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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1900
Page
4
A navy training method reduces gunfire cost by using a dummy cartridge and rifle in large guns, with a similar setup for six-pounders. Readers are told to send $1 for large size Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral and receive delivery. Other anecdotes discuss economy, the value of shark hides, and everyday thrift from Washington Star.
Chicago campus story notes a class at a university where female students confront Professor Thatcher over slang in lectures. They demand restraint and request the professor learn student names instead of shouting "hey there" and similar terms.
Germany and Britain form a joint China policy to keep ports open and maintain territorial integrity. The October 16 agreement outlines free trade ports on Chinese rivers, no territorial grabs, and consultation with Austria Hungary France Japan and the United States to accept these principles. The pact mirrors the Open Door policy, signaling a shifting balance in SinoEuropean power.
Cornelius L. Alvord, note teller at the First National Bank on Broadway and Wall Street, defrauds about 700000 over years. He lived lavishly in Mount Vernon and Saratoga, gambled heavily, with a salary of 5000 yearly and expenses near 20000. Bank plans to attach 200000 in securities and real estate. shortfall absorbed by surplus profits of the bank.
Major Peterson, Cuba Chief Commissary, dies of yellow fever in Havana. An hour later his wife, arriving from Cincinnati to assist him, fatally shoots herself. Both bodies receive military honors as flags fly at half staff, leaving the Havana garrison in mourning.
Washington special report notes John Sherman died at his K Street residence after a decades long career as Congressman Senator Secretary of the Treasury and Secretary of State. President McKinley ordered half mast at the mansion and prepared a proclamation praising his civic service. Born May 10 1820 in Lancaster Ohio Sherman served from the House through the Senate and in cabinet posts during the Civil War and later. He left a substantial estate and died quietly between Mansfield Ohio and his Washington home.
In Montpelier Vermont Special report: former Governor W P Dillingham elected United States Senator by Vermont Legislature on the third ballot succeeding Acting Chief Justice Jonathan Ross who had filled the late Justin Morrill s seat. CA Prouty withdrew and Democratic members who had voted for Tagleton shifted support to Dillingham.
Amid political turmoil in Madrid, General Wester, former Captain-General of Cuba, is named Captain General of Madrid. Premier Sivela resigns with the ministry in protest against General Weyler's policies. Senor Sivela departs as the Queen Regent faces a cabinet rift.
Special correspondent notes Cornelius Alvord Jr and wife in Mount Vernon living as if wealthy. Their $25,000 home, seven horses, carriages, two coachmen, and $40,000 annual stock speculation income cited. Dowries include $1500 lace gown and $25,000 diamonds worn at a Westeties Wheelmen ball.
Twin mothers Mrs Walter Swanson and Mrs Howard Swanson each gave birth to triplets in Breeden West Virginia. Earlier, Dorothy and Parthenia Preemin, twin sisters, were a local society pair with many suitors. The Swanson twins are noted as twins of twin fathers. Prices and schedule details for a household item are listed, including monthly rates and a nine month term beginning November 7.
A garbled page mentions a variety of items including a burial in Scotland for a lord, a 17 year old girl Miss Bessie Murray who died by taking carbolic acid after discipline, and Archibald Clavermy Ginather receiving a portion of his mother's California estate. Other lines touch on royal affections, Italy’s King, German leadership, and political events, all presented in a disjointed catalog style.
A lengthy market list details dairy prices for standard and creamery butter, various cheeses and eggs, beans, peas, and other vegetables. It covers fruit, live and dressed poultry, meats, and traded grains with regional prices, reflecting steady demand and seasonable supplies across dairy, produce, and tobacco.
In Wallalla Washington the past weeks show a land rush as locals buy from the Northern Pacific between 7000 and 8000 acres each at nominal figures. Farmland near Connell and Lake Run is praised for wheat potential and resembles Eureka. The land will be brokered this month and sown to wheat next spring.
garbled report notes a poor fishing period in the Chesapeake Bay during a test week with locals fearing the milder season may end. inquiries by longtime business figures suggest the decline could be permanent and impact factories and money.
The report notes a grain blockade threat in Buffalo delaying unloading at elevators while the National Starch plant in Sioux City expands capacity from 1800 to 7000 bushels daily. Louisiana's rice growers coordinate to control output for four years as warm weather affects trade in Colombia.
Riot and desperate escape at Matteawan State Hospital for Criminal Insane in New York as seven inmates fled after overpowering guards and breaking to the yard. Keepers injured, search underway. escapees named from New York City and nearby counties.
A Kansas City Southern Railway car equipped with a cooling vent system uses flat funnels on the siding to draw air into a false deck above the floor and vent it up through the fruit. Early trials show good results.
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