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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1905
Page
4
Noyce Vremya notes Norwegians favor Russia due to Swedish enmity while Russia has not troubled Norway. Western Morning News questions tin mining viability as prices soar to £152 per ton, reducing prospects for revival of the industry.
A testimonial cites severe five year battle with eczema ending in relief after using Cuticura Soap and Ointment. The text also includes medical claims about deafness treatment and a reference to Hall’s Catarrh Cure and other products, plus a note about the English flag on merchant vessels.
An article warns that the change of life brings anxiety and health risks such as dizziness headaches and nervousness. It promotes Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a remedy with testimonies from Mrs A E G Hyland of Chestertown Md. and invites women to seek advice from Mrs Pinkham. Other items discuss wallpaper lengths and a humorous quip about an editor.
A woman who suffered nervous prostration and headaches after coffee credits Postum Coffee substitute with restoring health and energy. She reports eight months without headaches and regained strength, stating a dramatic improvement after giving up coffee and switching to Postum.
A mob of around a thousand marched from the Academy of Music to Boss Durham and Boss McNichol’s homes, denouncing them and breaking into disorder. Stones flew, a son struck a speaker, police held fire, and the crowd dispersed after threatening to torch the buildings.
Hazard Kentucky report of marion commetts poisoning three children by corrosive sublimate powder found on a bureau. The seven four and two year olds of Jason Commetts, a veterinarian, died after eating the white substance. Neighbors investigated as the father left to answer a call.
In Texas, thousands of agriculturists from a Boer colony in Mexico accept an offer to settle in Southwest Texas on 75 000 acres opened along the Brownsville Road. The story notes expected large scale irrigation and new settlement in the region.
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission announced its first awards under Andrew Carnegie's trust. Ten recipients receive medals for water rescues and bravery with one widow honored and two women among the honorees.
A northbound Southern Pacific train wrecked at Fresno yard entrance killing engineer Cole and fireman Buys of Bakersfield along with an unidentified tramp. No passengers injured. Wreck due to a misplaced switch linked to train wreckers. Also mentions testimony pauses and political appointments in New York and Hungary.
Mayor Moores orders police to block three councilors from leaving as the Omaha Gas Company push for a high priced lease. The clash pits the Big Five against minority members, with injunctions, resignations, and a tense two hour standoff in the council chamber.
Morengo and Morris, leaders of the Hottentots of German Southwest Africa, capture Jerusalem Camp between Warmbad and Sealt Dring after Revere Nehhting. Lt. Surmand and five men tried. eight wounded. Germans suffer prisoners who later return. German garrison at Whiplaats burns stores and withdraws to Descondesdau. Marengo claims Attentots can seize Tenvive and fight to the last.
A garbled excerpt names figures such as Premier Balfour and Arthur Balfour, Lord Carew, Swift MacNeill, and King Charles Vortigzaldis. It cites professor-like mentions of Grover Cleveland, the Second Peace Conference, Dr Amorette Beecher, Henry Ward Beecher and Hattie Beecher Stowe, plus a Countess of Juases, while touching on wealth, education, and athletic interests in a scattered historical panorama.
Great Neck edged Myapin II by 61 to 1 in the Newport Tri Cups final. President Roosevelt met with college athlete advisers to discuss football drafts. Also noted were Ghints beating Athletes in the work's championship series, Miss Southern's tennis final, and various track and football items from Belmont Park to Athens.
Dan's Review notes favorable trade reports with no anxiety for the figure. Preparations for unprecedented fall and winter trade continue without diminution. Superlatives accompany comments on realistic transactions, building permits, tank exchanges and railway warnings, and the third quarter statistics show a very low commercial death rate.
In Providence a doctor reports ninety percent of pupils are confirmed cigarette smokers. Dr Shaw of Tintin polls Indiana notes he has seen similar trends nationwide, with many children starting early and continuing into adulthood.
Directors of the New York and New Jersey Rapid Transit Company discuss starting a new road from Paterson to New York with an estimated cost of 8 million dollars. The plan outlines construction phases and early timetable, with officials and investors named as stakeholders in the venture.
The group led by Amelia Mares for itussty and George W. Borissant with Charles T. Fiint sails for Tiages to represent AUC TCH Dyers and Meat dae Chie meas Jorssiinioan. They expect OU 000 will be allocated to the mission.
Partial text references cotton and a consular report with figures like 24,450 and dates. Details are garbled, but implies production data or allocations between states and a September period.
New York City reports the death of Aritage Mathews, secretary of the Republian County Committee, who fatally shot himself in his bathroom as a criminal conspiracy trial loomed. Associate conspirators were ready to testify, with witnesses stating the trial would expose key figures and threaten others. Authorities note the suicide ends attempts to reveal further details and spare many from fear.
London news records the sudden death of Sir Henry Irving at the end of a performance tour. The famed English actor collapsed after returning to his hotel following a provincial show, dying within minutes despite medical efforts.
A widow Frances Harvey aged 41 died in a kitchen fire while her elderly mother Mrs Wy Vieter aged 81 sat nearby. Emmi Harvey, 18, daughter, also lived in the home and supported the family. The mother reportedly heard her daughter's cries as the blaze spread.
In New York City politics three factions Republicans Democrats and Municipal Ownership battle for mayor. Republicans back Wilko Mus Wits while Democrats support George G. McClellan and Municipal Ownership endorses Willan Rydall Hearst.
Wholesale prices quoted in New York show standard quality milk at 2 cents per quart. Mixed dairy products including creamery goods, full and skimmed milks, and various butter and cream prices appear with numerous assortments. Fruits and poultry items list per basket, per box, or per hundredweight, reflecting a busy market with wide product variety and regional pricing.
Government estimates as of October 1 show record high quality and quantity for corn wheat and other crops. Corn may reach 2.708 billion bushels, wheat about 683 million, oats around 930 million, with overall yields praised by grain experts and Agriculture Bureau statisticians.
Earlier projections overestimated cotton yields as conditions shifted. Analysts note crop prospects have weakened since utility estimates about sixty days ago, with growers now facing lower than expected output.
Cape Cod cranberry harvest estimates show the Barnstable and Plymouth counties crop at about 125000 barrels, far below last year. Growers cite fewer acres new bogs and poor harvest conditions as key factors while Southern markets see a boom in demand for cranberries and related products.
Partial readable text mentions Tron Prytde and trade activity with unclear terms. Other fragments reference flights levels and future phases, but details and context are missing.
A young officer was rejected by the war board for promotion due to defective eyes. His mother appealed to Senator Platt of New York, who replied to the Secretary of War that being left to him and the Lord invites accountability, asking for assistance.
The New York Herald notes the slave of custom in Paris as the shooting screen begins and a Berlin inspection lists three thousand dogs fit for food. It observes Berlin’s dog meat fad rivaling Parisian horseflesh interest.
London Outlook notes that in Britain the upper classes show visibly increased female height. It observes that women who seemed divinely tall in youth are now of average height in drawing rooms of London society.
A Charlotte widow, Mrs Stonewall Jackson, tells a tale of a Virginia case where a railroad verdict of fifty thousand dollars was paid but went to her use after she married the lawyer involved. She describes outwitting a profession by marrying the lawyer, a sharp remark on social cleverness. The anecdote reflects on romance, payments, and humor from a period magazine item.
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