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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1910
Page
4
A big city bank received a telegram to pay 25 dollars to John Smith who would call. A drunken man claiming to be John Smith was brought in by a cabman and demanded money. Two clerks pul ed him to a private room. The cashier asked for identification. The country bank answered Pay the money. Identification complete.
The Place of Honor features an ashioned farmer named Hodge who hosts a harvest feast as Giles resists a seat of honor, choosing to sit opposite a pudden. A string of vignettes follows with jokes about Solomon, wedding rings, and light quips on life in New York and love.
Havana reports a four day cyclone driving torrential floods across the island. Western Cuba suffers the worst damage to sugar and tobacco plantations. thousands of peasants left homeless. International relief may be asked. hundreds presumed dead. Havana stockpiles and port facilities heavily damaged. several towns reported destroyed and vast flooding in Havana city.
Julia Ward Howe, nearing age 92, died at her Portsmouth summer home after a cold sapped her strength. At her bedside were daughters Laura Richards Join Elliot and Florence Howe Hall, and son Elliot Howe. Her last public appearance was at a Club league meeting in the city where she spoke on women's increased role in public life.
William Bertfield, a Mig Four section hand, stood on a handcar inspecting the track when a Southwest freight bearing down at speed forced him to leap. He pushed the handcar clear but was struck by the train and died before crews arrived. his act averted a full wreck.
At the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research opening a donor gift of securities valued at 3,820,000 dollars was announced to be added to the institute endowment. The total endowment on properties and money reaches 5,240,000 dollars with an actual income bearing endowment of 6,420,000 dollars.
Washington reports the Supreme Court refused a rehearing of the Missouri river rate cases. The Interstate Commerce Commission order reducing class rates between Mississippi river crossings and Missouri river cities for freight from Atlantic seaboard points will take effect.
D. W. Seay an eighteen year old from Wawson Ga. started producing moonshine to fund schooling and was caught by revenue officers. Judge Willan Newman suspended the sentence advising him to return home and earn money by legitimate means.
Tope rebukes Portugal as Rome recalls Mer Toni the papal nuncio in protest against the republic's anti clerical policy. The move signals tension between the Vatican and Lisbon over church-state relations and diplomacy with Portugal.
Former State Senator Frank J. Gardiner was indicted by a fraud jury for an April 1908 attempt to bribe Senator Otto G. Foelker of Brooklyn to vote against the anti gambling bill closing race tracks. Gardiner was arrested in Scranton after a bench warrant was issued, with prosecutors alleging a $500,000 corruption fund. Further names and ties to a high New York official are anticipated as investigators widen the probe.
Charles Albright manager of a Sebring pottery and brother in law to the Sebring Brothers perished with Jos Smedecker George Frederick and John Derby when a Stark Electric freight car struck their car near Sebring Ohio. Albright was deaf.
The MecCalls ferry dam on the Susquehanna River near McCalls Ferry, Pa, was formally opened after an inspection. Mayor Mahool activated the electrical current, fulfilling the dream of harnessing river power to supply Baltimore with juice and light.
A jury in the supreme court awarded Mrs. Mary Curtis of Round Lake $15,500 for the death of her husband Dr. Pierson C. Curtis who with Mrs. Blanche Sill nail of Rochester was killed September 6 1909 when a Hudson Valley trolley car crushed Dr Curtis automobile. Mrs Curtis was injured in the same accident.
The body of Luigi Restelli, granite manufacturer, who shot and killed his mother and C. Henry Hardwick and wounded four others in Quincy Massachusetts, was found in an abandoned quarry near the crime scene by Policeman Milford and Constable James R. Cores.
Washington officials reveal a 1901 series counterfeit ten dollar note discovered by the treasury department. John J. Wilkie, chief of the Secret Service division, issues warnings to the public and banks about potential fake currency.
In Deadwood and Lead, all gambling will be taboard and saloons in both cities must strictly comply with state laws. The directive orders enforcement across the two mining towns.
London report states the Charing Cross bank with London HQ and 40 branches closed its doors as official receivers were appointed. Deposits total about 5,000 dollars as the bank winds up. A New York woman, Nermine Neumann, fined 200 dollars in New Jersey for smuggling fur from Europe, by Judge Bellatay in the United States circuit court.
Philadelphia doctors at a college of physicians meeting announced the discovery of a protozoan in the blood of infantile paralysis patients. Dr Allen J Smith of the University of Pennsylvania said the germ resembles sleeping sickness and may be insect transmitted. Dr Charles K Mills and others supported the view.
Boston telegram reports a split in the Massachusetts Democratic Party with two governor candidates, Eugene N Foss as Democratic Progressive and Frederick W Mansfield as Democratic nominee. Two lieutenant governor hopefuls arise, Thomas P Riley as Democratic Citizen and Thomas K Cassidy as Democratic Independent, each filing papers amid contest.
Bank accounts of six former Illinois Central officials were presented in car repair fraud trials. William Renshaw earned 7000 a year and deposited 558605 from 1906 to 1910. Charles L. Ewing earned 5000 and deposited 226005 in four years. Ira Gown deposited 105512 from 19,000 to 20,100. Frank B. Uarriman deposited 295894 on 10000. Joseph Bb. Baker deposited 187120 on 5400. John M. Tisler deposited 22151 on 3900.
A 400 pound cache of dynamite in a demolished house by the bay stirs Los Angeles Times explosion case investigators. The pursuit of the elusive Bryce and Perry, alleged buyers of powder, seems unsettled as new clues surface.
Census Director Durand said the total population of the United States would likely exceed 90 million and approach 100 million, with an announcement planned by November 15. The message signals a dramatic rise in the national population.
Berlin report says the Kaiser hosted five representative students at the royal palace during Berlin University centennial. He delivered a lecture titled Less beer and more sport, warning that college beer drinking clubs harm the youth physically mentally and morally.
A wealthy Norwich Conn druggist and Alfred Lowell, eldest son of Seward founders, were lost when they drowned in Lake Kenai near Seward Alaska during a hunting trip. Local authorities investigate circumstances.
Nevada decree ends the marriage of actor Edward W. Sothern and Virginia Harned Sothern. The Reno court grants divorce on grounds of desertion and non support.
A blast at a Colorado mine owned by the Pacer and Trot Company on October caused multiple casualties and injuries among workers. Starkville and Cal-AL of the 46 reported domes recovered amid ongoing rescue efforts.
Hayti region experiences renewed activity as local leaders and investors address post conflict reconstruction. Officials discuss economic stabilization, capital investments, and new projects aimed at reviving trade, agriculture, and housing sectors amid regional challenges.
A business man faces a man with a leather bag demanding 25 dollars or a dynamite blast. The would-be arsonist warns of danger, but the plan falters as the target jokes about his wife and flour, then the visitor departs quietly.
A humorous debate on the name Thais at a dinner, referencing Anatole France, followed by Red Cross Christmas seals printing plans. The article notes 100,000,000 seals planned, with color and design details, plus light anecdotes about misread inscriptions and witty exchanges.
A man describes his struggle with coffee causing nervous illness and heart issues. After a physician advised stopping coffee, he switched to Postum and reports improved sleep, steadier nerves, and restored well being. He recommends reading The Road to Wellville and The Reason for this change.
The Clement-Bayard airship completed the Paris to London crossing in under six hours with steady flight and a top speed around 28 miles per hour. Onboard were designer M. Clement and six others, including William Du Cros. Crowds cheered as the airship circled St Paul's and Wormwood Scrubs, proving stable like a Pullman car despite high altitude climbs. Also includes an advertisement for Doan's Kidney Pills by Foster Milburn Co.
A sailboat found at the mouth of Pitts creek signals a tragedy in Pocomoke City Maryland. Henry Page Pennis of Foxboro Massachusetts aged twenty six and Miss Caroline Eaton aged twenty three perished. Pennis, son of the late State Senator Samuel K Pennis, is believed to have drowned while trying to save Eaton after she was knocked overboard by the sail. Eaton is daughter of Reverend Dr Eaton president of Beloit College Wisconsin.
In a quote from the Catholec Standard and Times, Mise Passay says a nice boarding house offered a room only with a folding bed, which she detests, while lisa Pert quips that a man under a folding bed is unlikely to be found.
A stern mother locks a girl in a closet for 16 minutes until she speaks. The girl swears revenge in a playful rhyme about spoiling her mother’s dress hat parasol. The piece then shifts to the history of Red Cross seals and anti tuberculosis stamps from 1907 to 1910, noting fund-raising milestones and slogans.
A humorous gossip vignette features exchanges about buttermilk lengthening life and a proposed marriage. It includes a quip about a woman loving baseball, a feigned threat of self harm, a joke about a novel’s status, and a remark on polite conduct toward a girl with a playful tone.
Greensburg Pa jury after thirty six hours finds 18 deputy sheriffs guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of miner Paul Reno during last May’s strike riot. Only two bailable. others sent to pending sentencing with appeal efforts planned.
Des Moines reports that United States Senator J. P Dolliver died at his Fort Dodge home from enlargement of the heart. He had spent the day walking about his premises and chatting with friends after an earlier attack of indigestion. Dolliver, aged fifty two, was born in Preston County West Virginia and graduated from the University of West Virginia in 1875.
President Taft orders census officials to report to law officers any person believed guilty of padding census returns. The instruction appears in correspondence between Census officials, Secretary Na sel, and Taft, clarifying the stance against fraud in the 1900 era.
In Lexington Kentucky the American Tobacco Co breaks the 1910 pool by buying Burley tobacco at 12 cents a pound. Trust agents reach every county as the Burley Tobacco Society plans to withhold the 1909 crop from the market and farmers warn that most will not plant next year.
An old testimonial extols Cutlerra Soap and Cutlerra Ointment for cracked bleeding hands, claiming quick healing after a year of sores. It recounts a neighbor’s child also cured and notes a 1909 date. The text includes a jumbled anecdote about English exposure and a Marine Eye Remedy ad.
Washington speech predicts a future where airships match ships like the Mauretania and carry many passengers across the Atlantic. Claude Grahime White asserts Walter Wellman has a fine chance of eventual success in the field of aviation.
Cleveland Ohio Charles Wesley Batne a wealthy retired coal operator aged fifty eight suffocated by escaping gasolene fumes when his automobile overturned on Pleasant Valley hill near Chardon Ohio The incident is reported alongside garbled Jamaica hurricane notes about Cayman islands and Casman washings with unclear details in Kingston Jamaica.
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