16 Oct 1903
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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 16, 1903
Page
1
An essay contrasts American practicality with English reserve. It praises American adaptability and general intelligence, noting Americans can repair, build, farm, and teach with broad competence, unlike English workers who focus on a single craft.
Edith Kingsmill argues that modern discipline relies on private conversations rather than harsh punishment. Through Ralph's monthly report and a daily conduct book, teachers and parents maintain daily contact to steer a lazy student toward improvement.
The American Monthly Review of Reviews notes forest fires destroy at least fifty million dollars worth of timber, buildings, and property annually. Beyond direct losses, indirect costs include reduced future timber supply, damaged soil, increased flooding risk, and downturns in tourism and industry. Fires recur seasonally in spring and fall across the East and South, with major fall fires extending from mid August to early November across the West and South.
A 19th century Atlantic essay argues self interest is not the driver of industry but love for home wife and children powers all work. It cites Erskine’s testimony and says every occupation serves to nurture and train children in the primary school of life.
A New York publisher recounts a tale of a six year old boy named Bell who longs for a Mediterranean bath sponge. He saves ten cents to buy the largest sponge available, paying three dollars and a half after his dime proves insufficient.
Bradford Torrey recalls a hunt for the canyon wren in the Santa Cruz Valley. A Cleveland doctor shoots a wounded patient and then treats him, while a critic defines a cride as a person who tells others how to do things but cannot do them himself.
A Washington Star poem fragment muses on echoes of birds, wind, and distant trains. It wonders if butterflies still delight a wanderer and if the song can rouse people to face the world’s work anew.
In a New York Evening Sun vignette set at Salt Spray Beach Casino, Jan Zalinski and rival Signor Concini clash over a violin solo. A nurse and a baby disrupt the performance, as Zalinski is distracted by the child tangled in his beard, undoing his plan to embarrass Concini.
A Washington Star report shares physician observations on sleepwalking revealing cases across ages. It cites a West case of a man walking ten miles to his father and a woman in a nightgown marching three miles in cold while asleep.
A collection of aphorisms and reflections on life passion and nature. It weaves Goethe Socrates Carlyle Reed Stuart and other voices with observations about perception emotion and the physical world including a note from Professor Babcock at Wisconsin on ice weight and temperature.
A collection of jokes and quips from multiple papers. Highlights include a Waughington Star pun about life’s exception, Detroit Free Press quips on salaries and dust, and exchanges from New York Sun and Chicago Record Herald.
The Prisoner quips about being the victim of number thirteen as twelve jurors face a single judge in a courtroom scene reported by Sporting Times.
A quirky exchange with a stranger seeking funds is described alongside a preview of 1900s fashion shifts. The piece references a colleg president and high collar trends with Meggendorfer Blachter illustrations.
A Baltimore American excerpt questions bright infant precocity and jokes about parents crafting spirits sayings to load onto their children. The dialogue contrasts Mia and Extragood with Bach in a quip about imagined wisdom attributed to babies.
A collage of quotations notes Archibald and Claribel discussing social taste and ice cream, with lines about refreshments versus decorations. It shifts to remarks on a man who builds influence by cultivating capable allies and ignoring potential rivals, praising his shrewd selection of friends.
Miss Inez notes an opal ring given by Mr. Cheepley while Miss Sharpe frets about superstition. The exchange reveals playful misnaming of couples as the Philadelphia Press references a reporter seeking names.
The New York Court of Appeals reverses and then upholds in part a criminal neglect ruling in the case of Luther Pierson of White Plains who failed to provide medical care for his adopted 16 month old daughter, later fatal from pneumonia. The decision clarifies that the law imposes a duty to provide medical attendance to minors and that belief or religious practice cannot exempt this duty. Similar pending action involves the Quimby family Christians Scientists connected with John Lathrop and the First Church of Christ Scientist who may now be tried.
Four military prisoners at Alcatraz were released on pardons that proved to be forged. The men James IW Darling Joseph White Cornelius Cokes and John ST Moore had been sentenced to five years and had over two years remaining. Official stamps and a President approval appeared authentic but origin and assistance remain under investigation.
A six foot police ru n in uniform and a giant plainclothes detective are assigned to the White House in Washington to deter cranks. Additional Secret Servicemen and guards patrol the executive offices and waiting room to ensure security.
Socialists and Anarchists clashed with police in San Juan. Early arrests were made and several rioters were sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment.
Railroads plan broad cuts as traffic falls and autumn dismissals begin. Between now and December 1, 315000 to 20000 workers may be discharged nationwide, with job reductions across major systems including New York Central, Pennsylvania, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe, Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Cleveland Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis, Lake Shore, Michigan Central, and more.
At the twenty first annual convention of the Christian Missionary Alliance the missionary offering in cash and pledges totaled 911,107 dollars. The Rev A J Simpson preached the annual sermon and urged thrift, noting liquor and tobacco costs exceed average Protestant contributions by forty cents per person in the United States.
During eight months ending September 1, the battleship Maine with a 504 crew saw 120 desertions. The exodus largely involved coal passers and landsmen who had not sailed before, tied to long repairs and no cruise.
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, backs arbitration and urges building trades to return to work opposing sympathy strikes. Archbishop Knain and Archbishop J. Nunn noted deaths. Insular questions resume as suits in the U.S. Supreme Court challenge duties on imports from Porto Rico and the Philippines. Riot disturbances at Armendora and Manchuria evacuation talks appear in foreign notes.
The entering class at Williams numbers 150, Tufts reports 356, Cornell shows 2345 registered students, Dartmouth starts its 14th year with 708, Nebraska enrolls 600 new students for a total of 2600, Columbia seeks 10 million for operations. Smith class has 200 women, 220 newcomers at Wellesley, 973 at A V lokd, Yale Co operative Society counts 2050 members vs last year, Cornell receives 100000 from Frederick W. Gulten will, Georgetown College noted, and six eighta practice under Coach Dempsey.
Brief items note Judge Stodiard and Secretary of Arki zona in Washington amid postal scandal probes. Taft to assume War Secretary duties in January. Manila head hunter clashes kill and wound. Porto Rico reports 70,000 in 125 schools. census work ends in six weeks with 7,000 enumerators. Rail and crime news mix with stock and arbitration talk overseas.
Atlantic County votes 10000 to cover quicksand repair costs on a new road. a church bell project for Deerfield's Methodist Church advances. Alloway shirt factory hires men from farms boosting wages and full operation resumes. State crop conditions mix with strawberry shipments and prison expansion plans. Also notes on theft arrest by students and local public notices across towns.
Richard Tizned ex superintendent of Rio Grande Sugar visits Rio Grande North Dakota to inspect thousands of acres still held by the company as a basis to revive the industry. The company believes cane can be profitable in New Jersey and is courting Philadelphia investors led by James P. Scott and Charles Elis to plant a crop next spring.
A lumber syndicate led by J. P. Morgan has optioned 600 acres in Mexico, about half owned by the Mexican government, to supply a 10 mile railway link with the Orient Railroad Bank. The project cost is estimated around forty cents per acre. Presbyterians plan a series of missions to raise 100000 for a Manila church.
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