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Newspaper
Cranbury Press
Location
Cranbury, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1910
Page
4
A collage of humorous vignettes and brief anecdotes. A mother’s discipline tone, a humorous tombstone joke, globular lightning sightings in Lewisham, a fish bait fiasco with gasoline, a vaudeville harpist quip, weight inspectors note, and pranks at the penitentiary. A light, period-tinged snapshot of everyday curiosities.
Three men plotted to rob a Colorado Midland express near Divide Colorado only one tried. In a fight with Engineer Frank Stewart a bandit was struck by a rock on the head. Stewart also fired with a revolver wounding the robber and injuring a passenger. The bandit was killed during the struggle as passengers fled and Stewart drove the train to safety. The deceased bandit bore no identifying marks.
Beverly Massachusetts Dr J A Holmes chief of the technological branch of the seological survey was appointed director of the new bureau of mines by President Talttirector. He succeeds George Otts Smith who has been acting director since July 1. Mr Smith returns to his survey duties. The appointment surprised many as Holmes was seen as antagonistic to Secretary Bal linger and was labeled a “snare” Baltnger planned to kill. Holmes is an intimate friend of Gifford Pinchot and James R Garfield.
Theodore Roosevelt spoke to leading Omaha businessmen asserting that European reactionaries delight in graft and mob rule as proof that government of the people must fall. He derided the "merely multi millionaire" as a discredited figure when cited in Europe.
Columbus Ohio reports growing despair as violence rises in the street car strike. Citizens fear a peaceful settlement while hundreds of business leaders face bankruptcy and nearby residents avoid traveling into the city amid mounting tensions.
Pauhing completes official acceptance trials in Bath Maine by exceeding contract speed. The destroyer averaged 32.8 knots over a four hour run, surpassing the required 29.5 knots by 3.3 knots to claim fastest status for the U S Navy.
London. Ten thousand men and women surrounded the prison van taking Dr H W Crippen to Bow Street for arraignment. The crowd attacked the prisoner and were repulsed by police after a riot. Crippen and Ethel Neve faced the court with tense faces as their roles were clarified.
After nine weeks of struggle thousands faced destitution and evictions as 70,000 men and 10,000 women returned to work. The cloakmakers' union wins higher wages better hours and improved sanitary conditions though full recognition is not granted. A wage standard and nonunion workers paid union wages are allowed to work alongside union members.
Mrs Plant aged about six years, wife of Albert E Plant of Branford and cousin of Commodore Merton FP Plant, was found dead near New Haven road tracks near Branford. She appears to have wandered from home while possibly mentally distressed, and was run down by a train during the night or early morning. Her body was badly mutilated and family could not explain her presence.
Richfield New Jersey farmers gathered for a two day picnic on the Whitseu farm grounds. The main event, a greased pig chase for a $20 gold piece, drew nearly a hundred men and boys. John Lyall, 19, won but suffered a broken arm and a bruised head, with several others injured.
Treasury plans would suspend gold coinage indefinitely and issue certificates for all gold bullion and foreign coins turned in. Saving mint expenses estimated between 100000 and 300000 dollars yearly is cited, with aim to simplify foreign money markets. Also proposed cutting the size of $5 notes to save about 1 million yearly due to longer wear. Other items note a lynching in Amory Mississippi, a major train car robbery in Stamford Connecticut, and Major Sauter assigned to observe the Harvard-Boston aero meet.
In Havana a satirical weekly editor Juan Amer of Chantecler was shot and killed by Liberal city council candidate Dave Pennino over a scurrilous article about a prominent woman. Pennino was arrested as the stab wound and political tension ignite a press row.
An order from Julius Kruttschnitz, maintenance director of the Western Union railway system, directs all superintendents to cut expenses to a minimum. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific announce halting improvement work and implementing retrenchments.
Charles K. Hamilton set a one minute mile in an aeroplane over Chis city. Landing caused both wheels to collapse, but Hamilton escaped uninjured.
In Chicago a handbag belonging to the wife of Col. Livingston T. Dickason, former Grand Pacific Hotel president, was stolen containing cash and jewels valued at $10,000 from a State Street department store. Also reported: a boy nearly choked by a bone at dinner. his father saved him by performing a throat emergency, and in Kenton Ohio a butcher was struck in the eye by a beef gall threatening sight loss.
Census figures show New York City at 4,766,883 in 1910, up 38.7 percent in a decade, surpassing London and ranking second to only one other world city. Detroit Newark Kansas City Columbus and Atlanta also exceed one million, with Chicago possibly fourth soon.
The Carlists of Spain trace lineage to Don Carlos and oppose the current government over the Concordat revision. Premier Canalejas seeks to alter church orders and 1851 provisions while the church resists. King Alfonso’s siding with the premier broadens tensions with Carlists and republicans. Don Jaime, born 1870, is a key rival claimant.
In Manila a massive ten foot eel drew crowds to the Pasig near the captain of the port as Filipinos used snares and spears to catch fish. Residents offered theories about yearly water changes driving fish behavior, with an old pilot recalling the phenomenon over many years.
Durham Connecticut pastor Rev. Chester Sweet, aged about twenty nine and married, was charged with misappropriating funds from the local Congregational Church. He was arraigned before a justice of the peace, held for trial in superior court after posting bond. Sweet was arrested in New Haven and brought to Durham for hearing, having come from Boston.
A state special grand jury report on the Carl M. Etherington lynching names 58 indictments including 25 for first degree murder, 21 for rioting, 10 for assault and battery and 10 for perjury. Other items note Norman Leeson, 24, shot by companions while pheasant shooting near Philadelphia. Campbell and Schaeffer involved. Col Benjamin Crawford, 67, founder of the National Biscuit Co, dies at Westbrook Golf Club.
War Department orders Captain Harley Bo Fer Euson of the USA engineer corps to Havana to oversee preliminary work on removing or relaying the wreck of the battleship Maine from Havana harbor. Also notes a fatal electrocution in Lebanon and a major home site purchase in Indianapolis.
An expose style ad touts Donn’s Kidney Pills as a cure for kidney trouble. Mrs. Della Chapman of Hartford credits the product with relief after costly doctoring. She reports seven years without kidney issues. The Foster-Milburn Co. of Buffalo, N Y promotes the pills at six cents a box.
A complainant asserts you bumped into them with your vehicle causing a fall and seeks damages. The dialogue implies threats of further harm if you lack funds to settle. The text records a confrontation over repayment or compensation for injuries.
A clipped column mixes gossip and a health ad, noting the Duchess of Westminster gives birth to a daughter, the Grosvenor line facing no heir as the Earl Grosvenor’s second son died young, followed by a Newport tale of Lady Ursula Grosvenor’s sly family moment, with unrelated pithy anecdotes and a grape nut testimonial. The piece blends society rumor, a mission school anecdote, misheard speech, and an advertisement letter praising Grape-Nuts for health.
Police recover $5600 in gold and silver certificates dropped during the murders of Denton Fowler assistant treasurer of Atlas Building Material and his Negro driver George Ragsdale. Investigators find weapons caps masks and evidence of a camp where the robbers waited. Fowler died after being shot as masked men demanded surrender. Ragsdale was killed when the assailants opened fire. Pinkerton men suspect two conspirators remain at large with tracks leading toward the river.
President Taft addressed the National Conservation congress in the auditorium on a policy favoring private capital and state enterprise over federal expansion. He avoided Roosevelt’s new nationalism, clarifying loyalty to constitutional limits while urging restraint in federal power. About 12,000 in attendance rose to cheer his stance on state powers and constitutional best practices.
Louis Perle and Kitty Perle of the Manhattan Opera Company drowned while boating on Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester Massachusetts. Mrs Perle fell overboard during gear changes. Mr Perle jumped to save her and called for help but it arrived too late. Margaret Nice, Mrs Perle's sister, was in the boat but did not get wet.
California heavyweight Kaufman defeated Australian champion Bill Lang in a six round bout at the Philadelphia National League Park before about 15,000 spectators. Kaufman landed heavier shots and outpointed Lang in four rounds despite slower action.
In Rome, the supreme court affirmed the Holy See’s right to sell property without government authorization, triggering concern that art treasures may be seized. Proposals to rush a parliamentary bill to bar the Holy See from disposing of pictures and similar items are under discussion.
In Pellaro Calabria a Black Hand murder wiped out Giuseppi Rugolino and his entire family including wife and all children. Rugolino had spent years in the United States, and authorities attribute the killings to the Black Hand, a group recently active in the region.
In a single hour, pastor united eleven couples in the Polish Catholic church with 2,500 attendees watching. Across town, dynamiters damaged Lucas Bridge and Iron plant, injuring night watchman Robert Gebhardt and damaging four nearby buildings.
Norfolk Virginia reports the death of Louis Etiipola, son of Charles Emipolis of Elizabeth City NL, after a lamprey bite while wading in a creek on a Sunday. The incident occurred in a local waterway and the child died several hours later, authorities say.
A foul tip struck catcher Gatelier in the heart during a Wisner game, causing his death. Reports say SaginaniaA ch ealiusyt Raitach quotes yours was killed in bane. The incident occurred as he played catcher.
A London Tit-Bits item recounts Mr Viner offering 10 shillings for information on the latest offender after panes in his greenhouse were broken. A boy named Archie Thompson was accused, the informer returned with grim news, and the master sought the pupil to recover damages while the boy admitted involvement.
A boy recalls scalp disease at age ten or twelve, losing hair before a doctor prescribed Cuticura Remedies which cured him in weeks. He also notes benefit for hand eruptions and mentions Miss Jessie F. Buchanan of Hamilton Georgia. The note cites P T Barnum praising the remedies’ effectiveness in his medicine chest over three seasons.
An excerpt from National Monthly notes how Finnish women won the vote by proving their readiness during crises such as the 1904 strike and uprising. It argues that women’s suffrage hinges on global support from England and the United States and their willingness to bear great trouble. Guinevere, four, is briefly mentioned in a vignette about a dust-filled doorway and a puzzled question about “crothes.”
A collage of vignettes shows Edna comparing herself to a cow, a child’s fear of the Johnstown flood, a grandmother reacting to a sensational crime headline, a joke about bees and Indians, a quotation about aging leaders, a misheard bank robbery report, and an old fashioned soothing product advertisement.
A column recalling arithmetic puzzles from a historic Jesson book contrasts them with modern student challenges. It includes the snail problem and age riddle, plus a humorous anecdote about Hamlet and a host with culinary misreadings. It also notes Governor Pennypacker on divorce and a school scene about future of the word I love.
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