the Suspeme Court and the International Harvester Company of America. The note mentions Kansas and a state proceeding, with unclear details about the defendants or outcome.
Fragmentary text describes a voyage in Vincennes with a death in a chaotic scene. Names and details are garbled, but the piece hints at a drowned or harmed individual, a life tied to a company or person, and a farewell before payment or loss.
Fragmentary report notes a meeting or speech by Taft era figures in Georgia and a confrontation with a Westport passenger at Cotes Park Athens. Text is garbled but hints at recruitment, provisional governance, and calls to come to terms with officials in a 1910s or Taft-era context.
Fragmentary text references a city organization and dates with scattered proper nouns. Readable items include a mention of a date and a local group, but specifics about event, place, or participants are missing. The passage lacks coherent context to form a complete news item or judgment.
Caris in Lewis Wisnis, a longtime Ora Cony resident, died at home after being gored by a bull. He served as Captain of Company K, Port Hew York Volunteers, in the Civil War and received a bravery medal from Congress. His lineage includes a great creator and father who served as a delegate to early Continental Congresses.
In Marvelwood Park a buck charged as Conny Chamnesy McCormick and Fleming Li Mato walked with Ontith Yate. McCormick was gored and trampled, escaping only to be driven off by farmers with a gun. He suffered deep gashes and was taken to Vanderbilt Tall for treatment.
France's Wagner drives a 100 horsepower Darracq to victory for the Vanderhile Cup on the Long Island course, securing a third straight triumph for France and a second for his house. a Fiat and a De Mewleh trail as a deadly crash claims Bert Le Graner and halts the race.
Twenty nine bodies recovered from a Virginia mine disaster at West Fork of the Pocahontas Coal Company area. Rescue efforts located the blast site but no evidence of time or cause is stated. officials estimate 70 may be dead.
The Standard Oil Company in Cleveland raises prices on galatine and Raseline One per gallon. Raseline now quoted at fifteen cents per gallon. Virvodale tiers and painters naphtha also gain one cent per gallon.
Mayor Schiatty of San Byeaneised says it will take ten years to recover from the fire while visiting New York City. He proposes a plan involving ten semis for the city’s rebuilding efforts.
Samet Gardner, a railroad worker, was killed on the Reading Railway track near Teemonee while attempting to retrieve a ticket from a ship. Eyewitnesses suggest a superstition may have influenced the fatal moment as bystanders speculate on fate and misfortune.
A special Boston and Maine troop train carrying Second Squadron Fifteenth Cavalry men crashed into the Boston Express at Lansingburg station north of Troy. Five people died and fourteen were injured, many from a toppled Pullman car. Among the dead were Mrs. J. W. Dacey and Mrs. Wallace E. Shaw. Lt. Col. Hardie and troopers aided in rescue. The Daceys had wed the night before Arlington, with New York as their destination.
A Newport New Jersey wife Maggie Sullivan, 27, died from heart disease shortly after her husband John J Sullivan returned from work and presented a birthday gift on their stoop. He kissed her, but she remained unresponsive and died.
Howard Abbott aged twenty eight an engineer with the Wilmington City Electric Company was fatally electrocuted while showing a new employee how the switches operate. About 2000 volts passed through his body. He showed signs of life but efforts to revive him failed.
In Ashabad, Russia, during a mutiny trial, an unknown assassin shot and killed Judge Advocate General Kinkevich and tried to fire on court president General Ushakoltsky. The assailant was killed by an officer. The incident follows unrest linked to the June mutiny.
Governor Hoch of Kansas faces an odd set of notes including Troosevelt in 1008 and a property tucked away unseen. Thomas W. Lawson of Boston retreats after his wife’s death and Charles Dana Gibson plans a Paris studio after a tour of European galleries. Aberdeen University awards LL D to Andrew Carnegie. Bishop Avey of Mexico saves four men from drowning. Inventor of Valapak and Prelate Martin Sebl er celebrate anniversaries. Reports say Andrew Carnegie’s Willie daughter Margaret may die from a severe illness.
A major fire at Cape May Point in New Jersey destroyed cottages including the Packham and Cape Youre properties as winds fanned sparks across the resort. Cape May engine crews pumped water from Lake Lily, saving the Carilon Hotel and the ind dock Memorial. No department existed locally to stop the blaze.
After four months idleness the North American Window Glass Company plant at Milleville has restarted full operations employing over 300 workers on the increased wage scale set by President Faulkner of the Amalgamated Window Glass Workers' Association. The news follows a series of local incidents and public notices across Burlington County.
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